Graeme Yeats' Mullet

Frees Ess 17 to Syd 7 Misses... Plenty

Trip by foot, makes me cringe

How about Gill and Steve focus on improving umpiring as a key change to the game for next year Perhaps they can trial it in the last few rounds of this year!!

Another disgraceful umpiring decision

So where did we land in best outcome for this game?? I'm going for the Dons I reckon Sydney losing here, to us, and one other is fairly likely

Quiet possibly the worst quarter of umpiring this year... what a joke

Maybe (joke... definitely) umps have reacted to the bad press Rule (or non-rule) of the week!

Anyone see the Swans player kicking into fwd 50 from 50m about second minute? 2 x Essendon players ran through protected area... Onr line ball early, One blatant and late Harmes was ripped off last week

Not just you BR Is a good user of the ball when he's on

Agree Suspect Harmes, Hogan are in doubt

Thoughts on Sydney? Sitting on 11 wins and play ESS (A) COLL (H) MELB (A) GWS(A) HAW (H) I think their run is tough and they're a risk of falling out of 8

Assume you mean last year at Adelaide Oval..? Pedersen and Kent played well that day I think: In: Pedersen { then Kent, then Hunt } Out: JKH { then Harmes (if inj), then other? (if inj) }

Does Scott Thompson count... ?

It's just a hand... ?️

Vanders looked really fit today Not sure if that means anything, I'd probably look fit if I spent 2 years in the pool/gym

Yes! Versatile swingman and adds size against their bigger blokes. Supports Maxy in ruck too freeing up Tmac

Hunt looked good But I can't see rushing him back given he was dropped before injury Intersting tho with Casey bye this week Kent and AvB looked good too. CJ Peds trained with backs also

It didn't look that serious to me and was later in the session Ben Guthrie acknowledged as much on his Twitter post Fingers crossed

Brayshaw re-signs 4 years Just on Twitter

Agree. I'd like to know this too, this 50m penalty was complete bu!!sh1te On the Dangerfield free - it was there, plain and simple, commentators were calling it before the umpire's whistle AND I don't think it was a deliberate ploy by Dangerfield, I think he inadvertently was a smart@ss and won the kick... Look at the footage again on AFL App, you can see when camera pans back there was no "real" ruckman anywhere near the contest at least not within 40+ meters - looks like Dangerfield may have just nominated because he there and realised someone needed to go up. If so, Brayshaw was just blocking the ruckman Which if someone did to Gawn we'd be screaming for a free kick, even without this stupid rule The real question is, why hasn't anyone cottoned onto this earlier? Pretty good tactic is obvious now for any midfielder being tagged to nominate for a ruck contest and gope for a free.

I had a similar result with Sydney missing out

Still think we need extra height I think Pedersen gives us versatility and I like his reliable clunking So a small needs to come out, if not JKH then it has to be Jeffy for mine and push JKH deep forward

Confirmed Harmes surgery today... http://m.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-07-23/harmes-suffers-broken-hand Hopeful of playing Saturday

I think this is right Pedersen gives us options, and Tmac can be spared too long in the ruck

I would've preferred to stay above GWS, Port and Syd have tough runs home but a game in hand makes it tough for us to overcome either We need 3 wins now to scrape in on %