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Tribunal finds him guilty (not surprising).
Question now is, what will be the penalty?
League arguing for six weeks.
Defence want a 20 to 25,000 fine.
Got three weeks in the end.
Thought 4 might have been more appropriate.
GWS will most likely appeal, but I think their chances are slim
Mick
 

Honestly I can't see GWS appealing the decision. In fact if they did I would not be surprised to see the sentence doubled.

It was interesting to read the umpires evidence. At the time he thought the shoulder brush was dumb, wrong but ??
Then when he looked at on replay it looked so wrong. " Insolent and contemptuous " were the words used by the AFL Counsel. IMV that was exactly how it was.

Will be fascinating to see how GWS views this behaviour. Certainly undermines the club.
 
Having spent my formative years in the shadow of the western oval, I have always been a doggies fan, so anything I say needs to be taken in the context of my inherent bias.
Omen no 1. During the year, a mate of mine who is a demons supporter, sent me atext saying that the last time two teams were 6-0 at the top of the ladder after six rounds, they played off in the grand final.
Omen no2. The last ime that the Hume weir filled and the spillway was in action was 2016, which coincidentally, was when the dogs won their last grand final.
Happy for the first omen to be true. But we doggies supporters are not greedy buggers. We don't think about threepeats, or dynastys. I would not mind if the Demons beat them in the GF should they make it. The Dees and their supporters have been waiting a long time, since 1964 to be exact.
Mick
 
I was talking to a footy fan on the weekend, he said the cheapest tickets for the Perth grand final are going to be $150.
 
sptrawler said:
I was talking to a footy fan on the weekend, he said the cheapest tickets for the Perth grand final are going to be $150.
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Grand Final tickets are always "specially priced". I think the AFL and everyone else will just be grateful for

1) Actually having a place to play a Grand Final this year
2) The opportunity to have a real live crowd seeing it.

The AFL took an absolute financial hiding last year. I believe they dropped at least $500m.
2021 has also been a severe financial strain with crowdless games, teams being flown around the country and endless lockdown situations. I really wonder what the financial status of the AFL will be in October.

Could it go broke ?
 
A strong doggies fan also. Was concieved just after the war when Dad was lumping wheat on the docks. And in my career I worked at Footscray for three years, 78/81. My Dad played in the Footscray seconds just before the war and would have made it except for going to New Guinee. An uncle played for Melbourne from about 1942 to 45. So most of the family against me at the moment so a Demon win as you say after all these years would be great.
 
Another Footscray boy here. Born and raised in Footscray in the 50's and 60's. Worked at Sidney Cooke Chemicals for 12 months in 1970 before going to Uni. Madly followed the dogs then - somewhat less madly today.

My father was also sent to New Guinea in the war. What a surprise .. (Not really..)

Certainly strong memories of games at the Western Oval and the culture of Footscray at that time.
 
We lived in Southampton street which runs into the Barkly street end of Western Oval.
Tuesday and Thursday nights at training, Saturday afternoon games and world of sport on Sunday at lunchtime.
My father was too young for the War, but his older bother wasn't.
Injured his arm in a misfiring accident on HMAS Sydney and was in hospital when the Sydney went down.
Thus is the luck of the draw in War.
Mick
 
WOW!! What an amazing game from the Western Bulldogs last night. Totally and utterly smashed Port Adelaide at home with their key Back and key Forwards out and the best player under an injury cloud.

Unbelievable. Looking forward to a great Grand Final.

" Lets turn a Dog of a Year into The Year of the Dogs."

LOOK OUT, DEES: Bulldog blitz tears Power apart in prelim boilover

The Western Bulldogs are Grand Final bound after dismantling Port Adelaide in the preliminary final
www.afl.com.au
 
yeah, I was stunned to put it mildly.
Everything went right.
Just don't understand how Port folded so meekly.
On their home ground, a highly partisan crowd, the coach said it was the best 22 they could get for the year, had shown terrific form in the leadup games and first finals. And after complaints about the dogs getting a free ride from umpires over the past few weeks, the dogs lost the free kick count 26 -19. Dogs were missing two key forwards in Josh Bruce and Weightman, their captain had a suspect knee, one of their ruckmen had not played a competitive game for three months.
How in the hell did that happen?
So, the two teams that filled the top two positions for the majority of the year end up playing off in the GF.
Still think the flag is the Dees for the taking, but you just never know.
 
The Dogs ended up folding and Weightman was pretty useless.
Very high quality match. Good to watch. Congratulations Melbourne, the curse is lifted!
 
Melbourne just far too good after about 5 minutes into the Third quarter.
Dogs never got a look in after that.
I can now say I have experience the pain of losing a grand final.
No big deal, the height of joy at winnning one is much greater than the depths of losing one.
Much better to have made the GF and got thrashed than to have not made it all.
Tick that one off.
Mick
 
Gil McLachlan is retiring and doesn't know what to he will do next.
What about becoming PM?

Good in front of media, able to manage numerous conflicts and run a number of departments, brought in the women's game, got though Covid better than the other sports, handling the trans and concussion issues pretty well.

He would be good at it. Better than anyone else I know in Parliament.
Gil for PM. Probably with the Libs.
 
Not a bad call to move into politics, but why would he put himself through that??!!!

It only seems like a short while ago when he took over from Andrew.

Then again it only seems like 4 weeks ago when I last posted on ASF!!!
 
Check this out. The Western Bulldogs lost to Freemantle on Saturday. It probably killed the last faint chance the had to play finals in 2022.
It was also the debut game of Sam Darcy. Sams Grandfather David Darcy was a star for the Bulldogs in the 60's. His father. Luke Darcy was also a Bulldogs star in the 90's/00's .

Sam stands at 209.5 cm. His first game was excellent. So which player is Sam Darcy ?

 
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