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His silence, as each day goes on, is definitely alarming now I think.

Hard to know what the real story here is, but considering Petracca has not come out and denied any of it or said he's here for the long term makes you wonder. I've always thought there has been stuff bubbling away for a couple of years amongst our players, like most clubs. I think Christian had the (c) in the bag but if what is reported is true, then he has done himself and the club a lot of damage IMO. Hard to see him being captain.

Yep WCE at Optus for me. What I saw wasnt good

Give what a rest?! and wasn’t that my point…..

How the hell is that belittling the players? Sheesh.

Funny how we see it differently. Looks nervous and could hear it in his voice. Petracca and Oliver are contracted, of course the club would say this. Both have made comments within 12 months though. Still silence from Petracca. Looked just the usual spin to me.

Another great clubman gone, always gave the jumper his best.

Whether its injury management, team selection, game plan, recruiting, game day nous, culture etc, there is one common denominator and that is Simon Goodwin, he has a hand in it all.

I'd definitely do this, invest in the kids, right now is the best time to do this. Give them a taste and make them hungry for next year.

Yet Goodwin has said only Salem was a potential injury, hamstring. You'd think he would have remembered mentioning Kolt, who he subbed off very early..... I mean he may be injured, however looked like a good old fashioned dragging to me.

What I'm saying OD is, we don't want another Jack Watts scenario.....

I'd be happy to try him, however we need to choose the right opponent

And he’ll do it in what looks a lot worse of a side too

Surely won't be playing seniors.....?

I actually don’t believe it tbh, just an excuse for poor form and attitude IMO.

Why Goodwin would even play Oliver as a defensive mid, when clearly we have Viney and Sparrow to play that role. We have clearly struggled in the midfield as well this year. Also, Oliver is one of the best mids of this generation and considering we have had to play Petracca forward (and now injured), it’s Oliver who should be taking games by the scruff of the neck. Just odd coaching imo. Actually I call bs.

I'm surprised those who normally preach xScore haven't mentioned that it was North 62.7 to Melb 55....

Treacy from Freo looks a likely type as a KPF.

Kangas look like theyll be OK: LDU, Larkey, Wardlaw, Sheezel, Zurhaar, Simpkin, Xerri, Archer, McKercher, Curtis, Duursma is a very good base to build from. Starting to show some heart as well.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/535647/kane-no-stager-rodan#:~:text=Cornes was investigated by the match review panel,fine of up to %242400 for repeat offenders.

I'm literally confused on how players should tackle these days, considering this one and a few last night called "dangerous tackle" and then the Dangerfield one (think he tried everything possible) who got a week. It's these inconsistencies that make it hard to watch. I seem to remember Cornes getting a fine for staging once and also one of their buddies Nick Riewoldt milking a free in front of goal (was meant to be given to another player). They're all hypocrites.

Yes the umpiring was atrocious, for both sides too. But that is a league wide problem currently. The introduction of the 4th umpire was meant to makes things easier but I actually think it's got much worse. I used to watch and analyse every game religiously not so long ago, but I find most games unbearable to watch from an umpiring perspective these days.

Yes about time, the efficiency probably got the win. 47 i50's to us.....48 to them.

We will turn it into a slog and hope we are close enough to snatch a win. Expecting a real dour contest. A good gauge for both clubs, not that we don't already know where we sit in the comp.

Positives: Rivers in the midfield (where he should always be now), McVee poise, May, Viney, TMAC did his job again, breast cancer awareness, holding on to win, kids getting gametime, Kynans tackle. Negatives; Pickett pulling out of contests lately (wonder if it has to do with his reports, Gawn sooking to umpires, how terrible we are actually playing, poor coaching, crowd numbers, skill level, lack of forwards with actual forward craft, Fritsch, Oliver.... (I'd look to trade him if what I'm hearing is true). Not that we don't know where we are at now considering our efforts against WCE, Frem, Coll and almost losing to North, but a real test against a red hot Brisbane will make or break our season officially I feel.