Carlton Supporters Club

Ill be the first to admit that I have been critical of Newman at times. I cannot fault his first three games this year and he has been one of the pillars of our defence this year (which at times has been under siege). On Sat, he obliterated one of the comps match winners, hats off to you Newmy.

We should also acknowledge the work he’s done with young Cowan.  Having an established, senior player to help you learn the ropes, on and off the field, must be invaluable.

Yep, Blacres can easily plead 'accidental' (downgraded from careless). Plus he was heading into the contest to tackle or spoil, with eyes on that contest ahead. Logue, not so much.

He was nursing a crook shoulder all game and the AFL think he went in looking to throw his shoulder around ?
Good grief…

I can now see why Newmy has coaching aspirations and is an assistant with our womens team. His footy IQ is up there with the highest of our players. I now see blokes like Newmy and Doc and think on field, we are in good hands. Newmy didn't play on those agonising losses at the end of last year, that's a tell.

He was nursing a crook shoulder all game and the AFL think he went in looking to throw his shoulder around ?
Good grief…

There was a recent twitter exchange about the 2 that was pretty funny.

Trump supporter: Trump wouldn't tough you (Stormy Daniels) with a 10 foot pole!
Stormy Daniels: True. He used a 3 inch one.

Get that man some Aloe Vera!

Looks like Coniglio's protests went on long after the free kick was paid, which makes me wonder if (a) he'd be doing it all day and the umps had eventually had enough) or (b) his outburst at the umps was a bit more colourful than indicated.

The HUN is now reporting that the AFL have stated that 'Stephen Coniglio's constant complaints lead to dissent free kick'.   Serial offender who put the straw on the camel's back at a very poor time for his team.

It's a terrible decision. Imagine if we lose a GF because Cripps questions an unpaid free. The AFL needs to find another way of dealing with this. It's not an infringement where players are deliberately doing illegal things to alter the state of play in their favour. There's no cheating,  jumper holding, deliberate OOB etc. You can't have this tiggy touchwood nonsense affecting a result. Hand out heavy fines, suspend the player for the following match etc. But don't change the outcome because some player says boo.

It's a terrible decision. Imagine if we lose a GF because Cripps questions an unpaid free. The AFL needs to find another way of dealing with this. It's not an infringement where players are deliberately doing illegal things to alter the state of play in their favour. There's no cheating,  jumper holding, deliberate OOB etc. You can't have this tiggy touchwood nonsense affecting a result. Hand out heavy fines, suspend the player for the following match etc. But don't change the outcome because some player says boo.

Where’s the outrage at the failure to pay Harry a free for forceful front on contact in the first quarter?

Swings and roundabouts!

On that point, Harry in particular needs to enforce the ball drop zone, it’s his space and like in your example he allows opponents to get in his way…