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Considering BB’s knee issues..I’d absolutely hate to see him taking 2nd ruck ..same for TMac with his foot issues. JVR is young & healthy..has played ruck at VFL level and is a far better option

I would not rubbish Jackson ..he is a Premiership player & should rightly hold a specific place in our red & blue hearts. But he quite simply went for the $ & with that comes extremely high expectations. Don’t forget he served his apprenticeship under arguably one of the best modern day ruckman & also one of the most selfless. At his feet were one of the most talented modern day midfields. Will he reach his potential now ..who knows..would I boo him ..never.. do I want him to do well ..no !

What a quandary for all our “glass half full” D’land supporters. We thrashed Bulldogs & we’re on our way to a premiership. We lose to Bris & get thrashed but after extraordinary circumstances we come out & reduce the margin to 11 points but that’s because Bris just “ didn’t try “ & then the sentiment was that maybe our win against the Bulldogs wasn’t that good because they lost to St Kilda. Right now Bulldogs are beating Bris… look forward to how they spin this. Always good to remember that it’s probably worthwhile waiting till we’re 6 games or so in before we feed our MFCSS 😏

So disagree with the “no real motivation “ comment. If the popular opinion is true & they are GF aspirants…% is a massive factor in any season. They dropped around 15% in that 11mins & with their % sitting around 79% they had everything to play for. How interesting you dismiss our preseason form ..our WB win & also our last 11 mins of the Lions game . Let’s wait till we’re a few games in before such massive negativity…

He did pretty much the whole preseason bar the last couple of weeks

He played ruck with the afl bulldogs ..a lot

It’s not just that part of his game we’ll miss. It’s his defensive marking behind the ball & his work forward of the ball. All our players will have to work a little harder

So you honestly think he would go “on air” and pass on info that Max told him without Max’s ok ? Don’t think so ..

He said Max texted him …

It’s a medial …Bernie Vince on radio just said he’s having dinner with Max tonight & it’s just a medial

Hoping Schache plays well tomorrow. 200cm & played a lot of ruck with the Bulldogs

Grundy was great …ranked 5th highest player on the ground & nearly every tap in the last 12 mins went to our players. He’s missed nearly a year of football ..is playing with a new team & a new game plan & you expect perfection. He wasn’t the problem. Losing Max is literally losing 5 players .. next week we know he won’t play & Will structure accordingly. Put Gawn & then no May..Kozzie..Salem an underdone & probably very upset Viney ..it was a hard ask. They fought it out & if you’re a premiership aspirant like the Lions ..,you don’t take your foot of the pedal at any stage

Oliver ranked best on ground …

We all get upset ..I get that. But we are by no means perfect …& we showed in 12 mins what we are capable of ..still. Grundy got better & will improve a lot quicker in Max’s absence ..Fritta started to work his way into the game. I just don’t get how as supporters we tip bucketloads on the players and predict doom & gloom 2 games in…

Well you’re embarrassing 😳

He’s done 2 so surely would have an idea

And also a big smile . I’d take a 100 point loss if his injury isn’t serious

Agreed …Grundy has def had the better of Oscar …a lot of our players are flat …as I am seeing Gawn but let’s see how they come out after half time before some very average comments from so called Melb supporters

Don’t agree with this summation at all. Hawks were lucky with the draft and the fact that new teams came in and other teams didn’t have access to draft picks. Richmond was def favoured by early Covid season ..reduced games etc . Brisbane didn’t play in an 18 team comp. Melb has I believe a generational team & is def capable of winning a few but not necessarily back to back . However this is the type of team you have to have to pull off that feat. Geelong were so favoured last year that we were not capable for various reasons to win it.

Shame for Salem and us. Thank goodness we can allow him to get to full fitness and there is no pressure to rush him back…

Are we/they happy with Mitch Robinson’s comments on SEN about the Petty/Zorko incident?

i guess the only people are know the exact nature of May's injury are the High Performance team. There is no way they would play him if they were not confident.

Actually I’d like us to appeal & get it down to one …same as Franklin. Franklin had gone past the player & chose to hit . Worse I would have thought 🤔

Absolutely agree with Goody but you learn to temper your aggression & bump legally

As much as I hate it …I’d take 2 as well. My reasoning is play under as much adversity at the start of the season ..can only hold us in good stead for the back end. Kozzie will learn to pull back a bit & as a club we learn to deal with best 22 players missing & testing our depth .