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Oddly, frees will be paid per rules and memos about their interpretation, rather than what some fans might think makes sense…

AFL wrote a memo in 2022 about time wasting to clubs to say that players were to either leave the ball on the ground at the stoppage point or hand it directly to the umpire, and - explicitly - not to hand it to another player. As reported on AFL site.

They aren’t the be all and end all. But they’re a bit more objective than the average mug view. if you look at averaged performance in terms of career totals forgames played and Brownlow votes, he ends up on both measures somewhere between the average yield from draft pick 1 and draft pick 2...

Zaharakis has won Anderson’s career total (from all his 85 games) of Brownlow votes in 8 individual seasons… Zaka won a b&f in 2011, but had solid years with 4 or more Brownlow votes in 7 other seasons, including 11 in 2017, when he equaled Cunnington and was 3 behind Ben brown who were births...

Last 7 completed seasons: Jed Anderson total 3 Brownlow votes. Zaharakis 38 Brownlow votes… actually a quick check, over those past 7 completed seasons, the grand total of 2 current north players have collected more Brownlow votes (Goldstein and Cunnington; Ziebell trailed him by 2).

Here’s a list of players that didn’t win as many Brownlow votes doing their best for the bombers - Misiti, Foulds, McVeigh, Thompson, Harvey, O’Donnell, daisy Williams, list goes on.

This isn’t correct. The rule change 2018),removed sudden death for a ruck taking possession, but did not give a ruck immunity from HTB. Now, the rule is that it is like taking possession of any loose ball in general play. So if you take it, have an opportunity to dispose, don’t, take 2-3 steps...

He visited his host family the day the irregular test was taken but before the result was known. His previous tests were negative. There is ZERO chance the visit could have had anything to do with the test results (the initial irregular result and follow up positive) even if he truly had COVID...

Well he was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2015, wasn't he? Might put you slightly of your game?

It is funny, the hindsight hawk logic. The poll says 8.1 % of posters thought Essendon was the destination. We knew exactly the same about what picks/players were available before the announcement of preference as we knew after. So nothing has changed there. On other factors: Manager stated he...

In this case it looks like the buyer was actually gws competing with gcs to buy 11. Seems like it might have been reverse bidding going on. Trade values smith at high 40s, although if there is a player wanted in the draft by gws who is realistic at 11 and not at 24, it could be good for both.

I've coached/assistant coached 11s to 13s. Have you coached juniors DemonTim? If you had, you might know that the AFL level 1 coaches manual says this: "only bump when an opponent does not have the ball. If he does have the ball apply a tackle". Now personally I don't think it should be black...

Menadue had a sore shoulder only - enough to tell you where he got hit. Franklin was fined, no?

Didn't buddy cop a fine for running straight at the ball and getting menadue in the shoulder? Just going hard at the ball. Accident. Menadue didn't have both hands on it.

Basically what this says is that if you arrive just after someone who has the ball in both hands, you can tuck your outside arm to your chest, with a clenched fist, a drive with your legs through the player with the ball, and if you happen to collect the head, that's all OK and not so much as a...

Of course Cotchin was going for the ball / look at his right hand reaching for the ball on impact - oh wait...

Not really. With the upgrade of 24 to 14 they paid about pick 7 for Carlisle. I think most bomber fans were saying 5-10, whereas most saints were saying we'll split 5 and give you something mid-late teens, so it's not 5 straight, but is closer to most Essendon fans' original position than most...

You would think it must be the need to shed $ plus stop Hawks factor, making an otherwise neutral deal worthy for them. May have nought to do with promises/tampering.

Someone do the points - what is 5 - 23 - 25 worth?

Well I'm thinking that the Hawks have got the recipe pretty down pat. While they develop some of their own, they use what they have to trade in. This means that they see picks as valuable for players with current capability, because their list is otherwise pretty good. Doesn't work when the list...

Erm this was Richardson before any interest was formalised.. Point was Matthews had said you would pay 5 if you wanted him, Ricmel said OK but we don't actually want him. Offering him 700K a year over multiple years and having you coach gush about him and how you'd love him is some kind of...

Combined with Alan Richardson from the same page (emphasis added) and what's missing? “He’ll play next year at 24, he’s got 10 years of footy left in him, he can play forward, he can play back. “He’s what every footy club would need, we’re no exception. “He’s a bloody good player, there’s no...

If they offer tripe, they'll be seen as tools and will be avoided like the plague by future players they try and entice out of other clubs if they ever get close to success. So, nothing much really.

I agree. Short term pain for long term gain. If the cost is losing a second rounder, which is worth less than normal in a shallow draft, I'm all for risking it if 5 doesn't come (with or without some sweetener). The message would be - don't come after Zach Merrett or Laverde or Joe D, or...

How many players are on more than $700 k? Because that's how st kilda values him.

So if Pick 5 is likely to be the 8th player selected, for a Saints team desperate for a ready made KPD, which (more than 7) kids would be selected above a developed KPD who has had a 19 mark game and an 8 goal game, and had stood the gorilla forwards and has his gangly/not-very-useful years out...

He's played ruck at centre bounces this year - so plays pretty much just as tall as Steve Morris... Or not.

I think there'd be some level of concern with all of the aggressive behaviour, but there's a clear difference. If it had stopped at the push and shove stuff - yes there was some arm to arm and don't-argue going on, but there was no clenched fist jumper punch - then no one would be talking about...

Think 3 or 4. Those talking about a jumper punch are seeing things. At one point Chapman goes in with an open hand and grabs the jumper, but I do reckon Yarran also mistook this for an actual punch and reacted with fire. His problem is that it was no jumper punch at all and so the neat hook -...

The tribunal could not put a tick on the supply chain for TB4 to Essendon. They couldn't even get it as far as Dank. Even if they could put a tick as far as Dank, that doesn't place it at Essendon. You are talking about a supply chain to Dank (that the tribunal didn't find could be ticked) as...