No Oppo Supporters OPPOSITION OBSERVATION XXVI

[Muddiemoose]

That's a huge kick in the guts if its those 2 picks but they can't claim they didn't know the rules

Agree it would definitely be on the harsh side imo if it is two first rounders or even a first and a 2nd but rules are rules and the afl need to set the precedent or else other teams may follow if all they are risking is just a slap on the wrist

 

[Tenacious T]

AFL set to make crows watch 2017 GF as punishment for breaking training rules.

Club should just disband.

 

[Foley#41]

Just in:

Crows may be forced to extend Bryce Gibbs’ contract following training rules breach

More to follow.

 

[Bazzar]

Pissed myself laughing at Joel Selwoods video today, the one the Victorian Moderators Do-Gooder Association forced him to delete from TicTok.

Standing besides his Mrs, she remained stiff as a board while he picked her up, turned her over, dipped her head into a bucket of water, then mopped the floor. Lolololol.

Hope its still out there somewhere.

 

[Brick Loosener]

Just in:

Crows may be forced to extend Bryce Gibbs’ contract following training rules breach

More to follow.

Make Tex captain until 2050

 

[Tiges1229]

Pissed myself laughing at Joel Selwoods video today, the one the Victorian Moderators Do-Gooder Association forced him to delete from TicTok.

Standing besides his Mrs, she remained stiff as a board while he picked her up, turned her over, dipped her head into a bucket of water, then mopped the floor. Lolololol.

Hope its still out there somewhere.

Fun police were patrolling again

 

[Muddiemoose]

Pissed myself laughing at Joel Selwoods video today, the one the Victorian Moderators Do-Gooder Association forced him to delete from TicTok.

Standing besides his Mrs, she remained stiff as a board while he picked her up, turned her over, dipped her head into a bucket of water, then mopped the floor. Lolololol.

Hope its still out there somewhere.

Absolute joke how they have gone after him and his wife

Most of us are completely comfortable in our relationships and aren’t afraid to have a laugh and take the piss out of each other

 

[Bazzar]

Fun police were patrolling again

Yep, harmless fun was deemed to being misogynistic even though the female was a willing accomplice.
Lucky his Mrs wasn't a redhead, he'd be in custody as we speak.

 

[Bazzar]

Absolute joke how they have gone after him and his wife

Most of us are completely comfortable in our relationships and aren’t afraid to have a laugh and take the piss out of each other

 

[This Is Anfield]

Absolute joke how they have gone after him and his wife

Most of us are completely comfortable in our relationships and aren’t afraid to have a laugh and take the piss out of each other

This, so much this!
Can't believe one person complained... let alone all the bullshit about domestic violence.

 

[eipuorg_]

I’ll shitcan any cats player at the drop of a hat but fu** me the comments about this are a joke accusing Joel of domestic violence
Woweee

 

[Bazzar]

I’ll shitcan any cats player at the drop of a hat but fu** me the comments about this are a joke accusing Joel of domestic violence
Woweee

The comments are far worse than the actual video.
Some people must live such miserable lives.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Pissed myself laughing at Joel Selwoods video today, the one the Victorian Moderators Do-Gooder Association forced him to delete from TicTok.

Standing besides his Mrs, she remained stiff as a board while he picked her up, turned her over, dipped her head into a bucket of water, then mopped the floor. Lolololol.

Hope its still out there somewhere.

What was so funny about Selwood's video?!?

 

[This Is Anfield]

What was so funny about Selwood's video?!?

Two people, obviously trusting each other, having fun in isolation... what's not to like?

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Two people, obviously trusting each other, having fun in isolation... what's not to like?

Yeah but what was so funny about the Selwood video?!?

 

[This Is Anfield]

Yeah but what was so funny about the Selwood video?!?

As you are well aware, different folk find some things funnier than others.
Now, why did you give the thumbs down to my earlier post?

 

[Bazzar]

Yeah but what was so funny about the Selwood video?!?

Did you know, for an extra $1.50 per week you can rent a sence of humor from the Guardian?

 

[Chunky09]

The comments are far worse than the actual video.
Some people must live such miserable lives.

It’s like when people get outraged at tv shows, why the mother faak can they not just change the channel and continue living life?

 

[Bazzar]

It’s like when people get outraged at tv shows, why the mother faak can they not just change the channel and continue living life?

So true.
And the best lately are those who leave the house to go shopping and complain its to busy and people shouldn't be breaking lockdown/distancing rules.

 

[Chunky09]

So true.
And the best lately are those who leave the house to go shopping and complain its to busy and people shouldn't be breaking lockdown/distancing rules.

