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Balanced comments.

Hopefully, injury-free, he will add another dimension (and a valuable one) to the team. We just have to play him in the forward line to reap such benefits.

Used to work the bar at the 'Boundary, when I was at Monash studying - it paid the rent, so to speak.

Don't overlook Petty in front of goals ... time will come.

Superb response, MR.

Two greats to come amongst a couple of others (whose names I cannot instantly remember) to strengthen how we are going to look in 2022.

Agreed, almost in full. However, I still cannot fully align Goodwin to the improved execution that we have displayed this year with all of its hurdles and barriers. He has previously had the correct amount of time to achieve these benchmarks prior to 2021. Like the onfield team/s, the coaching infrastructure and level of expertise and experience have been an integrated, mutually enriching combination this year - alone. I put greater faith in the likes of Yze, Chocko (and even the smaller inputs of Jordan Lewis) taking the levels of expertise, smarts and innovation to a position nearing that mastery for which a team will strive and eventually achieve.

Once Port is out of the way, Adelaide Oval would be a good place to stage the GF, if necessary.

I'd like to play the Tigers in finals ... an opportunity to bury them now that their form is not in the upper echelon. We have a few young ones ideally suited to run them out of further contention and many senior players are coming back to form.

Boundary Road boppers.

Didn't he stop the Coach from patting him on the bum when coming back to bench? That's pretty good reason ...

What I have seen of him is reminicent of Greg Wells' array of skills. That'll do me!

Rosman was a great pick-up full of some assured potential - given some adaptive time in the big time. Laurie cannot fail to impress, as well. Each is a smokey adapting to a team game. The beautiful realisation is that there are several more of this type in situ.

For these remaining games, do not expect the situation to change. In fact, it has been growing for several years and is now customary to any game we play (and for other teams down on the gurgling, umpiring vomit list). The growth of these inequities has been such that for our last two games this season, the situation is odds-on to grow further. We, as a team and as a committed throng of keen supporters, are simply not wanted by the prevailing hierarchy of the AFL; otherwise, appropriate and fair intervention in such outcomes and automated penalties would have been addressed, ages ago. Another factor that is questionable in the extreme is aligned to the free kick differential: the 'unseen' infringement that is destroying Aussie Rules like a cancer. How many times do we have to watch deliberated, injurious and rule-breaking assaults on players? Gawn and Clarrie, for example, have endured playing careers marred by punches (and worse) from behind - generally to the head - and holding offences continuously applied when nearing the ball, and rule-based compensation is ignored by umpires according to some unstated, non-transparent motives of firstly, the AFL hierarchy and secondly, the umpires and their grossly unnecessary agenda to affect as far as possible the outcomes and conduct of games on a poorly maintained even playing field. These unawarded frees mount considerably across a game and as stated by one astute observer, lead to one rule for one side, no rules applications for the other side (MFC). Consistency is missing. Outcomes bias at the level of an AFL team predominates. For the MFC, these examples, as well, now extend across the fielded team with no let-up for the two examples cited above. Hence, the differential rises in frequency and across the number of teams in the League; hence, the anomolies under the alleged watch of the AFL hierarchy; hence, the dark and unhealthy sentiments of many footballing supporters across many of the teams representing the AFL guinea-pig charade. And then, we have the Match Review Panel - a farce of continuous privilege and reducing justice where again, there are rules for some that do not apply to others. This is how the AFL wish to conduct themselves. They so do on our behalf extremely underhandedly, maintaining these immense faults as tenets of their silent deception.

Geez, why are you limiting the win to 100 points, PF? Add another 30-40% and 20 Hail Marys.

Tex Walker actually reinforced racial abuse amongst similar mindlessness within and about the game. Feeble intellect has this effect but it is still an option to condemn and offend someone else on racial grounds - or not to condemn or offend - no matter how switched on you consider yourself to be - or not to be.

That 50m zone is where we need Pickett to shine in the finals; he has the nouse and the pace to extract himself from congestion to find a space in a good, heads-up defender's push forward. Could be very dangerous as he can obviously kick 'em from thereabouts. Hunt and Harmes may develop this capacity in their gamestyles to hit the bloke on the chest coming towards them.

Gawn swings his foot and leg in an arc to the left when kicking for goal. He should lead his kicking action from the knee with a bent leg and smoothly extend the knee joint when making contact with the ball.

Fritta to rest / be managed due to all the head bashing he received from the Eagles. Replace with JSmith.

Thid state of affairs has become so very obvious. What can we do about it? It may not be hatred from the umpires, but it is condoned, approved, never questioned by the AFL and its glorious myth of an equal playing field - highighted by an abnormal free kick differential between sides playing the one game of football, week in and week out. In the Dees' case, any progressive movement of the ball is interrupted and directly interfered with in a very arbitrary manner where the consistent application of 'rules' and 'interpretations' is grossly prejudicial and arbitrary to their continuing disadvantage. It is time for Pert to directly question the AFL itself with mounting evidence of such flagrant abuse. There is a template for the detriment of the MFC in the approaching finals - well rehearsed and grossly invalid - but no-one seems to care.

Damn fine performance two weeks in a row. And ably support by Harmes. Great duo - both on-ball players set the tone against every umpire influence on the game. The umps tried every trick in the rulebook to get the Eagles over the line right across the game. They even knowingly mismanaged the 'lightning' concession; according to the rules screened directly to the world on 7Mate. And still, after the incorrect resumption of 'play'/desparate last hope - the tished bull kept flowing from the whistle. Gutsy win.

Like to see AVB run a straight line with a few upsetting collisions for which he is famous. Ever seen an Eagle splatted on the road from impact with a vehicle? It is not pretty, but it puts a full stop on 'em.

He sure did! Cannot name him, but I can remember him. 'Comfortable' is an appropriate word for him in that match, plus his impressive tally and how he went about it - just think what might happen when he tries really hard! Get onto him, Ooze - he is one to develop.

Big reason to be permanently recruiting, now. Also, a good opportunity for some we have, still developing. My eye, in particular, will be on Joel Smith stepping in (to a less than full fwd role) in the forward line structure and basically, being let loose to win the ball. Petty is a noted aspirant to a fwd opportunity - his time in the backline has been useful - and eventually, Tomlinson will return. Blood these two young 'uns with a view to filling potential gaps with TMac and the Weed next season. Even then, we still have other options if recruitment of a/some 'likely type/s' does/do not eventuate.

Oliver gets more attention, belts to the head and body, and collapsing opponents falling on him with the deliberate aim to maim than any other Demon player, every game, every season so far. He does get up, he does go on, he does get even with form and grit across a whole game. He must realise that the umpires have no sympathy or duty of care for him - anything goes, in reality, so why waste time worrying about pain or severe injury? He's is one of the game's silent super-toughs.