No Oppo Supporters General AFL Discussion #12 - Carlton Posters ONLY!

[thylacine60]

cue "great to see our players so committed"..............

truth "one called the other a fat *****"................

 

[Arr0w]

Plough on the end, again

 

[Jatz]

To be fair, it's only natural to want to lay one on Stringers chin I would've thought.

 

[Bletch]

Harley Reid training with * this week too - bet he'll be impressed. Prob hoping like hell * don't finish last.

 

[Robertio]

To be fair, it's only natural to want to lay one on Stringers chin I would've thought.

Lets go with a couple.

 

[thylacine60]

I wonder if our ground has anything to do with it. I remember there was talk of going American stadium style with chopped car tyres being part of the base. Never happened obviously but you would think the club did their due diligence.

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hmmm.........there's a thought..........

 

[SurreyBlue]

Happy for Liam.

Not happy for me.

Boo.

Yep. This will hurt.

 

[BigFrizz36]

Big Maxy with a hamstring, Tsatsis to undergo knee surgery. Hard to believe that other teams also have injuries at this time of the year.

 

[thylacine60]

no welcome to st kilda thread for stocker.........

 

[Gethelred]

no welcome to st kilda thread for stocker.........

St Kilda fans - my mother excepted - are arseholes.

 

[katmanblue]

Liam Stocker a Saint now!

He has the devil in him.

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[katmanblue]

. Love to see him have a career best season for the struggling Aints.

That's not a very high bar, but ilike the sentiment.

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[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

no idea what will change but clearly (or not so) something has to give - look at the protection the nfl players have yet they have some of the worst concussions in sport I believe.......

AFL accused of failing to protect players from concussion in submission to parliament

Player agent Peter Jess lists 32 AFL players that have retired with some form of brain trauma injury since 2009

www.theguardian.com

NFL players have very little regard for their own safety, nor do the rules. They lead with the head, shoulders and neck.
Helmets don't prevent concussion and they have zero spinal protection in all their gear.
I think the helmets and pads make them feel invincible.
I'm not a big NFL fan, but I do enjoy the occasional game. I'm surprised they still allow a lot of the upper body contact, but to remove it would require some big changes.

 

[Doro]

NFL players have very little regard for their own safety, nor do the rules. They lead with the head, shoulders and neck.
Helmets don't prevent concussion and they have zero spinal protection in all their gear.
I think the helmets and pads make them feel invincible.
I'm not a big NFL fan, but I do enjoy the occasional game. I'm surprised they still allow a lot of the upper body contact, but to remove it would require some big changes.

The NFL actually mad a whole raft of changes to minimize concussion in recent years - penalties for initiating contact with the helmet. It's made a considerable difference to regularity of concussions.

 

[RPCB]

Clarkson counselling Thomas on his behaviour. A bit awkward.

 

[RPCB]

no welcome to st kilda thread for stocker.........

No, but I can start a “Sorry St Kilda signed you, Liam Stocker!” thread.

 

[thylacine60]

2 Metre Peter done a calf at training. Russell.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

AFL website has a general write up about the organised preseason scratch matches between all clubs on the days February 23rd & 24th…
Carlton in talks with the Pies with the venue still to be determined…

 

[Revenant1965]

Stand Rule change coming up it seems... Reported that if a player fakes a handball in a bid to shift the man on the mark will not be awarded a 50m penalty in 2023. Seems good to me.

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[thylacine60]

more retro-interference...........

 

[AceAndy]

Stand Rule change coming up it seems... Reported that if a player fakes a handball in a bid to shift the man on the mark will not be awarded a 50m penalty in 2023. Seems good to me.

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I recall Sam Docherty used that rule to his advantage against Collingwood, clear evidence of the AFL's anti-Carlton bias.

 

[My Hat]

Stand Rule change coming up it seems... Reported that if a player fakes a handball in a bid to shift the man on the mark will not be awarded a 50m penalty in 2023. Seems good to me.

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Hmmm. Wonder if the umpire now has to decide whether a player is faking or was genuinely about to handball but then changed their mind. Apparently there's the possibility of a play-on call as a result, presumably even if the player hasn't moved their feet. Really wish we could go just one year with a moratorium on rule tinkering.

 

[Brackets]

Hmmm. Wonder if the umpire now has to decide whether a player is faking or was genuinely about to handball but then changed their mind. Apparently there's the possibility of a play-on call as a result, presumably even if the player hasn't moved their feet. Really wish we could go just one year with a moratorium on rule tinkering.

Faking a handpass only works if players are moving before play on has been called. So the stand rule now means sometimes they have to stand until play on is called, and sometimes they don't. Inline with the ambiguity of most other rules at least.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Think it’s one of the better rules introduced.

Calling play on if the player motions to handball is fine with me.

 

[Jatz]

Of all the rule changes they've raised over the years, this is one that probably makes the most sense.