Purple77

Tholstrup had a moment early in the game where he was loading up to blaze at a goal, stopped mid kick, and passed it instead to someone in a better position, which led to a goal (i think trac?). Clearly listening to the coaches. Play him all year.

Great win! Much improved performance across so many facets. Although I think Fullarton would shirk a contest with Josh Schache

Has to be Fullarton out for Sharp, I'm not convinced he's adding anything to us.

Never doubt a champion ;)

Fullarton really really needs to contest a lot better than he has been.

Absolutely all of this is awful to watch. Something has to change.

"Hoh boy, I've got the ball! I'm going to forget our past 36 months of footy and just KICK IT forward without looking where I'm kicking it!"

How can you accept a pay cheque for halfa million dollars a year, then proceed to miss simple set shots? Absolute mercenaries this lot.

Unwatchable. Frankly insulted that you can be paid hundreds of thousands to not be able to hit simple targets. For shame.

That goal from Windsor was a delight to the eyes btw

curious on the logic of subbing off Howes when we have JVR, Johnson and Jefferson out there in bucketing rain

Lindsay is incredibly composed. Very impressed!

I don't think Jefferson is being set-up for success in this match, given form had just been OK, and its in the wet. Likely red vest IMO- but go well son.

Relieved Henderson is playing :D Very exciting!

If Greens legacy is nothing else, keeping Clayton Oliver will be a great one.

I too share the concerns of playing our two best - and natural - wingers out of position. It makes me uncomfortable. Or conversely, I'm always happier seeing Windsor and Langdon on the team sheet as wingers.

Hopefully he follows the Petracca pathway, for his sake.

Excited for the podcast return! The Dees have spoken about reducing the contact time with the club since the review last season, hoping to cultivate a more positive perception about time spent at the club and foster trust in how the players prepare for training and what I assume will be game day performance. This seems aligned with Goodwins reflections about the toll the club took on him in 2024 and the distractions of the myriad of off field issues we experienced. I've received these updates as welcome news that the club has authentically taken on board the feedback from the review, and is seeking an equal parts coach and player informed approach to 2025. I'm interested whether the podcast team shares these views, or otherwise have their own on this matter. Thank you for your tireless work.

... is there any recognition from the club at all that we've had this player for half a day? Nothing I can see on website or the couple of socials I have... EDIT: I see La Dee beat me to it, sorry

The AFL community unfortunately has had a Jedi mind trick played on them that compels them to think Shai Bolton is a better player than Koz. Which would make taking a lesser return even more infuriating.

His game against Carlton was pretty epic. How many players in the league can do that?

That was a great read!

Langford + Reid would be a dream result IMO

Is good. Is very good.

I cannot tell you how relieved I am that Clayton is likely staying. This was legitimately my breaking point, and was ready to deactivate the account, cancel membership and everything. For shame MFC that this even happened.