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Angus Brayshaw ‏@angusbrayshaw_ 20m 20 minutes ago "X-Rays came back clear, a bit sore but hopefully ill be good for next week! thanks everyone for the well wishes, appreciate the support! "

except beat his man virtually every week. Plus he also had a month out with concussion.

[censored] this.So should we. Jesus Christ. They shouldn't be coming out any more angry than us. They absolutely annihilated us two years ago by almost 150 points. We should be licking our lips at the chance of giving it back to them whilst they're down and out. We owe them.

This must be a windup?

Positive tweet from Brayshaw. XRays all clear. Don't want to risk him if there's any doubt but if he's good to go he'll certainly stay in. He'll have fresh legs that's for sure.

For someone supposedly chasing big money, he isn't doing much chasing

You know you're a Melbourne supporter when you're already feeling extremely nervous about playing a horrible Bombers side next week instead of looking forward to it!

Picket, your posts make me seem like a rational poster.

Wouldn't surprise me if we lose this game, after which I will tear all my hair out and question all my life choices

Now my mum said you don't hate anything in the world but sorry mum i hate this club and the majority (not all) of their smug sh*t don't stink supporters who think that it's their supreme right to be cocky and arrogant to other clubs supporters yet are genuinely shocked when people hate their club. I hate Essendon....hate them. HATE THEM!!!! Growing up in the area in the 80's 90's 2000's sucked with this black and red machine winning premierships along the way. God i hate this team so over the past few years when we have beaten them it's the game i want to win every year. Smash them, crush them next week!!! Destroy them!!!!!

Firstly, they only have 5 wins. Secondly, they literally have no injuries. This is as good as their list gets right now. Thirdly, they still rely on their older players and premiership players (Riewoldt, Montagna, Dempster, Ray, Schneider, Gilbert). Fourthly, they've beaten Essendon (awful, and bottom 6), us (bottom 6), Gold Coast (bottom 6), Brisbane (bottom 6) and the Dogs. Funnily enough, we've also beaten the Dogs and GC, haven't had the chance to beat Brisbane or Essendon yet, and we've beaten Geelong (in Geelong) and Richmond as well. Overall, I'd rather be us than St Kilda.

I would LOL hard if Mark Neeld was appointed care taker though.

Lecras' impact was minimal. That was his opponent?

God help us if we lose to Essendon next week

Harmes won't play. You're all dreaming. One thing that has to happen is Spencer being dropped. We were too tall and, as many have mentioned, the Bombers barely have one ruckman playing, so we need to go with Gawn and Dawes pinch hitting and add more run to the side. JKH and Newton are two who stand out, while Michie may also get another look in as well. Until Salem, VDB, Kent etc are ready to return though it's really a case of swapping a few deck chairs at the minute. It's a big 3 weeks though we 3 VERY winnable games.

I get annoyed when I think of what Watts might have been had Roos/McCarthy/Jackson been there when he came to the club...

I think he lives in Elwood.

If there are no injury concerns, I would say he has had a good rest after the bye and being out of the game yesterday after the first five minutes.

I wouldn't be against ANB and Billy Stretch staying in the side for the rest of the year. They just seem to be improving with each game and i think they will just continue to build confidence and momentum.

2 wrong's don't make a right. Nic Nat had first bite of it. Watts came down with it. That's play on. The most troubling umpiring decision of the night was the holding the ball against Dunn when he was tackled without prior right after Darling was dispossessed in an almost identical manner.

Reakon Howes a gun that drags people through the turnstyles and don't think we should accept anything less than Treloar and GWS first pick.

Seriously? 15 possessions, 7 marks and 3 shots at goal isn't a stinker at the best of times, let alone when you're 20 y/o playing in your 10th game.

Another day 200 meters from home at one of the coldest places on earth and here's my breakdown. McKenzie: Thought he was pretty decent today. Again, a few typical McKenzie disposals that hurt us, but he competed really well and was hard at it. Kicked a nice goal in the 2nd term and was involved in a few chains of posessions that resulted in goals for us. Newton: Suprised he wasn't named in the best, as I thought this was the best game I've seen him play. Didn't get huge numbers, but he used it well and kicked two really class goals. Looked a notch above, but he needs to show the form of todat at AFL level next time he gets his chance. Played midfield/half forward. Michie: Opposite to Newton in a way. Not saying he didn't play well, but I was suprised he was named in the best as he didn't seem to stand out today as much as I've seen him do so on other days. I normally see him as a link player, creating run and carry through the midfield, but he seemed to have more of an inside role this week, which is probably why he didn't stand out to me. But for the people that matter, he obviously played his role. O. McDonald: Best game I've seen from the kid so far. Took some nice marks, spoilt especially well and used it equally as well coming out of the back half. Kept his feet in the one on one contests also which is important. He seemed to have a height/weight advantage on his opponent, but you can only beat the player your put up against. A very encouraging display today. Hunt: First time I've really had an opportunity to watch him play closely and for most of the first half he seemed invisible. Then the stroke before half time he took a mark running back with the flight of the ball and converted and important kick after the siren and his confidence seemed to sky rocket from there. Showed some of his pace and tackling ability after half time and got on a chain of handballs t kick his second and followed it up with a nice contested grab for his 3rd shortly after, Could have kicked 4 but for missing a soda on the final siren. But given his injuries, he showed today he's worth a 1 year extension at seasons end in my book, Jamar: Very good game in the ruck. Slaughtered Simpson not only in the hit outs but also around the ground. Have no doubt that another team will pick him up at seasons end for ruck depth. Sydney, GWS & Collingwood would all be in the mix for mine. White: Musn't have played as I never sighted him. Harmes: This kid will go close to winning Casey's B&F in my opinion. Contested ball winner who spreads and is very strong in the air also. Did his best Jeremy Howe impression in the final term, but just couldn't hold on. Best on ground for mine and I hope he's promoted off the rookie list at years end. Because if he isn't, I have no doubt another team will grab him and we could end up with egg on our face as a result. Terlich: At times he was very good, at other times he was worse then hopeless. That is the problem that is Sean Terlich. He showed really nice run and kicking into spce at times and his defensive running was pretty good. On multiple occasions though he kicked it either out on the full or directly to Geelong. It's hard to push your case for promotion to the seniors with those sorts of performances. King: Similar to Hunt, very quiet early, but worked his way into the game well to finish with a reasonable performance despite zero goals. Probably should have kicked at least 2, in the end kicked 0.4 with one into the man on the mark. His ruck work was impressive during the periods he competed in there, so he's certainly got tools to work with. He still needs to improve his body work. Very dangerous when he gets a chance to run and jump at it. In a body on body contest though, he's far less threatening. Fitzpatrick: Great game down back. He just reads it so well down there which is amazing for a guy who's looked totally lost at times in his first 5 years forward. Took plenty of marks, made plenty of spoils, and he ran off his opponent with ease. If we don't keep him at seasons end, he's at least showing enough to make sure we should get something at least reasonable in a trade exchange.

