AFL Round 10 weekly discussion thread

[Blood Fever]

No doubt G. Ablett will be let off with a closed fist to the head .

Whole judicial system broken. Anyone who is a chronic serial offender should be rubbed out but ridiculous process doesn't allow it.

[Nico]

Any reason why WCE didn't wear an indigenous jumper?

[dimelb]

Am I being overly sensitive and/or unforgiving to be annoyed at seeing Gillon McLachlan wearing an indigenous scarf at the beginning of the "Dreamtime at the G" game?
Perhaps I should be pleased that there seems to be some progress on display there but I can't help but feel angry that his "support" for indigenous people is just a tad late.

A bit late to the game, but I suppose better late than never.

[KTigers]

Any reason why WCE didn't wear an indigenous jumper?

I'm pretty sure they wore it last week.

[Meg]

I'm pretty sure they wore it last week.

Yes they did, in front of their home crowd. Still seems odd that they didn’t wear it again tonight.

[Legs Akimbo]

No doubt G. Ablett will be let off with a closed fist to the head .

Actually I think there were two closed fist punches - a left jab followed by a right hook in response to a jumper punch. So i figure he'll be reprimanded twice.

[dejavoodoo44]

Yes they did, in front of their home crowd. Still seems odd that they didn’t wear it again tonight.

Apparently it was a colour clash. Probably worth a general memo from the AFL, along the lines of: if you are playing away, against a club whose main colour is the same as yours, perhaps check what they're planning for their indigenous jersey.

[dejavoodoo44]

One little experiment that I'd like to see. If Brad Scott only wants a part time job, after leaving North and if Chris Scott is feeling a bit overworked at Geelong, then perhaps Brad could turn up at Geelong a couple of days a week. That is, Brad gets a casual job pretending to be Chris. My hypothesis is, that if people expect to see Chris, then they would not notice that it's Brad. So please, run the experiment.

Actually, if Geelong win the premiership, it would make for a fun presentation. When accepting the McHale medal, Chris calls Brad to the podium and reveals that he's been coaching the Cats, for a couple of days a week since June.

[707]

No doubt G. Ablett will be let off with a closed fist to the head .

Serial offender now, consecutive weeks of "clumsy" elbow to the head followed by a fist to the head.

Nothing to see here, move along ....

[Bloods05]

As romantic as it sounds, surely Horse would be crazy to prefer Norfs list over ours.

Doesn't sound that romantic at all, actually.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Serial offender now, consecutive weeks of "clumsy" elbow to the head followed by a fist to the head.

Nothing to see here, move along ....

He has to go for that one , he literally punched miles square in the face . Not sure what else you need to do to get rubbed out for 1-2 weeks .


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[Markwebbos]

One little experiment that I'd like to see. If Brad Scott only wants a part time job, after leaving North and if Chris Scott is feeling a bit overworked at Geelong, then perhaps Brad could turn up at Geelong a couple of days a week. That is, Brad gets a casual job pretending to be Chris. My hypothesis is, that if people expect to see Chris, then they would not notice that it's Brad. So please, run the experiment.

Actually, if Geelong win the premiership, it would make for a fun presentation. When accepting the McHale medal, Chris calls Brad to the podium and reveals that he's been coaching the Cats, for a couple of days a week since June.

I like it

[dejavoodoo44]

I like it

Yes, and while I am joking, the science suggests that if Brad turned up as Chris, then most people probably wouldn't notice.

NOVA | Inside NOVA: Change Blindness - YouTube

And the existence of attentional blindness, suggests that most of us should chill out a bit more, when watching games. That is, Aussie Rules probably challenges a player's attentional skills more than any other game. I don't think there's another game, where the opposition can attack from such a wide range of angles. Nor is there a game where a player has to track so much movement. So, when we yell at the TV, because of clangers and players missing targets; we should keep in mind, that most of the player's attention was probably elsewhere. That is, the first focus of the player may be gathering the strangely bouncing ball, while trying to avoid the ninety kilogram ball of muscle bearing down on him. Once in control of the ball, he then has to select on a target, while most of their attention is still on taking evasive action. He then has to get the pass away, while his attention is now taken by the hundred kilo brute suddenly closing from behind. Meanwhile at home, we scream about how the cretin missed the obvious target, who was twenty metres in the clear and with a clear passage to goal: a target that we picked out, despite the demands of reaching for a beer, but in reality, probably never even entered the player's conscious awareness.

[barry]

Brad Scott will be coaching again soon. Lolnorf have had an ordinary list for a decade and he has done wonders to make it competitive.

[aardvark]

I wonder if Max Gawn would like a change of scenery. He doesn't appear to be having much fun today.