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Binman, I want to know what we would get for Max when we trade him away. Clearly, he is surplus to requirements now. Perhaps we could get two power forwards, a Brownlow mid-fielder and a couple of Hibberd/Jetta-style defenders? No, wait, I AM joking. It was a terrific performance by the team on Saturday night. They snuffed out the Bombers' surge in the first quarter and then stemmed Essendon's fourth quarter surge - perhaps less emphatically. I'm just curious about how much the weather helped us. Wet weather is generally considered a leveller, bringing more highly skilled teams down a peg or two. I'm not very confident about beating Freo in the dry. Tell me I'm wrong. Please.

When the momentum shifts, the other team is getting to the ball first, which means we are more likely to infringe.

Hello Gents, Thanks again for the excellent podcast. Binman's eagle-eyed review of the stats often tells a more positive story than we spectators get from watching the game on TV, helping me, in particular, to bring my heart rate down to a more sustainable level. I just want to take this opportunity to apologise to the Melbourne Football Club and its coach, Premiership Goodwin, for my remarks last week when I predicted we wouldn't win another game this year. We didn't win in Brisbane, but it was clear we could have. It was a different team we saw against the Lions, a Melbourne team that restored my faith in the team's ability to win. Imagine having dead-eye Dick Jake Melksham out there taking that Q4 shot for goal that Harri missed. He's so close. We're so close. George, could we actually actually lift the cup this year?

Hear, hear!

Thanks for the podcast, gents (to save time, please see my earlier accolades). I was at the 'G for the Collingwood and North games and there was very little in either game to lift the spirits. We show no sign of team cohesion or understanding between the players. We rarely can string more than three possessions together before turning the ball over, usually with a long bomb to a crowded, static forward line. The poor field kicking and handballing breaks my heart, with chance after chance being wasted by poor ball control. It's like most of the players - not just Clarry - have lost their confidence. Given the way we are playing and the skills we are displaying, I fear that the North game might be our last win for the year. OK, we have Lever and Tracc out, and Hunter, but we look like a VFL team - to quote the words of a Channel Nine cameraman: "Can't kick, can't catch." We couldn't beat an egg at the moment. It's so puzzling. George, can you tell us where is the team that beat Port and the Crows in successive games and brought Geelong's seven-game streak to an end?

Hello gents, I love the podcast - even when we lose. There is usually something positive to take from any game and Binman and George always find something to cheer us up and reduce Andy's MFCSS. I agree with many here who think the North Melbourne game felt like a loss. To be held scoreless in the fourth quarter after a dominant third quarter is hard to accept when playing the bottom team. I suspect it has a lot to do with the number of young players in the team at the moment and the fact they are getting tired a this stage of the season. Oh, to have Toby Bedford, James Jordan and Harmesey back in the team - and Grundy! Given these trading decisions, and the constant changes in player positions across the field this year, do you think there is any chance the Melbourne Football Club might be in danger of being fined again for tanking? At least we could afford to pay the fine this time around... Keep up the good work chaps!

2mins to gi in Q3 and it's another goal for Freo because of our poor foot skills. Cheney short pass misses target Freoo gets a goal. It was Chandler and others in Q1.

Why are we loading so heavily at this time in the season?

After two straight-sets losses in two years, we were never going to challenge in 2024. Gawn, Petracca, Oliver, May and Lever can't do it on their own. Carlton, Eagles and others show you need to have marking power around the ground. I love ANB, Langdon and Chandler but you need to take marks around the ground. If it doesn't hit the ground, all the running counts for nothing.

Would we be better if we still had Jayden Hunt and Harmesey?

P%ss off. I remember when Nathan Jones was our midfield.

Carlton 19 Dees 17. The Q1 imbalance was probably the result us being second to the ball.

Yes, JTR. Apologies. I was thinking about the earlier quotes. I am with you 100pc.

Fair dinkum you blokes. The umpires do NOT have a set against the Dees. The umpires do NOT try to swing games in favour of the other teams. If they did, they would be out of a job. Full stop. They do occasionally make errors - split second decision, partially obscured view, all of that - but can we please stop this mindless bleating as though we are some sort of perfect team that never makes mistakes? Don't forget, the more F'ing and B'ing you blokes do only drags our game down and deters people from becoming umpires. Stop it. Just make sensible, analytical statements about our players, coach and game plans and the opposition players, coach and game plans. Talk about what you saw, not what you imagine. When you blame the umpires, it only makes you look like a nuff-nuff.

Agree. Roy (JVR) better stand up soon. I think he got more touches tonight than usual, but how long is a work in progress?