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for the most part Lewis has been very good. No coincidence we lost 3 on the trot when he was out. He had to be carrying an injury yesterday surely? he did not look to be moving freely

Well done Waggers. Harshly dropped and didn't sook, just killed it. Great to have Speno back to dominate the rock against the dogs next week

This coming off the bye BS amuses me, does anyone complain in finals when they have a week off before the prelim?? Plough has no idea, I expect us to be losing 20 mins in as the pies are in form but I also expect a decisive win. Eg round 1

A few weeks is a long time in footy: well done to ANB for cementing a spot in the 18. nice to see no-one calling for him to be dropped even though there is some fwd talent at casey. I reckon he has enough talent and more than enough application to make it Hats off also to Hannon and also to Tyson for working his way slowly into some form

i have some experience in this area - you do not need to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. But you do need to prove there is a plausible association between the drugs and what adverse reactions potentially occurred. his lawyers would need to be hiring medical professionals to investigate the drugs to see if there is a medically plausible association. as these cases are so grey, they tend to be settled if there is substance to them

When we beat the pies, we'll move above the premiers on the ladder

On talent he is worth a punt. Im just making the point that I'm not a fan of players holding their club to ransom and stopping playing coz they miss their mum. And cam McCarthy is no character reference

if he is not playing for them due to homesickness, that is pretty soft. fair enough its hard being away from home at 20yo but unless there are other issues you'd want someone with the character to play through a tough spell

everyone going on about Collingwoods injuries but again we have no ruckman and are missing: Gawn - our MVP Hogan - best Fwd Brayshaw AVB Spencer Pies have 5-6 first team players out so not too different really

Source re Hogan is the Goodwin presser. article on the MFC website There is open training session on Sat at 9:30 at Goschs

With a picture of Drillbit Talyor?

anyone else picturing Viney staring a photo of Taylor Adams with gritted teeth? Adams went the return serve with Bernie, tossbag

interesting stat but not having a ruck has still hurt us massively imo. We should have beaten North and Hawks, loosing hit outs was a major part of this. Quality of clearances is not captured in stats but I am sure from watching the games that we did not cause as much damage as usual with these clearances. Winning some taps also means you can set up to win and play on your terms rather then the other teams terms. there is also the impact of not having a big man to kick to from kick out and down the line. Grundy would smash us

Massive game. The pies defence is poor especially without Reid. If we break even in the middle then we should get on top. Will Trac love the big stage?? I reckon he might

Still two training sessions to go before Monday. If hogan trains fully he plays. Good of the club to take the pressure off him.

Whiskas? Would look at Rohan and Reid if fit for sure.

we'd only play Spencer if we are absolutely desperate. lucky for him we are! so he is in even if not match fit. Just run into that fat head Grundy all day Speno. Oli and Jack will do the rest Im excited to see how our young guys look after a week's rest. I'm expecting big things from Oliver, Petracca and Hunt. I know Oliver was still getting heaps of it but he looked tired in the last few weeks, imagine him after a rest!

I don't get the concern about our 'bad MCG form'. I dont believe you can have bad form at a ground while having better form at other grounds during the same period. We just played badly at home a few times. what are we now, etihad specialists? no excuses Dees, get it done

and we lost to 2 out of 3 of these average sides. emotional big game, whoever goes in harder for longer will win imo

You'd think greenwood and Goldsack with knocks should be fine to play. Wells looks no chance and we'll wait to see on Elliot. Pies playing pretty well at the moment so will be a tough game. Grundy will carve us up without a ruckman

Hey M_9! im a fellow stander... either M8 or M9 at most games, I'll have to wear a demonland name tag next game and say G'day! are you the dude that always brings the 'coffee' thermos?

I prefer K-Dot

Been drinkin so nothing concrete, but I'd like to see Weaters smashing one from 65m on the run and surely Flash in his early days kicked a beauty?

Paraphrasing: good drugs, clinical depression on Tuesday then training on Thursday

Happy to see Toumpas play a decent game. Hope he keeps his spot