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Kick a scintillating goal, salute the crowd with a roar of exultation, slow to a trot soaking up the adulation, puff the chest out,…
I wonder what Dimma thinks about playing at Ballarat. 😂
'Dripping in inequality and stupidity': Footy is back... and so is AFL interference
I agree with you Cam. The scattered distribution of Byes across the season and incorrect numbering of Rounds is a mess. It’s not exactly a massive problem but it is stupid and unnecessary. Not a good start by Andrew Dillon and his team.
'Dripping in inequality and stupidity': Footy is back... and so is AFL interference
Dusty will be remembered and feted like Leigh Matthews, Wayne Cary, Ablett Senior. Danger will be forgotten by most long after he has retired – he’s just another very good player of his generation. Pendlebury is a better player than Danger.
Six Points: Meet the AFL's dumbest team, and the most ridiculous ban in MRO history
You’re kidding. Paddy Dangerfield is a very good player and Brownlow medallist and good bloke – but he’s always been shonky in front of goals when games are in the balance (last weekend being a rare exception) and isn’t in the conversation of all time greats. Dusty will always be regarded as an all-time champion of the game due to his finals exploits and steering Richmond to 3 flags. Without him, they would have struggled to win a final, let along a flag. He was BOG in nearly every final he played over many years. Best Finals Player Resume of anyone in the history of the AFL I reckon.
Six Points: Meet the AFL's dumbest team, and the most ridiculous ban in MRO history
Please leave Fyfe and Young playing Onball … it’s good for my Fantasy Footy side. Which means O’Meara might need to play elsewhere.
Six Points: Meet the AFL's dumbest team, and the most ridiculous ban in MRO history
I feel your frustration Tim. “Beveridge regularly gives young, developing players or VFL jobbers tasks way beyond what they’re capable of, in a side that is good enough to not require them.” Absolutely. Lachie McNeil has a day out against an undermanned Hawthorn side in a one-sided practise match and he’s back in the team again. He had 6 Turnovers on the weekend. He shouldn’t be on our list, let alone in the seniors. He’s had plenty of opportunities and never cut it in the Ones. Why on earth wasn’t he subbed instead of Sanders?? Buku never looked like a desperate man. So chop him. If he doesn’t have desperation and physicality in his psyche, then we should never have recruited him – he looks like another Schache personality. And yet James O’Donnell is a great competitor with a lot to like about his form, but was made to play another game in the VFL – was Bevo experimenting with our team to give Buku a go? Treloar was very poor defensively – I reckon my dad could side-step him with his walking frame – and was unusually poor offensively. Rhiley West was terrific and is the benchmark for effort required, yet he’ll probably be the first one out of the team when he has a quiet game, because he wasn’t recruited to the club from the VFL or another club. Daniel showed his class when he came on. Who can comprehend Daniel being the sub and Macrae and O’Donnell being made to play another game in the Twos when McNeil, Buku, Bramble and Vandermeer are selected??? Too much is left to too few at Doggy Land and Bevo needs to make better selections and get our best players playing their best footy collectively.
Six Points: Meet the AFL's dumbest team, and the most ridiculous ban in MRO history
Although the Tiges did have 5 picks inside the Top 30 a couple of years ago.
Footy Fix: The Tigers aren't any good... but you have to admire their Phar Lap-sized hearts
Great analysis Tim. Outstanding fighting effort by the Tiges with three men down.
Footy Fix: The Tigers aren't any good... but you have to admire their Phar Lap-sized hearts
I worked in stadiums when the domestic soccer scene was trying to gain traction in the media and the home team had control of what was published regarding ticket sales. They always fibbed to the media (heavily overstating crowd numbers). I wonder if GWS and the AFL is doing the same.
