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36 Pat Kerr
13 Jed Lamb
46 Matthew Wright
18 Aaron Mullett
32 Nick Graham
23 Jacob Weitering
37 Matt Shaw
1 Jack Silvagni

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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 really like jack, and think he could be a real good mid. but he doesn't have the tank to play Ed's role for even 1 full quarter.

so....

in: Murphy
out: Curnow


maybeeee Mullet for Weitering

If we drop Graham for Weitering we are idiots

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Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

Geelong, Harry Taylor, Dangerfield and the media are happy, that's the main thing, we continue our great recent tradition of being sacrificial lambs. Everyone is happy in AFL land for another week
Not much commentary about S.May though, funny that. How is this joke of a sport even taken seriously anymore, it is totally compromised... how did it get to this? Wonder what the Chinese will make of the shitshow this week lol, they will probably just laugh at it.

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"Then joked and said he (Jack himself) probably wouldn't even need to play until round 2 against Collingwood."

Based on these comments I am wondering what punishment Ed would have received if he had pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the original charge. They said that Hawkins would have received 2 weeks if he didnt plead guilty and Ed could not receive a reduction because he did not plead guilty. Ed got one week. So the question is if Ed pleaded guilty on Tuesday he would have got a fine?
I am confused.

Big blow to our chances this week with Ed out. Our midfield is bereft of strong bodies and experience, he will leave a big hole. No way we would have won last week without him. Hopefully Murphy and/or Kennedy (in form) will cover the loss, but it would have been nice to add to what we had last week


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I'm just glad we found some "consistency" with decisions. We now know where we stand with regards to umpires. There are just six easy to follow rules when it comes to touching umpires:

1- you can "consistently" head butt an umpire - but only if you play for Gold Coast - known from now on as the Steven May Rule 2018.

2- you can "consistently" charge at a blokes neck with your hip and get no penalty (potentially causing a neck or spinal injury) - but only if you play for the Swans - now known as the Swans/Good Blokes/We play finals every year/flagship team Rule 2018.

3- you can "consistently" touch an umpire as long as you were involved in a melee and "had other things on your mind" - Charlie Curnow Rule 2018

4- you can't "consistently" touch an umpire if done with "affection/treating umpires as humans" as it is "manifestly evident that a fine is insufficient" - Ed Curnow Rule 2018

5- you can "consistently" smash an umpire's hand away with aggression (if you play for Geelong) and get just a one week ban. (Tom Hawkins Rule 2018)

6- you can "consistently" push an umpire away from you with forcefulness (if your name is Greg Williams) and get a 9 week ban. (Greg Williams Rule 1997)

7- you can "consistently" "carelessly contact" an umpire if your name is Dustin Martin, David Swallow or Matt Crouch and receive a $1000 fine (April 2018 AFL Rule)

Yep, one can say consistency has been achieved. Thank you!

Wheezing Julian De Stoop on Fox Footy interviewed Geelong player
He states, "Do you feel a little bit more comfortable now with Tom's ban now that Ed has also been given a week" (Cause satisfying Geelong players is our aim)
Taylor "as a player what you want to see is consistency with decision making" certain things you can do and others you can't...

I think we have now achieved that consistency.


Andrew McKay
"All players need to be aware in this day and age, there has been contact with umpires through showing affection towards them, treating them as humans...now players have to be conscious of doing that."

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Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

Weak

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Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

Drinks his own bath water, Patty? Great player however cant handle the way he strutts around the ground. Not to mention that stupid stunt last year trying to hide from the media, then the time he was using crutches only to throw them away. Patty wants it to be about Patty, massive ego.

It's all about him but he's no Brain Surgeon is our Patty. To say that Curnow vs the angry hit out by Hawkins were the same transgression shows an IQ somewhere south of 90

Won’t be attending this game this week.

I’ve written to Gil and told him my reasons why.


I’m sure the AFL will muddle along without me.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

no brownlow for ed?

Wouldn't it be funny, that on the same day he commits an incident against the umpires that see him suspended, those same umpires give him 3 votes for 'best and fairest'...

In fact why don't the umpires immediately report someone for intentionally touching the umpire? would be on of the more obvious transgressions, I would have thought...

I reckon ultimately it will, like so many other AFL rules ('deliberate' OOB, Hands in the back for marking forwards, running through a zone, HTB, deliberate rushed) go through a phase and then relax into a more normal space...

Which AFL official is getting the Junket to head across to China? I hope May gets BOG and wins whatever bogus medal they strike for the marketing stunt. It would be awesome to see May shaking hands and getting a medal put around his neck by one of the AFLs top execs in the same week he got off with a fine and no appeal for touching an ump !! My prediction is that May has had his press schedule rejigged on the fly and somebody else will be doing the GCS pre match interviews now!

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Agree with this comment
Paddy, different rules apply to him, good old boys & wonderful Geelong players. “Tom fronted up and handled himself incredibly well and then all of a sudden the next week the same thing happens and there is a change in jurisdiction. Seriously it’s absolutely ridiculous.”

Patrick- Hawkins advised plead guilty as he was guilty of hitting an umpires hand.
Did Curnow strike at an umpire’s hand- no!!!

Agree with this comment
Paddy, different rules apply to him, good old boys & wonderful Geelong players. “Tom fronted up and handled himself incredibly well and then all of a sudden the next week the same thing happens and there is a change in jurisdiction. Seriously it’s absolutely ridiculous.”

Patrick- Hawkins advised plead guilty as he was guilty of hitting an umpires hand.
Did Curnow strike at an umpire’s hand- no!!!

Jack can't keep up

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You're a thinker AB.

Couple that with May given 3 votes by umpires in Shaghai.

What a tangled web the AFL weaves

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2ndE you are 2 Steps ahead.

TC has some great contributors. Great stuff. Food for Thought.

I wonder what the Pre game captains interview will be like.

Slob I I of Foxtel show 360 would likely ask May if he deserves to be playing...maybe not.
Wheatley the Weasel would.

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