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My recent thread on Rohan sending Cameron to hospital was deleted by the mod on the technical grounds that the rules only refer to opposition players making prohibited contact. The incident was reckless, high contact causing a head injury. That Cameron only was injured was Rohan's good luck...

I didn't think I would ever post again on Big Footy after the PR disaster of last year but reading Caroline Wilson's article in The Age this morning has changed that. Kennett has to go, now! His arrogance, that fact that he is totally tone deaf to the circumstances of others, or to context...

"Brownlow Medallist Mitchell is amidst his fifth campaign at Hawthorn, having joined the club at the end of 2016 season after four years and 65 games with Sydney". This was the final sentence in Hawthorn's post to members re the Round 23 team. It appears immediately under retirement/departure...

Clarkos departure is a fait accompli. The manner of it, the appalling handling of it by Kennett in particular and the Board in general has brought our proud club into disrepute and they should do the honourable thing and resign en bloc. If not now at the AGM.

The reality of AFL football 2021 just goes to prove that coaches will always be able to work out ways that increase their sides chance of winning. Look at the scores in this year. Scoring 100 points is an exception. Hocking and all the sychophants pretending to be independent journalists...

Melbourne got right on top in the last quarter but how can umpires be so inconsistent in applying the rules? 26 to 15 free kicks after a bit of evening up in junk time. In the back paid to Melbourne but not Hawthorn. Trips in the goal square ignored. Dropping the ball and rewarding tackling...

What stats do the AFL take on umpires? Do they look at the free kicks they pay and to which teams? Do they examine the tape to see the free kicks they don't pay? Do they analyse the nature of the free kicks given? I wasn't umpire watching today but Mollison forced himself to my attention. His...

He repelled more Hawthorn attacks than PA and what he called disgraceful

This is a stain on the game. Note I am referring to orchestrated appeals to the umpire. It is completely against the spirit of the game. The worst offender - by far - is Geelong.

To help keep our spirits up I have done an analysis of the 2020 Draw taking into account 'expected' wins based on the 2019 final ladder against teams that finished lower, and losses against those that finished higher. On the basis of that information I have constructed the 'real' ladder. Where...

In the Age it was reported that: "... to underline the increasing differences between the ''haves'' and the ''have nots'', the wealthier clubs such as West Coast, Richmond and Collingwood - disenchanted at having to follow receivership rules - have achieved a special clause in the new agreement...

My wife and I are legends members, obviously we do not expect/want a refund for the 2020 season but is there anything else can we do to support the club other than more money?

After last night's excrutiating pre season draft to today's news about a shorter half time and players being able to appeal goal umpire decisions. Can't you stop this nonsense.

I am a Legends member. I have tickets for both home and away games. I was not able to confirm that I could go to the match against the Tigers until today. It seems that I had to book tickets yesterday and that now I have to pay a premium for 3 seats tomorrow that I have already paid for...

Hocking, McLachlan and the AFL Board should all resign. Their arrogance in changing the games has resulted in the most congestion, the lowest scoring and the most boring football in a generation.

For 2019 the AFL introduced new rules for football to remove congestion and prompt higher scoring. We have now had four rounds of football and the impact of those rules can now be seen. The following table compares AFL scores for the first four rounds from 2012-2018. Year Points scored...

Just who was playing in gold today in our home match? Get rid of that abomination of a jumper and find some other way of supporting the breast cancer appeal.

There's been enough outrage by NEUTRALS on Big Footy about the onesided umpiring in the last 15 minutes of the Geelong v Hawthorn game to justify a review. Has the AFL done a review? If so what were their findings?

I am taking 36 Saudi teachers and their children (who are in Australia short term) to the Richmond v Hawthorn match on Sunday. As a loyal Hawks supporter I want to make 100% sure that I have 36 converts to both the game and Hawthorn. I have some Hawthorn scarfs from previous years but not...

Why did Hawthorn wear a white top against the Dockers? What was the clash? What is going on? Why do the Hawks wear a clash jumper when it is not needed? Can someone explain it and also explain why we wear white while other clubs get away with a very loose take on the clash jumper (e.g...

Last night might have seemed a disaster but finishing fourth may not be such a bad thing given that in: 2013 we finished the home and away season first - premiership 1 2014 we finished the home and away season second - premiership 2 2015 we finished the home and away season third - premiership...

Lethalselbow provided a pretty interesting list of posters on this website in relation to the AL Clarkson poll. If you look through the 60+ posters who voted sack him now, how many of them were Hawthorn supporters and how many of them trolls? I am happy for genuine Hawthorn supporters to air...

Some of you have been banging on about Osborne, time up, time to be traded etc etc. Well we need his mongrel. Pity he is out. Some of you may now start to realise his worth

First of all let me say that I love football. I am (usually) a happy man during winter especially when the Hawks are playing well. I love the skill and the passion in the game. I love to hate opposition teams but know that they are as important as my club because without them we would have...

IMO Birch doesn't get his deserved share of the credit at Hawthorn. His absence in the last couple of games has left a huge hole, particularly in bringing the ball out of the backhalf, When will he be back?

Earlier in the year I heard a stat that really staggered me. Despite the fact that the Hawthorn and Collingwood teams playing against each other were almost the same average height each Collingwood player was on average 4 kg heavier. I didn't check it out but remained in the memory bank...

In 2007 Jeff Kennett announced Hawthorn's five year plan: Five years, 2 premierships and fifty thousand members. Here we are coming to the end of that five year period and we are within touching distance of pulling it off. Win the premiership and despite Geelong's dominance we're their equals...

How confident are you all now that Jeff hasn't put us at risk of losing Alistair Clarkson now that Neil Craig has resigned? They'll offer a seven figure sum and the pressure on Alistair to look after his family interests will be immense. I just don't understand Jeff's agenda.

I don't know if this has been mentioned on Big Footy already, but according to Saturday's Age (p2): "an AFL investigation is continuing into three further betting plunges on players to kick the opening goals of matches. Brisbane Lions key defender Daniel Merrett and Matt Macguire and...

Well the betting agencies are certainly not happy with insider trading in the AFL. I wonder how they feel about the MRP and its ability to influence the outcome of games without any consistency in its decisions.