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I thought he had a strong game, but I was even more impressed after watching the replay. High ceiling, strong aerobic traits, lots of power in his movement, pretty reasonable disposal, and seems to be a fierce competitor. My knock on him has been that he can be flat footed around the contest, waiting to see where the ball goes and what happens and then reacting, rather than anticipating and being on the move. I expect that playing tagging and defensive roles either trains that out of him, or removes the weakness because he is responsible for someone else who is moving. Really great to see his strong development and performances this year.

Culley is a rookie that needs to be promoted.

@Coolx2 what I think happened is, that when the teams were named Thursday, Lindsay was in (and named on field) and Cross was not in the selected squad. On Friday some time before the final teams were named, Lindsay was a late withdrawal and Cross came into the squad. So the AFL app and website etc just swapped Lindsay for Cross, making it look like Cross was named on the field. And then when the final sides were selected, they were corrected so that Cross was an emergency.

Agree with this. One of the reasons he looks dangerous forward is because he often drifts forward from a wing, where he brings his wing opponent back with him: they can't compete in the air like a medium defender would. His ability to rotate through that makes him a really difficult match up.

Hibberd would have to be a special mention too.

17 players with a vote after 4 games is a very impressive spread. And none of Windsor, Lindsay nor Langford have polled despite performing pretty well.

@Nasher I can tell you that adductor cramps are a thing that they are beyond horrible.

6 Steele 5 Gawn 4 Melksham 3 Pickett 2 Sparrow 1 Sharp Apologies to Salem, and special mentions to Checkers, Langford, Trelly, Lindsay and Kolt who all shon brightly at times.

Take the four points against the expansion team and move on to next week.

I love that Steele was so good he got votes twice ahead of the honourable mentions!

Look, it was close and he was amazing, but I thought the game shifted when we moved Sparrow into the middle in the second quarter. It changed the way we contested stoppages and we first broke even then took ascendency in the middle. I really think Sparrow was the most influential part of that team shift.

6 Sparrow 5 Pickett 4 Gawn 3 Steele 2 Lever 1 Fritsch

Doesn't make it any less amazing though. The quality of medical intervention, and the toughness of the players.

When we delisted Wagner, he played VFL for 2 years before getting drafted again by Freo. Omac did 2 years at Carlton (5 games only) and a year in the VFL at Williamstown before he got another go at Freo. It's not like we delisted stars...

Jiath???

No wonder they don't like driving to Casey ;)

Having just got home, is there a replay? Scores? Details? Can't find much online!

I think it's fair to say I like it, and think it will intrigue others but it may not be everyone's cup of tea. If the genre descriptions or bands I mentioned are of interest, check it out!

Has anyone heard: Pain to Power by Maruja I'm unsure how to describe it. Post Punk? Post hardcore? Jazz rock? It feels like a bit of a cross between the styles of At the Drive in X Rage Against the Machine X Party Dozen.

I can thelp that feels if Sloan was the one for us that would have been an easy and quick appointment to make and announce.

Better tell the club https://www.melbournefc.com.au/players/10179/latrelle-pickett

Also, I saw the chat about Spotify and Apple music etc above. I've recently switched to Qobuz (from Spotify/Tidal). Could transfer all my playlists, artists, albums, songs, etc. in minutes. High quality lossless, amazing sound quality. Library seems more than adequate (when I transferred my Spotify and tidal libraries across there was only one band not present) Interface seems to be set up more as a place to find and play your favourite records, with a heavy focus on editorial content and recommendations and human made playlists, rather than algorithms and AI play lists. And the artist pay is even better: about US$19 per thousand streams, vs US$13 for Tidal or <$5 for Spotify. It seems very artist and music centric. I'm very happy so far.

I've just found Mei Semones. Her debut album Animaru is a tantalising blend of bossa nova jazz, indie rock, and alt pop, which come together in a delightful package that has really captured my attention. Highly recommend.

@binman the GP line up this year is phenomenal. I am very much looking forward to see what Djrum brings, his releases are phenomenal. And Frost Children are emo kids playing electronica. Plus Ty Segall a latest album is an absolute cracker. Might see you there!