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From day 1 Lipinski has been a solid, occasionally outstanding, player for Collingwood. I have never understood the criticism he is subjected to. Perhaps he will be like John Noble - only appreciated when he is gone.

Yes it would cost, but it would be money well spent. The current hodge podge doesn't work.

It is probably time, now that the AFL has decided it is the arbiter of what is acceptable humour, for all players and umpires to give up on mad monday type events. As a measure of their displeasure, they could probably withdraw from official events like the Brownlow circus too. In view of the...

If I was in a workplace where the function censored the choice of humorous presentations in the way that the AFL does, I would be leaving as soon as I could, and certainly not attending any such function. I would be doing all I could to organize a boycott by others of the whole thing, and...

I think you understate Mihocek's contesteed marking.

I'm very surprised that you think that Crisp is weak overhead. I would say strong.

It will be interesting when draft nights come around to see what players are not bid on. Of particular interest will be Gold Coast's academy players and Richmond bids. The Rioli deal must surely have had some quid pro quo. Some of the more unexpected pick trades could well constitute draft...

I have been one of the brigade very worried about where we go when the absolute stars in Sidebottom and Pendlebury go, but I have no disputes with the steady replacement by good trading method being followed. The stars of the magnitude of our impending retirees can usually only be replaced in...

There is a lot of sense here, but it doesn't put enough emphasis on the crucial role that Sidebottom and Pendlebury have played is stabilizing our team for 15 years. Those are two players of extreme ability who have avoided injury over their careers. They have always been there, operating at the...

A key forward is not a desperate need for this year. One for the future is. A player like Murphy is needed more, but he was quite exceptional, being able to play above his height because of class and a manic attack on the ball. We will have to settle for a more conventional tall, solid back like...

Delisting Long would be a last choice for me. His failings in the games he got seemed to be based around uncertainty whether he should be the one to take the ball. I thought he deferred to players he saw as more qualified and just did not go when he should. A show of confidence from his team...

I read many demands that we recruit a full back, but only rejection of the players that might be available. It looks like we will have to manage with what we have. Given we have not seen any of Eyres and little of Dean, while Frampton has shown himself to be a solid citizen, this may a...

Good. Let's get on with it.

I resent the fact that anyone who disagrees with what is currently fashionable is forbidden to say so. We are not allowed to think welcome to country is virtue signalling

In assessing the value of a trade, we first have to look at what deficiencies we are trying to redress, and then how the long term financial and future trade/draft capital will be impacted. As outside observers, we don't really have much idea of the real state of any of these things as seen from...

Most of us haven't limited the criticism to Hawthorn. Ginnivan was one of mine when he brought his particular flavour of cheating to senior football. I was very critical of him on the Collingwood board for that and his other failings. He is also a very gutsy player who takes the lumps that come...

We have to deal with the fact that players from all teams do it. Some are more adept than others. It is a blight on the game and it is up to the AFL to deal with it. The first paragraph is all true, but is not a Hawthorn only phenomenon. The way that Hawthorn supporters glory in the poor...

All I can do is say I disagree very strongly.

This approach says that it is OK for the players that lift their arms to make tackles slip high, who dive headfirst into tackles and who drop their knees as soon as a tackle is imminent to get free kicks. By creating high tackles for free kicks they are putting themselves at risk, which exposes...

Selwood was the first I knew of to actually create a technique for manufacturing free kicks. Most teams had a few players quickly adopt it, but less consistently. The AFL did nothing. Ginnivan at Collingwood developed it further, and was the first to rub the opposition's nose in it. The AFL...

I'm afraid that is all that might be on offer at the moment. I put it down to the penalty for missing the finals, and read the rubbish like everyone else. It makes for a dreary couple of months.

Well the light towers are already there.

Sorry Jen, but the problem in Tassie is that the money they talk about doesn't actually exist. If it is to be found for the stadium, other things have to be sacrificed. The tragedy is that two stadia of the required size exist. York Park and Blundstone. For unexplained reasons, the fact that...

My view, and it is only that, I have no information, is that Richards will be a very good player, probably as a winger. Keep him if possible. McInnes also looks like he should be kept. The reputed endurance problems, if they are real, need time to be fixed with hard work. His marking, speed and...

Criticism of McCreery is completely unjustified and has been all year. He is not a high possession player, because he is fumbly, but every other facet of his game is well above average. He is the outstanding pressure forward of the competition, and should be judged on this, not on his midfield...

Well I guess you disagree with everything I've said. Some of your arguments seem to be disagreement for the sake of it, but time will tell.

With the running over the mark 50m non payment, this kind of thing happens all the time at every level of severity. It fits the initial criterion when the 50m penalty was introduced as wasting time, which the umpire is supposed to be able to separate from the normal human mechanics of following...

It is pretty tiresome to have so many blame Schulz for our situation. many years of good and bad decisions have created this playing list. Most of the people who made those decisions are long gone, and Schulz wasn't one of them. We are in for a few tough years. The way to cope is not to turn on...

There is a lot that can be said about the umpiring in the Collingwood -Sydney game, but the important thing is the "insufficient intent" rule of the week, not the 50 that wasn't paid. It seems clear to me that the AFL was making another creeping increment as it moves towards a last touch rule...

Looking to next season and beyond, things look pretty dire. As we all know, half of our best players are over 34. They cannot have much left, and dominant games are behind them. As midfielders, we have Daicos and DeGoey as topliners, and it falls away pretty quickly then. The defence looks...