Probably the same people who initially bought a months worth of tp for some strange reason, then doomed it up when there was none left

 

[Bazzar]

Probably the same people who initially bought a months worth of tp for some strange reason, then doomed it up when there was none left

 

[THE THIN MAN]

Adelaide to cop hefty fine but won’t be stripped of draft picks for breaking social distancing rules

Adelaide will not be stripped of draft picks for players breaking social distancing rules despite other media reports but clubs have been warned players and officials face deregistration for breaking rules.

The AFL has warned clubs their players and officials face deregistration for blatant social distancing breaches as Adelaide avoided draft penalties.

The league was still sorting through a penalty for the Crows on Sunday night after a group of up to eight players took part in a team-based drill in a quarantine camp in the Barossa Valley.

But despite some media reports the Herald Sun can confirm the league will issue a severe fine in a penalty that does not include taking Adelaide draft picks.

The AFL Commission will on Monday consider potential penalties for future social distancing transgressions and would throw the book at any intentional breaches.

The league is determined to be a community leader in the fight to reduce COVID-19 numbers and is furious with Adelaide’s actions in the latest AFL breach.

Adelaide made clear to the league’s integrity team that the players took part in a team-based drill for only 5-10 minutes as players were wrapping up drills between pairs of players.

As Adelaide chief executive Andrew Fagan comes under heat for another controversy on his watch, rival clubs believe even the club’s training camp was a breach of the spirit of fair play.

Despite the Crows having permission from South Australian police for players to quarantine in a Barossa Valley resort, the league had made it clear no club should use the stand-down period to gain a competitive advantage.

AFL football boss Steve Hocking and his offsider Patrick Clifton had repeatedly warned clubs to err on the side of caution when it came to this unprecedented period.

Instead the Crows put their players in a resort where an incident like this was an accident waiting to happen — and sent along a senior assistant and dietitian.

In contrast some of Port Adelaide’s players have quarantined at home for four weeks since Round 1, having already done so once after returning from the Gold Coast.

Gold Coast chief executive Mark Evans said of those warnings: “It certainly came up in a CEO’s conference last week. They are to be included in the AFL’s protocols as to how we play or train.

“They haven’t been signed off or distributed yet but certainly we were told and not just players but it could be coaches or CEOs or any other officials, that if there was a blatant breach one of the penalties includes deregistration and that could be for the season.”

Despite AFL figures mocking NRL stars Latrell Mitchell for self-distancing errors, the league’s own track record is appalling.

Those involved in self-distancing bans, fines or transgressions include Western Bulldogs Lachie Hunter, Bailey Smith and Billy Gowers, Geelong’s Mark Blicavs, North Melbourne’s Nick Larkey and Cam Zurhaar and Fremantle’s Luke Ryan, Michael Frederick and Jason Carter.

Ex-St Kilda star Leigh Montagna said on Saturday he believed Crows players were deliberately flouting the rules when a group of eight started a team drill.

Former GWS Giants captain Callan Ward said the Crows had let the rest of the competition down.

“It is pretty silly if you ask me,” Ward said on Triple M.

“It is pretty easy to stick to the AFL guidelines the AFL has outlined and that is to train in twos.

“So it is a little annoying because we have been trying hard to train in twos.”

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[THE THIN MAN]

The Tackle: Marlion Pickett returns to Richmond hellbent on picking up career derailed by coronavirus

The 2019 Grand Final hero has financially done it hard through the AFL lockdown, but this week he returns to Richmond to start the next chapter of the ‘Book of Marlion’, writes Mark Robinson.

The Book of Marlion is ready for its next chapter.

Arguably the greatest story of football’s grandest day returns to Richmond to restart a career that so far has yielded just two games.

The first was the 2019 Grand Final in front of 100,000 fans.

The second was Round 1, 2020, in front of zero fans.

Then the virus arrived and Marlion Pickett’s remarkable football adventure was grounded.

The 28-year-old father of four, who was THE story of Richmond’s 2019 premiership team, was suddenly and painfully just another dad without an active job trying to make ends meet in an uncertain world.

It isn’t so much a prince-to-pauper tale, but this season was supposed to be so different.

Only six months before, Pickett was judged third best on the ground in the Grand Final win. He earned $50,000 for his truncated season.

The Norm Smith Medal winner was Dustin Martin. He earned in the vicinity of $1.2 million.

This year, if Pickett played 22 games, his salary would have ballooned to about $230,000.

Instead, without match payments — thought to be about $5000 per game — he is on the base rookie salary of $85,000.

That’s been cut by 50 per cent, meaning, when you crunch the numbers for the past six weeks, he has received a couple of thousand dollars a month, the same as the JobKeeper allowance.

