Lefty

Except when they grow some balls and suspend a no-namer like ANB. The AFL invalidate themselves when they turn a blind eye to bigger names and not penalising expansion clubs.

Unfortunately for us that is mostly out of our hands. Sure we have to beat Essendon but not sure we can loan him out to Hawthorn or Fremantle to assist them against the Doggies.

I could not believe there were no grumblings from anyone within the club about this fixturing. We'll always be a spineless club until we get real Melbourne people in who care about this club.

Absolutely agree 100% with this. Bring back Peter Jackson. If I was Bartlett I would be picking up the phone and begging Jackson to come back. If we implode in these last two games everyone should be in the firing line including the faceless board.

I called the club last week and took my membership of auto-renew. I told them if Goodwin goes I'll put it back on. Someone mentioned that Pert gets reports like this. Call the club and let them know you won;t re-sign if Goodwin is there. Money talks.

Oh boy. Think the club has gone early after beating up the two bottom teams. Great production values but talk about tone deaf.

Goody has to be the luckiest bloke in footy. First COVID now Ganw's injury on the eve of a game that could have maked or breaked his coaching career. Excuses out the wazoo now.

You are absolutely spot on here. If the penalty was premiership points then the clubs would pack up all the WAGS and send them home. I know it's tough on the players being away from their families, friends and support circles but if the families keep [censored] up then there will be no game for them to be away from and they can spend as much time as they want with them.

That was a terrible handball from Brayshaw. Had he hit the target Pickett probably would have kicked a goal or passed it deep into the 50.

Who would ever have thought that a match between the Dees & the Suns at Giants Stadium in Western Sydney would be a hot ticket item?

Worth a look? Replacement for Preuss while Jackson learns his craft.

Do you agree with Kingy that we were wrong in going spending all that coin and going hard after 2 defenders when we should have been concentrating on forwards?

Well unfortunately it has. Some of these things have been severely affected by COVID and that is out of the club’s hands. The on field football stuff to an extent has also been disrupted by COVID. I do hope not every answer is COVID but it’s naive to think it hasn’t had a massive effect across the board.

Do we even know if there is a mid season bye or even a break before finals in this shortened season? Also who knows how many matches Essendon will have to postpone as a result causing us to have shorter breaks at some point when most other teams won’t be penalised in the same way. Remember we’ve done nothing wrong here and we could be punished as a result. We also lose all our momentum from our win last week.

Especially if we can’t be there to see it. Would feel like a night/preseason comp win. Asterisk.

Not sure why we are being penalised for Essendon’s infraction. We should be given the forfeit. Why should our other matches be compromised by shorter breaks to accommodate Essendon & the AFL. Guaranteed we will be worse off than the Bombers once the next installment of the draw comes out.

Where does the rank & file cheer squad sit in this chain of command?

You can argue about their risks of exposure be it high or low but the fact of the matter is is that by breaking the rules, draconian or otherwise, they potentially put the whole team at "risk of having to forfeit" due to potential exposure. When did the club know about this? Were the boys at training today? Have they mixed with others since breaching? Doesn't Kozzy live with Jets? Does he now risk having to pull out because of second hand exposure. It's a potential minefield. I actually believe the risk is low but if the AFL and the state governments want to get tough they could wield a hammer here. I don't think they will but if any team was going to get [censored] it would be us.

And just like that our reward for enduring 2019 has evaporated. #[censored]theevendraw

Thanks for the info. Condolences to the family.

Anyone know why Kozzie didn't play in this game or the Casey one? His Instagram stories have him hanging out with Docker Liam Henry in what looks like WA.

Something new going on here? Maxy in the middle. Assume Viney is in there too. I see Jonesy's bald nut.

Surely they make an announcement before the first practice match or do we go into this game without an established leadership group?

Great episode. Really not what I was expecting when it was announced. Geez that meeting with Harley was super awkward. Obviously it was a conversation that needed to be had but is was hella awks as my kids would say.

Gawn