leave it to deever

You know your getting old when you start thinking and believing that compulsory military service for all wayward teenagers is the balm for all our ills. Bring it on.

From some of the comments, it's clear this game is much more than a simple sports event. It should not take anything away from the day itself but for me its a prelude that provides flashes of memories of my mother's father...William Barker who fought in the Somme and was badly injured but happily survived and came back to Oz to start a family. Sadly he was a fanatical South Melbourne supporter in later years and tried to convert me as a young kid from following my dad's one true and only team. I suppose I'm one of the older members of the Dland community. I'm guessing there are quite a few younger ones who are possibly ex or current servicemen or women. Honour your relatives, loved ones or mate or even yourself with a deserving Dland shoutout. Lest we forget.

Well put Layzie. It's so important to honor our brave men and women who have in many cases paid the ultimate price for the freedoms we enjoy and in my case, I reckon don't appreciate enough how much they cost. I was wondering if people ever wear their or their ancestor's medals to this game? As for PSA, if people have lost or had ancestor's medals damaged or stolen you may be interested to know that you can apply to the defence department to have them replaced.

Beautifully put Palace Dees.

I know Bbb has struggled but I was I was kind of hoping he may get another chance. He looked good there earlier and alas I fear he won't recapture that form. Also Petts seems a little undone and Jvr has struggled to impact up forward. My kingdom for a functioning forward line. At least we have Fritta. I'm guessing it will be Laurie as the sub. Has he been performing at Casey? Good to see Turner in. I hope he gets a run. Hopefully the team make a statement after that horrible Lions loss and we have a big win. On a fine night anything less than thirty points will be disappointing somewhat. But I feel on reflection that may be asking too much. Our mids have struggled too Will Oliver be okay? This will be a very interesting game despite Tigers form and injuries.

I hope he's cherry ripe. It's not like they didn't play him nqr before his surgery. A fit and firing Oliver is essential to our success.

I hear what you are saying. But one could argue the same about Maynard. At the end of the day the only way to stop brains being damaged is to stop these bumps happening. Yes it will change the game but it's the price necessary to give these young men some safety at work.

People arguing TG was unlucky. Sheesh. Either the Afl is going to protect players heads or not. TG is an incredible player who can turn and elevate his body in a second to protect himself. He can also do the same to take a player out. He goes into contests knowing he has a way out. Quite frankly he was lucky to only get a week. I cant believe Gws are contesting. Make it two now. Kozzie got a week for much less.

Shotguns are very effective against magpies.

Sorry Wrecker, I can't help but would simply like to say thanks for sharing this. Love your your old man's passion and sense of humor. And loathe the filth that stole it. Best of luck replacing it.

I don't think this will be a cake walk. I know Richmond have been poor but it's a finals like atmosphere at these games and sometimes lowly opposition teams get the jump on the favourite. I hope we can make a big statement and totally obliterate them. Would love to see several of our forwards kick big bags. Especially Petts like last time.

I'm backing Petts for a big one against the tigers.

I loved watching Adam play.

What?

Tipsters nightmare that round.

Surely Toby G should get more than a week.

Was it a sympathy date?

Guessing he was a nerdy social outcast at your place of employment.

Has anyone here ever met someone that follows North Melbourne?

Good post. Toby G is an incredible footballer. He has cat like reflexes to put his body into defensive ( yet dangerous to opposition players) positions. Remember how he used to mark and keep players at bay with his kicks in the air. If he wanted to, he could always run in an attempt to mark knowing that he can protect himself at the last instance by tucking in the old elbow and jumping to gain the protection of the higher ground. He could also run at the flight of the ball and deliberately turn at the last second like he did to deliberately take a player out if he so desired. Just like Maynard...how do you know ones intentions? Sometimes its impossible to tell. I think like they did in Kozzies last suspended act is just simply look at the results. That was head high impact . The grading is the key. For me it's 2 weeks. I also think if a player has form it should be looked at at well. If we are going to complain about poor Gus having his career ended, then we need to be serious about acts like this. So too the AFL.

I used to like the Swan's.

Are you a lawyer?

I'm not feeling too comfortable after last week's debacle against the lions. And it was a debacle. Although only 20 points I feel that we were comprehensively beaten. With Clarry clearly injured our midfield seems very suspect all of a sudden. Our fwd line was non existent. It was frustrating that they barely laid any tackles. I'm not sure what happened but how we handle the cats after the tigers will be fairly telling. I hope it was just the f word that you don't want to hear. I do think that teams the comp is very competitive and being slightly off can result in a teams loss against a lot of sides. Eg Freo yesterday. I feel that we actually don't have much depth anymore. We have a great deal of young potential but I'm not sure if that's enough at present. I do hope I'm wrong on this. The tigers game too isn't a sure thing. It's a big day with a big crowd so anything can happen.

And Carlton are looking scary good given the amount of players they have with injuries. Are we lacking depth this season?