Pickett’s manager Anthony Van Der Wielen said the low-end players in the AFL have been crippled by the salary squeeze and that while Pickett’s legacy moment — the blind turn — is being used to promote the return of the multimillion-dollar industry called football, his client is barely keeping his head above water.

“You can’t turn on a television at the moment without seeing Marlion’s image,’’ Van Der Wielen said.

He is not whingeing, more emphasising the extraordinary journey of his player.

We know the story.

Recruited in the mid-season draft by the Tigers, Pickett made his AFL debut on Grand Final day. He was 27.

“Marlion’s handled it better than anyone else I know would’ve handled it and that’s because he’s come from fairly humble beginnings and he doesn’t want or need for a lot,’’ Van Der Wielen said.

“He’s more worried about everybody else and how they’re going than how’s he going. That’s Marlion’s way.

“I’ve been involved with Marlion at South Fremantle and that’s the way he is. He’s as tough as they come. He’ll get through. He and his family will get through, don’t ask me how, but they will.’’

This next period is crucial to Pickett’s future at Punt Rd.

Manager and club have already spoken of a contract for the 2021 season, when Pickett would be elevated to the senior list, but that also is on hold.

The length of — and financial reward within — that contact depended on Pickett’s performance this year.

“I’ve got open dialogue with Richmond, they love him to death and they want him to stay long-term,’’ Van Der Wielen said.

“We were just going to wait and see how his form went through the year and that would’ve dictated a contract.

“But the AFL is not allowing us to negotiate contracts at the moment. There’s a ban on everything. I understand why, but it’s just an anomaly in the system.

“It’s not an easy set of circumstances, but I’m pretty confident it will all iron out by the end of this season, when we can get to a situation where we can put a contract in place.

“Marlion and Richmond are quite keen to do something.

“Richmond has been excellent through this period.’’

For Pickett, his life has presented more hurdles than most others. This simply is another one.

“This is an obstacle I guess, but the future is still bright and rosy for him,’’ Van Der Wielen said.

“He’s had more obstacles than most of us have had.

“He will take this in his stride. He’s an amazing man and I know everyone at Richmond feels the same about him.

“His humbleness and his resilience and his hardness — he’s a role model for his people and for anyone who’s come against the obstacles in life like Marlion has.’’

When the AFL shut down and the country went into lockdown, Pickett and partner Jess and their kids returned to Western Australia.

Most of the other “low-end paid’’ players, who are generally aged between 18 and 21, either headed home to mum and dad, or they bunked with a mate or a teammate.

The Picketts moved into a house at Harvey, a famous beef farming town about two hours southwest of Perth. There they isolated and were joined by Jess’s sister.

After three weeks, Pickett moved the family back to Perth to stay with his mum and dad. All up, there was eight of them.

Today, they return to Melbourne, to their rented house in Thornbury. Three of his kids will return to Thornbury Primary School when the government allows and Pickett will start training — again, when the government allows.

Van Der Wielen said Pickett just wants football back and that the accrued fame from what played out on Grand Final day last year had not changed him.

“He’s just the same bloke, there’s no change to him whatsoever,’’ he said.

“He doesn’t love the fame at all. I wouldn’t say he’s uncomfortable with it, but he’s not the type who basks in it.

“He likes to play footy and he likes to be with his family and they’re pretty much the two things he likes to do and that’s all he does.

“He trains. He goes home. He’s very much a hands on parent, both him and Jess.

“He doesn’t drink. On Grand Final night, he was sitting there drinking water and he just couldn’t wait to get home to see the kids.’’

Still, fame can’t be ignored.

Van Der Wielen has been approached by a publisher and been introduced to an author and the plan is to have a book written about Pickett, which will be available to the public by Christmas.

“It won’t be just a football book,’’ the manager said.

“It will be about the trials and tribulations of the Marlion Pickett story, what he went through in his upbringing, his time in jail, his family, his kids. The Grand Final will be the culmination.’’

Or maybe it won’t.

The Book of Marlion might have another couple of chapters — yet to be determined.

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[Tiger_Of_Old]

Tweet has since been deleted but here is they currently hold two first rounders for this years draft!!
Imagine losing two first rounders during a rebuild
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That's a huge kick in the guts if its those 2 picks but they can't claim they didn't know the rules

Agree it would definitely be on the harsh side imo if it is two first rounders or even a first and a 2nd but rules are rules and the afl need to set the precedent or else other teams may follow if all they are risking is just a slap on the wrist

#VICBIAS

 

[Muddiemoose]

VICBIAS made them do it