Jumping Jack Clennett

I mentioned the possibility of dropping Paine and using Wade. Carey is another possibility, but it occurred to me that Ben McDermott is a dark horse for the spot. All three are ordinary keepers, but Ben is 8 yrs younger than Paine, and has more upside as a batsman, and, probably as a keeper. Paine is too old, too undisciplined, too untalented , and tactically poor. Find another captain. I've always admired Langer, but it's becoming clear he's not imbuing the proper sportsmanship in the team. He condones Paine calling Ashwin a d...head, and that Paine's players like him, but Ashwin and Kohli's team-mates don't like them. Petulant and childish.

Well done Paine! Dropped three catches, then sledged Ashwin so hard it increased his concentration and determination. Has Paine butchered another series for Australia ? He must get a sore throat from yelling"whoooaaahhh" every ball bowled by Lyon, just as the batsman hits the ball in the middle of the bat. He doesn't accept the DRS decisions, and shakes his head at umpiring decisions. What a shocking example he sets to young players Green and Pucovski. I agree that Cummins is a good character to captain, but it worries me that captaincy could detract from his bowling. /

Drop Paine. Let Wade keep( he’s no worse). Playanother batsman. Smith to captain.

Teaching accuracy in goal kicking is one of his hobby-horses. We really need that!

Do they include Cotchin's hair when they quote his height?

Great post, Farmer! Brought back memories. I was only 7 when Stuart Spencer retired, but I thought I remembered him as a right foot kick. I remember he did long drop kicks, and was good overhead for a rover. Are you dead sure he was a left-footer?

Will that thug Michael Long’s nephew go for that head hit on Macrae? Headhunting in the genes!

This unerring accuracy of the Mudpies can’t last.. I hope not, anyway! Hell I hate barracking for Metcoke.

Great to see Trump wearing a Demon tie today,while Biden sported a Collingwood tie. I know who I’d vote for!!!!

Next year we should work out who's the greatest [censored] in the club, and use him! The censored bit was a word for someone who tosses.

GWS desperately need a ruckman, now Mummy has had it, and Jacobs gone. I'm a big fan of Braden Preuss, but perhaps he could be used as a bargaining chip for a promising GWS player. He's a perfect back-up for Max, but perhaps Jackson can fill that role. Is Austin Bradtke showing any signs?(pretty hard to tell with no VFL, I know.)

If only Freo had played like this against us. Dropping chest marks when alone, and kicking crookedly.

3 missed frees to Sydney then a non in the back to Hawkins for a goal

Is this MFC SS? I dreamed that Footscray made a big recovery in Q4 from 30 points down, and scored a brilliant , after the siren, angle goal from a dubious deliberate o.o.b. free to win by a point.

We must be doing OK in the Dr McLelland trophy, with the firsts near the eight, and the reserves undefeated!!!

A golden rule for all AFL PLayers. NEVER play on from a mark in the goal-square. Think...Riewoldt and Shaw in the Grand Final. Changed the game, much like Holman tonight.

18 frees to 8 in Mudpies’ favour. Similar disposal numbers. That small crowd managed to influence them. There were some inexcusable errors by the umpires, none of whom should get a final. ( but Margetts will, in Perth, and help his boys over the line.)

I would like to personally congratulate Adrian on the podcasts. Andy...Is there anyway I could PM him?

Surprisingly negative commentary

If we beat the druggies , Footscray have to win both. Also, the Mudpies could lose both.

I don't think we blasted away into the forward line against Freo. We kept trying slick handballs with the slippery ball, and losing possession. Surely we should have roosted it whenever possible in those conditions.

Though we did beat them three times the next year, including in the finals. We were rank underdogs in all three finals in '87, won the first two by 200 points total , then , again as rank underdogs,would have beaten Hawthorn with a bit more luck. Northey really knew how to get te best of his players. The Club doctor told me at the B andF dinner in 87, that the only player that would have missed the GF was Wilson. He was confident they would have been able to patch Flower up.

Posters often say we bomb it long too often. I reckon we handball too often. Surely in those conditions you should gain as much yardage as possible with long kicks, which will probably go over the back. I think it’s rarely the correct decision to kick short to a 50:50, but in wet windy conditions it’s a sin.

I feel dirty. I’ve barracked for Collingwood and WCE in the last 3 days. Glad about the results though!

It was so like watching Melbourne last night. Hawthorn missed at least 5 sitters in the first half. Should have been unassailable at halftime. Essendon kept just in it by accurate kicking. Early goal in the third to Essendon, so they lift, and Hawthorn panic. The sides I’m barracking for always kick crookedly, and their opponents can’t miss! At one stage ESS were 14:3, with the three behinds all rushed!