It’s funny how short some memories are He was roundly criticised in his first two seasons Now he’s heart and soul? He’s a good outside runner Lenny Hayes he ain’t A bit to unpack here. Roundly criticised? By whom? If I recall, it was Ratten's use of him that was criticised more than it was Brad Hil...

A word is just a word. Throw that word around a sporting field and it's purely a sledge. Why are the AFL being so stupid about a word? Stupid as in ramping up the penalty. Finlayson got 3, which was manifestly excessive. In law, no court in the damned world would give a harsher penalty to a crim fo...

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1173998/afl-to-change-nga-access-rules-ahead-of-draft NGA rules could change as early as this year, possibly going back to the old days of “bid at anytime” like the Ugle-Hagan days. This means we can grab the 2 players in our NGA. Anyone know anything about these 2 guys?...

repta wrote: ↑Wed 17 Jul 2024 6:16pm Sticks and stones will break my bones.
But
Names will give me a 6 week holiday

Good tackles will also net you a 3 week break!

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Mon 15 Jul 2024 5:04pm Clarkson is definitely a moron.

You spelled bully wrong!

https://youtu.be/p3aXPI68aIA?si=XOUWsHpdDd8R3FbB I remember at the time that this should not have been a free kick. What's Ray supposed to do? Selwood is on his knees FFS. Ray did everything right. got down low and protected his head. The only reason that was high contact was because of the actions...

What's with playing all these effing interstate teams. 5 in a row ffs. What a strange, strange thing to pick up. Just under half the comp is an "interstate" team. Wonder how Sydney cope when they go on extended run of games between GWS games! But 5 in a row ffs, come on. I only picked up ...

saynta wrote: ↑Sun 14 Jul 2024 6:13pm What's with playing all these effing interstate teams. 5 in a row ffs.

What a strange, strange thing to pick up.
Just under half the comp is an "interstate" team.

Wonder how Sydney cope when they go on extended run of games between GWS games!

sks023 wrote: ↑Sun 14 Jul 2024 5:01pm Hit us up again after selection Thursday

Why? Want the opportunity to say "I told you so"?
Who cares if you're right? Doesn't mean the selection is the correct move.

sks023 wrote: ↑Sun 14 Jul 2024 4:39pm I think Jones will keep he's spot

What is the benefit of Jones keeping his spot?
There is absolutely no upside for that. Give his spot to a kid.

Every week - mainly due to StK requirements they have multiple changes. They have a lot of inexperienced players. If it were the Sandy players at fault, I'd understand...There were multiple instances of Saints players not on the same page. Demanding the football when in poor positions, and getting ...

B.M wrote: ↑Sun 14 Jul 2024 4:43pm They lost by 20 points not 120

Thanks for the history lesson
Not sure how the margin is relevant.
Sandy never really threatened Willy and I think the margin flattered them.

I’m talking about standard. How did you judge cohesion How did you find the cohesion in the seniors? We generally move the ball from defence to half foward very well. I think the AFL rankings reflect that. Where the seniors fall down is that delivery inside 50. Sandy were just poor at the ball move...

We can't afford the good "supplements"

There will most likely be only two changes.
Out: Bonner and Jones...Both for ever.
In: Hill and Garcia/Hastie

The other to consider is Paton for Stocker

nostalgicsaint wrote: ↑Sat 13 Jul 2024 11:02pm Out: Bonner, Jones, Membrey

In: Hill, Garcia/Dow, Heath

Heath is not close to AFL ready

You’d want to hope so The 23rd best player in the seniors is theoretically meant to be better than the best player in the twos Don’t go to the VFL and expect AFL standard footy I assume you're talking about skills? I am talking about being a team. Our skills were generally better than Willy's, but ...

Did Allison do enough to earn a senior debut? This is the second time he has kicked 5 goals for Sandy. Could he replace Membrey? No. Too selfish today. Totally burned Campbell who was alone in the goal square when Allison missed a shot on the run. In fact, there were a few players with selfish atti...

Twice in the past the Swan player has received fines for illegal acts, so he is clearly not without guilt. Shows that fines as not the answer. Slight amendment...Shows the amount of the fines is not addressing the issue... Start at $2k and keep doubling it for each infringement. And fine the club t...

Did Allison do enough to earn a senior debut? This is the second time he has kicked 5 goals for Sandy. Could he replace Membrey? No. Too selfish today. Totally burned Campbell who was alone in the goal square when Allison missed a shot on the run. In fact, there were a few players with selfish atti...

No but Brian Wilson, Shane Woewodin and Matt Priddis should Incredibly harsh on Priddis. He is West Coast's highest overall vote getter. He was a gun at the Eagles and was also runner up to Fyfe the next season. More worthy winner than Wanganeen was in 1993 when Diesel should have won by the length...

No but Brian Wilson, Shane Woewodin and Matt Priddis should Incredibly harsh on Priddis. He is West Coast's highest overall vote getter. He was a gun at the Eagles and was also runner up to Fyfe the next season. More worthy winner than Wanganeen was in 1993 when Diesel should have won by the length...

And a change in the Brownlow eligibility rules. The original purpose of the disqualification was to ensure no one who engaged in unsportsmanlike conduct could win the 'best and fairest' medal. The suspension rules now make unintentional contact resulting in injury an automatic suspension. Though th...

Wow 4 is heavy. Izak was pretty much stopped and Scarcevich was totally unaware and ran into him. MRO is a farce. What a truly bizarre assessment of the incident. Rankine clearly bumped a player that was not, and should not have been, expecting that kind of contact. It was intentional. It was high....

What s***s me is that you can touch the ball but the other player is still payed a mark? (Butler et al). What's the difference? If it's touched it's a point or it's not a mark - touched, Play On! Two rules for the same thing (touched) is a bit strange. Do we really want to go down this path? There ...