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Between all the terrible umpiring, the lack of continuity at the tribunal and all the other nonsense the afl is guilty of I think we all as fans of all clubs should come together and find a way to protest the afl. By the afl I mean head office. They are a bunch of unaccountable so and sos who abide by no rules and the general feeling amongst those I talk to across all teams is that they don’t like the way the game is run. Maybe a boycott could be in order…

It’s his second year. Perspective please. He’s a key position player. They take time.

Seemed like he didn’t want to give us credit so spoke around most of the questions.

He’s a second year key forward progressing at a rate comparable to many great key forwards over the years. He’s there developing and doing so in a messy but pleasing fashion

I’m confused as to whether it’s decision making or execution with some of these kicks. We’re not going anywhere this year

Our kicking will forever ruin our lives. It’s this teams fatal flaw

Ah that brings back memories

I don’t think it was the forwards fault. He’s not a bash and crash contested pack mark kinda guy. If everything up field is broken what chance do the forwards have. They are the last piece of the puzzle. They can only provide adequate service if they are provided adequate service.

He’s continued to kick goals though, as per his job description. He’s unfortunately our main forward and is up there with the best in the league at that job, despite his size. No he’s not necessarily tough and I have seen him take a few short steps over the years. I’ve also seen him show great courage in the air. I like that he shows a bit of arrogance at times. Sometimes our team seems to go out of its way to keep its head down a bit too often. He’s not a bull and there’s a certain element who seem to think if you aren’t jack Viney than you are lacking something but Fritschs strengths well and truly over power his weaknesses. A team needs balance. He has been one of the best forwards I’ve ever seen at the club.

Another classic tight victory by the magpies… they look ordinary. Scraping past a poor hawthorn side isn’t going to fill anyone with confidence.

Did they really handle finals last year? Yes they beat us but could we have tried any harder to keep them in the game. It was one of the most dominant losses I’ve seen

I always thought Draper was horribly over rated. He just flails around being semi physically dangerous because of his size and every now and then a thing happens not as a result of skill, talent etc but as a result of pure chance. Inevitably if you flail around on a football field for long enough something will happen.

The umpires still working hard

They are holding us constantly but they can do anything they want and they won’t get pinged with ball in hand

Class

My dog leaves the room as soon as it hears the crowd on tv. Knows what’s coming

Someone explain that to me

Good boy

Disagree. We all need some good conspiracy theories in our lives. Would this even be an internet forum if there wasn’t a few conspiracies floating around.

Me too, I was ready to not pay much attention to the football this season. I was kidding myself though

Fair enough and I agree

Did you start getting out of bed on the other side?

But max will continue to get nothing

Most commentators have no idea about football these days.

It’s time to move on