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Martin used the ball at 75% effectiveness and had 7 clangers (at least one of which gifted the saints a goal) That means 33 of his 44 disposals went to a teammate and was capable of being marked or easily received. He did not receive a single free kick. Not one. And he was on the ground 97% of the g...

It is tough this week. You have players who gave a consistent 4 quarter effort and players who only stepped up in the last quarter to win the game (eg Merrett's last quarter - 12 possessions used extremely well) 5. McGrath 4. Martin 3. Merrett 2. Heppell 1. Stringer ... for 1 quarter Duursma had his...

This is not the sort of game style I am used to. Gritty. Multiple forward entries and locking it in. Playing 2 rucks and wearing down Marshall was vitally important. As was the absence of King and Membrey being held by Rerdman. Mackay was also huge. I must say I enjoyed the umps not paying tiggy-tou...

And that play says it all.

Kicking into the forward 50 a high ball to Menzie ... picked off by Marshall backing back.

No pressure from any of our players.

Hind sub.

Late change: Setterfield out, Harrison Jones in.

Ins: 3. Parish, 27. Redman, 29. Kelly Outs: 5. Tsatas (omit), 20. Wright (susp), 33. A.Davey (omit) B: 21. Heppell 32. McKay 19. Hind HB: 37. Martin 27. Redman 1. McGrath C: 28. Duursma 3. Parish 29. Kelly HF: 16. Perkins 4. Langford 6. Caldwell F: 11. Gresham 25. Stringer 8. Hobbs Foll: 17. Goldste...

Had a giggle in the car just before when they were talking about this. Can’t remember who it was that said “well, there is this thing of doctor / patient confidentiality, that’s why they don’t inform on their medical condition / information” etc Yet… they invent an ‘injury’ and inform everyone that...

Where's the stats around Most Games missed with Dodgy Reasons?

WADA/SIA can test athletes who are on the sick list ... but unless the player has been named in the team and it is after 11.59pm the night before a competition in which an athlete is scheduled to compete ... they cannot test for cocaine or other recreational drugs... only performance enhancing drugs...

It has been moving towards the outcome, rather than the action, determining the penalty for a few years now. Cunningham was knocked out, stretchered off and immediately subbed out. So Tribunal and big penalty. On the same weekend, Toby Greene raised his leg to fend off an opponent while he marked. I...

This has been going on for donkeys... Remember the AFL hid a very high profile Suns recruit from Adelaide over doping when the supplements saga was going on ... and the AFL doctor admitted as much in an international sports medicine conference. The high profile recruit never played again. Though if ...

Ins: Parish, Redman, Caddy, Kelly Outs: Wright (susp), Hind, Menzie, Davey Hobbs for the subs vest. Though he didn't set the world on fire on the SCG. Menzie had a shocker in Sydney... 6 possessions at 16% accuracy Dropping Hind, Menzie and Davey would really reduce our forward pressure presence gi...

4 weeks was too heavy. But that's what the AFL asked,

2-3 would have been about right.

What's the point of pleading guilty if you don't get a sentence reduction?

The same tranche of pundits that spewed out ad infinitum about Maynard “what else could he do?” have turned into hanging judges on Peter Wright. If you look at both incidents in normal motion , if you say Maynard had no other choice and had to brace you also must conclude that Wright had 1/100 the ...

F111 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:20 pm Wright direct to the tribunal.

He will be the test case for the new rule... as well as a warning to everyone else.

Even though it was a split second decision to protect himself rather than make an unrealistic attempt to mark.

And 2MP will go straight to the Trib.

He will go under the new Maynard rule. He may have got off last year.

3 weeks minimum.

Ins: Parish, Redman, Caddy, Kelly
Outs: Wright (susp), Hind, Menzie, Davey

Hobbs for the subs vest. Though he didn't set the world on fire on the SCG.

Menzie had a shocker in Sydney... 6 possessions at 16% accuracy

We simply can’t afford losing key players in our arcs. We have quite a number that can be replaced in the middle, but key players up forward and back are our Achilles heel. And Wright will likely be gone for a spell. :( R3 and we will be without Ridley, Reid, Wright for extended periods. Yep, the s...

I thought we were okay for 90% of the game and at least had a dip. It's the 10% of the game when we're terrible that really lets us down, with all those old problems we've all been complaining about for years and years rearing their ugly heads again - fumbling, kicking straight to the opposition, f...