True redemption would be beating Essendrug by 187

It's probably just that he's only 22 and hasn't yet perfected the recipe for peak performance for 22 games a year.

If we can towel up Essendon next week, I get the feeling that that will be the result that sees Herd out of the building. God I hope we do it!

The name of their thread for the upcoming game against us, on Bomb Blitz: Rd 15: Ess v The Tin Rattler A.K.A Demons

didn't realise essendon documented anything

All those papers were conveniently "lost".

enjoyed this one - says it all "Clear out the boys club at AFL house. Have some credible replacements who tell WADA and co to GAGF! Then watch Hird and the players hold up the cup in 2016."

Totally agree. Let's see it as an opportunity to feast on a drug addled carcass.

with juice - brownlow no juice - 7 possessions

This is better than porn Eat [censored] Essendope

Over my time have seen plenty of spuds have a day out against us.

I hope Essendon play like they're playing today next week.

Non-negotiable withdrawals: Bail, M.Jones (BOTH HAVE HAD THEIR TIME. WE HAVE TO AT LEAST SEARCH FOR BETTER REPLACEMENTS) Lumumba, Grimes, JKH, one of Newton/Riley in. If only Salem, Kent and Vandenberg could all return. That'd be Christmas-like

we bloody missed having him out there today. Goes to show what a star he can potentially become if the loss of a 19 year old who has only played 12 games, affects our team so much.

Matt Jones and Rohan Bail.... Kent and Vanders can't come back soon enough.

Out - Howe, Howe Howe.....how many non effort games does he need before he is dropped

OX gave him a mighty serve at half time and I loved it.

In: Lumumba, JKH, Newton, Harmes Out: Brayshaw (inj), Spencer, Bail, M.Jones

Garlett's urgency and willingness to chase, harass and tackle any opposition player was nothing short of phenomenal tonight. It directly resulted in goals and scoring shots for us and he kicked 1.2 with our ball movement going inside forward 50 being terrible again. He had 10 tackles. 10! It's [censored] tiresome reading assessments like these when they can be so wrong. It's not a matter of opinion. You're either blind or you have no idea. He was pretty much our best player.

I don't know what game you watched but Cross was good

I didn't see any of the game, happy to write off and not worry about especially after the events of the week.

That's the stuff Fork'em!!!

I'm not sure how the Toump escapes notice. Had a shocker and happy for him to join Bail and Howe out the door this week. So slow

We were outrun and outclassed which is really just where the two sides are at. Not helped by playing one too tall and using the sub so early. Brayshaw played for 15 seconds and had one more tackle than Howe. Howe is a lazy disgrace of a footballer and I have no interest seeing him at Melbourne next year. Take whatever you can get. Time to ship Bail and Jones out of the side. They just make too many errors to justify any role they play.

The loss of Lumumba before the game and then Brayshaw in the opening minutes was telling. We lost two players who can move the ball through the lines quickly ... and by having one to use our sub early, we were always going to be behind in our energy levels at the end.

If nothing else, this week has reminded me that life's too short to waste getting upset about footy. Can't be bothered kicking the cat tonight, going to go tell my family I love them instead as the boys pay their respects. Night all.

I ate one of those egg and bacon rolls at Casey once. Once. Gave me the nastiest case of the shits I've ever experienced. I had to pull into a shopping centre and make an emergency dash for a loo on the way home. There are few more nightmarish situations than rushing through an unfamiliar shopping centre with your buttocks clenched desperately in an attempt to keep anything from escaping while trying to make sense of the signage that says that there is a loo somewhere down there, apparently in the middle of a flower stall. I count myself fortunate that I did manage to find it, and more so that apparently nobody else had managed to decipher the signs as the stall was empty when I go there. The less said about what followed the better.