Mickey

It should be Geelong vs Collingwood Thurs, us vs Sydney fri, freo vs dogs sat and Lions vs Tiges sat night. That way top 4 teams get more of a break, as we've earned it

To add to this: 13 disposals at 92% efficiency 8 contested possessions 1 goal, 9 score involvements 5 tackles 4 clearances and 4 I50s It was some sort of game

I want gunston

I love watching David Rodan as goal umpire. Always looks like he's having a blast

Nice to see future Melbourne FF Naughton kick the first goal.

This is pretty close. Wonder if we could go 22 first, 23 first and meek for jacko and 22 or 23 2nd

Answerth for the punch to Nibbler

One of the blokes from Aunty Donna. Killing Heidi (or is it Bachelor girl?)

Hamish Blake and Steve Monaghetti come to mind

Yep, I think watching May kick out is confirmation of this. Left side, point if the square for 21 games, then last night hitting up harmes, short kicks to the right and that absolute bullet to Langdon on the wing.

Does anyone know what happened to Nibbler in the second? Was on the ground spewing his guts up, and channel 7 didn't even bother to replay what happened before it

His skills have improved significantly. Gives us a really different look off half back. Loving it

I don't think so. They have a dearth of tall forwards and rucks, even with Grundy in the team

Melk Petty Brayshaw Clarry Hunt Kozzie

Chandler and Bedford out of Casey's side. May explain it Does anyone know if the Spencil is back? Jake Spencer named in Casey's side

I agree, Mr Howe. Ed has received exactly what he deserved

Why aren't the Bears players allowed to own a dog? Because they can't hold a lead... I'll see myself out

Shocking call. If he reached for the ball, I'd agree. Lined him up and took him out

North will build their forward line around Larkey. No way they let him leave unless he wants out in a contract year, and even then they should push him to the PSD and draft him again.

Naughton would be the dream. Would happily trade what we get from Freo, plus a 2nd rnd pick for him.

Last year we played GC, WC, Adelaide and Geelong in the final four rounds. Only one of those played finals, and we only just beat them. Things are very different this year, but maybe out fitness levels/loading isn't the problem. Maybe it's just that we are playing top 4 teams

I'm not sure why it would. There is no mechanism for us to keep him if he wants to leave.

The good thing about having Gus in the middle, Harmes forward and Hunt back is they can all legitimately play in different positions. So if the backline needs Gus at any point, we can move Gus back, Harmes to the middle and Hunt can play forward.

I don't hate this but I don't love it either. Grundy has shown he has to play mostly 1st ruck, and Max's goal kicking isn't good enough for him to play predominantly forward. Would also want Collingwood to pay part of his salary

Interestingly, Gus was on a podcast (think it was Dyl Buckley's) where he said he suffered from an awful phobia of talking to people when he was younger. His dad used to put him in uncomfortable positions to make him have to talk to strangers (like purposefully give him the wrong change to buy a paper, ask a stranger the time, those sorts of things). Gus was pretty critical of the approach, even if it's clearly worked.