Lord Nev

The hypocrisy is Dimma has cried in public a ton of times. When Ox is coming across as the grown up in the room you know you've lowered your colours I reckon.

The bloke has been through more than most his age, but he IS home now. His personal issues have seemingly not gotten any better and his form has absolutely nosedived. Either of those things would preclude him from being taken back at the Dees, but both of them make it an absolute certainty. Not sure what the deal is with Freo, they really seem to have some cultural issues.

Preuss will play. Max is out.

Ever: Matty Whelan. No fuss toughness, always shepherded, massively underrated IMO. Current: Would change week to week tbh, but probably Steven May. Great kick, super reliable defender, gets around his team mates and seems to have that ruthless competitiveness to him that we've lacked for so long.

Dimma: 'People should really think about what they say in the media' Also Dimma: 'David Schwarz is a little cry baby'

Gut punching is different to a bit of 'push and shove' and it's pretty clearly not part of the 'aggression' that is natural to the game. The 'it's going to happen anyway' argument is a massive cop out. People are going to speed anyway, so why bother having speed limits?

TBF, would be surprised if they already had the scan results back at the time of Burgess making his report.

The Dees ruckman, who played his first game of the season last weekend, is expected to recover in time for the clash with the Western Bulldogs, but will be monitored throughout the next few days. Round 13 Injury Update

Braydon Preuss Hip | Test ?

The Dees ruckman, who played his first game of the season last weekend, is expected to recover in time for the clash with the Western Bulldogs, but will be monitored throughout the next few days. Max Gawn is also set to face a fitness test in the lead up to Round 13, hoping to return from a knee injury. Round 13 Injury Update | Preuss leaves track early

Where'd you hear that mate?

Definitely annoyed. Possibly even annoyance awareness.

What, me worry?

"I think a change is required. Clearly the deterrent of fines is not stopping on-field punching in various forms and we want to stamp that out," he said. "It's unusual (to make rule changes mid-season), but we're going to. We don't want punching to continue. We're unequivocal about that and we'll make that really clear to the players and clubs. "We'll make a change that gives the MRP the right equipment in their classification to ensure sanctions are now matches compared to fines." AFL to suspend players for gut, jumper punches This was 3 years ago...

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

I'd be keen to know who his footy heroes were as a youngster. Seems like a much more 'old school' bloke than his age would suggest.

Totally agree with this, and his pressure rating has been very good since coming back too. Someone else raised the point when talking about Tomlinson that it's hard to tell how the off the ball work is going at either end given we can't be at the games, and I reckon that's relevant for TMac as well. Plus, as much as I love the big Preusster, can see him getting in the way a bit if played as a forward. Don't see him as much of an improvement speed & agility wise over the HMAS TMac either.

How did the least controversial Melbourne Demons footballer of all time become so controversial...

Guessing nothing less than a 60 goal season is acceptable from Petty then if that's how we're rolling with the maths...

His Mum posted it on facebook.

Direct quote from his folks: "One of his greatest attributes is his loyalty..... I reckon you’re stuck with us"

Anecdotally, it looked like Viney and Petracca played some different roles more often. Also, Sparrow was in for a few centre bounces as well.

He's carried that injury a long time. Have a look through the 2018 season, it flared up multiple times. Do you think it just magically went away or it's still bothering him and has possibly gotten worse? You could add on the knee injury last year potentially too. It's plainly obvious watching him move that he's hampered. Find it strange you think a player who's been a leader at the club has all of a sudden decided to develop bad habits (and still managed to be selected). "Agility is a huge problem"... You don't think maybe that's to do with the injury to his foot? He's rated elite for pressure acts this season, so I don't agree with you that he doesn't apply enough pressure.

Reckon people are being a little harsh on him. He's clearly not right, guessing it's the toe/foot injury, but he's still managing to do fairly well with pressure acts which Goody would be enjoying from him in the context of his physical condition.