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certainly far from our first choice fwd/2nd ruck but they dont grow on trees and tend to peak in mid-late 20's. has averaged almost 2 goals per game over the past 3 years. He is a upgrade on Dawes and Pedo, that's for sure. wouldn't rule him out if we dont have to give up much for him

realise that we could well finish in the bottom 4 AGAIN GC have more than half their best 22 out. losing is not an option

Good to see the Dawes-bashers have taken a week off this week

Reason we lost entries inside 50 were poor we kept kicking to their loose man in defence Viney, watts, Dawes all missed fairly easy kicks at goal we were mentally weak when it mattered WC were very poor. Kept kicking it us. Looked soft. And not focused. We will never have a better chance to beat those pr!cks! [censored]!!

We are significantly better at losing than 3 years ago when roosey came on board

Man it hurts watching the saints pass us by. The worst bit is it seems to be down to discipline, gameplan and pressure. Why can't we get this stuff right? who cares if they only win at Etihad, if only we could win all out mcg games!

I think you might have rose coloured glasses on: 5 goals in 7 games. had a couple of good games and a few poor ones. was in line to be dropped. not that Im saying Dawes is better

at least some of you guys will have something to do while we are losing tomorrow. more Bagging of Dawes. we all know he isnt a great player but he gives his all. give it a rest if we had a better option he would be playing. and no, playing gawn fwd and spencer in the ruck is not a better option. Gawn is our main weapon and spencer or dunn cant play fwd

Definitely want north to win. Bucks and the pies are getting all confident. Assault on the finals? Ah fk no

We needed to bring in a tall fwd and Dawes is the best of a bad lot. Unfortunately. Pedo still is either unfit or terribly out of form

Well done Wattsy! cant wait to see you put goals on a silver platter for Hoges (and the Weed) for the next 7 years by god we could do with good news this week too!

you must have been shocked when Scully made his dramatic move to GWS! yeah i listen to the stories and if they are all heading one way, I take that on board to a certain degree

if they were talking about it being likely he'd go rather than likely he'd stay, yeah it would be a bad sign

Good news that the press are all talking about him staying. I know it doesn't mean heaps until he signs but its a lot better than everyone writing that he is gone. a 3 year deal at the end of the season would be awesome.

i can't believe how flat and gutted I still am. The anger was there for 48 hours and is now gone and now I just don't care anymore we can't beat St Kilda. ST KILDA!? far out. i know its pathetic but I was looking forward to allowing myself to dream of finals for a couple more weeks (seeing this be the saints in the news is brutal). when are we going to stand up? everyone aside from Viney need to take a good look in the mirror. not sure I can get up the interest to watch the WC game - good start by the Dees, the umpires bend us over and WC kick 8 to nothing in the last Q. you could write the script now

My god I hate Etihad and the saints more than anything

Closed. Who would want to watch footy in the sun on a sunny day? etihad sucks balls

Nankervis hasn't shown he can play forward. Sydney lack this type of player with Tippett out its a no from me

As a Demon's supporter all this stability doesn't sit well with me. I say sack him with one game to go with Brett Alison as the stand in for the last game. Purely just to cause confusion

don't now why I open a thread when Saty is the last poster. I should know its guaranteed to be childish bickering Anyway... I'm pumped for Grimsey's 100th, god knows he deserves some positivity. If he gets more confident and plays within his limits, I reckon his skill errors will dry up and he can hold down a spot on the wing.

Massive game. I'll be absolutely gutted if we lose and over the moon if we win. will get us to 8 wins, beat the saints hoodoo. really show we have improved since last year, get us away from the riff raff on the table (pies, tiges, blues, etc) closed roof, expect Hogan and Gawn to dominate. 4 contested marks each. Hogan to kick 8. Viney BOG

Absolutely no worries about T Mac leaving. we are finally on the rise and he is running out with his brother each week anyway, Sydney's main deficiency is kicking skils, so yeee-ah, nah

A first rounder for Hibberd is surely a joke!? Looking at our best back 6 I think we do need some experience and leadership, perhaps Hibberd could help here and be a bit of a general that we need. Hunt, Wagner very young. The Macs are young and T Mac is what I call a vocal leader. I would be happy enough to get home for a second rounder

aside from money its a lose-lose. Members and supporters miss seeing the Dees play live twice a year. these replacement games are just other Melb based away games most supporters would go to anyway - so we miss seeing our team play twice (unless you have money and time to spare to travel - which most of us dont) Our ladder position is adversely affected: we would be more likely to win at the G as opposed to NT. Imagine the difference playing West Coast in NT rather than in perth? its sad that we are still so financially poor we need to sell games, but if that is the situation then what can we do? obviously this is all about money as we could go to NT in pre-season and set up academies/play NAB cup without playing AFL games there

Very good call dropping Dawes and having another runner. We smashed them in the first half.