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The rationale suggested by some journos was that he's concerned that at sides where's he's a theoretical Round 1 best 22, he'll be at risk of being pushed out in favour of kids if the losses mount. If you accept that as being true, he's made a decision to put himself into the queue with us in the hope of forcing his way into a premiership contender.

I don't personally rate Dunstan that highly, but I understand the thought process here, and I won't be shocked at all if the club's read on him is better than mine.

On goals per game: Fritsch 2.46, Brown 1.92, Pickett 1.60, McDonald 1.43.

Me too, my first watch of the replay was with the SEN commentary. And agree, Healy was the overwhelming negative. Just adds nothing at all, says some really stupid stuff, out of touch with the modern game. He's the weak link on On The Couch, too.

He wasn't chasing free kicks at all in the GF though. At least one of the chopping free kicks was soft, but the only time Brown appeared to look for a free was when he was slung by Williams having dispossessed the ball, which every player does.

I suspect there will be a floating fixture again but they'll lock in the first 4-6 rounds before the season starts. We should get a number of good quality games in that first 4-6 weeks. Round 1 hopefully will be a home game at the G vs a big club: Hawthorn, Essendon or Geelong might be good. But clubs will want home games against us, and if we have another good year we should expect a healthy allocation of prime time slots.

Can anyone give any indication on sizing for the t-shirts bought via the MFC store? There's no size guide on our website as far as I can see. Do they fit big/small?

Chiefs, Bucs, Browns

Goodwin acknowledged this on On The Couch last night. Conceded that moving him to the wing/half-back was a mistake of his. Said it in a bit of jest, but I'm sure he agrees it was a failure of an idea when we did it.

I always thought Lockhart was going to make it. Rivers, Hunt and Bowey have all ended up being superior small defenders though. Always loved vandenBerg's spirit, but as a club we have developed to a point where players need more than vandenBerg's aggression to get a gig in the 22.

A sad day. Nev was one of the greats. Gave his all, always. How often did he find himself one-on-one with someone 15cm+ taller than him? Could easily have been AA playing a role that is difficult to master. Brought true leadership to the club, too. Go well, Nev.

Goodwin on On The Couch tonight said there is a Wednesday deadline. I suspect something to do with announcing delistings prior to the FA/trade period so that players know where they stand? Edit: or maybe the deadline was that the players get their CBA-mandated annual leave starting from Wednesday so we had to run exit interviews today and tomorrow, or something like that.

Yes this irrationally excites me too. I never thought I'd see a Melbourne jumper with the gold reigning premiers logo, but next year its ours!

On The Couch tonight looked at the Dogs' set up in those critical centre bounces. How utterly ironic, poetic even, that we won a Grand Final by getting on top through our opponent succumbing to the "bees to the honeypot" problem.

Gawn, Martin, Oliver, Salem, Cordy and May all tied with 2 intercept marks.

There's a clear flaw when Petracca gets 23 out of 30 votes available (76%) but is beaten for the award by someone who got 25 out of 40 (62.5% of the votes available).

No issue with the Daniel tackle. Come on guys. But I have an issue with the Bont bump. He chooses to bump and contacts the head. How many times has the AFL said the head is sacrosanct, and that if you choose to bump and make high contact, you're in trouble? It shouldn't matter that it's the GF and the season's over.

Apparently there were also calls from Adam Papalia on 6PR and Derrwayne on AFL Nation. I can't get enough coverage!

You are a legend! You don't happen to have the Perth Triple MMM commentary, with Dennis?

This is fantastic. I wonder if the Perth Triple MMM commentary is out there somewhere. Would love to hear Dennis Commetti's take on those goals.

My priorities: Sign up our 2022 out of contract players (Jackson, ANB, etc.). That is all. For the first time ever, I don't otherwise care about the trade period. Take whatever picks we have to the draft.

Looks like it, and a lot of other stuff, has sold out. I wonder whether the club can make them available for pre-order? Even if it takes weeks/months to be shipped? Better than having nothing there and people potentially going to other websites to get them?

I can really only recall one outrageous decision and it went in the Dogs' favour - Pickett not getting a free for a high tackle, despite Hunter having got one for the exact same tackle earlier. I really can't recall any other big umpiring errors. Thought the game was well umpired.

I can't help but feel the Dogs put a huge amount of time into Gawn, Lever and May. To a small extent maybe, a degree of disrespect towards the rest of our team. Riewoldt said on the post-match Fox coverage that we can beat sides in different ways. He's right. The simpletons in the AFL media think we're just a defence-first side who wins games based of intercept possessions. We're a lot more than that.

So the radio commentary - is the best option to play it alongside the replay, with the replay on mute, to hear the radio commentary with the game?