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Is one of the most wonderful field kicks

Nankervis has certainly sold a few people into trouble this evening with some errant handballs.

The two handballs (Crouch? and Keays) to set him were very very good.

Used to be that the umpire would stand near where the ball was going; in this case at the post it hit. For some reason, they seem to be taught to look along the line rather than being underneath the trajectory of the ball. Seems silly to me.

Difference in hit up kicks - Tex hit it hard while Miers popped it up for Hawkins to run into.

It’s a pretty solid back 6 there.

Can add Phil Carman to that list

I used to get ham, cheese and mustard added to my pasties at the shop. Tasty.

Within 24 hours last week, I had a boring quadrella of ex-player encounters. Shared a lift with Daniel Talia twice (no hat), watched Kris Massie run a PT class in Light Square as I crossed the road (blue baseball hat - unsure if a logo was present), had Ken MacGregor (no hat) run past me as I...

My thought is that it’s Not just Nicks. Look at the other coaches as well with Burns, Van Berlo, Bello, Clarke etc who were all effort players. The way you played forms an integral part of the way you coach sub-consciously and the types of players you pick. Certainly laconic looking players get...

Because Norwood were given Port’s Eyre Peninsula zone and this was a sneaky way of keeping the EP tenuously tied to Port.

Port’s traditional and bitter rival is Norwood. Norwood and Collingwood over the years have had a quite a connection from the 1970s and 80s players like Phil Carman, Michael Taylor, Craig Kelly onwards to the 90s Tony Francis, Brett James etc. Cooper’s Hill is an excellent place to watch a...

Wonder if his SANFL games and soon to development coaching games would take him over the 100 game mark for father son for Adelaide? Or if this has even been thought about with reserved teams by the AFL?

Mutineer, thanks for that.

Not sure if this is the place but did this year’s under 18 Tomkins medallist Angus Tully, used to be in the Crows Academy?

Swap for McAdam with some pick shuffling?

Maynard turns side on essentially choosing to “bump”; whether that’s to brace for contact or not hasn’t seemed to bother the AFL in the past. I reckon Maynard chose to contact him side on rather than front on and will cop a match penalty based on the resultant concussion suffered by Brayshaw...

4 to 6 is a bit stinky

Trading someone like Grundy who would instantly make Port better for a late second round pick makes no sense to me. Making a competitor better for no real gain to yourself seems somewhat silly. He’d make Ports already imposing midfield instantly better. However something like a Georgiades...

There’s also the fact that many points were kicked in that grey zone between 20-35metres out where players think that they just need to guide the ball through rather than kicking through the ball. Stopping your momentum into kicking often leads to the ball stop being slightly off - at least...

Thinking that Tex must have something wrong with his right foot. I haven’t seen him kick on his right since that rucking contest where he got trod on.

My understanding from chatting with folk connected to the club is that Sloane has been told prior to signing that it’s highly likely he’ll play more SANFL than AFL games next year. Also got the impression that Borlase is 50/50 about being offered a contract but the club is waiting on AFL...

His hands have been awful this evening.

He works at MRS Property I reckon. I often see him in the building I work in at Light Square.

Spinifex do a wonderful Riesling from Eden Valley. And Living Roots Riesling from the Finger Lakes is wonderful too.

Kay’s Nero d’Avola is sensational too.

Having travelled recently on QANTAS, they didn’t have Wifi on either of the 787 or 380 I flew on in premium economy from the US to Australia . Reason given was trouble finding an international service provider.

At Uni/Uni games in the 80s we called it the tortoise. Player was in the middle of the square and bouncing the ball toward goal. The front would open up about 40-45 metres from goal. Only worked if the four players in the middle got the ball out to the player in the middle. If not it was quite...

I’d expect most of Norwood’s ins to play reserves as they’re all bar one named on the bench. Frankly at 0 and 8 the coach has every right to throw the magnets around.

My observations at the game: Crouch’s in close/tight hands are still AFL level standard. Keane has been Adelaide’s best defender both dropping off and 1 on 1. Berry has forgotten how to kick through the ball. Cook and Newchurch both look like players who can read play. Jack Heard is an awesome...