Match Day Thread Rnd 22 Adelaide V Sydney. Adelaide Oval 19.50 pm. Or 19.20 ACST.

[CureTheSane]

Just so you know Glen James hated South Melbourne. He never told me why but he did tell me he hated us. He was a teacher at my school. I had bets with him on the footy. Mainly for Ice creams but south got on a roll one time and I got a few dollars of him with double or nothing bets. This is 100 percent true.

I used to work with his wife Helen in State Bank.
Met him a few times - he was always pretty quiet and bordering on rude.
The take away was that he thought he was pretty important, even at company dinners etc

[Meg]

Met him a few times - he was always pretty quiet and bordering on rude.
The take away was that he thought he was pretty important, even at company dinners etc

I don't know anything about this man but that sounds like the description of a shy person, not a rude person. Sadly people who tend to be on the introverted scale are often misunderstood.

(Just as we introverts often think extroverts are brash, smart-a show-offs.)

[Ludwig]

I don't know anything about this man but that sounds like the description of a shy person, not a rude person. Sadly people who tend to be on the introverted scale are often misunderstood.

(Just as we introverts often think extroverts are brash, smart-a show-offs.)

I know what you mean, Meg. We introverts need to stick together and not get bullied.

[707]

I don't know anything about this man but that sounds like the description of a shy person, not a rude person. Sadly people who tend to be on the introverted scale are often misunderstood.

(Just as we introverts often think extroverts are brash, smart-a show-offs.)

Yep, your avatar looks like an introvert :-)

[dejavoodoo44]

Just read the weekly, '9 Things We Learned' article, on the AFL site. Apparently what the AFL muppet learned from our game, was that in Buddy's goal, he supposedly ran too far after his fumbled bounce. So I had to count the steps, a number of times: I was getting either 11 or 12, but never more than 15.
I don't know what to make of that sort of learning?

[liz]

Just read the weekly, '9 Things We Learned' article, on the AFL site. Apparently what the AFL muppet learned from our game, was that in Buddy's goal, he supposedly ran too far after his fumbled bounce. So I had to count the steps, a number of times: I was getting either 11 or 12, but never more than 15.
I don't know what to make of that sort of learning?

I thought he ran too far watching it live. It's a distance limit, not a steps limit, and Buddy was striding out at the end. But it wasn't excessively far and would have taken a mean-spirited umpire to call him for it. It takes an even more mean-spirited journo to focus on that, given that officially (ie according to the umpires) he didn't run too far.

[dejavoodoo44]

I thought he ran too far watching it live. It's a distance limit, not a steps limit, and Buddy was striding out at the end. But it wasn't excessively far and would have taken a mean-spirited umpire to call him for it. It takes an even more mean-spirited journo to focus on that, given that officially (ie according to the umpires) he didn't run too far.

I've never been really sure if it was steps or metres. Or if steps are just used as a convenient measure of distance? But steps seems to be the more usual measure. And two Swans related incidents, more or less convinced me that the number of steps was the criteria. One was the Lewis Jetta goal, where he bounced the ball three times, when running almost a hundred metres, but he was okay because he bounced the ball every fourteen steps. The other was when Tadhg Kennelly only travelled about three or four metres, while sizing up where to go, but was penalised for taking sixteen or seventeen little steps, that were not much longer than Irish jig moves. And I do recall the umpire saying to a bemused Tadhg, that it was the number of steps.
Of course, my theory is mainly based on the assumption, that AFL umpiring is consistent enough to draw logical conclusions. There may be a flaw in that assumption?

[Meg]

I thought he ran too far watching it live. It's a distance limit, not a steps limit, and Buddy was striding out at the end. But it wasn't excessively far and would have taken a mean-spirited umpire to call him for it. It takes an even more mean-spirited journo to focus on that, given that officially (ie according to the umpires) he didn't run too far.

I've watched the replay and it was 12 steps from the time he picked up the ball after fumbling the second bounce. And those 12 steps are probably right on 15 metres but not more. I think those who say he ran too far are implicitly measuring from the point of the second bounce rather than from where Buddy regained the ball.

