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Hahahaha At work and popped onto the game day thread for an update- honestly thought we must be 10 goals down.

Thanks for the updates. How's Brayshaw and Petty looking?

Yeah... nah... you’ve either: a) Never stepped foot inside there. b) Don't get out much. c) All of the above.

You’re probably only ‘guilty’ of making a cubby house that girls didn’t join. If you think that’s a good way to run a football club, business or organisation, then I’d disagree.

Well, this'll be sure to get more women involved!

Stupid choice of a venue and completely idiotic of the club's leadership to accept the invitation. We have enough problems without our leaders making such easily avoided mistakes.

Good luck to Kaine Baldwin but I’m not sure anyone is predicting a KPF, with two knee reconstructions, who was passed in both the National and Rookie Drafts, to be a gun.

When people say 'low' and 'high' when referring to this list, I have no idea what they mean. Is it better to be low or high..?

Mark Robinson’s 2021 pre-season top 50: 1. Dustin Martin (Richmond) 2. Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) 3. Nat Fyfe (Fremantle) 4. Lachie Neale (Brisbane) 5. Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) 6. Christian Petracca (Melbourne) 7. Patrick Cripps (Carlton) 8. Tom Hawkins (Geelong) 9. Nic Naitanui (West Coast) 10. Max Gawn (Melbourne) 11. Liam Ryan (West Coast) 12. Brodie Grundy (Collingwood) 13. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) 14. Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs) 15. Harris Andrews (Brisbane) 16. Lachie Whitfield (Greater Western Sydney) 17. Jack Steele (St Kilda) 18. Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide) 19. Jordan De Goey (Collingwood) 20. Travis Boak (Port Adelaide) 21. Dylan Grimes (Richmond) 22. Matt Rowell (Gold Coast) 23. Hugh McCluggage (Brisbane) 24. Luke Ryan (Fremantle) 25. Nick Vlastuin (Richmond) 26. Joe Daniher (Brisbane) 27. Jeremy McGovern (West Coast) 28. Jeremy Cameron (Geelong) 29. Darcy Moore (Collingwood) 30. Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney) 31. Luke Shuey (West Coast) 32. Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn) 33. Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) 34. Michael Walters (Fremantle) 35. Jayden Short (Richmond) 36. Caleb Daniel (Western Bulldogs) 37. Luke Parker (Sydney) 38. Tom J. Lynch (Richmond) 39. Shai Bolton (Richmond) 40. Nick Haynes (Greater Western Sydney) 41. Jake Lloyd (Sydney) 42. Mitch Duncan (Geelong) 43. Zach Merrett (Essendon) 44. Taylor Adams (Collingwood) 45. Steven May (Melbourne) 46. Jacob Weitering (Carlton) 47. Sam Walsh (Carlton) 48. Jordan Ridley (Essendon) 49. Bailey Smith (Western Bulldogs) 50. Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne) https://www.zerohanger.com/mark-robinson-reveals-his-top-50-for-2021-afl-80545/

Sign him back up!

Go Oscar! OMac to kick 5 and the Blues to lose by plenty ?

Skipper!

Not necessarily what I believe is the best 22, but this is the team I believe will play Round 1 based on injuries, form and coach's preferences: JETTA. MAY. LEVER. SALEM. TOMLINSON. HUNT. BAKER. OLIVER. LANGDON. SPARGO. MCDONALD. MELKSHAM. JACKSON. FRITSCH. CHANDLER. GAWN. PETRACCA. BRAYSHAW. HARMES. RIVERS. SPARROW. JONES. Emergency: Petty, Jordon, Neal Bullen, Bowey. Injured / building fitness in the VFL: Pickett, Viney, VandenBerg, Hibberd, Brown, Weideman.

Generally positive news after a couple of weeks of bad news. Still quite a while til Round 1 and any player currently in the main group would have to be a very good chance to play Freo.

Great clearance by Oliver, but the real hero in this passage is Harmes. Starts the clip with a block on Cotchin, then blocks the tagger pursuing on Oliver. 2 blocks in 4 seconds - clearance, goal. May be maturity and selflessness, may be the the influence of Yze as midfield coach, but this is the type of teamwork we need to see more of. OrganicBriefFlamingo.mp4

He’s copped some criticism for his disposal, but I was very happy to see Harmes tagging Cotchin and Martin yesterday. His best football is when he is tagging and his best football is very, very good. Hopefully he’s persisted with and can regain some confidence and form.

Thank god Sydney matched the Mills bid!

I'd say he's the best we've had in the AFL era. I've been watching for 30 years and he's got Neitz, Stynes and Lyon covered over that time. (though there may be some stiff competition in Petracca and Oliver waiting in the wings) Once we get into the VFL era (Flower, Barassi, etc.) we're going back too far for a meaningful comparison. There are some players like Bradman that you can say with confidence are the greatest of all time, but player comparisons should generally be done within eras/generations, rather than across. Carey is the best player that I have ever seen, though I can't say he's the best ever, as I never saw Matthews, Skilton, Bunton, Stewart or Coleman. I too am tired of every current champion being referred to as 'GOAT' at the expense of those that have come before.

I had some doubts after his first year, that he may have been yet another supremely talented MFC recruit who didn't have the work ethic to reach his potential. Struggled to run out games, in and out of the seniors, lacking defensive pressure, etc. But that second year was a sight to behold! Has been an incredibly consistent performer since then and has become a premier midfielder in the competition.

I was strangely confident the entire game. Carlton were well on top in the general play for three quarters but couldn’t put us away. Daniher’s teams were always very hot and cold and when we switched it on for the last quarter we were hot!

Anything from 1994 is my AFL comfort food. Final against Footscray is a favourite.

I think you might be overestimating out KPD depth. MAY: good run with injuries in 2020, horrid in 2019. LEVER: Two knee reconstructions. SMITH: Serious groin/OP and shoulder injuries. (Yet to play a great game at senior level.) PETTY: Zero games in 2020 and limited preseason. TOMLINSON: Can play down back, but wouldn’t want to see him in a stopping role if May was injured. We have next to no flexibility with someone like McDonald due to injuries to Weideman and Brown. We have good key position stocks down back if they are all fit and firing. However, they all have their history of significant injuries and when a couple of them are out, the shelves look pretty bare.

Don’t mind this. Anyone know who he’s been training with up til now? Hopefully he’s already got a decent preseason under his belt.

Excellent report one again @picket fence - thanks. If you have a moment, any chance of listing who was in the ‘probables’, from what you could see?