Thursday, May 15, 2014: Late night Adults Only Smother...

Well isn't this exiting? A late night Thursday Smother. Adults only, some might say. Others would say that we're just incompetent; unable to deliver a measly few hundred words on time. Some would say that it's rubbish anyway and perhaps we shouldn't bother... But we digress.

It's Thursday Night Football. Tex Walker's back, Nick Maxwell's back, Jack Frost is ready to unleash his own frostbite. Sold out at Adelaide's new home of football, what more could anyone want? A day off tomorrow? Yep, us too. But life isn't always like that. Then again, perhaps it's for the best. Holidays can sometimes make things worse...

Just ask Toby Greene, who will spend his tomorrow morning facing the music for his Caulfield jaunt. At least the clubs version of music, the Police will wait until September to unleash their punishment. Simon White's punch to the face of a fan remains mired in he-said/he-said. The Police have the footage, and are expected to play some music their too. Thankfully Josh Gibson, returning from America with a shoulder injury, there are no police involved. He'll still miss 10 weeks.

The upshot of all this: the bye has to go. It's just too much trouble, you can't let these hoodlum players off the leash. They are good at football, not necessarily good at life. Hell, abolish the off-season. Have the players join the Army Reserve between October and March....

Or just accept the fact that out of 700 men aged between 18 and 40, there will be an occasional fracas. Without football, some of them would be in jail.  In this adults only edition of The Smother; let's be adult about this...

In the news...
Bulldog Tory Dickson will miss 8-10 weeks with a torn pectoral muscle.

West Coast Coach Adam Simpson has conceded that Mark LeCras being suspended is not a good thing for the Eagles. "He didn't need to do that" Simpson said of the wild head-high bump that saw him banned.

And finally, great news for huge Alex Fasolo fan Alex Fasolo, re-signing with Collingwood until the end of 2016. "It's great to sign Alex Fasolo, Alex Fasolo is a great player with a bright future" thought Alex Fasolo after the deal.