leave it to deever

So will Lever play?

During our darker years a mate of mine...a Dee's fanatic would often bet against us to take the sting out of our losses. He called it insurance money. Sadly he did quite well.

Credit to Goody for getting Tmac , Bbb and Petty up and about. Petty will go back and help Tmac. I imagine Tommo will get another game either as sub or to allow Petty to swing fwd. In any case we have done well. There is a lot of luck on footy. And we haven't had a great deal of it. May has been in great form and a huge loss. Imagine if Tmac and Petty were still injured. What with smith and Gus we have a lot of players out. I thought Tmac was quite good again and Petty was moving better than expected.

I thought the Hawks targeting of Oliver was unsporting. But it was funny they gave him all their focus while Tracca had a day out.

Can you do a Kozzie, licenced to thrill please?

I think with Gus retired, they realise the whole Maynard thing was a debacle.

Was one of my favourite players at MFC. And yea just because he's doing well at Gws doesn't necessarily mean he be crushing it if still with us. I hope he goes close to winning the Coleman. (Go Fritta).

Cheers Jaded. Yea same here with Jesse. He had some rough things go on and he'd finally found some great form at Gws. He's a genuine good bloke of AFL. I still smile at his run up.

This was an interesting poll for me. I thought it was obviously a no brainier but I'll have a crack. No surprise on the team but.... SPOIL ALERT I thought 52% for Pies was low. Also nobody really likes Essendon but I don't think they would come in second.

Talk about backline injuries. Last year our fwd line was decimated. Now we have four quality defenders possibly injured in Disco, Bowey, May and Lever.

Gotta stop watching Gws games and lamenting the loss of Hogan and Bedford.

Great response from all the team when Tracca ran all the way back to play defender and spoil a certain Hawks goal. You would have thought from the response he kicked the sealer. Wonderful spirit de corps. ( If that's spelled right,). It bodes well for us and we are obviously hungry. Ps Goody got it right again.

Love to see Fritta get a clear and unencumbered run this year with no injuries. Presently second on the Coleman medal on 9. Only one behind Hogan. If we manage 3 goals a game from him it will go along way to helping us to top four again.

Dons are a dirty side too. Hawks. Pies. Always were always will be.

Yep...Night and day. Against the dogs, Bbb was hardly on fire but he got the ball to ground. Kozzie is in great knick this year and looks lethal when goes near the ball.

You are the Rudyard Kipling of Afl sports writing George. Thanks.

Good to see him back to his best. As much as I don't like Sicily I can see why the Hawks fought to keep him in. They would have been beaten by another four goals. And I reckon if the paid even a quarter of the incorrect disposals against both teams the game would have flowed more and we would have scored more. With three talls playing Fritta is at his best. Admittedly Bbb was down, Petty moved back and Jvr in the ruck may have given him more room. Also since the inclusion of more talls, Chandler, Kozzie and Nibbler are kicking more goals. I'm sure the Hawks threw extra numbers around the ball after the first quarter and it became a bit of a bog fest. I'm wondering if Chol has form for using knees and feet out. Was all legit against Maysie but still punishing. He also led with his foot out in the ruck and clipped Jvr on the head. Very dangerous. A touch of Toby G perhaps. I've also thought Hawks are a dirty team and the way they went after Oliver confirmed my beliefs. Anyway, for so very long we have been their bunnies so I'm revelling in the amount of wins we've had over them recently.

Tomlinson in . Both he and Petty play down back if Lever and May are out. Id give Hore a full game so if needs be, we can swing Petty fwd.

Ripping goal.

And so much better for the run thank goodness.

Oliver unfairly targeted. Or at least should have got a few frees.

He was good. His ruck follow up is strong.

No attempt to spoil or mark.

Four weeks for Wright.