Round 5: the other games. Form, it's a mysterious thing.

[dejavoodoo44]

Oh well, looks like Hawthorn will finish the round in 17th. Also handy that Collingwood is 16th.

[707]

Since the AFL doesn't seem to publish any details about third party player payments and the like, we can only imagine what the rorts might be.

Geelong is often cited as getting players into very lucrative Geelong region property deals, all above board of course, nothing to see here!

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Oh well, looks like Hawthorn will finish the round in 17th. Also handy that Collingwood is 16th.

and how delicious is that, two teams I dislike as much as the Tullamarine Injectors, both Hawks and Pies have key players close to retirement as well. From a personal perspective, excellent that the Crows got beat, at home, by the hapless Freo, that will shut up my locals for this week at least!

[dejavoodoo44]

Geelong is often cited as getting players into very lucrative Geelong region property deals, all above board of course, nothing to see here!

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and how delicious is that, two teams I dislike as much as the Tullamarine Injectors, both Hawks and Pies have key players close to retirement as well. From a personal perspective, excellent that the Crows got beat, at home, by the hapless Freo, that will shut up my locals for this week at least!

If we lose, I'm always put in a much cheerier frame of mind, if Hawthorn lose. For a Collingwood loss to be a strong mood enhancer, I generally have to see pictures of Eddie.

[i'm-uninformed2]

I've said it before on here but St Kilda and Carlton are classic examples of clubs trying to play finals to placate their fans. Neither are building a list to win a flag.

They'll at best win a couple of finals over the next couple of years. And then go back to the bottom as poor, middling Melbourne clubs that refused to do the hard things needed to be truly successful.

[Mel_C]

Collingwood have been fined $20,000 for the Jordan De Goey and Jeremy Howe mobile phone breach. Buckley said De Goey had concussion and "wasn't thinking straight" when he grabbed the phones. So what was Howe's excuse? A hamstring doesn't affect your brain.

[Mountain Man]

And, apparently the AFL warned Collingwood earlier in the season to improve their integrity about phones

[MattW]

Collingwood have been fined $20,000 for the Jordan De Goey and Jeremy Howe mobile phone breach. Buckley said De Goey had concussion and "wasn't thinking straight" when he grabbed the phones. So what was Howe's excuse? A hamstring doesn't affect your brain.

Buckley is full of bogus sounding excuses.

[Markwebbos]

Collingwood have been fined $20,000 for the Jordan De Goey and Jeremy Howe mobile phone breach. Buckley said De Goey had concussion and "wasn't thinking straight" when he grabbed the phones. So what was Howe's excuse? A hamstring doesn't affect your brain.

I thought he didn’t have concussion but a facial injury

[Mel_C]

And, apparently the AFL warned Collingwood earlier in the season to improve their integrity about phones

They used the reduction in soft cap as an excuse for the box that contained the phones not being locked due to there being less staff now.

I thought he didn’t have concussion but a facial injury

That's what Buckley said. I'm sure I heard after the game he had both.