Wiseblood

Another one to start well today is Bugg - 11 touches, 3 tackles, 5 contested possessions in the first quarter. And some want him dropped most weeks. Madness.

The Hunt run was fantastic. Exactly the sort of stuff we need.

Don't see you talking about anything positive though, only negative. Plenty of good, positive stuff so far that you've neglected to mention.

Der-Wayne, Tommy Morely and Gerard must be blind to think that decision was anything but deliberate.

Good to see the negative crew out in force today.

How good was that mark from Petracca? Don't agree with Olisik much, but he's right - we are missing too many shots. Need to put some scoreboard pressure on and blow them away and break their spirit.

Great decision from the umpire, however, I think we would all be annoyed if it was paid against us!

The commentators REALLY want Brisbane to win. Loving everything they do, no matter how small.

Loving the work of Billy Stretch early.

If it's true.

I can guarantee that it won't. I think we've matured more in this area and we understand what it takes to not only settle, but to put scoreboard pressure on as well. The Lions are a shocking side and we just need to hold them at arms length early before we put them away.

Every Melbourne supporters reaction when Viney slams Robinson into the MCG turf in the first minute of the game:

I expect the Lions to come out breathing fire in the first quarter. Leppa will probably have them up and about and it wouldn't surprise me to see us take a little time to settle. We just need to keep our focus, get first hands on the ball and make it count on the scoreboard. If we can put a little distance between us then their heads will drop. Everyone needs to do themselves a favour and settle down if they kick the first goal or stick with us early. It happens. I am confident we can see of an early challenge. Looking for big Max to get on top of Stef Martin today and bounce back from last week, while I'm very interested to see how our back line goes after the scrutiny it came under last week. Dees by 7 goals.

This was so beautifully written that I almost felt like I was there for a moment helping you find that toilet.

I've never seen an egg and bacon roll defended with such passion before. It's okay, they don't have feelings.

Fourth... ded...

I reckon the weather might have played a part in that!

I'm all for Prestia, but again, it's about list balance too. Role players are fine IF we can find them. Some work, others don't. We would need these role players to show that they can hold down a position in our backline before we trade someone like McDonald away.

Who is this 'A grader' of which you speak? I don't see many clubs offering up A grade, key position defenders all the time. I know we are keen on Hurley but there is no guarantee that he ends up leaving. Outside of him, who would be available that would be an upgrade on Tom?

Did you work all that out on your own, Biff? Well done, you clever boy. I appreciate the assessment 1960's Dad.

No worries, mate. You keep acting like a Neanderthal. It suits you so well. P.S - Cheers to RTG for the change. It's a much better look.

I bet that's what snipers and cowards think in the pubs and clubs around Australia when they king hit people and ruin their lives. Fine, I might be taking it a bit seriously, but even mentioning it for fun is probably not on. I know RTG means nothing by it, but I still don't think it's a good look for a footy clubs main forum to have a thread like this.

Can't we just say most 'disliked' player? Wouldn't have thought we would condone calling someone 'punchable' with all the rubbish that goes on these days.

Fair enough mate, I'm certainly not saying he played well last night, and I'm probably letting the fact that he is a Jones cloud my judgement just a little. I did say if we could get him cheap then he might be worth a look. He was a first round draft pick only a few years ago which means he does have some good attributes, he just isn't showing them right now.

They don't have good medical practices in NSW, SA or the WA, then? Seems like a pretty flimsy reason regardless of what's happened up there.