If you don't show signs of getting back to winning consistently, ultimately crowds at games starts to dwindle along with membership.
I can't see that happening in the short term.

I can feel a board spill or some sort of coup in the wind.

We are at our lowest ebb yet our membership is at a record level, but don't let facts get in the way of good spin
Read the post again.

I did say north would take a big scalp.
Beating Richmond is a beauty!

Not sure where to ask this.

Does the dollars & length of the contract Brodie Grundy is currently on have to stay the same if he moves clubs. Can he agree to a new contract at a different club for less money & length. Eg if his current contract has 5 more years at 1.5 million a year, can he agree to a 3 year 1 million a year contract.

Why on earth would he do that?
Because apparently he wants out of Collingwood.
I didn't ask if he should, I asked can he.
Plus, it's fair to say he hasn't performed to the standard he was at when he signed the initial 7 year deal
Sam McClure trying to remain relevant.
This muckraker should have his accreditation removed.
I wouldn't believe a thing that comes out of his mouth.

Grundy going nowhere!

Oh that down the ground free resulting in a Geelong goal was horribly soft.
That umpire should be dropped to the VFL next week for that.

Out of the whole game that's the one you pick out?

regards,

REB
Only because that was the weakest down ground I’d seen in ages.
I'll raise you the boak free before the first bounce.

Maybe Paddy should butt out and concentrate on not choking in finals.

My last word on it......heritage round no problem.
Normal home and away, get rooted!

Case in point, AFL 360 last night!
All they talked about was the camp like it was the only chapter in the book.
Eddie himself had to several times say hey its only one chapter in the book.
But Robbo had to keep going over old ground. Like he was trying to get him to cry.(ratings driven)
I wanted to hear something enlightening about his transition from being a naughty little boy to being a genuine star.

I'm really wish the media would do what their actual job is
Report on the actual game and leave the offield stuff alone.

700 accredited media, that's almost 1 per player.
All of them career climbing, hoping for that big scoop.
Hounding players constantly, contributes to poor mental health, which in turn means they play shit footy.
I want to see the best at their best!

how'd i know this suggestion would turn into a pissing contest

I guess Port people are fed up of getting our heritage dismissed because we expanded into another comp.

Yet you turn a post about doing the opposite of that into an argument about being dismissed on your heritage. The chip on the shoulder must be heavy.
Its not the chip, its a whole bag of spuds. ;)

Unless our key posts stand up this quarter, we are toast.
Our forwards are being owned as well as our backs.
Cripps is unreal in the mid.

Can't see Carlton losing this.
Oh and neither can the umps ;)
Well that worked ;)

Its about time we gave Carlton some real pain to dwell over for the next 6 months.
Unreal how we keep coming back from the dead.
Stoked!!!

Wedgie wrote:

Brodlach wrote:How good was the football last night ?

I enjoyed it, I had money on Melbourne

PS I know what you're saying though, I agree this pre finals bye sucks.

Absolutely.
Its good that it gives teams time to freshen blokes up, but its a game of attrition so the best squads win without a boring bye.

MW wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

MW wrote:How's old mate Scoop on twitter justifying it cause he's one of the best ever, it was ages ago and it was at a private function...and getting absolutely smashed for it on twitter. What a f..khead.

link?

The hypocrisy of that twat stuns me.
Cranky cause he didn't get the scoop?

Lachie Neale take a bow.
One of the most influential performances in a final I've seen.

The goal, well it was a point. Umpire got it wrong. If it goes over the post its a point. That's why we have posts.

Gary ***king Rohan of all people!!
Great game, geez Selwood was awesome!

Adams....yeeeeeouch!

They're allegations at this point so I'm not hanging anyone just yet.
2 sides to every story.
I just can't see Clarko demanding someone have an abortion or even being privvy to it.

Brodlach wrote:Swans sign Papley on a five year deal!

These long term deals are getting ridiculous

Not worth the paper these deals are written on.
Clubs and players can do what they like, whenever they like.

Shock! Might get a game of cricket tomorrow.

Where the F is all the money going and what are we getting for it in return?

Last year it was $130/senior team and $65/junior team for insurance, this year it is $22.50 per player. They tell us its more than just insurance, what is it? My club has 4 senior teams so last year that was $520, we will use probably around 70 players this year, thats $1575.
I have a feeling all the grass roots players are paying for the increase in the salary cap of the BBL. there is no way the BBL is self funding anymore

Then i just noticed on top of that Play HQ take another $3 something
The $22.50 is made up of 3 or 4 different amounts that cover various things, one of them being insurance. I've had a look online and can't find the breakdown of it.

The $22.50 National Registration Fee covers two items:
$13.00 is player insurance (or $6.50 for juniors).
$9.50 is for the website upkeep, or as CA have stated:

The remainder of the fee ($9.50) helps fund improved technology, including the new PlayHQ platform, that will upgrade the digital experience of clubs and players, make administration easier and save time for volunteers.

Hard to read the second half of that quote without laughing.

So there is a money grab when it comes to the insurance.
Then there is a money grab with respect to the digital improvement fee.

