Round 15: the other games. The winter solstice round.

[KTigers]

In the Hun today they had a lift out detailing the top 100 paid players. Not surprisingly the Cats only had 2. The first was at no.80, Tom Stewart on $625,000 to $725,000. At no.83 was Patrick Dangerfield at $600,00 to $700,000. Surely they forgot about Jeremy Cameron and the financially struggling Tom Hawkins.

What a happy duo they must be to be playing for the jumper and the love of the club and their team mates. Poor Tanner Braun must be playing for McDonald's Happy Meals. While these lads are slugging it out on the field their wives and kids must be milking the cows. By the way land down the peninsula is going for $15,000 and acre, and that's near Port Campbell. Goodness knows what land values are in the battling towns of Lorne and Apollo Bay and surrounding areas.

By giving a salary range, the paper is saying they don't know actually what a player is being paid. These types of lists are
always BS. To know the correct salaries you would have to have access to the AFL files or the ATO records. Which ain't
going to happen.

[Maltopia]

It seems Jordan Dawson lost teeth in the head high contact in the forward 50 that wasn’t paid. Several posts on Reddit claim this but I can’t find a news article to confirm if it is fact or hyperbole.

Gary Rohan scored 10 Coach’s votes despite taking out one his team’s best players.

[stevoswan]

It seems Jordan Dawson lost teeth in the head high contact in the forward 50 that wasn’t paid. Several posts on Reddit claim this but I can’t find a news article to confirm if it is fact or hyperbole.

The AFL have now admitted, in the safety of the next day, that Dawson should have received a free....but who is surprised that not one of four umpires could see that free to the interstate team against a Victorian team in the dying seconds of a match with a 2 point margin to the Vic team?

[chalbilto]

The AFL have now admitted, in the safety of the next day, that Dawson should have received a free....but who is surprised that not one of four umpires could see that free to the interstate team against a Victorian team in the dying seconds of a match with a 2 point margin to the Vic team?

I think i was last season that Brisbane was denied a free kick in the last seconds in their match against Geelong at Kardinia Park. The umpires have form against interstate teams especially when they are playing against Victorian teams.

[Maltopia]

Article re inconsistent umpiring in the Crows-Pies game. Not just the Dawson incident.

‘You @@@@ing kidding me?’: AFL got it wrong as Crows seek answers

[Mark26]

Article re inconsistent umpiring in the Crows-Pies game. Not just the Dawson incident.

‘You @@@@@@@ing kidding me?’: AFL got it wrong as Crows seek answers

The angst re: umps has been around for over a century. Just this morning I was reading about unruly crowds in 1918 and anger pouring over the fences at them.

John Worrall of The Australasian says he witnessed an umpire being assaulted by women and boys at a Richmond match.

There were complaints that umpires seemed to forget the rules and were rattled by crowds.

It almost could have been written today. Not much has changed.

[stevoswan]

The angst re: umps has been around for over a century. Just this morning I was reading about unruly crowds in 1918 and anger pouring over the fences at them.

John Worrall of The Australasian says he witnessed an umpire being assaulted by women and boys at a Richmond match.

There were complaints that umpires seemed to forget the rules and were rattled by crowds.

It almost could have been written today. Not much has changed.

In those days they were all Victorian teams, now there's interstate teams....I think a lot has changed and I think you know what I mean.

[Blood Fever]

South Australian fans always have a touch of paranoia when it comes to the bigger states.

[Mark26]

In those days they were all Victorian teams, now there's interstate teams....I think a lot has changed and I think you know what I mean.

No argument on that angle from me Stevo. I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment because interstate teams seem to come off second best. Well ours does anyway.

I was simply amused that umpiring has always been a source of angst. That much isn't new.

[stevoswan]

No argument on that angle from me Stevo. I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment because interstate teams seem to come off second best. Well ours does anyway.

I was simply amused that umpiring has always been a source of angst. That much isn't new.

Yes, you're right on that.