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Why don't you just except it
Especially to those pricks that don't keep left.
Yeah exactly. He had to contest. He just contested poorly and was unfortunate to get the face. Better option would have been body behind the ball and take him out cleanly with eyes on ball. But that's a scary thing to do. He's just unlucky.
Not your Bombers hat on is it ! i give up
I get the defensiveness when it's your own player, but you can't look at that incident and think Melican has any excuse. If that was Toby Green doing that to Melican we'd be calling for his deregistration.
I'm a fan of McLean but his two biggest weaknesses militate against him being an effective defender - lack of agility and acceleration/closing speed. Nope. Forward or second ruck he can be good with his strengths.
The umpires are still amateurs. They train once a week. Should be professional. The other thing is AFL keep rewriting the rules making it terribly hard for them. After all the poor darlings are not bright and they want them to interpret? Stupid AFL
Bedford is a mouthy bugger. Maybe he upset LewieAfter all the talking Bedford did in the week, I'm glad someone gave him a derby (and black eye) to remember.
Yes and the Canberra umpire was the worst
Really? He kicks 60 metre goals. Not everyone can do that. Great tackler. Fast. He is playing one of the most unrewarding positions. The wing. A lot of running for no reward. Macca when he is on the wing plays as an extra mid. Campbell is on the wrong side wing. Only used if very free. He gets his own ball most of the time. He has to and is good one on one. I think he is already a valuable and valued player
How many 60 m goals has he kicked ? how many set shots has he missed
The AFL USA Private School Boys ClubMy enjoyment of the AFL has diminished greatly over the last 10 years and this game was a perfect encapsulation of why.
The AFL is run by a bunch of incompetent nitwits who are more concerned with feasting at the trough and maintaining there's and their friends positions in the AFL than actually doing anything of value.
The umpiring, which approached the quality of the 2016 grand final, made what should have been a stirring and exciting game into a frustrating reminder that the AFL admin will continue to try and kill the golden goose to make just one more dollar.
They will never try and "fix" the umpiring nor even admit there is an issue, if they did someone might start asking questions as to who is to blame and what changes need to be made and that may result in one of the boys club members being dislodged from the organisation and we just can't have that.
So the AFL will continue on with fans hoping the administrators of the game rise to a level of mediocrity that at this stage seems so far in the distance.
On the bright side
Wicks hasn't missed a beat after his week off and is continuing to show that he is this years biggest improvement to the side.
McInerney still needs to improve his awareness in contests and make some better decisions but his clearance work for someone who is not an inside mid was very promising and he is showing the ability to be able to rack up disposals and have an impact across four quarters.
Warner looks to be coming close to his best and is just so hard to stop in the chaos of the contest.
And lastly the commitment and trust from the coaches to play both Hamling and Francis and give them the responsibility to stop their defender from taking easy intercept marks was great to see. I was never a Longmire hater but even I could see that his unwillingness to man up on defenders, who would often kill us with intercept marking and rebound, was very damaging in more than a few games.
Fair enough. Little thought bubble but you're probably right.
He's a rat
