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Fox Footy has the 8 minute discussion on their YouTubeAnyone able to upload the full On The Couch discussion about Bedford and Cameron?
Darryl White use to go a bit of that too before the Premierships. Let’s get a bit of Robbo into the thread.Carrying on like a pork chop when we are down by 50 points with just over a quarter to go?
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Robbo gives life to Lions with long bomb
Mitch Robinson kicks a 50m bomb to keep his side in the gamewww.afl.com.au
Darryl White use to go a bit of that too before the Premierships. Let’s get a bit of Robbo into the thread.
I remember Tom14 - I am old, but not that far gone. Players mellow and Robbo was a passionate man. Everyone will respond differently to the end of their time and I’m prepared to cut him some slack. I loved what he brought to the Lions and I’m glad he had the second phase of his career with us.![]()
'Devastated': Lions great takes swipe at coach in 'sad' farewell act
The veteran didn't appear happy with how his time ended at the club. Find out more here.au.sports.yahoo.com
Unfortunately it doesnt matter - the tackler has some sort of "duty of care" to the player they are tackling, to ensure they dont hurt them. Harley copped 2 games for the same thing, and his bloke didnt even get hurt.
Absolutely. Duggan twists himself and they reach a point where Duggan actually drags Charlie on top of him. Look at his feet too. He takes Cameron’s feet off the ground. I reakon Cameron could easily get off if the club goes hard. I’d be calling in the biomechanics experts. Hard for Cameron to slam anyone into the ground if his feet are in the air.looked like duggan was trying to fend off with his left arm which was loose and Charlie was trying to pin it in before duggan lost balance and fell backwards
Absolutely. Duggan twists himself and they reach a point where Duggan actually drags Charlie on top of him. Look at his feet too. He takes Cameron’s feet off the ground. I reakon Cameron could easily get off if the club goes hard. I’d be calling in the biomechanics experts. Hard for Cameron to slam anyone into the ground if his feet are in the air.
I assume the afl will argue his feet are in the air due to the leaping nature in his aggressive 'driving' tackleAbsolutely. Duggan twists himself and they reach a point where Duggan actually drags Charlie on top of him. Look at his feet too. He takes Cameron’s feet off the ground. I reakon Cameron could easily get off if the club goes hard. I’d be calling in the biomechanics experts. Hard for Cameron to slam anyone into the ground if his feet are in the air.
We should use the good bloke defence again
Bailey is an attacking style player first and foremost, his defending thoughts are secondary from what I've seen.Cameron is still not hitting the scoreboard that much but his efforts on team defence are some of the strongest in the side currently. See him pop up all over the ground and he's probably the best tackler on the list. Bailey really needs to lift in this aspect if we are to cover Cameron well.... unsure if he has that application in him
Rightfully or unluckily Brain comes out for Starce.
Cameron out, Ashcroft comes off the wing and plays a defensive sm fwd/mid role. Reville comes back into the 22 taking back his wing position.
Brain stays in the squad and gets the sub role.
That covers the forced changes for Starces' return and Charlie's suspension with minimum disruption. I think Ashcroft when fwd could do a job on a Goulden or someone. Don't think he could handle Blakey.
Likely to be the only changes really. I wouldn't rest Morris here. I think our early scoring options and structures are better with him there. We're at home, he should be rested well.
I'm running with this,
Lester, Joyce, Starce
McKenna, Andrews, Zorko
Clugg, Neale, Fletcher
Big O, Dunkley, Berry
Ashcroft, Joe, Rayner
Bailey, Hippy, Lohmann
Wilmot, Reville, Ah Chee, Morris
Brain sub.
It's been a pretty settled and successful 23/24 players. No need to mess with it unless we have too.
We need to dispense with the professional lawyers for the defence and get in as you say a biomechanical expert.... and a footy person eg. Nathan Buckley to testify.Absolutely. Duggan twists himself and they reach a point where Duggan actually drags Charlie on top of him. Look at his feet too. He takes Cameron’s feet off the ground. I reakon Cameron could easily get off if the club goes hard. I’d be calling in the biomechanics experts. Hard for Cameron to slam anyone into the ground if his feet are in the air.
This current AFL administration is doing everything they can to put fans offside aren’t they. They have very quickly looked NRL levels of incompetent.
This is a full contact sport, accidents will happen and players cannot break the laws of physics, this needs to be understood. I get there are all sorts of class actions and suing around but really, this is a massive overreaction.
At first thought that idea sounds quite good, I used to watch a lot of Rugby League and I can not recall a concussion or serious injury from an around the legs below the knees tackle.This is very controversial, as it changes the fabric of the game, but IF Charlie and especially Bedford are suspended for their tackles then the AFL is going to have to allow tackling (not tripping with the foot or hand), below the knees. So in essence a rugby league type tackle. This then allows the ball carrier to protect themselves with a free arm when falling and reduces the potential of concussions. Of course will result in players being able to dispose of the ball (via a hand ball) much easier as they are being tackled. Allowing tackling below the knees, will make the game quicker (less stoppages) and also does not reward the tackler and therefore would have a profound impact on the game.
The above sounds like BS, but seriously what are the options for players if Bedford (performing an almost perfect tackle) is suspended.