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Bombers putting up a decent fight tonight but Swans will run it out in the last. 

Ben McKay is possibly the most overpaid footballer in AFL history. VFL standard yet on over 700k a year!

 

Grundy played his best game in round zero. Not so much from him tonight so far.

 
1 minute ago, Bates Mate said:

Ben Mackay is awful

Not sure he is even that good.


Ben McKay, just wow.  Can't believe the roos got away with pick 3 for him. Highway robbery.

Will laugh if the roos overtake essendon at the end of the year.

 

Solid win by Sydney. Apart frrom Wright I wonder if they will look at Heeney for his "slap" on Hinds. Probably not as he is one of the protected ones.

7 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Definitely not. They have some young A listers and a good coach.

I can't get a handle on Freo. In 2022 it looked like they were on the way to battling for a top 4 spot in 2023 but it's been all downhill

Freo's list does not have near enough quality or depth.

They used a lot capital on Jackson.

Jackson will be a good investment long-term, he's a gun - and should really be pushing for AA this year given his age and development.

But they had a gun ruck and in the now, needed some class mids and quality key defenders more than a ruck forward who isn't a natural forward, or a one grabber for that matter.

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16 hours ago, binman said:

Freo's list does not have near enough quality or depth.

They used a lot capital on Jackson.

Jackson will be a good investment long-term, he's a gun - and should really be pushing for AA this year given his age and development.

But they had a gun ruck and in the now, needed some class mids and quality key defenders more than a ruck forward who isn't a natural forward, or a one grabber for that matter.

Not sure about Fremantle's depth.

Yesterday was only North but they were missing Chapman, Cox, Darcy, O'Driscoll and O'Meara, plus OMac and Worner who played last week, plus a few others (e.g. Corey Wagner and Ethan Stanley).

Perhaps against a better side they wouldn't have won but they're 2-0 with quite a lot of talent to come back.

And I wholly disagree that they "need" key defenders. Their best 22 defence is top 4 quality. 

 

Oskar! What an incredible passage of play😅


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