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Listening to Dog's supporters it sounds like that's been his game from the get go.

25 v 7 inside 50 since half time

Moon boot better sign than crutches

Doesn't look to have the body type that lends itself to 'muscling up'. Quad strength needed to avoid knee strain.

ABC radio saying Petty is a knee.

Geez we've got at least 8 players who have lifted their form from last year. I'd include Nibbler there. Add JVR, JV, McVee, Chandler, Hunter, Rivers, ... Possibly 3 or 4 who've dropped away, albeit injuries playing a part.

Petty- ankle

Petty limping off?

Very handy summary - from someone on the other side of the world with no

Rooooo

Hope it’s not that Covid smell.

Nah, you can’t just give his shoulder the week off. His whole body or nothing.

I’ll be listening in from Athens on Sunday. 6:20am is a good time to be playing with 36 degrees predicted. Oh … wait …

Chris Connolly says ‘hi’.

Apology in advance (save me reading posts) - weather report (I’m os)?

I’m on Ithaca. Where are you?

‘Brown …. Just couldn’t hang on ‘. has been said 3 or 4 times on the radio,

Crows first gamer given space by the sound of it.

Can I ask what the weather forecast is? I'm OS. Apology if it's been mentioned.

Can’t agree more. My third visit to this area. Best Greek isles by the length of the straight (and I’ve done about 30). Swimming trip based on Ithaca all of next week. Will probably finish with a week on Zakinthos. Hard life but I’ll just have to grin and bear it.

Back just before Blues match. On Kefalonia. Beautiful but 40 degrees. Rome hit 48 two days ago.

I fully understand there’s no alternative, but I am a tad concerned that Brodie’s inclusion may hinder Jefferson’s progress. i hark back to the days of James Cook and Fevola. BTW not only was I at the ‘186 game’ but I sat through the pre-match (VFL) where the result was similar. The two aforementioned players ‘featured’ in that game.

Laurie still waiting for his second debut.

A shout out to Ed's mum Belinda. I was on a swim trip on Croatia in 2018 that she was part of. Here's my fb post at the time: "So the conversation with Belinda (from Sth Yarra) over dinner the other night went something like this: Me: do you follow the AFL Belinda? Belinda: yes. Actually both of my sons are in the AFL Me: Oh yeah. What's their names? Belinda: Ed and Tom Langdon. Me: I've heard of Ed. He plays with Freo and goes alright. There's talk he may head back to Vic. when his contract expires. I'd like to see him at the Dees. I bet you'd rather see him at Melbourne rather than with some club like those ferals at Collingwood? Who's Tom play with. Belinda: Tom plays for the Collingwood ferals. I must have said something to upset Belinda. She hasn't spoken to me since that dinner." PS I was aware that Tom was a Pies player but had hardly played due to injuries. Murmers that we were looking at Ed.

In the last sentence in my original post I said I would not drop him.