I agree, it would have been very mean spirited (in fact wrong) to penalise him.

[Wardy]

This old boiler had the pleasure of sharing the exit row 13 with Will Hayward & Tom Papley this afternoon - all the SA boys stayed for the weekend with family (Stuey Dew & Tom Harley as well as George Hewitt & Reg Grundy) all on the 3.30 Virgin flight - what lovely boys Will & Tom are - as it was the exit row young Tom got asked by the hostie how old he was- poor kid he looked dejected when he said "I'm 18" Paps had a good laugh and I just said "I wish they'd ask me for ID" - but lovely kids we had a bit of a chat and the three of us fell asleep. I don't think I snored or dribbled. - I'm kind of liking the idea of us being 6th - we still get to host a final and get match fitness where as those in the top 4 may only have 2games in 4 weeks - it does make a difference. So we wait and see - but to make top 4 - Richmond need to lose and we need to thrash Carlton and get a massive percentage boost (it would also help if Pirt tumble as well. Simples!

[707]

Nice work Wardy, assume you didn't know they were on that flight ....... or did you, hmmmm?

[iigrover]

The problem is that Jones has 2 fines, so any reportable offense would draw a 1 week suspension. Otherwise you wouldn't think there would be a problem.

Assuming we will win vs Carlton, I actually think this would be not a bad outcome, as it would wipe his 2 strikes slate clean and give him an extra week off to prepare going into the finals.

[ScottH]

Beaten all in the top 4 now.
Who would have thought that at 0-6??

[ScottH]

This old boiler had the pleasure of sharing the exit row 13 with Will Hayward & Tom Papley this afternoon - all the SA boys stayed for the weekend with family (Stuey Dew & Tom Harley as well as George Hewitt & Reg Grundy) all on the 3.30 Virgin flight - what lovely boys Will & Tom are - as it was the exit row young Tom got asked by the hostie how old he was- poor kid he looked dejected when he said "I'm 18" Paps had a good laugh and I just said "I wish they'd ask me for ID" - but lovely kids we had a bit of a chat and the three of us fell asleep. I don't think I snored or dribbled. - I'm kind of liking the idea of us being 6th - we still get to host a final and get match fitness where as those in the top 4 may only have 2games in 4 weeks - it does make a difference. So we wait and see - but to make top 4 - Richmond need to lose and we need to thrash Carlton and get a massive percentage boost (it would also help if Pirt tumble as well. Simples!

Sounding like a cougar!!

[Plugger1300]

just some salient points.

We won even though we had less of the ball. We won even though the umpiring was trying to strip us of a win. We won even without several players contributing. About those players.

Will Hayward; Will, if you are going to play for the Swans you have to commit completely to us or @@@@ off back to Adelaide. Tonight you showed your allegiance to the Crows not to us. You were pathetic and it was obvious with every ball you attacked your heart wasn't in it.

Dean Towers; As much as I could see you were trying very hard it might be time to admit you just don't have the requisite skills to play with the big boys.

Dear midfield as a group, you are the most fumbly, bad decision making mids in the business on a wet deck.

For crying out loud Longmire will you not get the match ups right? What the @@@@ was the matter with you sending Heens one on one with Sloane? There were forward and back match ups that were not right too and you did not change them. For instance McGovern kicked 4.1 on Melican and it was evident early that the match up wasn't working. The unfortunate problem is that you couldn't change them because the other two were too involved. I truly believe it is time for Aliir to come back.

Changes for next week. Aliir & Dawson for Towers and Hayward.

Easy mate
The kid is 18 playing against the top team on a Friday in front of his family and didn't handle it.
Ridiculous statement to say he didn't play well because it was the crows
laughable

[bungwahl]

Will Hayward; Will, if you are going to play for the Swans you have to commit completely to us or @@@@ off back to Adelaide. Tonight you showed your allegiance to the Crows not to us. You were pathetic and it was obvious with every ball you attacked your heart wasn't in it.

It's rare that I feel the need to ridicule someone else's opinion, but this is the stupidest thing I've read in some time.