SaberFang

Yep Browny was very, very supportive of Bugg last night, even though apparently the two had a nasty onfield run-in at some point in the last few years. The jist of it was that for the best part of a decade we, as a club, have bent over and taken it. We've been soft, we've been weak. We're now standing up for ourselves (and then some, with Bugg) and he wants to see more of it. For that matter, so do I. Let Bugg be the most hated pest in the League if that's how he enjoys playing. Judging by Sunday night, it gets under the opposition's skin and if it takes their mind out of the game for even a second then it's doing the trick!

I'd be very wary dropping two experienced players for a 0-gamer and a 3-gamer respectively, in Petracca and Oliver. Has disaster written all over it. Brayshaw I can understand, but the senior players will cope far better with the 5.5 day turnaround than kids will.

Cotchin: But... but... *sniffle*... This year we were finally meant to win a final!

Whateley rescinded this tonight, conceding that although he laughed off the suggestion of Melbourne playing finals last week, "I'm not laughing anymore." At which point Robbo distanced himself from Whateley's terminology, saying Gerard was the only one mocking the idea.

Geez it'll be a brutal lesson if the Essendon loss costs us finals. Still disgusted by that "effort."

LOL Even Essendon's social media team are in denial!

WE'RE [censored] BACK! Peter Jackson, Paul Roos, you are [censored] geniuses. Thank you.

I've always had a suspicious feeling they would rue the day they passed on Petracca. I hope I'm not wrong!

6 unanswered goals to the Giants now. Massive problems at the Saints, they've completely capitulated in the 4th and their skills are utterly woeful. Really have to wonder if they've topped up with the players they needed while at the bottom because Carlton, Brisbane and Essendon will be taking the lion's share from here on. EDIT: 7 goals... Saints don't seem to bother two-way running, leaving their defence completely open for the Giants. Clamp down the game!

Saints skills are rubbish, absolute rubbish. They find a way to come back though, now trailing by less than 3 goals at 3QT.

What the hell happened to Port? Losing Richo and Walsh? Gaining Voss? Has Hinkley been found out?

He attempted to dispose of the ball by intentionally handballing thin air to give the impression he was trying. He knew exactly what he was doing, no different to when players pretend to handball it away when they're wrapped up in a tackle on the ground.

Holding the ball every day of the week. The Hawks have truly mastered the art of sucking in umpires.

Breust on Fox: "Yeah, 3 point wins across 3 weeks. Don't know how the boys keep doing it." Referring to the umpires no doubt, giving every clutch free kick they can possibly dream up in the last quarter.

The only reason this team is even winning games this year is blatant umpire favouritism at the exact moments that determine how a game ends. [censored] BS.

HE WAS HOLDING THE [censored] BALL YOU CORRUPT CHEATING MAGGOTS!!! [censored] OFF!!!

What benefit does it serve Richmond to play games with Deledio, as far as team selection goes? They're crazy if they play him without match fitness; why even bother naming him unless you have every intention of being stupid enough to play him?

Gutted to hear Hampson has been dropped, genuine A-Grade spud.

I didn't like the Watts part being shared, that felt really inappropriate after a private conversation. Just imagine if JW got told by a friend that his future coach had shared information like that with a total stranger? Really not on.

I'd still rather Tracca played VFL for 3 weeks then debuted against St Kilda. Makes no sense to play him after we came out during the week saying we weren't going to rush him; we'd be as bad as Richmond rushing in an underdone Deledio.

Pretty much. If we win, the story Monday morning sure as hell won't be us, just as it wasn't last Monday morning.

Let's not mince words, the human race is filled to the brim with morons, not just Australia. We're just luckier than most other countries (and I've travelled enough to know).

The Footy Show is garbage television, plain and simple. The only reason it rates is because Australia is full of braindead morons.

That's indeed a great graph and interesting to see what kind of forecasts are being predicted now by Champion Data. If we kick over 100 points on Sunday and keep Richmond to less than 70, we'll end up in the top right section of the lower left quadrant

Honestly, I'd rather Garlett played because I'm not comfortable going up against Richmond with another super-young team. We need to balance out the youth of types like Wagner and Hunt by playing experienced bodies; we took a huge risk last week with so much youth and it paid off, but it definitely won't every week. Vince and Garlett returning is a huge injection of senior talent and exactly what we need on the big stage Sunday. I've a feeling this game will be won or loss depending on the experience of our players; they will need to adapt to whatever inept plan Hardwick implements, and senior types will be far better equipped to achieve this than first-gamers.