John Demonic

Anyone see Eberts fall to the ground and Mitchell possibly "spoiling" but cupping his hand on eberts shoulder and pulling down on it to increase the weight on his fall? Eberts in hospital spitting blood and no commentator said a word about it. Long bow to draw, due to how well Mitchell disguises his brutal little snipes though. Brutal.

Should we have given him one more year? His kicking and possession out of half back would have been pretty valuable this year, but I guess we could not have foresaw the injuries to Lamumba and Salem (which is clearly the answer to my own question)

Let's offer the Dogs pick 27 and give Jong a 4 year 400k a year contract and give him a years holiday to freshen up. we're in desperate need of a mediocre backman to run the ball out of defence

And we were stupid enough to offer up pick 25 for a player worth pick 40 max to sit out a year, without even getting to the stage of negotiating and bluffing. Essendon fans laugh at us for that one because they have been frustratingly watching Melkshams inconsistency all of his career. And we just straight up offer overs. Goodwin mates rates corruption

He has a bit of work to do yet.

I reckon Frost has been told this. Roos might be over-comitting to the running out of 50 defender tactic. We don't need to do it EVERYTIME and have 4 defenders that do it. What we need to do is assess how far one can run out of defence, rather than just running and then assessing what to do when you've run too far into the oncoming opponents area and can't get a clean possession. And Lamumba will come back and do the same thing. Need to cut back on it a bit.

Was our last line contested marker and prevented many goals.

Grimes is primed to have a big last two months if the list management strategy is to withhold him to give him hunger and make sure he really wants it when he gets his chance. It's a shame we haven't done it with more players instead of having a constant rotation of players who lose form after 1 or 2 (at most) solid games before falling out of form injury and extended vfl time might have also been a positive factor for Lamumba and Brayshaw to come back in the squad and have a big effect. Who knows, maybe having them in all year and having patchy form cold have really set them on a course of acceptance of that inconsistency like the others. They'll come back and earn it

Is Viney in i heard he had hamstring tightness?? i'm not sure whether to take a punt on a weekend of good overcoming evil with my voted party in election + dees

How about we just move the AFL to China. Clearly market growth has a higher ceiling over there. 10,000,000 members coming up.

Wake up deeple!! Roos is in control of your minds

My mistake, confusion there. But I meant the pick we get this year for where we finish is already gone and likely pick 9. I don't think GCS will want a similar (or way worse) future pick for the following year for Prestia.

You mean 2018 first round pick? We traded 2017 1st round to GCS last year.

OFF TOPIC!!!!!

I don't think a 30 point loss is misleading, I instantly know we were in the game until three quarter time when I see that kind of margin. If anything, it's a good indication of how if you can't play four quarters then you will record a minimum 4 or 5 goal loss no matter how well you've played.

Oh yeah, those A-graders flocked to us after our grand final year in 2000, what a dynasty we created, taking it up to the Lions every year after.

Speaking of that match mate and if the Kangas can get up for it, let's have a look at the Eagles run. HOME V ESSENDON (WIN) HOME V NTH MELB (WIN, But maybe UPSET) AWAY V CARLTON (WIN, BUT MAYBE AWAY GAME "UPSET") HOME V MELB (WIN, BUT IF WE'RE TALKING THE 8, THIS IS OUR MUST WIN ) AWAY V CWOOD (WIN) AWAY V FREO (WIN) AWAY V GWS (LOSS) HOME V HAWKS (WIN, BUT MAYBE UPSET LOSS?) AWAY V ADEL (LOSS, UNLESS ADEL ARE RESTING) (Scuse the caps, i was excited) We are in it. There's a reason people have been doubting the Eagles and Kangas over the past month, they're in danger of falling out if they don't step up and play finals type footy to earn their spot, assuming the teams outside the 8 also step up another notch and play consistently good footy. Even if they win all of their expected wins, that still leave 2 losses. It only takes one or two upsets on top of those 2 losses and any team outside the 8 on 24 points has a chance to leap frog them if they can hit 7 or 8 out of 9 (or all 9) Slim chance but who knows. Richmond did it in 2013 AFL Travel Preview TV & Radio

We know which defence turns up each week

Rockliff? Really? I reckon he's a bit full of himself in an egotistical nobbish kind of way and shares some blame for some of their clubs problems. No doubt he can play but I don't think he'd fit in at Melbourne. We have leaders, and i think anything less than being king dick of a football club is what he wants, i don't think he knows humility.

I think we'll need a lot more than Viney and Gus hitting their best. As good as Viney has shown this year, and may continue to show. I don't think he has a higher ceiling for improvement as other potential a-graders in the AFL because I feel he has only one gear at the moment, and that's full throttle. Which is fine, we definitely need an aggressive barometer as an inside mid and a spirited player, but we also need footy smarts, composure (Knowing when to not rush in) and a high amount of skill with the possession. I might be wrong but I can't see him being an elite of the competition like Petracca might be, and will Petracca be in the midfield or up forward? Oliver is the wild card

I was assuming that Hurley can walk out as an unrestricted free agent and they don't get compo. And we'd basically give them T-Mac and ANB for Pick 1. They will need a kp defender, if they want to play Hooker up forward to save their forward line from the 1 man Daniher show. Pick 1 > TMAC + ANB/Another average player. The extra player is a bit of a sweetener, an act of good faith for Hurley walking to us for nothing and not going through the [censored] show of fighting it. Obviously if you had to trade for Hurley AND pick 1, to get Prestia, then you sure as hell need to trade TMAC and something of very good value for that to happen. I rate Prestia higher than what is apparently a pretty even draft pool with no stand outs. Maybe it doesn't make sense. It's late.

Pick 1 and 2018 1st Round for Prestia and Pick 10 (Melb/GCS 2017 1st) ? Ok I realise this could probably go on all day so just leave it at that. Probably needs something better from Gold Coast in your opinion?

Tom McDonald and Alex Neal Bullen or [Average player with potential] for Hurley and Pick 1. Pick 1 for Dion Prestia. Assuming Hurley can get out without wanting his beloved old club to receive compensation but I doubt it. Bombers would absolutely hate this trade I suppose if they don't rate T-Mac, but need a Hurley replacement to challenge. Am I way off the mark with this one guys?

You're probably aware, but he obviously meant Victoria. For anyone that missed it and is now reading the name of our club and city.

A win cements our spot as favourites to make the end of season bye round 8th vs 9th play-off. Now we just need the AFL to legislate it. Completely off topic comments aside, I think We desperately need Brayshaw to return to add to our midfield stocks, we can smash them in the midfield if we put a hard tag on Sloane. Physically target him as well. It will go along way to beating a side that doesn't have an amazing form record when they're playing away. Maybe we should look at re-training some of our mids to play a defensive roll if called upon so we have a more mobile defence like the Doggies. Jenkins, Lynch and Walker: We only need one of Wagner/Frost/Omac and we can bring back Dunn and give him a crack. He has a lot to prove and play for. What about Mitch White?