Always excuses. This year it was this, that year it was that. Just for once, no excuses would be nice. Why can’t we draft well. Why can’t we develop. Doesn’t matter who is in charge, nothing changes. From what you hear about Basset, he seems to be trying, but we are going backwards….again. We beat ...

Must be low on confidence. Got dragged last year, MCG I think, then injured, looked ok preseason then injured again. Plus Clarkson challenged his sexuality and this forum just piles on. It's tough being Dougal. And now he has to go against Larkey, who does a killer Clarkson impersonation. Guy can't ...

And no stats are cherry picked, and I am not trying to make out that men are hard done by. I am merely pointing out that mindlessly regurgitating simplistic phrases like "men must do better" will not resolve the issue, because the issue is not simple, and it is not a gendered issue. Havin...

The AFL's "stand" on social issues is not genuine it's marketing think. Great concern for mental health, other medical causes, the vulnerable - sponsored by big betting. Greenwashing a huge social evil. The Anzac ceremonies are very moving however the Collingwood v Essendon "tradition...

How is it League and Union players tackle all game long, almost every play and players are not continually suspended, for tackles below the head/neck region.
I think umpires not paying quick htb penalties has contributed to the current nonsense.

Supporters of other clubs and commentators all see the treatment we get and largely raise eyebrows but don't care because it's not their side. AFL GHQ know that.

I doubt current AFLGHQ management can manage much at all.
I see why Gills Departure was so long.
Doubt the Board see Dillon and Kane as stars.

Comments are better than the stale hit piece.

Incrementally a picture of what's not allowed is emerging. It would be so much better if the AFL prescribed what can happen, whether you have good bloke status or not. AFL doesn't have a clue and has outsourced to MRO and Tribunal, who similarly have no clue. They look at outcome, player status and ...

Wilkie Howard Webster
Sinclair Battle Nasiah
Wood Stocker Wilson
Hill Cordy Owens
Collard King Hayes

Marshall Steele Dow

Caminiti, Hastie, Byrnes, Phillipou
Emg Campbell, Ross, Sharman

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Silly really. When we make finals regularly our membership will grow muchly. The AFL should not obstruct our rise.

Can Seb reinvent himself. Perhaps he could be the defensive fwd.

The agenda is even clearer after tonight. If AFL GHQ are fair dinkum, not just laying groundwork to defend future cases, the tribunal will issue a statement cautioning Allirx2 and players generally about his/their responsibilities in regard to taking care. I haven't read the judgement and know it's...

Coaches Votes for Port vs Saints game 10 Jase Burgoyne (PORT) 5 Willem Drew (PORT) 5 Dan Houston (PORT) 4. Charlie Dixon (PORT) 4 Zak Butters (PORT) 1 Jack Sinclair (STK) 1 Callum Wilkie (STK) The scoreboard said we only lost by 10 points but the votes are more indicative of Port's dominance of gen...

The quiet curse has been the career stymieing injuries to young potential key defenders.
Plus not grooming a replacement for Membrey.
The loud curse has been a pedestrian mid field and frequent changes to the wings combinations.

mr six o'clock wrote: ↑Tue 30 Apr 2024 7:00pm I'd have him there just to gesture and blow kisses to Clarko .

That would be entrapment.

Brett Rattan -

Those pressers are an exercise in bulldust, a complete waste of time. Exactly. Why fuss. Last genuine one was Kim Huges resignation. Footy journos are pathetic. Every coach does the presser through gritted teeth. Except Voss who is very up himself and thinks people care what he says. But even he ta...

The Fireman wrote: ↑Mon 29 Apr 2024 3:43pm Let's talk about Conspiracy theories

Well, now you mention it, what if those aliens that landed at Norwood were not friendly after all.

Maybe Christian is still punch drunk. Maybe MC needs the hessian bag (sack) MRO is a joke https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/match-review-shock-as-cats-star-sanctioned-over-act-great-claimed-was-playing-for-a-free-kick/news-story/4019264312794c2bd1da2d7a62460ab0?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0_eZJy9TfwY...

I get the OP statement but winning teams nearly always get strongly favoured by the umpires and we didn't lose simply because of bad umpiring call, although I was shocked over and over again by their pathetic decisions, we lost because we were no-where near good enough with the players we had avail...

Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Mon 29 Apr 2024 9:21am Lets call it what it is - not cheating - but incompetence by overpaid non-professional un-professionals

If that were the case wouldn't the poor decisions be the same but be equally split between teams so free kick counts would not be so ridiculously one sided?

Isn't that what the ladder does, in a crude sense ? noting draw is weird, umpires can impact results and injuries matter. On a weighted seasonal adjusted basis, discounting outliers we are probably 8th with a bullet, maybe a slug, or pellet. Anyway respectable. Now with an ounce of luck and a pinch ...

I’m just confused as to where all these passionate umpiring critics were after our games vs Collingwood and Richmond 🙈 Just ponder for a while. A possible answer will form. Reprise the decisions where you think umpires cheated for us. Then rethink it. Then try to put it all in context. If your team...

Of course its not a dual narrative. Its a single narrative: Ross aims to improve the club incrementally over 5 years and this improvement has a number of strands (obvious to those that have real world experience and don't believe in fairies or magic? - although Harry Potter is true, I read the book)...