Previously known as LITD.

Same with Jake Melksham who is listed at only one cm taller than Mcvee at 186 cm. JM is pure muscle at can take pack marks with the biggest and best of them. He has a very well timed leap and is a very hard match up for any team. He's like a Fritta with extra strength and grit. His two goals yesterday were pure Fritta like class and with him and Kozzie, the three of them are bound to feature in the goal of the year highlights reel. Throw in the pack buster and high flying Jvr and the wild card Disco and suddenly all our fwd line worries seem to vanish.

Whatever any faults Goody may or may not have they are wiped clean when I seem him on the boundary line fist pumping the year when a youngster scores a goal for us. And for those who have doubted his prowess in not delivering more than one flag I can confidently say going out in straight sets twice was pretty much out of our control with our fwd line injuries. In fact even the Gus "event" had Milkshake not gone down in the last h and a last year, we would have won the premiership. That's a lot for just one player but Jake the snake has hit a new level of form in his footy twilight years as we have seen lately. The bombers game in the wet revealed yet again a strong link up at Chf. Melksham was instrumental in that connection and aside from his two goals ( strangely he uncharacteristically missed a set shot directly in front) played a hand in quite a few other goals. He is so strong in his core that he plays like a tall ff. And he is very fast with great acceleration and his hard to tackle. As mentioned he is a very reliable shot at goal and kicks them easily from the pockets we where tend to target. As a senior player he leads by example and brings footy wisdom like his sliding goal kick. And yes it's a big call to say we would have won the flag with the inclusion of just one player but both our finals were extremely close and clearly lost by our ability to utilise our inside fifty count and accurate shots on goal. It's late in the game so to speak but in an incredibly close season, Jake the snake has and will be the key to us squeezing into the top six or hopefully four depending on how we go this weekend without Max again. JM has in his senior footy years has beaten a serious injury that would have ended some younger players careers and seems to have greater passion and hunger than before. We have lost some games we shouldn't have and smashed in a couple of others but we are still in the mix. The reality is that some teams above us have won most or all of their close games and we two out of our three. As the bombers found out underestimate us at your own peril. We are a team without our Coleman medalist and All Australian and possibly one of the best rucks to ever play the game. In that despite some junk time goals and questionable umpiring we absolutely smashed a top four team in the rain. A team of experienced talent in players like Nibbler,Langers, May and Oliver buoyed by some emerging gun youngsters like Mcvee, Disco, Windsor and the Colt makes us a genuine wildcard for a shot of playing for a flag. Our forward line has been something we have lamented about for eons. Now with Jake back in it, a classy Fritta,a magical Kozzie and an in form Jvr it looks like it could amass 100 points easily. Throw in Disco and we don't really need Petty there.

Fritta doesn't need to dominate games. Often comes in with a purple patch or two and kicks three.

How true. Seriously think we would have won a flag and be second possies right now had he not gone down last year before finals.

I think Jvr deserves a pat for his ruck work against a pretty experienced and enormous Draper. Didn't star up fwd but he wasn't really missed in this capacity with the others stepping up.

I know Binners loves his stats so riddle me this..... ( Not knocking the team on their epic win but)..... We lost the tackle, marking, handball, kicks, i50s, frees, and hit outs. And apart from some junk time goals and some questionable umpire calls, it was a big win. Apart from goals what stats did we win that facilitated it? Edit.....we did win the clearances...my apologies. Credit to a great second half from Oliver and a cracking first from Rivers. Tx.

Really thought the umpires were very lackluster last night with an agenda towards the end . Good thing we won. Credit to many of the youngsters again but props to the leadership from Milk, Nibbler and Langers. And a ripping 100th from Kozzie

How good was Milly's sliding goal?

Can't sleep too pumped from beating Essendon.

Cracker post.

Was there to be lost tonight with no skipper and wet weather Signs look ominous too in the beginning. But Mvee, Kozzie and Rivers kept us in it. Great second half from Anb, Fritta and Oliver. Jvr goalless but good effort at ruck. Turner and Milk strong fwds. Umps didn't help but it didn't fluster us. Ran out of puff again but we did well in the first five of the last so it didn't matter.

Same here. My right foot was playing up something shocking all day.

Sweet win. Lost the clearances. Lost the tackle count. Kick count Hit outs Marks Handball count Free kicks Inside 50 s too But a sweet sweet sweet win. Oliver and Anb really stood tall in the second half. Shout out to Disco as well. Kozzie nice 100.

Massive win Massive effort Mvee, Kozzie, Rivers, Langdon and Milk.

Go umpires

Well done Lever

Umps working overtime here to get the bombers some more points

He has been way off since he came back from his shoulder injury.

Only way they can kick em ump.

Come on 100 points.

Big win coming up. What a cracking effort. Back in the mix now

Commentators changed their tune. Oliver is playing so much better.

No Max No Tracca. No worries.

Pressure really piling up on them now.

Kozzie Game 100 Another goal. Huge timing.