In Harmes Way

Umpires dept need to review Max’s mark in the 2nd qtr. Max went back and was tackled, not given 50. Umpire had line of sight, absolute howler of a decision in what needs to be remembered is professional sport. not sure why we should be given the dud umpires from the Bris/Geel game

I think that was the joke bingers!

Hats off to the selection committee who ignore the Changes for next week thread The continuity of an unchanged lineup is showing players who would otherwise be dropped for a poor contest or game are bobbing up the next week in the top 2-3. Can only promote confidence. At some point an example will need to be made, but I haven’t seen it yet.

Where are all the trade Fritta knockers? Thought so, kicked well tonight and it’s all gone quiet. Also glad that Spargo’s grab at his leg didn’t come to anything. Loving the small fwd mix of Spargo, ANB and Kossie at the moment

Very clever Nev

I like the unchanged team call also. Hope we play well, the hindsight police will be waiting if not....

I thought the girls did an excellent job of locking the ball in the forward line in that last qtr, ran the clock down over the course of the whole qtr and when the ball did threaten to get out the back pushed back strongly. Freo were never in it being behind at 3QT

As a side note, St Kilda should look into Albert Briggs and revoke his life membership if there’s substance. Maybe a token gesture, but it does send a message.

We’ve never lost a final!! Go dees, give the crows a belting next week.

From a ruck perspective. I think we're starting to look at the difference between a Gawn and a Pruess. If we only wanted a tall bloke in the middle, then we'd be OK with Pruess + salary cap space for others. Gawn offers so much more around the ground and has amazing aerobic capacity compared to his peers to bring his height to required zones of the ground when needed.

FYI only - for the Saints game at Marvel I printed off the QR codesfrom my computer and got into the venue with paper tickets

Is this the clubs idea of an April fools joke? Tomorrow - nah sorry, still 4-6 guys.

Gunshot wound

Although the AFL using NRL referees would go a long way towards explaining the quality of umpiring decisions...

Absolutely pumped for Tyla Hanks for her first nod in what has been a sensational season. Well deserved.

I'm a bit confused - we've played Freo and Saints, Freo and Saints have played GWS in the two rounds. The sum of Freo, Dees, GWS and Saints should then be zero as we collectively haven't played anyone else. But it's +1 Additional proof the AFL is doing everything it can for GWS (not just financially).

I wonder if we could pay him in bitcoin?

Casey beat the North Melb 2’s by less than 2 goals. Based on their 1’s, I’m guessing the quality of the 2’s were equivalent to ammos. Kicking 2 goals in this game isn’t good enough to displace anyone who played on Saturday night.

Great website DeeSpencer, thanks for this. Interesting to compare Fritta and Trac over the three years. Very similar output.

This was definitely not the St Kilda fl*g who was sitting behind me at the game. Blaming the umpires (and us) for everything going wrong. Although to be fair I probably sounded like this in 2013.

True Ernie, but it's still funny!

Given the bias towards Sydney, I wonder if Buddy will get a look in. He hasn't played 10 games in a long time....

He kicked 1-3 and Kossie kicked 2-2. let’s trade them both

Whilst it was a great team win and the usual suspects have been rightly praised on here for their collective contributions to the win, there isn’t IMO enough recognition for Charlie Spargo. His current form and quality of his disposals is really important for our team. Loving what you’re bringing Charlie, keep it up.

My key area of frustration is that we have a premium midfield/elite ruckman but more often than not we can't play the game on our terms out of the middle. We've built our brand on contested footy = lots of stoppages. Winning clearances must be central to this. Why is it a problem year after year?