The AFL didn't need to rob the NRL's house with Opening Round - it's more than big enough already
Why isn’t the media calling-out how stupid and illogical the naming of rounds this year is a mis-count? Next weekend is the second round, but the AFL are calling it Round 1. Six teams are playing their second game, yet the AFL are calling it Round 1. And Round 3 is called Round 2, Round 4 is called Round 3. It’s so stupid. If they were so insistent on thinking it was a good idea to call the first week ‘Opening Round’, then fine, but call the next week Round 2 so that we don’t live in this perpetual lie all season. Honestly, what ‘bright spark’ in the AFL thought of this round naming? And why wasn’t someone in the Executive team smart enough to say, “hang-on, that’s a really dumb idea”? 😔
The AFL didn't need to rob the NRL's house with Opening Round - it's more than big enough already
Agree – we need better international pitch governance standards. India served up pitches that resulted in 2-3 day test matches last time Australia was there. England served-up roads when Australia was there. We need better standards established and enforced that still allow home side to deliver pitches suited to their bowling strengths (whether that be pace, swing or spin) and offer opportunity for both batters and bowlers, but not pitches that are too difficult to bat on due to unpredictable bounce and deviation that make it a lottery, or pitches that are too easy to bat on that force fielding sides to bowl bouncers non-stop like we saw in the last Ashes series. The ICC need to regulate this, because we clearly can’t rely on India and England to uphold moral standards. 😁
New Bazball, same England: Tourists throw away India advantage with classic Pommy collapse
The best individual batting performance in this Test was Root, who scored 122 not out in the 1st innings at a glacial strike-rate of 44.52. (Hardly “Bazball”.) Therein lies the lesson.
New Bazball, same England: Tourists throw away India advantage with classic Pommy collapse
It’s not the AFL’s fault. Some blokes have very fragile heads. Angus Brayshaw and Paddy McCartin are the two clearest examples of blokes who could be concussed by a feather. Brayshaw should have quit footy 7 or 8 years ago when it was clear his brain was significantly more vulnerable than most others to contact. Responsibility lies with himself for persisting. Good on him and good luck to him – I can understand why he (and Paddy McCartin) wanted to persevere, but it was clear to spectators that they should prioritise their long-term health and give the game away. … And Maynard has nothing to answer for.
COMMENT: Angus Brayshaw's retirement isn't Brayden Maynard's fault - it's the AFL's
Maybe Melbourne could get John Worsfold in to clean things up.
Melbourne responds to Dee's new drug trafficking allegations amid bombshell twist to doping case
“I don’t want to get too much into it because it sounds like we are moaning and saying that is why we lost the Test match.” 😂 😂 These Salty Poms aren’t very good at sportsmanship and giving credit to the opposition. Too funny. 😁
'Take away umpire's call': Stokes bleats about DRS after India thrash appalling England by record margin
England (Jimmy Anderson) displaying poor sportsmanship when Jadeja got his century – what a surprise. Worst sooks and hypocrites in world cricket at the moment.
Tons of fun for Sharma and Jadeja as India bludgeon England on dramatic day after top-order collapse
Hmmm. We need to find someone better than Behrendorff … he got 3 wickets for 124 runs off 11 overs across the three T20 games against the West Indies. That’s very poor.
Why Starc should be first to make way if selectors opt to regenerate ageing Test team’s legendary bowling attack
Are you feeling alright Don? 😛
Why Starc should be first to make way if selectors opt to regenerate ageing Test team’s legendary bowling attack
Option B, but only because our bowling quartet are getting old (except Cummins) and our backup list of quality choices looking for an opportunity is deep.
Why Starc should be first to make way if selectors opt to regenerate ageing Test team’s legendary bowling attack
Yeah he’s great. But Cummins, Rabada and Afridi are brilliant too. And the young Shamah Joseph from the West Indies might quickly climb into this group.
Bazbawl: Bairstow barks back in fiery exchange with Ashwin, Stokes commits schoolboy error as India sink England
Yep. He’s a feisty, hypocritical whinger. Mind you, his teammates are no better. Sucked-in England. 😊
Bazbawl: Bairstow barks back in fiery exchange with Ashwin, Stokes commits schoolboy error as India sink England
Yep, great innings by Pope and another illustration of their rubbish on Bazball, i.e. they quote it when it suits and not when it doesn’t. Greatest con job in cricket I’ve heard.
Bazball 1-0 in India! Hartley takes seven on debut as England produce 'greatest triumph' under Stokes in epic comeback
Of course he would 😛
Bazball 1-0 in India! Hartley takes seven on debut as England produce 'greatest triumph' under Stokes in epic comeback
Smith and Green were our top two scores though … so you’d have to say these two selections look promising and deserve a bit more time to judge.
'Smith now averages 60 as an opener - so isn’t Australia the true winner?' The Liebke Report Card
Love the honesty, disdain and contempt from Papley. Well done Swans. No surprise to see this misguided strategy from Brad Scott – I remember one day he got several North players to target a young Bont off-the-ball early in a match and it backfired humiliatingly for North.
'Going to have a nice holiday': Papley whacks Don's Swan bump, blasts Bombers' 'facade' in explosive interview