Amazing intel Rocky!!! You have all of our attention mate from now on!
On the Boyd selection while i thought he was developing along well he was nervous in his first few games and made some bad turnovers. Throwing him into a prelim is a massive call as we need cool heads more then ever this week as Rayner, Cameron and co will pounce on any turnovers and make us pay. This selection just makes me nervous.
And Jack not able to be picked cause he lacked match fitness - Yet Boyd is ok to play cold in a Prelim ?
Sam Newman has doubled down on his comments against the Welcome to Country in a fiery interview, taking aim at AFL legend Adam Goodes and branding the common ceremonies a “hoax”.
The AFL personality stirred up controversy on this week after making comments on his podcast, You Cannot Be Serious, encouraging Aussies to boo or “slow hand clap” during the Welcome to Country, particularly at the upcoming AFL Grand Final at the MCG.
Appearing on 3AW radio on Thursday, Newman was asked by host Tony Jones whether his suggestion was “inciting violence”.
“What an extraordinary question,” Newman said.
“The public have had a gutful of people telling us how to live our lives, particularly footballing organisations. We like to go to the football and watch the game without being told to vote for the gay marriage proposal … without being told to vote for the Voice. Why do they get involved? It is an absolute hoax, it’s a rort, the Welcome to Country. Why do we have to be welcomed to the country we live in? Why is that? It is just a mark of division. The people who welcome you to country get a nice stipend out of it. Why do they charge? It’s just a rort.”
At least he has the balls to voice his opinion which these days it’s seems anyone that has an opinion against the main stream it doesn’t take long for you to be branded, pigeon holed called a racist, homophobic etc.
Freedom of speech is slowly being eroded in this country and imo there needs to be a balance and while not everyone may agree with Newmans opinion he has as much right as anyone to voice it.
Mrs G2C loves Kempy and Hollands. Kemp's blemish on Fri was one of few for him this year, he has been mighty and has a very long and bright future.
Yep agree. Kemp has poise and backs himself in to take defensive marks which for young player is a massive tick. Teams very well with Weitering and they play as if they have played 100 games together. Allows Weitering to play his intercepting role and hard to believe the kid is yet to notch up 25 games! Looks every bit of a 200 game player.
Cottrell is a manic player who is dangerous round goal and similar to Motlop has that ability to really lift the team. Very happy with him.
Our defence was very solid all night. Weiters and kemp were pillars all night and structurally we are very sound down back. Had a few nervous moments late but overall and esp early on when the heat was on we looked composed and made it against an experienced finals team very difficult to score. Many including me were critical on Voss with his gameplan early in the year focusing so much on defence and in the biggest game for the last 10 years our defence was very reliable and consistent.
