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McDonald has to go forward this quarter... no point trying to reduce a loss

Couldn’t be bothered

Petracca eating pizza at 1/2 time?‍♂️

Spargo is a primary schoolboy Petracca is a prima Donna Melksham is useless McDonald is unsighted Weideman is hopeless The Wagners are amateurs Jetta and Hibberd are liabilities Lewis is dumb

Yes, but name a better player??‍♂️

Not saying much but ANB was clearly our best player today

Lewis and Jetta are probably the 2 slowest players on our list, other than our ruckmen It would be suicide to bring them both in against one of the quickest sides in the competition

Not sure why there’s so much vindictiveness here towards roaming Brian, I found it entertaining and informative

Jones - he’s not dead Viney - bullocking as usual Gawn - dominated the centre Hore - improved with confidence Frost - an important component O.McDonald - fortunately rarely required T.McDonald - provided a target C. Wagner - was rarely sighted Oliver - great second half Salem - calm and collected Petracca - reward for effort Hunt - pace was important Brayshaw - quieter than usual Harmes - better second half Fritsch - some important touches Preuss - had an impact Melksham - needs to improve Stretch - far from convincing J. Wagner - strong defensive effort Weideman - an intelligent footballer Hibberd - not as dynamic Spargo - did just enough

With the Sydney ground’s surface in a dangerously poor condition, would it be in the club’s interest to demand the game be abandoned and the 4 points shared ?

Jones - devoid of leadership Viney - devoid of confidence T. McDonald - making up numbers O.McDonald - never imbued confidence Jetta - career worst game Hibberd - just a shadow Brayshaw - only shining light Gawn - should have dominated Harmes - merely a tagger Oliver - couldn’t hurt opposition Hunt - an opportunist’s game Fritsch - reduced to mediocrity Petracca - tried but failed Lockhart - limited by size Salem - was shown up Melksham - had limited involvement Weideman - disappointing yet again Kolodjashnij - was rarely sighted C.Wagner - had few tricks J. Wagner - was he playing? Frost - a limited footballer Neal -Bullen - continued underwhelming season

Poor under pressure

Gawn - hasn’t lost it

Viney - came to play Jones - has become irrelevant Oliver - was all class Jetta - slow and inept O.McDonald - had little involvement T.McDonald - played amateurish football Salem - was found out Hibbert - ineffectual and disappointing Hunt - had no influence Sparrow - offered very little Neal-Bullen - devoid of relevance Frost - was actually impressive Lockhart - just a game Kolodjashni - Gold Coast reject Harmes - many irrelevant possessions May - little to enthuse Weideman - continued being underwhelming Melksham - had some presence Brayshaw - prolific not damaging Fritsch - has lost momentum Petracca - had no impact

Viney - obviously not ready Jones - embarrassing and costly Salem - our ONLY winner Jetta - loose and slow Hibberd - disposal was abysmal O. McDonald - no redeeming component Frost - a total liability Petracca - still looks overweight T. McDonald - no second efforts Weidemann - overrated and underwhelming Spargo - has a brain Oliver - rarely advantaged us Brayshaw - possessions without purpose Harmes - tried but limited Gawn - was easily overcome Hunt - far from convincing Neal-Bullen - laughably our fittest Sparrow - not the worst Fritsch - just some cameos Melksham - not as fluent Hoare - lacked game awareness Wagner - not the answer

I’m not clever enough to be able to bring up the photos but David Neitz and former Victorian and Australian cricketer John Hastings ( pre hair removal )have an uncanny resemblance

I’m pretty sure our ‘saviour’ Jackson left Essendon under acrimonious circumstances... that obviously didn’t impinge on the results he’s achieved with us

I believe McCartin will suffer from the same syndrome our own John Fidge did about 30 years back. He came to us as a man-mountain of a 17 year old who'd dominated schoolboy football because..he could, but either through lack of desire or lack of appropriate coaching for a precociously talented junior, he failed to rise to any heights and was eventually shafted to Brisbane and ignominy.

Dennis Cometti has occasionally let slip that the Dees have always been his sentimental favorites

Watch footage of him on You Tube and you'll be hugely impressed . He's a boy mountain , and obviously still growing , whilst his athleticism for one so tall is outstanding , as is his desire to put himself into a contest . I think we can feel as excited about this one as we do about our first two picked prodigies .

Flower - graceful , stylish , unmannable , skinny Schwarz - guile , strength , heart , passion Jakovic - genius , accurate , thrilling , tough Parke - probably the best mark ever at the club ( in my lifetime ) Tingay - stylish , determined , exquisitely skilful

As I mentioned elsewhere , I recall this talented young man following up his 8 goals with the Dees by taking 8 wickets a week or two later as an opening bowler with the Melbourne district cricket first eleven.

Smoker ended his football career with Williamstown 2nds at the end of last season.

Does anyone remember a player by the name of David Hone, who played as an amateur ( or came from the amateurs ) and who was a brilliant and courageous standout immediately at centre half back, but then disappeared, virtually overnight ,possibly to continue his studies?

I believe Cuthbertson is still playing good quality senior football in the Diamond Valley League An interesting fact about Glenn Swan is that he followed up his 8 goals for Melbourne by taking 8 wickets the following weekend ( I think ) playing for Melbourne 1sts in District Cricket .