Engorged Onion

I assume as per status quo - you mark anywhere in the goal square and its directly in front?

I think I understand what you are saying... he can butcher the ball like his Dad did...BUT his effort, leadership and ability to get the ball in contested situations and get it out, as well as his tackle pressure, surely surely, far outweighs the butchering... not just last game, each game...

merge away then mods...

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/demons-in-sweet-spot-for-long-term-success-20180915-p50417.html?crpt=index

it's nice that we can have a 'poorer' game..and still win. Signs are good... King, nor Ling, nor @ding, nor I @Danelska, know the permeations that will determine the outcome of the game... If we get belted...still a successful year... Quite frankly, the spectrum is simply, (we belt them.....we win close....draw....they win close....they belt us). And I'm surprised (but not for the sake of writing an article to fill a quota) that King has brought into fleeting form.

I'll be in Melbourne City this coming weekend - any recommendations to go to a pub/cafe where there will be a hoarde of Melbourne supporters?

Interestingly in the presser - Goodwin was asked about the head free's - he dispatched the controversy to the boundary, by saying from where he sat - they looked like there was contact below the knees. Charm offensive for the umpires...

felt like that on the couch too!

Loved the grind... not sexy, not frontrunners, a bloody skillful bunch of hard as nails blokes who are committed to the cause... Built for finals for sure.

@KingDingAling - ol' mate o'meara is a withdrawal

mmm, i think so mate, local and at afl level... fit's in nicely with what Captain Sparrow was talking about last night (podcast ref to Spargo) - he mentioned a value that is 'togetherness'.

love and acknowledgement of the blokes who aren't playing...

Geelong seem to be on this weird, get all ex falcon boys to the club drive, irrespective of whether they improve the team or not. Henderson, Ablett, Dalhaus, Rohan...

i presume they're extra smalls eh? ? ? ...fathers day joke. zing!

ooohhh...that's great. I love(d) Wrecker... but I think on body of work...and perhaps his most recent game (annihilation of Dangerfield)...it's in Nev's favour. Though a broken leg somewhere, may just enhance his stature more.

in honour of the cheeseboard, Rohan is as stinky for the club as a good Limburger...

I think your post is clickbait...

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/how-oscar-mcdonald-has-gone-ahead-of-his-brother-20180912-p503b9.html?crpt=homepage

Weirdly, listening to TMAC on Sen on Monday, he made mention that Oscar and himself were moving seperate ways with living together...and kind of seemed non committal about his brother... I wonder, just wonder as OMAC hasn't resigned, that he's received a juicy offer elsewhere... which, well ...fair play to him. There is nothing to suggest this is remotely the case in reality...it was just where my head wandered to.

Does he feel the Rising Star is a meaningless award due to his non selection.

I would agree @DSP. I wonder what the Saints see in him that they don't have...

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-09-12/big-preseason-key-to-improving-salems-lot#/ The big thing I took out of this, is that Hunt and he are 'best mates' with Josh Kelly... so of course that can only mean one thing right?

That did not influence the outcome of the game.... Yes, It's emblematic of the camaraderie... but the players care, love and compassion towards one another is tough to measure vs another team... They could have easily chosen to not link arms, and still have the same outcome.

wow... and by that I mean... commentators should read footywire before the laud some... oh it's because of his name...right!

Perhaps I should have bolded the meaningful relationship component... By all accounts - McGovern felt aggreived that he took a paycut and Gibbs came in... Schache wanted to be in Melbs... Anyway, lovely hypothetical... and if anything happens this year, I'll buy a collingwood membership for 2019...