Not sure where you are getting your information from but the stats clearly demonstrate that violent crime has been falling over time in Australia. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/crime-victimisation/2021-22#personal-crime-summary I’ve even summarised the key parts nicely ...

Yorkeys wrote: ↑Sun 05 May 2024 12:39am

The_Dud wrote: ↑Sat 04 May 2024 11:53pm So any of the “footy should just be footy” section decide to protest tonight by keeping their seat?

Your attempts to trivialise and point score this issue are appalling.

Oh, please, go on!

5. Sinclair
4. Wilson
3. Hill
2. NWM
1. Windy

So any of the “footy should just be footy” section decide to protest tonight by keeping their seat?

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Sat 04 May 2024 9:30pm Really good in the 1st half. Average in the 2nd half.

Agree.

Thought he was very good then turned back into a pumpkin in the second half

With players coming back it might be his turn to drop out, a few weeks in the 2s should do him some good.

Every time the ball came towards him tonight it seemed to be on top of his head while he was wrestling.

I did see a few times he got out but the delivery was poor.

I don’t think we know how to use him.

Does he keep Higgins and Butler out of the team??

Some good performances, but pretty uninspiring all round. Barely kicked 100 against North, only outscored them by a goal in the second half. Darcy Wilson very good. Dougal had a good first half then turned back into Dougal in the second. King is constantly in a wrestle. Maybe you are just too hard ...

Some good performances, but pretty uninspiring all round.

Barely kicked 100 against North, only outscored them by a goal in the second half.

Darcy Wilson very good.

Dougal had a good first half then turned back into Dougal in the second.

King is constantly in a wrestle.

King has been burnt a few times by horrible delivery.

Our tackling is still putrid.

In an arm wrestle with North…

Lol

We struggled in the 3 games we played against North and West Coast last year, lucky to win them, so I hope nobody is counting their chickens quite yet...

Cordy stiff.

Webster interesting…

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...

Nicky Winmar making a gesture towards feral Collingwood fans after a win That was at least a footy related issue I was a great ‘moment’ but has it stamped out racism in society? Bit different to entire rounds to different causes Like most others I am not a woman basher I am not racist I am not homo...

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...

I find it baffling every time that supporters from the club Nicky Winmar played for come out with the "footy shouldn't be political / support societal issues" line. Truly mindboggling. well mate, while your mind is boggled I'll concentrate on the footy thanks. Each to their own I suppose....

I find it baffling every time that supporters from the club Nicky Winmar played for come out with the "footy shouldn't be political / support societal issues" line.

Truly mindboggling.

A lot of it seemed pretty balanced to me.

My are so many on here obsessed with playing the victim?

When someone beats their partner because they're in a foul mood after their team loses, I think that means sport has already been brought into it.

Not everyone has the luxury of 'escapism' or to 'forget life's troubles'

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Wed 01 May 2024 11:54am I'm sick of the tokenism of gender equality. That's what happens when you put a woman in charge of a man's game. You play AFL you are likely to get concussed.
Laura Keene, you look like a nice lady but AFL is not for you.

And this thread has officially bottomed out!

Yeah I think don't throw him straight into the fire first week up and also give the Kangas more motivation.

We struggled to look good against these bottom teams last year, don't need to give them any more reason to fire up!

Not surprising, it's been very apparent the last 3 weeks our tackling has been woeful. The opposition have no respect for us, they basically just try run passed/through our players as if they're not there, and if they do manage to get snagged, they just free their arms and dispose of the ball quite ...

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? We're 120-122 for free kicks this year...