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Ugh. A spot opens up and we go with Melksham over JJ, relegating Jordon to sub on his 50th game. JJ averages 14.5 disposals this year; Melksham 3.7. <grumpy>

He wears old dark navy blue. Just pathetic.

Hard when that club seems to value that kind of behaviour.

Where's Hawthorn's $500k fine, Gil?

Loving the look of Jefferson. Edit: just slots goal number 2 after an audaciously claimed mark. :-)

He deviated from the marking contest, left the ground, made contact with the player's head, leading to concussion. He has to go for weeks for that.

Bit harsh on Gawny...?

Had a chuckle at this one...

Must've heard the name "Daicos" about 1000 times last night. Sycophantic commentary.

That is truly pathetic. What a disgusting team culture they must have!

Lions v Pies at the Gabba could be an interesting one tonight. Which Brisbane will turn up? How will C'wood handle the sweaty conditions?

Love the gameday threads. When you're not able to attend it's the closest thing to sitting in the MCG terraces surrounded by passionate and sometimes slightly inebriated supporters (and the odd nuffy).

Interesting. I heard that more as disappointment with their lack of discipline giving those away, but either way I'm delighted we're provoking those responses.

Yep. Some fair players have donned that number, even if we only go back to the 90s.

Delighted for JVR. May he have a long and prosperous career in the Red & Blue!

There was an observation in the gameday thread I recall that said Oliver had a spew before the game started. Could be something there.

If there's a silver lining here this gives him some valuable time to recover from the thyroid issue, also he'll hopefully have fresher legs at the business end of the season.

It's a shame there wasn't recent history of MFC talls heading to freo for the go-home factor only to struggle with sky-high expectations and cop grief from fans and the press over there.

Has Luke Jackson taken a mark since H&A 2022?

I cannot express my relief at this news. I felt sick last night and feared for Maxy's career this morning as the consensus was settling on it being an ACL. That would have had huge ramifications for our season and would have been a tragedy for Max's career. If we go deep this year and he recovers in the 4-6 week window, he could still crack 200 games this year. Fingers well and truly crossed. He is so important to our team and our club.

I'll take an 11 point loss given the first 3 and a half quarters.

Oh a monumental boo-frickrn-hoo. Caught up with a Hawks supporting friend several years ago. Asked him how many flags he'd seen in his lifetime. His honest response "I can't remember." I was pretty sure it was about 10. 1 for every 4 years of his life to that point. Long may their descent continue.

Fantastic to see how much it meant to him at that presentation. Well done to the club and all involved. Speaks well too to the fantastic engagement with former players that has been fostered over several years now.

Lo and behold we play West Coast in round 4. Vested interest much?

Tomlinson looked so much more assured with his body than after coming back from his ACL last year. Hats off to him, I thought he was done. Wonderful to see. First game live for my two boys tonight. Great way to break them in. 😀 Carn the mighty Demons!