In Harmes Way

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?

Love what he's brought to the club. Hope his 150th is memorable for all the right reasons. Do him proud dees.

Hopefully we’ve got Langdon playing on the same wing as Brad Hill. That will be good to watch

But Clarry will not be dropped under any circumstances

Just a question in my mind from last nights game. Geelong had used all their rotations with 4-5 minutes to go. Can you make a medical sub if you have no rotations left? Might be another loophole to exploit for an additional rotation if so....

Time to resurrect a Jack Viney made me cry meme?

Congrats to Steven May on 150 games. Hope you play a blinder like a repeat of the game in Alice last year and drag us over the line. FYI - I’m the loud bastard on level 3 outer wing conveying the same message

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/round-2-2021-st-kilda-v-melbourne-marvel-stadium-saturday-27th-march-7-25pm-aedt-spuds-game-sinclair-100th.1259334/ 34 pages of confidence. Knock yourself out.

Great interview. What a character. The reverence shown to Robbie brought a tear to the eye.

This arrangement should really help with our learnings. I'll see myself out.

I liked this article based on a chat with Steven May on SEN yesterday. Nice to have a coach demanding excellence and driving standards.... https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/03/23/how-choco-williams-is-demanding-perfection-at-melbourne/

I’ll have what he’s having

I'm intrigued with how the AFL will navigate the issuing of sanctions on actual vs potential damage going forward. The commentary on this site with respect to previous sanctions based on potential have in part contributed to the AFL determining sanction based on outcome, as evidenced by both the Dangerfield and Kiara Bowers findings. But in doing this, the AFL are not providing guidance on how they'd like to see duty of care in stopping your opponent applied. They are leaving this to the clubs, and providing guidance after the damage has been inflicted. This approach must leave the AFL wide open for future lawsuits. I'm not sure that providing a future fund for players dealing with concussion is going to cut it. But by providing sanctions based on the potential to cause damage, the AFL are potentially killing their sport with players and fans disillusioned with tribunal findings based on opinion and no evidence. It's a real dilemma.

Given Kade Chandler played a game in 2019, we can't congratulate him on his AFL debut as a medical sub without actually hitting the field; but I'd guess that dubious distinction will come up shortly.

Harmes out for 6 weeks with a broken wrist. Looks like Viney for Harmes in reading this article. I like the noises around senior players having to earn their spot... https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/melbournes-james-harmes-will-miss-six-weeks-after-breaking-his-wrist-but-jack-viney-should-return/news-story/e2f44120ae1dc239d05ef5b4315e55ff

I’d have to agree with Salem’s slippage in the rankings from 2019 as shown above. Too many 10m chipped kicks these days for my liking.

Not sure what the prognosis is, but Goldy. Is. Irreplaceable. Hope she mends quickly.

They’ll definitely be giving Alexa a crack next time

Fair result. There’s a chance Kelly will miss 2 games given they’ve got a 13 day window for rounds 2-3. Wouldn’t be fair in my view that the perpetrator sits out the same length of time.

Give him the Bentleigh Club and move on....

I was impressed with his attitude when he got pinged for HTB in the last qtr. Had a smile, gave his opponent a well done pat and went back to vigorously defend. Showed he’s really enjoying his footy and his head is in a really good space (IMO). Well done to the club on the Hogan/May trade. We’ve got a ripper.

That’s exactly what the AFL want that guy thinking before he acts

They can’t let their little darling off a week after changing the concussion rules to protect players because they’re concerned about player welfare. Remember that May got a week for a bump and he wasn’t even moving. He has to get scrubbed.