But the worst part for me is the way they've funnelled all payments online.
Previously my club just posted the BSB and account number and everyone paid into the account.
Now you do it through the portal, and PlayHQ takes a further 1.80%.
So of your $300+22.50 subs, only $294.60 makes it to the club, with $5.40 pocketed by PlayHQ.
So $5.00 from every player in the country.
HTF can we stop this shit from happening.
Ned kellys mum wouldn't let him play with this mob.
Bloody daylight robbery.

Take a bow Cameron Green.
Coulda chucked it away with a busted finger but wanted to get Carey to his hundred.
His little celebration did it for me.
Selfless innings of the highest order
As for Alex, I knew he'd ton up for Australia.
Bet his mum and dad are chuffed to bits.

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:carey just watching the ball go by.... Wade would never allow that

Hahaha he does look cooked hey. Quads have had enough.
We'd be 300 behind if ol wadey was hacking it up behind the stumps.

whufc wrote:Labuschagne has been pretty unlucky this series… got a couple of grabbers.

Ya reckon?
He's been out 4 times and played missed plenty by a Mick hair.

Port still looking for their identity. Should be wearing the magenta.
Crows should wear the state Guernsey....or a Glenelg one.
That would fire up the Richmond faithful.

Crows have a beauty in Max M.
Someone in the media compared him to Ben Hart.
The only thing you can't quantify when drafting talent is how tough they are when coming up against hardened footballers.
Seems he's got that in spades.

Tom Lynch gets off also

RESIGN IMMEDIATELY MICHAEL CHRISTIAN

I think the AFL have created a monster. A player gets hit in the head = must be reportable. The club takes the matter to tribunal because the act itself isn't dangerous and gets off.

What's the AFL's actual stance on the head being sacrosanct? If it's that a player gets hit in the head, it's reportable, then fix the rules so that the tribunal has no option but to suspend the player. Till then, we'll have this grey area.

I think the issue lies in the fact the punishment is far more weighted against the outcome than the action. (i guess that is reflective of the legal system but not sure it works as well in a sports sense)

In the McKay incident, there wasn't a lot of damage done but that action imo was very dangerous and somewhat a non-footballing action. It wasn't a bump (tucked in elbow) , wasn't a tackle it was a raised arm/elbow.
Why didn't he just spoil the ball off the boot? He had the time. But his eyes were on cheezels and intention was to take the body.

I was a bit surprised (perhaps I shouldn't have been) when Robbo smashed some straight gin live on the show about a month ago, I would have thought with the scare he had last year that he would have maybe eased down on the grog a bit.
My thoughts were the same when I saw him do it.
I thought maybe he's on a zero drinking policy from Fox?
I'm sure he's been pissed on air before so maybe got suspended for breaking it?

Does anybody really think that Smith would tell any suits at CA what they were up to?
I highly doubt it, especially the sandpaper use.
Common sense tells me the whole playing group knew so no need to put that in a book.
Pretty certain Lehman would've known, but again did he know they were using sandpaper? I doubt that.

If Warner comes out with a book detailing all it will open up litigation so he'd want to be very careful.
It's old news, every country has been doing it for years.

Err hello Candice.
Mrs Smith and Mrs Bancroft would say the same thing
They bought the game into disrepute.
Both leaders and the perpetrator were sent home in disgrace and so they should've.
Did she expect a returning heroes response?
Don't blame her for sticking up for her husband but Davey should tell her to zip it.

Anthony Hudson "Butts takes it from behind".
Commentary genius.

locky801 wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:Neser just took 7fa

Made runs last match

needs to be in the squad!

included a hat trick as well

Just watched it.
The hatrick wicket was a half volley on off stump and the plonker didn't offer a shot. Bowled!!!!
I wonder if the batter cleaned up at Sportsbet?

I don't think sacking Simpson is the way to go.
The bloke can coach and knows how to build a team.
Give him a fit squad and he'd get results.

Zorro wrote:

Brodlach wrote:He reminds me of Adam Saliba

More Gary McIntosh I reckon.

Haven't seen a 30 metre bullet handball yet but he does have a bit of Macca about him.

I'm stuck on the comment " telling us an unborn baby will ruin our lives".
I wonder how many non indigenous young players were told the exact same thing?

I'm sure plenty of parents have said the same thing to their youngsters.
And, don't hang around those kids because you'll end up in trouble.

Im sure there's more to the story, but this just smacks of a witch hunt.
It's different mate, because Aboriginal people were removed from families purely because of a plan to breed the black (culture) out of them by the Government.
It hits pretty close to home for me as I was one of those people the government almost successfully bred the black out of with both my father and grand mother being a part of the stolen generation.
Being taken away from your family is one thing but being taken away from your culture is another.
I'm still yet to connect back to my people and land but am in the process of doing it.
Because of this no white person in authority can even insinuate an Aboriginal would be better off without a family member or child.
It's an extremely upsetting thing.
I hope that gives you a little bit of insight as I find the subject quite disturbing and won't comment anymore.
Respect.
Thanks for sharing.

Good to see the afl are serious about head high hits. :roll:
He tried to knock his block off.
They could have made an example of him here but they’re weak as piss.

