Round 22: the other games. A few mini finals and plenty of meh.

**Hotpotato** · 15th August 2022, 08:41 PM

There’s precious little focus on the Swans v Pies game tonight, it’s all about Robbos team (Bombers) and their demise . Which is fine.

**Maltopia** · 15th August 2022, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Mel_C

Unfortunately Liz the Live Ladder will keep appearing at the bottom of the screen. I recall they did that last year during the final round.

Put some cardboard or something on the bottom left of your TV screen

. Thought it won't be helped if they do a cross over or mention during the match.

**stellation** · 16th August 2022, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by Maltopia

Put some cardboard or something on the bottom left of your TV screen

. Thought it won't be helped if they do a cross over or mention during the match.

A folded post it note is a common feature at our place in such circumstances.

**707** · 16th August 2022, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by liz

So, quite unusually for a footy club, the Essendon president has acknowledged that sometimes change needs to start at the top, and that it's no good just blaming the coach when the people who appointed him keep their roles.

Essendon Bombers president Paul Brasher set to depart after horror loss to Port Adelaide Power

I watched his address to members early in the year, thought he was hopeless, just clinging to the old "Essendon people" will pull us through mantra, so we'll do an internal review and not upset anybody.

20 years of mediocrity, haven't won a final in that time either, way too much money, way too little ticker - long may it continue.

**stevoswan** · 16th August 2022, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Agent 86

I’m hoping for a doggies victory earlier in the day on Sunday so CFC Vs CFC is a do or die battle.

Which we'd all hope Carlton win so the Doggies can go and eff themselves and cry all through the off season.

**Mel_C** · 16th August 2022, 08:32 PM

Footy Classified showed footage of Essendon player Hind ignoring the coach when he went to the bench. He firstly wouldn't sit next to the coach until the coach tapped the seat and called him over to sit down. Not once did Hind look at Rutten...not even when he touched him or when he was talking to him giving him instructions. I thought it was extremely disrespectful. I could not imagine one of our players ever doing that to Longmire.

**liz** · 16th August 2022, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by Mel_C

Footy Classified showed footage of Essendon player Hind ignoring the coach when he went to the bench. He firstly wouldn't sit next to the coach until the coach tapped the seat and called him over to sit down. Not once did Hind look at Rutten...not even when he touched him or when he was talking to him giving him instructions. I thought it was extremely disrespectful. I could not imagine one of our players ever doing that to Longmire.

I thought Buckley's comments on this (on a segment of this morning's Whately show on SEN) were spot on. It's footage taken out of context and it's impossible to draw any conclusions.

I've read elsewhere (on BF) that it's footage from two weeks ago, at the end of a match where they were thrashing North Melbourne, and Hind had just been dragged for giving away a 50m penalty.

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**Blood Fever** · 16th August 2022, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by liz

I thought Buckley's comments on this (on a segment of this morning's Whately show on SEN) were spot on. It's footage taken out of context and it's impossible to draw any conclusions.

I've read elsewhere (on BF) that it's footage from two weeks ago, at the end of a match where they were thrashing North Melbourne, and Hind had just been dragged for giving away a 50m penalty.

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Pretty sure it is from the North game. Very ordinary behaviour by the media but very typical sadly.

**Markwebbos** · 17th August 2022, 12:51 AM

Originally Posted by stevoswan

Which we'd all hope Carlton win so the Doggies can go and eff themselves and cry all through the off season.

I’m hoping Doggies win but fail to overtake the Blues on percentage

**DeadlyAkkuret** · 17th August 2022, 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by liz

I thought Buckley's comments on this (on a segment of this morning's Whately show on SEN) were spot on. It's footage taken out of context and it's impossible to draw any conclusions.

I've read elsewhere (on BF) that it's footage from two weeks ago, at the end of a match where they were thrashing North Melbourne, and Hind had just been dragged for giving away a 50m penalty.

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How does this make or any better or any less disrespectful?

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**i'm-uninformed2** · 17th August 2022, 10:07 AM

When I watch the Essendon saga, I'm just glad we are such a well run club.

They've been aimless for 15-20 years, churned through coaches, concocted a drugs scandal, traded for overpaid duds, sustained that gross under performer in Dodoro, assume they're going to succeed because they're a 'big club', and generally are a hot mess. And now they run, without any due diligence, to Clarko because they're all screaming 'do something!!'. Although I think they have some young talent on their list, I'd be wary as a coach signing onto what that club represents and how it is run. Got Malcolm Blight to the Saints feels for me.