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Totally agree @Willmoy1947. A lot of the times in the past, he's had to make the decision to fly because there were one or two opposition about to easily mark the ball. Our entries were poor and you can see he almost always stays down if our tall forwards are competing. He's so fast at getting back on his feet anyway. With Eddie Betts retired now, I think he's the most skillful and exciting player in the league. I've loved the way he's continued to learn to dial down the more aggressive elements of his game. The package of his offensive and defensive elements together make him more valuable than his counterparts such as Cameron and Bolton. People miss the one percenters he often does so well. Watching him come from beside the kicker to crumb the ball down field in our forward line is something else I hope we get to see him dance in the red and blue in a couple more Grand finals yet. Congrats Kozzie!

I'd prefer to see Pup Brown rather than Bailey get a proper run in the seniors rather than just get splinters in his rrrse.

The last quarter was crazy. It started with that head high free against May directly in front of goal. It was a text book Selwood move with the Essendon bloke just sliding down to collect the fee. I knew the umps would try hard to even the keel after that. I was really impressed by the pressure we applied for the majority of the last quarter. It was so good to see the way we just chased and harassed the bombers, even as the umps continued with their nonsense. I remember just wishing they'd get it out of the backline to Windsor. First year player that is just so calm and steady. An incredible get for our club. I gotta say I doubted Goodwin and the club going back a month ago, but we've just lifted our energy and aggression and it's wonderful to see. If we can keep playing with the same run and pressure, anything could happen. I really thought we'd slide off a cliff. It's quite remarkable how well we're turning things around. Pickett, Mcvee. Rivers, Windsor, Kolt, AMW, JVR and Disco There's some great young talent in there that are growing in confidence. Go Dees

Haha 3rd time lucky with this one fd

My Wonderful wife's 50th birthday tonight. So it will probably Sunday lunchtime before I hunker down to watch the game. Go well Dee's. Got a feeling we might snag this one

Whichever way we go, I just hope we leave JVR forward for the majority of the night. He's really progressing well as our main target up forward and will take the pressure off Fritta, Melks and Koz to do their thing. With Gawn out, we've got to do more fast transfer of play through the guts. We did it pretty well against WC last week. Langdon and Windsor are in pretty good form to do the hard running for us and I think we need to keep AMW in and on the field for his pace. I feel like we can roll them this week.

I think I had the shisito extract watching the Freo game

Interesting article about a number of stadiums trying to uplift the quality of food served to the masses. Is it a good thing? I reckon the quality of the traditional four n twenty "rat's coffin" has dropped a lot over the years. Let alone the taste of an overpriced plastic cup of foamy mid strength soap. Just curious about people's thoughts and their eating habits, favourite places to eat before a game and routines. I'm sceptical about most things the AFL does and like to support smaller places to eat outside the ground where possible before heading in. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/10/australia-stadiums-food-options-afl-nrl

He was tripped by Daniher and stumbled over the line.

Yep, I agree. Good seating. Love the fact once you're in the gates, there's plenty of green space to sit and relax and an oval to kick a footy Last time we went, we sat on the grass and played cards, drank beers and wandered up to our seats about 2 minutes before the game started

Just finished watching the game. Our kids are really giving us so much more run and energy. Caleb Windsor is just as steady as a rock. JVR is just getting better every week. We don't need Hogan, we've got someone who's going to be better. The Kolt is going to be a gem. But also, don't forget Jack Viney. With Clarry finding his feet again and Tracc out, Jack's been doing the usual grunt work without much recognition. He's such a wonderful leader for this club as Rivers pointed out in his post game interview. His pressure and tackling today was just superb. What a crazy season. I'd really written the boys off this year but next week's game is going to be a belter.

The booing is quite incredible by blooooos fans

C'mon blues, lose by a goal

Dangerous tackle pffft

It is always worries me when the 2nds are performing so poorly. Bad signs. How did Brown go today. Is he still having a crack?

That is absolute gold. Can he commentate Collingwood games instead of BT?

Geez those long high bombs into your f50 don't works so well Collingwood do they?

C'mon pies catch up and then lose by a couple of points. Make my night

The umps have got the armchair out for the bummers now

I wonder what would happen if you just stated, you must dispose of it legally. Handball or kick. That's it If it's stripped, free kick If you're tackled and it's held to you, free kick If you've gone to ground, you must knock it clear (still a legal disposal) Jack Viney would probably get 20 kicks a game. No more "look at me trying to punch the ball out" fake rubbish

Me too and apologies for derailing the thread. I'm very happy to see Jake back in action.

If he's sub, should he be one for the whole last 3 minutes of the game? 😁

Amen Titus Like us, umpires are trying to determine the nature of an event that no longer has any connection to reality. It is the AFL’s crowning glory. As usual, a very good read https://titusoreily.com/afl/the-magical-fairyland-of-afl-umpiring?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaI33B5hYUmUR_7PUXnGsFqrNPNZnAD3J_TXME-rflpSMQd1OqT6WyHRn4_aem_IKWwmAJMc0wEZvTwjmyUTw

Great comparison @bobo and yep, the corruption is ruining the game. The AFL is a disgrace

Kate Roffey has some media skills and profile and should be out there being more vocal. That's what the powerful clubs do. I like her, I really do. She has a lot of time for the fans and members. It's very strange to see her go to ground like this.