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Surely. If the AFL is reduced to nominating that nobody from the Kangas last week, Darcy has to be a shoe-in. Surely. I mean - you know - if he gets well enough to play next week another couple of games like his first half yesterday wuold just about make him favourite to win the thing!

This is already the way the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) does it. The four players involved in the push 'n' shove on ANZAC Day got a $1500 fine each, but if they accept the fine it is reduced to $1000. Fair enough. But Pendles - and I know he is not one of the fined players - would...

It's the unevenness of the competition that create a stack of uninteresting games. I guess it's a natural consequence of the two new teams and the domino effect on teams at the bottom of the ladder (top draft picks not available). I like the staggered bye draw - the week off is unbearable -...

My understanding is that the money committed by a contract can not be reduced by that player resigning, being sacked or even retiring. How is it that people are talking about GWS NOW being able to match the Swans' offer because Izzy has gone? Does any one know?

Archer was a terrific back pocket player and a great clubman, but surely he didn't merit HOF status as soon as he was eligible.

Two Collingwood goals in the last quarter scored by men unmarked at stoppages, and BOTH involved sharking the third man up hit out. Just sayin'

I mean someone has to make the decision. The Waite decision is a classic for that. One of them might have been pretty sure he didn't touch it and the other thought that he probably did. So how would that situation be adjudicated? Likewise a touch on the line. Two goalies seems to...

All questions have to be answered, including the ones about the radio commentators. We interstaters get to love, love and hate three commentators who we have never listened to!! Those three results will be meaningless.

This got a big run in the Sydney papers today. The AFL and supprters generally should be pleased. We can keep the G for the AFL season - no need for an 8-week gap. It's the wrong shape for soccer anyway.

In today's Sydney Sun Herald they claim that "Samsung's recent exit from the Sydney Roosters and Melbourne Victory is part of a withdrawal from sports sponsorship. Next will be Essendon" Has this had any airing in Melbourne? FWIW

The 'eating a pepper' thingy is the first sign that the creative people have left the show and have been repleced by someone's mate. This sort of blokey, juvenile nonsense runs well in dressing sheds and on Mad Mondays but has no place in a national TV show catering for a broad audience...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25423013-12270,00.html Food for thought.

I've browsed the thread regarding the first established player to go to a new franchise, and every poster had the word JUDAS ready to throw at the bloke who goes. But the reality is that, sometime in 2009, posters willl realise that the number one pick is available to their club, and all of a...

comfortably with 53 votes. Medhurst second with 47, then Pendles, Leeeeooowwwwnnnnn and Harry O'B. Well done Dane, a terrific, underrated midfielder.

I'm hoping for an intelligent discussion here. In 2007 and 2008 there is no doubt that two of the best half dozen or so players in the AFL were Gary Ablett and Jim Bartel. Yet Jim Bartel was not nominated by his club in either year. I am not sure if other clubs also did this, and I'm not...

Iemma has been sacked. That'll raise everyone's spirits no end!!

Why do Geelong get off scot free? A, OBSESSION

Yes it was legal, it was smart and we all want our players to do it when we are clinging on to a narrow lead with seconds to go. But it is ugly, and would be an intenational disgrace if it were to occur in a Grand Final. My proposed simple solution does not require re-jigging the scoring...

Glen Jacovic on 'Before the Bounce' last night. The whole panel was intrigued (some might say disbelieving - Eagles were 6-0 in 2007, and had Judd and Cuz in the team!) But Glen was referring to the fact that the club was in disarray last year. Players were drug takers, (maybe drug...

I liked it. in case you missed it, it read 'WE COULD RUB IT IN - BUT WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT."

....Ricky Olerenshaw. His life must have flashed before his eyes when the instruction came through the earpiece 'Get a sound bite from Woosher as he walks off the field at half time, could ya, Rick.' But he did it, and both he and Woosher came out of it looking pretty good.

ie McCarthy and Toby. I am sure that I am not the only one who would be most interested in your thoughts.

Not Scott Burns (but I appreciate you thinking that it was) but BRUUUUCE McAVENEY. The best describer of the game bar none, he adds far more colour and excitement than any other commentator. And he leaves Dennis to be clever, while he just does what he does best. A great combination...

A wag on Hotrod's board reckons they will spring a surprise by selecting Damien Martyn with pick 18.

Clearly the dominant force in the competition until injured. Virtually unstoppable. He should be on the wing, Goodwin on the ball, Cuz on the bench, and McDonald in the grandstand. It would be fair to say, would it not, that if he were to suddenly materialise on the field for the PF and...

He might Not (edit) even get suspended, but the AFL needs to let all players know that shaping to head butt an umpire is totally unacceptable.

Let's hope the AFL (and the Swans) can wield a bit of influence and get the ground lengthened. Just five metres at each end would make a significant difference. They'll NEVER have a better opportunity.

In light of marathon runner Lee Troop’s 45th placed finish in the Fukuoka marathon in Japan and failure to qualify for the Australian Commonwealth Games team, should he have come to Arizona for high altitude training with the Magpies? Yes – It could have improved his performance No –...

And we all know what he got for that.

It would be a huuuuge call, but no matter how badly BBB took it, it is hard toi imagine him playing any worse than he has so far this finals series. FWIW, I would always have had Captain Kirk.