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Congratulations Geelong on the win. Maybe we can now have overrated commentators stop talking about the importance of handball. It's the most overrated skill in football. Biggest difference between the sides was the number of Geelong players willing to attack the contest and play team first...

This has more to do with the AFL Media and the rubbish they spout as well as the in built advantages some Victorian clubs have than anything else. Every August we hear the AFL Media espouse the line that certain Victorian teams can't be overlooked as a flag threat because of their experience...

This is the main reason why its these two teams playing in the Grand Final. There's only so many games that can be won on the back of 1 or 2 star players. Also, odds are that once you get past the first week of finals you're generally playing against teams that have just as many star players...

Most of the results in recent years where one side has had a close game in the prelim there was a clear better team in the Grand Final and that team won it. Although I agree that Geelong's best is better than Sydney's, the strength (and weakness) of the Sydney side has been their...

Definitely food for thought but suspect it would be too involved a system for it to be implemented considering the average IQ of an AFL House employee. Good analogy with likening it to betting though, especially considering the amount of people that bet on live sport. Proof that field umpires...

Definitely food for thought but suspect it would be too involved a system for it to be implemented considering the average IQ of an AFL House employee. Good analogy with likening it to betting though, especially considering the amount of people that bet on live sport. Proof that field umpires...

Suspect it was because the goal umpire was making contact with the post which I would suspect would cause interference with edge but not sure. The irony regarding the score review wasn't lost on most other people either. Don't know how you can make a judgement on whether it's a goal or not when...

My point was more that given the game situation, Pickett's two misses playing me football were more costly than Lever's actions. The difference in Brisbane's 2 finals wins have been 22 players playing team first football and taking their opportunities when they come. For someone that can have...

90 seconds to go, 7 points down. McStay takes at least 25 seconds to start his run up so at best for Melbourne they have a minute to score 2 goals unless McStay kicks it on the full in which case a draw is possible. Much more likely he takes 15 to 20 seconds and chips the ball to a free teammate...

Suspect it was more along the lines of what Neale said in his interview after the game. Got jumped early but Melbourne didn't put them away. First box Brisbane had to tick was still be in touch at quarter time which they were (only 2 goals down). I've found that the they're on top and can't...

2015 Fremantle vs West Coast. Hawthorn beating Fremantle in Perth in the prelim on the Friday night guaranteed a one sided grand final. North weren't good enough to challenge Hawthorn (or West Coast in Perth) and West Coast weren't good enough outside of Perth. 2020 Brisbane vs Richmond. A big...

Yes it has but they were situations where the only person who didn't know the result before the review was the goal umpire. Think what will be the result of Thursdays game is that we'll see goal umpires allowed to say I've got no idea and the review go on a most likely scenario instead of...

Doubt it. That would require Michael Christian to use his brain and not be a laughing stock.

True, umpiring was poor all night. Biggest difference for me was Brisbane's senior players playing team first football and making the most of their opportunities. Joe Danniher was probably beaten most of the night but walks away having kicked the same number of goals as Riewoldt and Lynch...

Dunstall was playing Devils Advocate and posing a what if question to his fellow panellists regarding whether or not Brisbane would play a ruckman next week. As he explained when Sarah Jones queried him on it, Sydney's main ruckman, similar to Richmond's, doesn't hurt you around the ground with...

I agree that the reason for the lack of explanations could quite probably be too large a team and needing to give everyone a say. In that case, it would be interesting to hear some of the special comments people etc if there was a smaller team and if they improved. I also pay little attention...

That would be one way although I wouldn't want to see it go that way. My suggestion would be to lessen the emphasis on player protection slightly. For example, contact that just brushes a player high I would let go whilst focusing more on extended and more severe contact. Another way would be to...

The only reason I used Brian Taylor as a comparison was because that is who the poster I was responding to used. I gave my opinion on Brian Taylor not to compare him and Daisy but to demonstrate how being better than someone else doesn't absolve you from criticism or mean that you are doing a...

Thanks, although I can't take all the credit. Was something that was pointed out by our club president when a teammate questioned why the role player won the award instead of the star player in my presence and using me as an example.

I agree that she is better than most others she works with. However, they all set the bar so low a 2 month old could roll over it. It's getting sad that suitability for positions often comes down to who's less s**t. BT 0.5 / 10 Daisy 3 / 10 Better, but still incompetent.

Problem with competency as a commentator is that it requires honesty which with the amount of social justice warriors running around can be dangerous. Honesty leads to opinions and potentially causing controversy. It's much more cost effective for networks to have idiots that spout drivel as...

Suspect it would also have to do with the different things players and coaches look for. I don't play AFL but do play a sport at the highest level offered by my state short of representative teams and also coach so will speak to my personal experiences. In the team I play in we have a previous...

Things that have held previous Motlop's back from being higher ranked has mostly been inability to win their own ball and/or laziness. Stephen Motlop suffered from inconsistency mostly because he was mainly a receiver (ie he relied on teammates winning and feeding the ball to him). These players...

All Australian team selection is about impact players had on the game and as such solely using statistics can be misleading. Defenders playing in lower sides will get more opportunities to rank higher in statistical areas because generally speaking if a team is losing it means the opposition are...

This is true. I would also suggest that the instructions AFL umpires are given would also play a part in this. For example, umpires are instructed to place preference on player safety therefore players that are better at exaggerating flaws in tacklers techniques or exaggerating contact will...

I doubt he'd be in the top 15 forwards in the competition for contested marks if it was a % stat which would be more useful. Main reason he's ranked so highly for contested marks is the number of times the ball is kicked to him. He was a liability at times in a lot of Essendon's close losses or...

Was designed to stop the argument of X team only won because they had more fit players. However, like majority of rule changes, because of the nature of competitive sport players and coaches adapt and learn how to manipulate rules to their advantage. The AFL are just slow to realise this. I...

Probably more the lack of consistency with what isn't paid a free kick than what is. I thought that a heavy majority of the free kicks that were paid were correct it was more what wasn't that was the problem. This was further exaggerated by one umpire blowing the whistle straight away and...

Scariest thing is out of the clubs still in the mix Collingwood have the most ceiling for improvement. Have yet to play 4 quarters all year, scary prospect if it happens come September. Best thing about the game against Sydney is that an in form Sydney would force Collingwood to win a different...

The reason is quite simple. The way incidents are viewed by the MRP and tribunal is flawed and ridiculous. The number 1 decider on how a contact incident is judged is the effect it had on the player. As Pickett was visually affected by the incidents they are glossed over. There is no conspiracy...