After the Mexican loss to Holland, the coach came on to international TV and said how proud he was of the boys but when the referee gifts the opposition a goal like he just did, you haven't got much chance of winning.

The moral?

Umpires should cop it when they are incompetent. I'm not in agreement with what the refs in soccer put up with from the players in terms of in-you-face stuff and even pushing and shoving (in Argentina especially) but someone has to ask the questions.

The htb rule is a joke. If you get tackled you have to dispose of it properly by hand or foot. That's probably the least ambiguous rule in the book but it's the most over interpreted. If tackling is so important, why isn't it rewarded. Prior opportunity I agree with but after that it's black and white.

And in the back is another. One shouldn't need to be a chiropractor to work out where a player's back is.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Do you actually understand the concept of free agency?

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

EDIT: Didn't read every post before posting. Apologies to Moshe. But for the time lag I'd have got in first.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

I dunno...wasn't named in the clubs top 150...read between the lines dane.

3 things.

Umpires not taking control to keep Collingwood players from illegally impeding our players.

Lack of smalls to support or 'bomb it to a contest' philosophy

Lack of spread !!

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The problem will be made. for the solution to be sold, to your face before your eyes, tolerance is now the new danger

I should have:
a. known you'd do this
b. looked before I posted.

Are you sure we aren't twins?

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

I'm well aware of your thoughts on Jammo!

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dane's trolling again

The list management blunders were meant to stop under MM; instead they've continued with the Thomas recruitment.

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

I'm so over the way we give teams a head start and then play catch up and invariably fall just short.

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Did we really recruit dale thomas.... I think he still plays for Collingwood - his first 5 disposals went directly to Collingwood players.

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“Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile a way and you have their shoes."

This is my bug bear!!
You see players given 10 years to get rid of the ball when tackled, whereas in previous years, if you re swung around 360 degrees, that's enough chance to get rid of it.

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James Hird and Essendon* FC - #FOREVERDRUGCHEATS

Carrazzo has nothing left. His handball in the first was the 3rd week in a row where he's been under pressure, sh*t himself, and cough up a lame duck handball which led directly to an opposition goal.

Sorry - he does have one thing left - another year on his contract. Says it all really.

But seriously - let's get McKay into the CEO chair as soon as possible, so he can 'fix' things.

Might have to ask him nicely to retire.

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dane's trolling again

Who? McKay?

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Well, I think the club has an opportunity to use some of the rule changes to its advantage this off season if they are bold and use their brains (which clearly on both counts would be a 180 from the last decade and require someone other than McKay to be involved).

In addition to all the obvious delistings, let's say they let Waite go in FA, trade Garlett to WCE for a second rounder and trade Kreuzer for hopefully a first, but more likely a second and a favouarble swap of later picks.

Instead of being typical, stupid and short sighted Carlton, they don't go and splurge that freed up $ and bank it for either a FA next year or chisel out one of the kids from GWS.

there should be a LOT of $ coming off the books this year. Unless McKay decides Judd is worth another $1m, Waite is worth another 2 year deal etc. All of which is far more likely than anything sensible happening.

How many games has he had lately?!
0 that's it meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegaman.

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dane's trolling again

..asking a vet to 'fix' our players..?.. ..that's a bit rough ain't it..?..

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..if you can't be good, be good at it..

When are we going to change our under 10game plan,all year we bomb the ball the opp get back flood our fwd line and combine with numbers run it out space everwhere how many times have we seen this.Anyway 8 wks to go to its over .

Not to mention redundant.

Oh FFS, do you really believe this stuff?
Malthouse wouldn't have known Docherty if he stood up in his coco pops.
It's the role of one of the recruiting staff to look at fringe players at other AFL clubs. The same as someone looks at the VFL, TAC, SANFL etc etc. (You know, the recruiting staff you continuously bag based on zero knowledge of their roles or responsibilities)
They make the recommendations.

But no, according to you, everything good = Mick, everything bad = Ratten/recruiting staff.
I swear some of you go to bed with a photo of Mick and have a good old Uncle Doug until your hand slips off the end and knocks you senseless.

At least give credit where it's due.

All clubs make bad trades, does the recruitment of Cameron Wood to Collingwood for pick 15 or Chris Bryan on a 2 year deal ring any bells?

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.