The AFL has said the call was a mistake and that a review, using the available technology, would have produced a goal. Some in the media are saying that it has denied Adelaide a possible finals place. This would require WCE beating WB and Carlton beating the Giants or Melbourne beating Sydney. The f...

Hunter needs a helmet. Bourkey No 2 They all should wear helmets with a carbon fibre frame. The fact that players "don't like them" is irrelevant to how the game has evolved. At some stage in the future, bumping (in its various forms) of players will also be outlawed. I saw two instances ...

... because called point and sydney played on straight away ... The Sydney players knew it was a goal and played on straight away because they didn't want it reviewed. But that was another umpiring error. Players from both sides were in the protected area (15 metres around the goal) and so the ball...

repta wrote: ↑Sat 19 Aug 2023 11:26pm Saints have been robbed

Legal chellenge.

If that last shot ... hit the post ... was awarded a goal. Saints make finals.
Guaranteed

Now not so much

Didnt hit the post clearly

Yep the ball missed the post by a mile.

Devilhead wrote: ↑Sat 19 Aug 2023 11:20pm Swans win by 1pt

Adelaide were robbed, the ball missed the post by a mile. It could cost us a place in the finals.

Here we go, the first of five.

Blokes who can't kick thirty metres. What is the point in recruiting such players?

Woeful handball - the worst in the AFL and woeful kicking. Game Over.

Smart arse Missy Higgins.

Phillipou is useless. Unbelievably slow and drops marks.

It's Riewoldt.

More of a back alley than a road, but we would have to be most unlucky with the results of the other games to miss out even if we lose the next two. And remember, we are currently six wins from a flag, but if we were to make the finals after losing the next two, we would be only four wins from a flag.

9 Jack Sinclair (STK) 8 Rowan Marshall (STK) 4 Sebastian Ross (STK) 3 Jade Gresham (STK) 3 Max King (STK) 2 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (STK) 1 Callum Wilkie (STK) Perhaps Coach 1 5 Jack Sinclair 4 Seb Ross 3 Rowan Marshall 2 Max King 1 Callum Wilkie Coach 2 5 Rowan Marshall 4 Jack Sinclair 3 Jade Gresh...

King Max wrote: ↑Mon 14 Aug 2023 10:53am I've heard we're getting a different Port player.

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Jason Horne-Francis. He's now homesick for Melbourne.

The_Dud wrote: ↑Sun 13 Aug 2023 7:22pm Cordy was very good.

Seb probably needs to work on making the distance from 40m out!

Are you sure that he didn't make the distance? There was no asking for a check. There was no replay (that I saw anyway).

Soft free to king but I’ll take it Grabbed the jumper. Free every day of the week I think it was paid for the block before that. As soon as you turn your back on the ball and face the opponent, you cannot make contact. This is yet another game when we have not got full value for our dominance aroun...

Beaten in the air and around the packs after half time. Our duds were shown up - Sharman, Gresham, Byrne and Windhager. All too small for their respective positions. RoMa ran out of puff and so did we. We need another good ruckman or someone who can mark around the ground. I'd be surprised if we win...

Scollop wrote: ↑Sun 06 Aug 2023 5:47pm Caminiti needs to hold his marks

Same with Sharman

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Agree. Sharman dropped a sitter.

Their second string players were getting right on top of their Saints counterparts. Not good. I expect a loss.

meher baba wrote: ↑Sun 06 Aug 2023 5:31pm It wasn't holding the ball the way the game is umpired nowadays. I agree it should be.

It was incorrect disposal since he chose to take on the second tackle. Clear free - not paid.

10 Brad Crouch (STK)
7 Luke Breust (HAW)
4 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (STK)
3 Mason Wood (STK)
2 Jack Steele (STK)
2 Dan Butler (STK)
1 Cooper Sharman (STK)
1 Will Day (HAW)

No votes for RoMa? He won us the game in the last quarter.

Yes, the weather map with the times and precipitation percentages seems to indicate that the rain is just going to get heavier and heavier. Stokes should have declared at lunch on day 3 and it would now be all over.

A win by 5 goals or more will see us 5th, which will be where we were before losing four of our previous five. I bet that hasn't happened too often. But I am getting ahead of myself. A win today is by no means a cert.

Bordering on pathetic display by the Aussies, everyone except Usman has got a start, no one has gone on with it in perfect batting conditions. It’s a 400+ pitch, Aussies will need the weather to save this Test. 👎 I guess we'll know more about the pitch at the end of England's innings. If they score...

The only thing in our favour is that North and WC are in a battle for pick 1. That means that their selectors, if they have any brains, will be selecting teams "for the future" aka " the least likely to win". That doesn't stop the players selected trying as hard as they can to wi...