mo64

I agree, and I'm not questioning his omission. But from his own perspective, I'm sure Dunstan would have loved to play against his old side.

Feel for Dunstan the most. Thought he's been good in both games, and playing against his old side. No surprise that Tmac was preferred to Weid. Despite what some may think, we are not picking the team based on age. Weid isn't getting gifted a game because he's younger than TMac.

Bob Skilton - 88 Games 28 wins 60 losses Winning Percentage 31.82% Best finish 6th in a 12 team comp Paul Roos - 66 Games 21 wins 45 losses Winning Percentage 31.82% Best finish 11th in an 18 team comp One is seen as the messiah by most, the other is seen as a pariah. Paul Roos last 2 games as coach: Loss to a Carlton team that had lost their previous 9 games Loss to Geelong by 111 points. Off field things had turned around under Peter Jackson, buy on field we were still at a tipping point when Roos departed. By 2019 and 2020, we had a coach whose job was on the line. Credit goes to the board and in particular Gary Pert for sticking fat with Goody. But a majority of credit goes to Goody and the coaching dept.

We'll agree to disagree.

Had his best game last week. Doubt he makes the starting 22, but he's been selected ahead of Chandler and Melksham, so the match committee must see something in him.

My thoughts exactly on Roos. Easiest coaching gig in the world is one where you have no onfield expectations, and you have a finite departure date. I judge him by his win/loss record. I have the same order: 1. Swooper Northey 2. Goody 3. Danners 4. Balmey 5. Bobby Skilton. 1976 was as close as we got to playing finals till Swooper took over.

My bad. Just seems like he's been in the system a while.

English is a free agent, so there's no reason why they won't target both he and Jackson. Both can play ruck/forward.

Usually enjoy and mostly agree with your Podcasts, but this was a shocker. It was Finn Maginness who played boundary side of Langdon. Morrison didn't play, and Morrissey retired 30 years ago. Your disrespect of Gunston and Breust was horrible. Both are 4 times premiership players. If you don't respect them, then you don't respect Fritsch, because Gunston in particular is a superior version of Fritsch.

That was a horrible quarter of football by both teams. Must be a tricky breeze because there was some howlers. Tomlinson gifted a goal to Box Hill when he missed White with a 25m pass up the middle from a kick out. Went straight to a Hawks player who strolled in to goal. Moniz Wakefield and Laurie the most impressive of the Dees listed players.

On first glance, there appears to be only 2 changes from last week: In: Hibberd, Buntine Out: T Mac, Taj

Just saw some footage of the Captains Run on Instagram. It was fairly brief, but noticed all the big guns were there. Trac, Clarry, Max, Viney, Fritsch, Brown, May, Langdon, Brayshaw. Bedford and Spargo were there. The only player I didn't notice was Lever, but that doesn't mean he was absent.

I'm more concerned as to whether Viney plays. He didn't train yesterday, whereas Lever did. I suppose we'll know more after the Captain's Run.

They were the obvious ones, given Bedford lives with Kozi and Dogga, and Spargo is close mates with that group.

Has he ever played CHF? Even last week he seemed to play close to goals. Max said that Weid has been training for the role of backup ruckman. With Tmac still having another 2 years on his contract, and JVR waiting in the wings, it's every man for himself. By that I mean the inform player will get the gig. Weid will not get preferential treatment.

Junior is well and truly back in the fold. He presented Jordon with his debut jumper, and was a part of the MCG Premiership celebration. As others have said, it was a 2 way street. If his management screwed us over post Brownlow, then the club had to make decisions based on what they thought was his true worth was post the 2002 season. Players like Breen, Bruce and Whelan were coming off rookie contracts and had to be paid. We'd been through salary cap breaches 5 years earlier. Trading Woey didn't destroy the fabric of the club like tapping Junior Mac on the shoulder. We continued to play finals. The fact that Woey continued to attend Pat Players functions meant that he was never totally lost to the club.

After watching the Pies/Bombers game, the one thing the umps in our game got right was the Stand Rule. Soon as a player with the ball moved off their line, it was called play on. The Grundy 50 in the last qtr was a disgrace.

I don't think that Weid cemented his place in the team based on that performance. Yes he kicked 3, but a couple were gifts. At Casey, T Mac played the role that we need. He impacted contests, applied pressure and hit the scoreboard. Weid ticked one box. Weid plays next week, but his position in the team isn't assured.

Excellent summation DeeSpencer. People are overrating the games of Baker and Rosman by looking at their stats. There was plenty of stat padding by these 2 from kick-outs which I found annoying. At AFL level, May roosts it long to contest, yet at times Baker was calling for the short 15m kick to the back pocket. Baker will be a good VFL player, whilst Rosman is still a work in progress. The experienced players impacted the game, whilst the youngsters had their brief moments. I wish it was the other way around. Would love to see Laurie play a consistent 4 quarter game. Shepherd and Steele look very promising.

"War and Peace" version.

That's what I've noticed, and isn't the game better for it.

Sorry WERRIDEE, you've now lost your abode and your holiday house. I'll enjoy going down to Sorrento and catching up with Goody and Max down the pub.

The only reason to have Brown, Weid, T Mac is if Gawn or Jackson are doubtful, and Weid plays 2nd ruck. If that's not the case, and all 3 play, we are playing with fire, and I predict a loss.

I'll bet WERRIDEE's house that T Mac doesn't play back or Gus plays inside mid. Smith is an obvious replacement for Lever, and Dunstan/Bedford for Viney. ANB could play more inside minutes, and Bedford could be given a small forward role. I just don't understand why we are playing funny buggers by naming Weid, T Mac and Brown in the starting 18.

Sorry, but there is no logic in giving the inferior player games due to youth when we're in a premiership window. Ben Brown plays, and based on last week, so does T Mac.