I'll tack on that if it bounces off the post back into the field of play - play on!
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Totally agree with the last. Why should it matter if it touches the post? The only tricky one is if it rebounds into the field of play and doesn't go through. Point or OOB. Again, so what if it's touched.
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I can’t stand technical head highs.
When a player glances another players head, ffs play on.
When a player glances another players head, ffs play on.
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Make the game easier to play and officiate.
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14 isn't our best number
Skilton and Kelly and I guess Mills will be greats of the club
But other numbers have had more good players
Skilton and Kelly and I guess Mills will be greats of the club
But other numbers have had more good players
Maybe in terms of volume. But in top tier talent. I can't think of a number that comes close to Skilton and Kelly's ilk.
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You know what. You're right, I've changed my mind.Neither won a premiership
#16 is probably our best number.
Rohan has won more premierships than Skiltz and Kelly combined.
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212. Some players, get themselves injurred by doing just a little more than was necessary and putting themselves in danger.
Rohan did it regularly (IMHO).
I hope Sheldrick doesn’t go that route.
Rohan did it regularly (IMHO).
I hope Sheldrick doesn’t go that route.
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To leave Craig Bird out of the no.14 assessment results in a misleading analysis.
Kelly, Skilton, Mills …. Bird.
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11
browning
maxfield
bedford
papley
cazaly
ed barlow
21
Barry
Mcglynn
Gulden
Morwood
25
Richards
Round
Nash
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Wright
Hoffman
dempster
playfair
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Bayes
roberts thompson
mccartin
rhys jones
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I don't know whether to raise my eyebrows more at Nash or Playfair. 
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The Nash is Laurie Nash who at ~Tom Papley's size was named at CHF in the Swans Team of the Century.I don't know whether to raise my eyebrows more at Nash or Playfair.
He was also a former captain of the team and for good measure a Test cricketer and knocked backed a cushy job at home in WWII to enlist as a trooper and served in combat.
And of course it would be remiss not to mention his famous quote;
When asked who was the greatest footballer he had ever seen, Nash replied "I see him in the mirror every morning when I shave".
So I'm fairly sure you are thinking of someone else (wild guess Nick Daffy wore #3 for his one game after crossing from Richmond?).
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I'm aware of who Laurie Nash is, and that is who I was raising my eyebrow about. Different reasons for raising my eyebrows in each case.
Nash because he is more than one generation removed from most of the other players listed. Nash played in the 30s whereas most of the others played in the 80s and after (Cazaly, Papley & Bedford excepted in #11 - I could have raised my eyebrow at Cazaly too).
With Playfair I raised my eyebrow for a totally different reason: because he is less celebrated than many of the other players on that list - I would call him a journeyman. Only played 16 games for us.
Why not list #2? - Vic Belcher, Herbie Matthews, Jim Caldwell, Fred Goldsmith, Teaser, Rhyce Shaw, Diesel, Schwassa - that's a hard number to beat. You've got premierships, Brownlows and captains in there.
Nash because he is more than one generation removed from most of the other players listed. Nash played in the 30s whereas most of the others played in the 80s and after (Cazaly, Papley & Bedford excepted in #11 - I could have raised my eyebrow at Cazaly too).
With Playfair I raised my eyebrow for a totally different reason: because he is less celebrated than many of the other players on that list - I would call him a journeyman. Only played 16 games for us.
Why not list #2? - Vic Belcher, Herbie Matthews, Jim Caldwell, Fred Goldsmith, Teaser, Rhyce Shaw, Diesel, Schwassa - that's a hard number to beat. You've got premierships, Brownlows and captains in there.
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I just did some random players off the top off my head to back up an opinion I put zero thought into. Literally just thinking what would be unpopular then went from there
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Complaining about the Vic biased media is pointless - particularly TV and radio.
There’s more teams (and viewers) in Vic. Of course journos are going to play to their primary audience.
It’s like asking Putin to demand his TV networks talk more about Ukraine’s point of view.
There’s more teams (and viewers) in Vic. Of course journos are going to play to their primary audience.
It’s like asking Putin to demand his TV networks talk more about Ukraine’s point of view.
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37 and 23 are pretty unbeatable imo.
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Opening Round/Round 0/Round 1 is the one of the dumbest things that I've ever seen.
(The naming convention)
It's almost as bad as AFLX.
(The naming convention)
It's almost as bad as AFLX.
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