Farmer

I entirely agree with you on one point. We were being slaughtered in the middle, yet Tyson played most of the first half on the wing. Whatever one says about his disposal, he gets first hand on the ball very frequently. I just couldn't understand it. Hannan and Salem in the middle, Tyson on wing. Why?

Well I think your basic premise is wrong. We had 1934 points kicked against us. Nine teams had more. A group of my mates have been rubbishing Oscar, so in the last few matches we watched him closely. They have eventually conceded that he has not been the cause of our problems. An issue is that Tom has been going back and forward and his form, when back, has suffered. Look again, if you can bear to do so, at our last match. Oscar was better than Tom when Tom was playing back. its not being patronising or even rude to point out that Omac is awfully young and inexperienced in key position terms. I think he has improved remarkably and will be a star. A critical decision for the club is what it wants to do with Tom. If he's going to play CHF next year, we must retain Frost and Lever becomes a high priority, or if he's not available I wouldn't mind Jackson Trengove. But if Tom is going to play CHB, I would still keep Frost ( who in footy terms is still young) and I would concentrate on recruiting real midfield pace

That's rubbish. On the backline he has got it a lot. And his dash and thumping kicking are real assets. I want to keep him

Pedersen jones hogan petracca tyson ANB

U are correct. One shank from 25 m plus a set shot from 50 which failed to score. Disappointing as I rate him

Tyson dominant!

Not so. Can't you add up

Oliver TMac Tyson hibberd gawn Harmes

At his best he is a very good player. I heard Roos describe him as " elite". I don't want to give up on him. Look at his R3 game v Cats. Kicked a couple, missed several. Has great pace and, at his best, tackles ferociously

Max was great in the first half. Nearly back to his best till he got injured

Nice summary like you I was v impressed by the defensive efforts in the last quarter. Must have been nearly 20 minutes between goals, while we always had 2 or 3 with hands on the ball in packs. Port must have been quite confident--only 16 points down, 5 minutes into the last quarter, but we defended beautifully. Can't recall Dees doing this as well in the last decade

Good for you! Look at the number of targets he DID hit. Hunt was just as wasteful 6 Hibberd 5 Tom MCD ( 24 disposals at CHF, good in the ruck also) j4 Jetta 3 Tyson 2 Oliver 10 disposals in the last quarter 1 Hogan

Well I referred to the piece about Matt Jones and the hurt he felt from time to time. its a GAME for heavens' sake. Why do people feel the need to be quite vicious, occasionally

Really will hesitate before posting again. Can't believe the personal vitriol this topic has provoked. im signing off on this topic, but before I do so, at a gathering involving a number of doctors yesterday, several of whom had seen the footage, a unanimous view was expressed that his arm should have been supported not merely by a sling, but also by a cushion or pillow. Far from suggesting negligence, what I was querying in my original post was whether in Darwin resources available to medical staff are as adequate as in Melbourne.

You are possibly correct. It's quite possible his future career was unfolding before him. But what I am certain of is that Dean Kent was in awful pain, and I was squirming with him. Had serious pain relief been administered he wouldn't gave looked like he did. Just watch him, look at his colour. at Docklands in R1 Smith suffered a similar injury but half an hour later, after much treatment, was sitting on the bench

Am I alone in expressing concern about the club's treatment of poor Dean Kent last night?About half an hour after his injury, we saw him in the changing room with his arm in a sling. Someone was nearby but didn't appear to be assisting or comforting him. I've had a couple of bad orthopaedic disasters. I could see that he was in great pain, which leads into uncontrollable shock, and this appeared to be his fate last night. He was very pale. I was surprised that, with the pain he was in, he had not been transferred to hospital for the best possible pain management. Had the game been in Melbourne I believe this would have happened. Perhaps there was no-one to coordinate this until the match was over? If games in Darwin lead to sub standard care I am even more opposed to them.

But Adzman, this misses the point. You are not a player struggling to perform, struggling to keep a place in the side. Ive been away a few weeks but shortly before I left I read an article about Matt Jones, who as I recall it, indicated that he and other similarly placed fringe players, were deeply affected by criticism on sites such as this for those who rubbished the original post and pointed out that players of old didn't suffer effects from comments on social media, the fact is that there was no social media till recently. It's a new ballgame!. my sense is that players are just as likely to be affected by hurtful, personal comments and that we should be sensitive to that fact. Apart from anything else, it will assist our cause if we have confident, determined players, not looking over their shoulders

Lewis oliver Hunt JKH ANB I agree Hibberd got it a lot, but much of his disposal was uncharacteristicly poor

And I think that the match report is inaccurate. WC were much better than Footscray. I think the Dees played v well for the greater part of the match. I don't usually think much about umpires but from half way through the third quarter we did get a poor run. Until that happened I thought we were dominating play.

I think we may be 4th anyway,Geelong percentage will drop slightly

Rubbish! oscar will end up as our premier gun defender. Lever not needed. watch last Monday. Better to spend big bucks on a gun, truly fast, midfielder. Watch how Treloar cut us up

The lack of memory on this site is remarkable. He played extremely well,in difficult circumstances v Adelaide. And to suggest that he was v poor in the first quarter is to ignore how many errors, were made by so many, in the frenetic first half hour. My companion, a constant critic, commented at quarter time that, overall, he'd played quite well. The replay shows this to be correct

Watch the bloody game again and then apologise! He was infinitely better than Frost and Lewis, even in the first half

Is anyone else experiencing an inability to access the replay from yesterday? I notice that its not just the Melbourne match--I can't get into any match from this round. Any suggestions?

Watch it again! Simply no comparison between Bugg and Hannan this week. Bugg kicked 2 and was a constant threat despite an obvious arm injury early. I like Hannan but he wasn't good yesterday