13 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

He had a very nice game with 3 goals as a midfield.

Why did we get rid of him? Salary cap or opportunity for Dom?

with oliver, jones, brayshaw, harmes, plus trac wanting midfield time, there was clearly no place for him anymore

has had a rotten run with injury at north, hopefully he's back to his best for them...except against us

With North having no backline, it wasn't surprising Hawthorn were able to kick as much, even from kids who are yet to play a senior game. 

North just horrible all around the ground, but the Hawks not much better.  Unforced turnovers from both sides all day long.  Neither will be outside bottom 4.  

I’m less bullish on Geelong after last night. Will still get enough freebies at pork barrel park to make finals , but I think the new rules might catch out their slow ball movement game style. They looked slow last night. 

21 hours ago, drysdale demon said:

they are in front at half time, says a lot for the Geelong superstar team. I do agree Essendon look a bit crappy though.

Without Mitch Duncan the Cats have no defensive run through their midfield at all. They struggled in the ruck big time - Essendon got a lot of forward fifty entries, but were extremely wasteful.   Can't take too much out of pre-season game though.

Edited March 7, 20214 yr by grazman

Hard to tell how serious Cats took last night’s game, but hoping the loss of Harry Taylor will expose a few  holes in their backline. Number of Essendon marks in forward 50 that wouldn’t have happened in the past. 

17 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

He had a very nice game with 3 goals as a midfield.

Why did we get rid of him? Salary cap or opportunity for Dom?

Dom went to North for more opportunities as we had enough inside mids

We got Brayden Pruess in return 

Brayden went to GWS for pick 31

Pick 31 ended up as pick 34 on the night that nabbed us Fraser Rosman 

So trading Dom Tyson eventually got us Fraser Rosman 

 

(I think this is all correct)

Rory Lobb has gone down in the 1st quarter. Nasty looking knee injury so quite possible out of round 1. Hopefully not too serious and he's right for round 2 but certainly not sorry if he doesn't face us.

dr gerard healy initially speculated it could be a medial, but then changed it to potentially cartilage damage

i think it's fair to say he won't be fit for round 1 and potentially quite a bit longer than that

he's had a rotten run with injury

1 hour ago, Better days ahead said:

Rory Lobb has gone down in the 1st quarter. Nasty looking knee injury so quite possible out of round 1. Hopefully not too serious and he's right for round 2 but certainly not sorry if he doesn't face us.

meek is the best ruck they've got, dont be fooled by the sean darcy is the second coming of sandilands nonsense. and treacy has done bits since getting rookied and is more than capable to replace his work i50. lobb has been lying to himself his whole career pretending he's not a ruckman. he's very ordinary as a forward hardly ever kicks proper bags and definitely doesn't tally big goals/season

Walters just done a hammy. Now that is a game changer.

fyfe also nursing something?

3 minutes ago, Turner said:

meek is the best ruck they've got, dont be fooled by the sean darcy is the second coming of sandilands nonsense. and treacy has done bits since getting rookied and is more than capable to replace his work i50. lobb has been lying to himself his whole career pretending he's not a ruckman. he's very ordinary as a forward hardly ever kicks proper bags and definitely doesn't tally big goals/season

Maybe, but if i have a choice i'd prefer he didn't rather than did play.

Michael Walters has just pinged a hammy!

The AAMI Community Series Ladder in the lead up to tomorrow’s dramatic end to the pre-season competition

Port Adelaide 1 - - 116 45 257.8 4

Hawthorn 1 - - 120 81 148.1 4

GWS Giants 1 - - 114 86 132.6 4

St Kilda 1 - - 125 99 126.3 4

West Coast Eagles 1 - - 67 57 117.5 4

Geelong 1 - - 79 72 109.7 4

Richmond 1 - - 80 74 108.1 4

Collingwood - 1 - 74 80 92.5 0

———————————————-

Essendon - 1 - 72 79 91.1 0

Fremantle- 1 - 57 67 85.1 0

Carlton - 1 - 99 125 79.2 0

Sydney Swans - 1 - 86 114 75.4 0

North Melbourne- 1 - 81 120 67.5 0

Adelaide - 1 - 45 116 38.8 0

 

On 3/6/2021 at 4:58 PM, Deestroy All said:

Can you get a refund on a hair transplant?

I get it now. Just seen a Goody snippet on the AFL website. I think it needs a few weeks to bed in properly so too early to judge.

On 3/7/2021 at 12:30 AM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

He had a very nice game with 3 goals as a midfield.

Why did we get rid of him? Salary cap or opportunity for Dom?

Because he peaked in 2014 and hasn’t played anywhere near that level since.

Rayner from the bears sadly looks to have done his acl

The final AAMI Community Series Ladder 

 

Port Adelaide 1 - - 116 45 257.8 4

Western Bulldogs 1 - - 106 67 158.2 4

Hawthorn 1 - - 120 81 148.1 4

GWS Giants 1 - - 114 86 132.6 4

Brisbane 1 - - 117 89  131.1 4

St Kilda 1 - - 125 99 126.3 4

West Coast Eagles 1 - - 67 57 117.5 4

Geelong 1 - - 79 72 109.7 4

———————————————-

Richmond 1 - - 80 74 108.1 4 

Collingwood - 1 - 74 80 92.5 0 

Essendon - 1 - 72 79 91.1 0

Fremantle- 1 - 57 67 85.1 0

Carlton - 1 - 99 125 79.2 0

Gold Coast - 1 - 89 117 76.0 0

Sydney Swans - 1 - 86 114 75.4 0

North Melbourne- 1 - 81 120 67.5 0

Melbourne - 1 - 67 106 63.2 0 

Adelaide - 1 - 45 116 38.8 0

20 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The final AAMI Community Series Ladder 

 

Port Adelaide 1 - - 116 45 257.8 4

Western Bulldogs 1 - - 106 67 158.2 4

Hawthorn 1 - - 120 81 148.1 4

GWS Giants 1 - - 114 86 132.6 4

Brisbane 1 - - 117 89  131.1 4

St Kilda 1 - - 125 99 126.3 4

West Coast Eagles 1 - - 67 57 117.5 4

Geelong 1 - - 79 72 109.7 4

———————————————-

Richmond 1 - - 80 74 108.1 4 

Collingwood - 1 - 74 80 92.5 0 

Essendon - 1 - 72 79 91.1 0

Fremantle- 1 - 57 67 85.1 0

Carlton - 1 - 99 125 79.2 0

Gold Coast - 1 - 89 117 76.0 0

Sydney Swans - 1 - 86 114 75.4 0

North Melbourne- 1 - 81 120 67.5 0

Melbourne - 1 - 67 106 63.2 0 

Adelaide - 1 - 45 116 38.8 0

It's going to come down to another Tex v Lever showdown to decide who wins the ansett spoon

13 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

Rayner from the bears sadly looks to have done his acl

Yes, torn his ACL.  Big blow for the Lions