He can contribute properly when he puts his mind to it.  Also that kid is a dick.

Jon Sno BLABLOW

That Moon poster is the first movie posted for years that I've seen that I'd want on my wall.

Who did those posters?

Source.

HeavyVoodoo wrote:

A chap called Olly Moss, methinks. you should visit here for more alternative poster goodness. http://www.mondoarchive.com/

Ah right.  He does a poster for Empire each month.  His stuff is fantastic.

Good mark, that.

No, in the marking contest, if you're eyes are on the ball and you don't use your hands, then you're golden. it's seems slightly backwards, but allows for awesome stuff like the above. Still, it is funny that you can, if you have the lift literally put your boot and/or knee into someone's back with no problem (as long as the attempt is deamed "realistic") yet a hand on the shoulder is an automatic free kick to the guy on the bottom.

The situations you're thinking of are in general play, and yeah, any contact with the head is big trouble. The rules were tightened a couple of years ago to try and protect players going for the ball, as massive head injuries aren't good news for any one, but the current interpretation has lead to a situation where players are just literally diving into everything head first. Someone's gonna end up in a wheelchair.

Seems to me they need to just lean a bit more on the old "you ducked, no free" thinking. And also be a lot more leanient when it's the head forced into a stationary player's legs etc. At the moment it's like you could literally dive at someone's knees and get a free.

As with basketball, sometimes the best call is no call.

The Top 35 Photobombing animals.

They are mental, both of them.  Funnily enough, Jimmy Bartel took a mark almost the equal of Reiwoldt's that same round (I think) but it received less coverage because Eddie McGuire was in the middle of retelling a Trevor Marmalade joke instead of calling the game. I'll see if I can find it.  We should get out to a game Face, so many good ones being played a present.

Facewon wrote:

The situations you're thinking of are in general play, and yeah, any contact with the head is big trouble. The rules were tightened a couple of years ago to try and protect players going for the ball, as massive head injuries aren't good news for any one, but the current interpretation has lead to a situation where players are just literally diving into everything head first. Someone's gonna end up in a wheelchair.

Yeah I definitely noticed that.  Even as an outsider with no knowledge of the game I could see that players were sticking their heads into people on purpose.  A rule that needs looked at.

Another thing I noticed was how much the players spend touching each other.  Constantly pushing and rubbing against each other.  Not quite as pathetic as the feigning injury you get with football, but still laughable.

Childrens' drawings made into toys:

We'll teach yer the rools n'that.  I do like a bit of the roundball, but Aussie Rules at its best is the world's most exciting sport to watch (IMO etc.).  Amazing athletes pushing themselves to ridiculous limits in a show of skill, speed, agility, brute strength and unscripted drama, love it.  Yer da doesn't watch much rugby then I take it though; AFL is rather tame by comparison.  Some of the punch-ons one sees in the NRL would see lengthy suspensions for the participants in the AFL.  His view might be coloured by the infamous Battle of Britain exhibition match played o'er there in the 80s.  Carlton and North Melbourne beat the piss out of each other that day, much to the apparent delight of the locals.  It's a lot more sanitized these days.

I'm torn between that being awesome and wishing it'd clocked the girl on the side of the head.