Oppo Camp Non Eagles Discussion Thread

[RookiePick]

It was a legitimate football move and as you said, poorly executed.

*Looks at fixture*

Two weeks would have been fine IMO.

 

[jesterwester]

Seriously people bringing the Fyfe bump is ridiculous. Fyfe chose to bump when he should have tackled. The rule was ridiculous but it was fairly applied.

May hadn't gone past the ball - in fact he soccers the ball with his forward momentum, moments after he lays the bump - pretty hard to do that when the ball is behind you.

Last year Ballantyne was cleared by the tribunal for pretty much the same offence, blocking the player off the line when challenging for the ball

The suspension is not at all in keeping with consistency

Not comparing the Fyfe bump at all, they are completely different incidents. I bring his name up in the sense that the afl won't concede on mays decision, like Fyfes from last year., even after significant media pressure. If you choose to bump, and go high, you will be suspended.

I watched the bump again to be sure, as I had a different recollection to your description above. My original understanding was that the ball was further away than it was. the May takes a step to his left to brace for contact/bump, as the ball was at his feet. Poor wording on my part there.

 

[truman]

Or you could just bump the player in the side and not in the head?

I don't mind that he got banned but for him and Hodge to receive the same penalty when what Hodge did was punch an unsuspecting opponent sends a terrible message.

 

[eagle eyed]

Nope, not a good idea!

Really? Outside pace, smart around goals, maybe he's a little inconsistent at the moment but I would have thought with all the people screamin out for a Cockatoo type that Bennell would be perfect. He could make the wing his own and rotate through the middle, even rest up forward. We have no one like him, Cripps would come close but he's a fwd that we push through the middle rather than a mid than can be pushed forward. If the knock on him is being lazy, I do seem to recall Cripps playing about 10 minutes per match last season, kick his goal or two then go missing for the rest of the game. I'm sure we could lift Bennell's work rate. I'd take him in a heart beat!

 

[Chris_6678]

Really? Outside pace, smart around goals, maybe he's a little inconsistent at the moment but I would have thought with all the people screamin out for a Cockatoo type that Bennell would be perfect. He could make the wing his own and rotate through the middle, even rest up forward. We have no one like him, Cripps would come close but he's a fwd that we push through the middle rather than a mid than can be pushed forward. If the knock on him is being lazy, I do seem to recall Cripps playing about 10 minutes per match last season, kick his goal or two then go missing for the rest of the game. I'm sure we could lift Bennell's work rate. I'd take him in a heart beat!

That was more to do with Cripps tank than him being lazy.

 

[Dugg]

Really? Outside pace, smart around goals, maybe he's a little inconsistent at the moment but I would have thought with all the people screamin out for a Cockatoo type that Bennell would be perfect. He could make the wing his own and rotate through the middle, even rest up forward. We have no one like him, Cripps would come close but he's a fwd that we push through the middle rather than a mid than can be pushed forward. If the knock on him is being lazy, I do seem to recall Cripps playing about 10 minutes per match last season, kick his goal or two then go missing for the rest of the game. I'm sure we could lift Bennell's work rate. I'd take him in a heart beat!

Would be a great pick up no doubt about that, was mostly alluding to his off-field behaviour (See: draft thread ).

 

[Chris_6678]

It is a real spin out how quickly the wheels have fallen off the CG. I do wonder if the GC board put alot of pressure on McKenna to deliver hat he sweep a fair bit of what was going on under the carpet? I also think Abblet was a bad choice for captain.

 

[kane249]

It is a real spin out how quickly the wheels have fallen off the CG. I do wonder if the GC board put alot of pressure on McKenna to deliver hat he sweep a fair bit of what was going on under the carpet? I also think Abblet was a bad choice for captain.

So McKenna got sacked for not delivering enough hats? Andrew Walker probably stole them all

 

[MIKE85]

So McKenna got sacked for not delivering enough hats? Andrew Walker probably stole them all

McKenna refused to deliver those ridiculous flat brimmed hats with the stickers on them. Good on him for sticking to his guns, those things suck!!

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

It is a real spin out how quickly the wheels have fallen off the CG. I do wonder if the GC board put alot of pressure on McKenna to deliver hat he sweep a fair bit of what was going on under the carpet? I also think Abblet was a bad choice for captain.

McKenna's goal last year was 10 wins . If he got that it was a pass . He got that and he still got sacked.

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

We should bring McKenna into our recruiting department !

 

[Godfather32]

McKenna's goal last year was 10 wins . If he got that it was a pass . He got that and he still got sacked.

I reckon McKenna was royally screwed

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

I reckon McKenna was royally screwed

Yep me too .

 

[TheHumanShoe]

As screwed as Sanderson?

 

[Woobla Stainz]

As screwed as Sanderson?

more

 

[Godfather32]

As screwed as Sanderson?

More so.
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au...-crows-sacked-me/story-fnjuhrq4-1227285860071

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I reckon McKenna was royally screwed

katemiddleton.jpg

 

[whatis]

Anyone checked out the squiggle thread lately? Below = relevant parts to us:

Round 5, 2015​

Good week for: the flat track bullies, West Coast. The squiggle loves the Eagles because they keep demolishing the sides they beat and staying competitive in games they lose. It values every single point they score, and every point they prevent their opponents from scoring, whereas regular human punters probably don't care very much whether a good team beats a poor one by 8 goals or 12: either way, we would just mark that down as a thumping.

So you might write this one off as squiggle bias. But there's a lot to like about the Eagles, who are now 7-3 from their last 10 games with an average winning margin of 60 points and an average losing margin of 14 points. Their narrow Round 1 loss to the Bulldogs at Docklands looks credible in retrospect, and in GWS this week they annihilated a solid mid-tier opponent.

The Eagles' fixture is generous, which means they only need to keep smashing the bottom half of the ladder to make finals. Their percentage will help hoist them to the top of their bracket. For all their injury woes, they had a horrible run last year as well and still only just missed the Eight. And their upside is pretty huge: turn one or two of these closes losses into a win and they'll look a lot more like a credible threat.

Also a good week for Collingwood, who have put together three great games, as well as the Bulldogs and Fremantle.

Bad week for: Sydney, who were overtaken by Fremantle, and can't afford to drop home games against anyone if they want a top two finish.

Also bad for Brisbane, again. They're now they only team not to have squiggled to a better position at least once this year.

All in all, an exciting week, and for the first time, the squiggle predictor ladder is looking quite a bit different to 2014:

​

 

[ep2018]

Is that a rolling ladder or the end of year prediction? Because we'll finish a fair bit outside the top 8 you'd think.

 

[WCErevival]

Is that a rolling ladder or the end of year prediction? Because we'll finish a fair bit outside the top 8 you'd think.

Thats an end of year prediction based off previous results. Really there could be a number of teams that could finish in the 8 this year. If we somehow beat Port or even push them to the line I would pencil us in to the 8

 

[Prem87]

Get Darling, Lamb, Ellis, Selwood and Rosa back over the next 10 weeks and our team might be able to do enough to make finals.

My optimism is coming back.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Cats up by 7 goals against Pies, would normally thought they'd win comfortably, but on form, I thought it'd be closer.

 

[EagleShore]

Geelong all over Collingwood. Always first to the ball and looking like they have an extra player out there (= good sign for that team).

Anyone else think Dennis should to stop saying "kicks into the forward fifty..."? IMO it is a lazy aspect of his commentary that tends to cut-off the more valuable insights that he could potentially provide in its replacement.

 

[RookiePick]

Collingwood hype train mid-derailment

 

[Truckosaurus]

Geelong making Collingwood look like Carlton makes Carlton look like?