Corbin Middlemas

Breaking - Brad Scott sacked as Essendon coach @7NewsMelbourne @7AFL

Well done to the @CollingwoodFC for making that a day everyone who experienced it won’t soon forget. Featuring the fellow 400 club members so prominently all week, as well as his former teammates, made it a special day for so many. Bravo, Scott 👏#SP433

Some truly insane numbers to wrap your head around from Scott Pendlebury's career… so far! @CorbinMiddlemas rattles off some stats that are genuinely hard to fathom. What a career. Live blog: ab.co/4v1Y8bT Hear every AFL match, live and ad-free, on ABC listen: ab.co/ABClisten

Malthouse on Moore hammy: I don't like ever judging coaches on moves *because I know what it's like in the box* He is not equipped coming off hamstrings and soft tissue injuries to be running around the ground in a different (Ruck) role because you need to explode to the next one, if it goes out of bounds on the otherside you need to get there ... he's a victim of them not thinking through it.

Sam Mitchell on @abcsport says they haven’t ruled out Will Day playing at AFL level on Thursday night, despite the short week.

@ChrisFitzMelb The AFL agrees with the Tasmania Devils, the govt was prepared to fund it

@CorbinMiddlemas Okay. The Tasmanian football club is best served when the whole state is aligned around it, and it sounds like the Tasmanian Government and AFL agrees.

Tasmania is a big place that can handle its own footy team in the national competition, but not so big it can allow another team to play MORE professional football in the state 🤷‍♂️

@ChrisFitzMelb Only the WA govt does sponsor North Melbourne

@CorbinMiddlemas The SA and WA clubs don't sell games to Victorian clubs, and nor do their governments sponsor Victorian clubs. Tasmania isn't any different. It's pretty straight forward, tbh.

Early indication LDU dodges serious knee trouble. Club says docs happy with how he presented, & confident he’s okay.

How hard is it to get the states to agree on private investment in the BBL? "Damn difficult" says Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg... but could a hybrid model be on the cards? Hear the full ABC Cricket Podcast here: ab.co/4dwLM5H

Nikita Tszyu now has 8 previously unbeaten fighters on his resume in 12 career wins. For context, lineal champion Jai Opetaia has eight title defences, also eight previously unbeaten fighters on his resume. #TszyuDiaz

Back in Tszyucastle for the fights. Countdown to Nikita’s return begins with the prelims on @FOXSportsAUS from 5pm AEST. Kayo/Foxtel, @MainEventTV for the main card at 7 🫡

Brisbane’s real thoughts on individual Essendon players exposed ahead of today’s clash. “Selfish, hot head, lack of physicality” @7NewsMelbourne @7NewsBrisbane @7AFL #AFLDonsLions 7news.com.au/sport/afl/bris…

AFL/Marvel Stadium launching their double dipper GA ticket tomorrow for this Saturday - ESS v Bris into Carl v STK… $35 for adults, $8 for kids. GA to both games on the same ticket, can stay in venue between at View Bar.

@nmfc1869 @AFL I think they’ve rarely prioritised big clubs being successful. They know the crowds are going to be there and if anything, take their supporter bases for granted

@AFL torn between 'equalisation' - smaller & interstate clubs being successful - and 'can't have 'big clubs being unsuccessful/bottom of the ladder'. It impacts on the metrics - crowds, TV rating etc - we get paid our bonuses on. Can't have it both ways. @CorbinMiddlemas

Roof: open 🔓

Andrew Bassat on @abcmelbourne: it’s a pretty tough situation we put coaches in, you have 1-point loss, you don’t have much luck in the running, you got to front an interview. I think Ross is much better with good questions than he is with bad questions. I cop it myself from time to time. Ask stupid questions, win stupid prizes, is his view… I think if he gets an intelligent & fair question, he’ll respond to it fairly. If he doesn’t, he’s perhaps more honest than most coaches about the fact that he doesn’t feel that way.

5 games this season where both teams have kicked over 100 points. Twice today. It happened 5 times all of last season.

Josh Daicos on @abcsport: oh mate, just re-living it now, I don’t even want to look at the vision, I feel sick talking about it… it was silly from me, you got to keep your cool in that instance… relieved he missed, and we took the four points.

Now the reasons for both Tribunal cases have dropped, we can at least see the logic used. Collard: His denials were "unconvincing" and did not match the vision. "When it was put to him that “in these moments afterwards you were called out (by Lambert) on using the word f*****, and you knew that you were being called out on using that word” he answered “Yeah, I knew that they called it out”. His explanation for not having corrected Lambert was “yeah, well, we were playing a game, I wasn’t even worried” and earlier in a similar context “nah, because my team mate’s holding me, so I’m not even worried”." Butters: His evidence he made only one comment to the umpire was contradicted by both the umpire, and by Wines, who said they both commented on the free kick multiple times. His evidence in this way did not match the vision. "It is also relevant that this is far from the first time that Mr Butters has committed a reportable offence during his career. He has committed well over a dozen reportable offences." If it's a he said/he said case, and one side is inconsistent based on the only evidence available, they're going to pick the other side. Also remember it's to the standard of 'the balance of probabilities', so what may seem small can tip the scales.