In Harmes Way

On 09/04/2018 at 7:40 AM, ProDee said:

There are very few mids with no weaknesses.  Even some of the greats have weaknesses.  Sam Mitchell - slow/contested marking, Simon Black - slow, Dangerfield - kicking, so on and so forth.

Oliver has speed, great hand and foot skills, marking ability, agility, body size, aggression, vision, decision making, etc.  He has no weakness.  None.

That's not to say he'll end up as good as some of those players, as they have a level of sheer brilliance that can't be measured.

And that is the only query.  Can he show he's capable of the regular sheer brilliance of the greats.

I hope so.

So you prefer him over Pedo PD?

12 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

I'm a great benchsitter, especially with chips

Sounds like a solid preseason

21 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

Nothing builds fitness like sitting on a bench.

If this was true, I’d be fit enough to put my hand up for a game

Stretch had a blinder ehen we beat the Hawks in 2016, gee I’d love to see him do it again.

As much as I love Jetts, I reckon he’s had a pretty quiet start to the year, so this is a bit of a surprise.

loved his bump on BBrown that said

24 minutes ago, JV7 said:

I won't trust us until we can consistently perform week in, week out.

Heart says Dees by 28.

Head says Hawks by 9.

We are equal first for quarters won. 

Stats say dees, Sportsbet say dees, MFCSS says Hawks

27 minutes ago, Redleg said:

And Roughead got the first 3 goals by pushing our defenders straight in the back without penalty and then the maggots gave them free kick goals for the slightest touch. 

They also had Burgoyne and we didn't have Max.

But we did have Viney, Red, and Jack Watts. (stirring.....)

I like this stat

this weekend our 1s and 2s kicked over 300 points

Frosty fined for the sling tackle and nothing to see here for Nev’s bump on Brown. Happy days, both available for Sunday

i also notice that the MRP didn’t cite Umpire 26 for bringing the game into disrepute

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

he didn't notice jeelong only got 17 points in the last half against us? talk about being blind

But it isn’t concerning dc (at least not to me)

2 minutes ago, DV8 said:

the front end RN

Is that left or right of screen DV?

2 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

Which Demonland regular will be the first one to melt down and make a fool of themselves if North kick a couple of goals early in the game, or hang around for a half? 

Me - but not on this forum. 

3 hours ago, CHF said:

Just off to sleep with the alarm set so I can watch it. 

Dees by 6 goals  

Did you set your alarm for the end of the 3Q brain fade?

I think my avatar says it all

He’s f’n superman

4 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Watching Robbo fawning over Melissa Etheridge on AFL 360 is a better emetic than ipecac.

Do you think he knows she bats for the other team?

You’re a trooper Andy

Good thread and good measured debate 

agree with all said! 

To be fair to Beetle, I’ve got a mate working at AFL Media and he was quite certain that Hogan was going to be the story of last years’ trade period.

that said, I’m glad it didn’t work out and he’s still with us and firing on all cylinders.

this was an interesting article however

https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/03/13/melbourne-trade-jesse-hogan-2018/

Oh - before I forget

i hope the spud that rolled Bayley Fritsch onto his neck in the 3Q tackle that saw him leave the field is cited and given weeks for that. It could have been seriously dangerous and was completely unwarranted.

With the extra hour in bed at 3am this morning, I was reflecting that if we are to be a true force in September, we need to be rock solid defensively. And to get to this point, we really should be using Lever as he was being used last year (that’s why we liked him). These two points lead me to believe we need to move TMac down back with his brother and Lever as the three mainstays. Jetta, Hibbo and Hunt provide the run. We should be using the next 5-6 weeks to refine a TMac free attack that can kick 100+ points as it did last night.

10 minutes ago, jane02 said:

6. Garlett

5. Hogan

4. Oliver

3. Petracca

2. Jones

1. Gawn

I agree with Jane

Just now, 3Dee said:

sitting smack bang in the lions members, can hear my claps echo 

They’re leaving already?

14 minutes ago, ProperDee said:

Arrived at the Gabba. A tad soft underfoot but no rain imminent. High clouds but plenty of blue sky visible. Currently 26 degrees. A breeze, maybe worth a couple of goals favouring the eastern end of the ground.

Thanks for the pitch report PD, hope you didn’t lose your keys

is the eastern end of the ground left or right of screen?

4 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

The McCartin experiment is over, he’s not going to make it. St Kilda are horseshite. We need an actual plan to stop Ben Brown for next weekend. 

Give Tonya Harding a call