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Agree. We have to show some faith in Weid. IMO he's a confidence player. Probably 3 or 4 missed marks on Friday were 'nearlies' including the very first centre clearance (that Harmes goaled from). I don't recall him '2 grabbing' marks in the 2018 finals (Cats and Hawks). Weid is the future. BBB ain't.

"Even former Demons skipper David Neitz was initially surprised at the number, until he was asked to pass opinion on whether each of them deserved their position. Jake Lever? “Yes, he gets a tick.” Steven May? “He gets a tick.” Christian Salem? “Great distributor, it’s hard to go past him.’’ Ed Langdon? “The wing position is such a pivotal spot and he plays it really well. He’s up and back and everywhere, he’s been fantastic.’’ Max Gawn? “Yep, very comfortably in the team.’’ Get BINGE Basic from only $10/mth Clayton Oliver? “Also extremely comfortable in that team.’’ Tom McDonald? “What a story. Everyone thought he was shot at the end of last year and it’s been a credit to himself. I love seeing it.’’ Christian Petracca? “Yes.’’ “You could make case for each of them,’’ Neitz said. ...

Love him or hate him, the bloke knows talent when he sees it. Mark Robinson names his mid-season All-Australian team for 2021

no change.

Dogs kicking across the ground must give our backs time to set up.

I just can't see the Weid getting dropped. The FD would have thought long and hard about the permutations/combinations ( Weid poor, BB poor in VFL, Weid poor and BB good, Weid good and BB better ....) before dropping BB. They had to pick one and back him in for a few weeks. What happens if BB replaces Weid this week and performs poorly?

It was the form of Tom Boyd in the GF that got them over the line. 14 disposals, 8 marks, 3 goals 2. In the lead up 14 games he'd kicked a total of 10 goals and had been goal-less in 8 games. Weid stepped up in two finals in 2018. I'm not prepared to write him off yet.

For a start it's Ticketmaster and not Ticketek. Tickets for away members go on sale at 10am Wed and GA sales at 1pm Wednesday. I don't think you'll be able to get all 10 tickets in one transaction unless you want to wait until 1pm and pay for the two you would get for free if you booked those tickets earlier in the day (10am). I doubt that you can 'mix and match' ie supply two barcodes for the freebies and then pay for 8. It is highly likely, however, that Dees members and GA will be confined to level 4 (top deck). I was there for the Saints game (row X - 2nd from back) and the six of us were all able to move to the front row as there were heaps of empty seats. I doubt there'll be anywhere near capacity. MCC members are not getting reciprocal rights at the Docklands this year for starters, meaning they have to pay a motza for reasonable seats. I reckon many won't bother.

Trac.

LJ has broken his finger and will miss 2 weeks.

'What's up with big Max' a topic coming up On the Couch.

So I gather Horse awarded Mills 5 or 6 votes?

774 said Marvel likely. Not possible to play in Tassie under current restrictions.

I find it hard to fathom that the Blues have over 80k members. Many of their supporters must have had very high (finals) expectations.

Langdon's disposal count may have been down a tad but his 3 goals were valuable.

I doubt that you'll be able to purchase tickets for non-members (either club) until 1pm Wed. I'm guessing that MFC's allocation will be about 8k with one ticket per barcode. Saints likely to get at least 35k tickets which will go in a matter of minutes. I doubt there'll be any GA tickets.

Agree. Eight of 40 or so past their peak. 20% of our list. I'm not convinced Hore, Smith and TMac can lift.

Either that game was televised or someone posted the goals here from memory. Weid certainly had a day out. 6.0 or 6.1 from memory. May not have scored after half time?

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/melbourne/offseason-outlook-pressure-will-be-on-melbourne-and-simon-goodwin-to-make-finals-in-2021/news-story/bc7e87282bb192338444660045e45694 Just stating the bleeding obvious. You'll need a subscription to access.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/nab-league/the-rapid-rise-of-sandy-dragons-dasher-fraser-rosman/news-story/5c2ca8796fe4ec6e755f1dd72ab69053 Great article if you can get past the paywall. " ...He’s got a lot of work to do, and he’d be the first to admit that, with cleaning up his skills and improving his kicking,’’ Bourke said. “But his raw athleticism is freakish and if he can learn to hit the right spots and get into space he’s going to be a really dangerous player, someone who can break lines and be capable of hitting the scoreboard. He’s got that pace and endurance.’’

A season's worth of development wasted by the coach experimenting. Goody should have realised early on that playing James off the half back line (?) wasn't working and moved him back to his tagging role.

We're not much of a team if we couldn't get a big win on Friday (with our opposition not fronting until 2:10pm Sat). Sorry to be a pedant.

Probably more chance the Dockers beating Dogs in the last round altho' in Cairns. Hogan to boot 8.

Nev useless. Smith worse

Are you the bloke asking $450 for jousting sticks?