Mel Bourne

Yep, the Suns are getting away with quite a lot this quarter.

The King brothers really are a matching set of witch hats.

@WalkingCivilWar it’s like you spent the time since the last training report in some geopolitical hotspot, interviewing senior cabinet ministers (but the spell was somewhat broken when you said “Spargypants”). Thanks for getting the scoops!

He’s listed as “test” for this week. We’ll see, I guess.

Of course. Likewise, would like to get a look at Verell. But I get the feeling it could be Schache, given his decent form at Casey before his injury.

BB the obvious choice in any other match, but wonder whether the time spent in transit would be something the club would rather avoid, given the low-risk the Eagles pose. With McGovern looking a likely out, the need for an extra tall is negated.

Bobby Hill is clearly hampered by an injury. Hoping it’s something that doesn’t let up for around three and a half weeks.

Not definite, but just gone to hospital with suspected internal injuries.

Yeah, I rarely have this kind of info, but a friend of the family knows him well. But we’ve learned from Max that these things can turn around in pretty spectacular fashion. We’ll see.

No McGovern in the Weagles next week.

He’s got potential, but the inside word is he’s got disciplinary issues. Has been threatened with the chop a couple of times now. Nothing sinister. Just not interested in doing the hard, boring bits. Won’t see him anywhere near the Melbourne side until this gets sorted out at Casey.

That Hawks/Saints game was an ugly watch. Both teams bog-average. Looking forward to ripping them apart. (Saints in two weeks, that is. Hawks: already ripped apart).

No look, he was incredible. But between that whopper of a fade and not taking a shot, it would have been hard to come up with more significant moments when the tide turned.

Oh, I was just making a general statement. (Nah my mistake, I actually thought The 60s* was traded. My humble apologies.) *Radical Era

According to Jason Horne-Francis, the team “put an emphasis on moving the ball forward”. And indeed, this one of the key tenets of t he game. Man, had the Cats got up, Willie Rioli would have been the first AFL player to win the inaugural BestWorst Medal.

I think I know which passage you were referring to (around when Horne-Francis got hurt) and agreed, that was some of the most intense close-quarters footy I’ve seen this season.

“Every shot on goal for Geeling from here on in is important”. Why don’t these deadsh!ts ever opt for silence?

My absolute pet hate is when a crowd boos a former player who was TRADED BY THE CLUB!

5-day break or not, Voss and every other coach in the league will be aiming to exploit the Demons’ far-too-often slow starts to matches in general, as these have been a common occurrence since ‘22.

Might be wrong, but I thought it was the first time we were zero points at quarter time since ‘08. So, not goalless but pointless. Utterly pointless.

I’m really proud of the effort tonight and back this team all the friggin’ way, but I just can’t perform the mental gymnastics required to view that first quarter as anything but a textbook shellacking.

I didn’t see an “arm-wrestle” first quarter at all. I saw us getting completely owned by a side who chose to turn up to the game on time.

I smell learnings.

Yeah. 61, heart attack. A real shock. I met him a few years back and he was everything you hoped for. Our band was supposed to be recording an album in Chicago with him next year, but alas…