Seven takeaways from Round 3

How, in any way, is this issue not relevant to football? Was it only last week that Eddy Betts was subjected to a disgusting racial vilification attack? I see you quite clearly. You just want to separate it from football because it makes you uncomfortable.

I believe the AFL has done an excellent job in dealing with this issue. I don’t think you understand the point I am making, you are too keen to use this forum to promote “the issues” which may or may not be relevant to football.

Once again you seem to miss the point or deliberately mis-represent the situation. This is something that a lot of white Australians do. They look at this issue through their own "white" eyes, rather than trying to see it from the perspective of the persecuted. No-one expects the AFL to "solve" this issue but they have a obligation to set an example of best practice in a social, moral & racial responsibility.

Football is limited in what it can contribute to solving social problems, if you don’t understand that you will continue to be disappointed. I am sure McGuire regrets the comment he made and I am prepared to give him the opportunity to redeem himself. He would be a powerful agent to have on side. I am more interested in solving the problems that indigenous players face in our game than using the AFL as a forum for solving society problems at large. I believe I have very little in common with Sam Newman who is rather desperate to attract headlines.

There so much wrong with that statement Aransan. You sound just like Sam Newman. An accidental slip up on air is dropping an F-bomb or similar, not crafting a narrative about how good Adam Goodes would be promoting King Kong because of his “obvious”, according to Eddie, similarities! You are just another blind, privileged white male, no doubt who is also part of the problem, not the solution. It doesn’t matter a jot what you think is the truth or the solution, it only matter what the people on the receiving end of racism feel is the truth and the solution.

I can’t see what can be lost in talking privately with Collingwood. Buckley is a genuine and good person. I would prefer to have McGuire on my side and I can’t see why this couldn’t happen. He made a mistake regarding Goodes but there aren’t too many of us who would never make a mistake given the amount of scrutiny that he is under. To accuse people of racism is to concede that you have lost the fight.

That’s right “all waiting”….and still waiting. Poor Treloar…..wishes he’d come to Tigers now when he had the chance….he’d have two medals by now and more on the way. Did us a favour by not coming. Over half of those guys you just mentioned Petie would struggle to get a game anywhere else but the Crows right now. Aren’t Dunn and Langdon injured to the point of retirement…what planet are you on? Collingwood peaking way too early this year and will plummet when Pendles retires next year!

They haven't won a game yet but they’re more likely to than WCE. They're playing better football, they seem like a happier and more cohesive unit and they’re not sooking it up like the Eagles are.

Looks like Heretier has Eddie, Buckley and any of the Racists at Collingwood by the short and curleys ones. Soon to be exposed. COLLINGWOOD has referred former player Heritier Lumumba's racism allegations to the club's integrity committee, saying it "could not fully appreciate the personal impact of his experiences" during his time at the club. So said Lumumba: Interesting that Collingwood is now shifting its narrative to claim that they are trying to 'reach out' to me. Let me very clear: I have no intention of sitting down with anyone until they publicly acknowledge some fundamental facts. acknowledgment? Because I have been discredited publicly. I don't want a private handshake. I want justice for how I was treated. That includes correcting public denials about my account of the racism and isolation I faced. "Collingwood needs to acknowledge the following: They did not have the cultural competence and organisational literacy to deal with a real culture of racism at the club, of which I was a victim for a number of years." Stay tuned folks and pass the popcorn. Lots more left in this one.

Pies depth is extraordinary. Sier, Varcoe, Appleby, Treloar, Cox, Greenwood, Dunn, Langdon, Madgen, Reid, Quaynor, Scharenberg, Appleby, Broomhead…all with experience, all waiting for a shot at glory.

I’m not worried…you’re the one shooting your mouth off, then run a mile like a scared little Petie when challenged to put up or sht up. I know you’re worried because you’re well aware that Collingwood are peaking way too early…..congrats on another June Premiership Petie! :laughing:

We don’t want mixed messages from our political and social leaders. People who have been doing the right thing will now have to pay for those doing the wrong thing.

It’s too early to call anything except Crows getting the spoon. The wheels can fall off pretty quickly, just ask Clarko. Worried you should be Yoda

"Freo seem to be dealing with the situation a lot better and WCE just need to buckle down and find a way through it otherwise their season could be over in a fortnight." - really? Freo haven't won a game there yet either, bad choice of words realist

Not according to Teague

Perhaps you used up your fuel early in the game. A great finish by Betts. I may have to start barracking for Carlton, very disappointing that McKenna has tested positive. As a community we have been complacent about this virus, and it is too easy to blame the politicians.