McGuire on Footy Class last night, Lloydy was talking about a kid playing in Calrton's VFL side and how he could come in to create some midfield run, McGuire said "Would they be concerned, like that kid from Fremantle who De Goey fixed up , can't remember his name, didn't get his hands up to protect himself " :shock:

The bloke is simply not there.
Love Ed but that's pretty poor.
I do agree however that he should've given the handball while turning his body.
Some players have forgotten the art of self preservation. (Without shirking it)
We were all taught how to protect ourselves as juniors, but it seems to be a lost skill now.
I know the game has sped up considerably but blokes don't seem to have an awareness of who's coming sometimes.

You can't tell a pitch till both teams have batted but it's got some demons in it.
Could be coming off ball dents from day one maybe?
Anyway, our bowlers would be licking their lips.
Can't wait to see us bowl.

Not sure about the green catch. Seemed to touch the ground while in his hand.
But the umpire gave it out so move on India.
Looking forward to tonight.
Australia are going to have to get Virat early or he could win the game for India.
He's due a big one.

all test match series' need to be a min of 3 tests.
The final should be the Test Championship series of 3 tests

Agree 1 test inconclusive
India have beaten Australia the last 4 test series between the nations
So AFL, NRL, soccer, all the world cup finals should be best of three?

Nup one test is fine.

Over rates are not going to improve because of drs, hydration breaks (umpires can't stop it for health reasons) and captains taking forever to set a field
Apparently test cricket is in danger of becoming irrelevant. Why? Because there's far too many periods of inactivity.
As everyone says, Warner Smith and co changing gloves and getting a drink every 20 minutes is just ridiculous.
You get a drink on the hour unless it's bullshit hot or you're injured.
If you have to bowl 2 spinners for the last hour to get to the 90 then the umpires should be telling the captain to do so.
If you don't make the 90 then the skip can't play next game...simple!!!

Armchair expert wrote:Bat for 4 days have their bowlers arms falling off

And 2 very aged bowlers at that.
Knacker them for the series.

That concrete in front of the sightscreen is doing the ball no end of damage.
Hope they've got plenty of spares.

It's about time CAPT Pat showed something with the bat.
Poetry gentlemen

Geez that was a good nut.
At least he didn't get out sweeping.
Was batting really well.

Rain forecast for all day Tuesday https://www.bbc.com/weather/2655603
Knew I should've taken the draw last night when the Aussies were still batting.

Still paying $4.60 for a draw which i think is quite good odds with day 5 potentially being halted for most of the day!

Good logic Sticks
BUT
The ultra attacking England might declare and set Australia a target where one of sides has to win
If Stokes is true to his word that's exactly what he will do.

Jim05 wrote:Lol, that was out when Smith was batting

I wanna see the second one, that had to be closer.

Fantastic result.
Not bad for a team with 3 number 11 bats.
That aged so well.
Is Robinson the most hated man in the English team?
Must be something in the surname.

Wtf happened to a dry winter?

Gotta love a Lord's test match.

Beating England at this venue is one of life's joys.

DOC wrote:Tongue has done a shoulder and is off.

So is Pope.

The reality is they sent us in, and their 2 openers went wicketless.
Hilarious!

Given the circumstances the day before I can understand why the Aussies didn’t recall him. What we don’t want to see though is keepers having regular pins trying to catch a batsmen a split second out.

As a sh!tty wicket keeper, ah yes we do if a batsman is not staying in his crease until over has been called.

but it's done with risk as a it may lead to a bye if I miss or it deflects aw away from a fielder.

What's the difference between me coming up to the stumps to keep a batsman in his crease and to increase chances of an LB vs throwing a ball at the stumps to try and get rid of a lazy batsman?

The batsman has every right to take liberties but I've got the right to keep them honest.
Exactly!
If Carey was up the stumps would Bairstow wander out of his crease?
No, he'd wait till the ump called over.

Wowee the UK papers really have some serious sand in the vaginas this morning!

About the only English people in the Australian corner are former captains!
It's hilarious!!!
They've fallen to bits caused by a fanciful, we are the new powerhouse test nation.
The former captains have it right. It's sloppy cricket.

All this talk about changing the rules for one very sloppy cricketer who has a history of being a slackass.
It's the batters responsibility to know the ball is dead before he wanders off.
The umpire contributed because he wasn't watching the play.
The ball wasn't dead because Carey had a throw at the stumps as soon as he gloves it.

The MCC should throw out the idiots chanting cheats as the players went through the long room.
Personally, I would've lost my shit!
Being called a cheat in your face over a decision made by the umpires is about as low as you can go.
England have been outplayed and outsmarted in both games so far and they are not liking it at all.
Maybe a few of the members had big bucks on the result?

For Australia to win without Lyon is a bloody good result.
I don't think we'll lose a game from here.

Is everyone else feeling the same joy as me with all these salty as **** poms having a regular sook?
Geoffrey Boycott of all people arcing up.
That's made my morning.

Stick with Green. He'll come good with the bat.
Like people have said, his catching is outstanding and his height with the ball is important.
If he's injured then Marsh comes in.