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Aliir oh dear.

He copped a bit of a knee to the lower back/side/kidney region in a marking contest. Didn't look too bad so shouldn't be anything to worry about.

Well I'm sure that'll help plug the leak back at the kennel... Deary me what an embarrassment. There's certainly something to be said for maintaining composure in a leadership role. It's not a journalist's fault if there are internal issues within the club.

During the last quarter we were just so good at parrying their forward thrusts - smothers, defensive marks and spoils etc. Fantastic work rate. Pleasing to see Bedford start to get some of the ball late. Loving how good ball users spargs and particularly bowey are. Jackson is starting to look really imperious - could be an exciting year ahead for him. Hoping Salem not too bad, that's a huge loss on top of petty/lever/hibberd/rivers. Kudos to Smith on a promisingly solid outing, relief seeing thommo get through when originally being held back, and nice cameos from tmac down back too. Phew.

So glad he's ours. Genuine superstar echelon.

Trac Oliver Viney Langdon Smith Jacko

Weid perhaps might've made more sense with Lever down before the game. Or wouldn't have minded seeing Dunstan get the sub duties over Bedford - more experience and proven performer.

Worried about Salem, he looked pretty upset on the bench with his left knee on ice.

Trac just *willing* the ball forward

He looked very sore going down the steps into the room (no weight at all on injured leg). Waiting to hear anything.

Hopefully it looks something like this

Hated him from the moment he grinned like an @r$ehole WHILE milking a high free during the GF. Didn't get the last laugh though, [censored].

I can not believe they are still going on about that song! It's one thing to get inside the oppositions' heads, it's another when they seem hellbent on keeping us in there. I hope we put them to the sword on Wednesday.

Phew!

That was incredible! Outstanding behind the scenes vision and audio. Fascinating that in pre season AVB had raised the way the players would pull each other down in the way they spoke about each other ("Lever got 10 intercept possessions"; "But no one was playing on him"). The coverage of the GF was spine tingling and had me punching the air during our comeback. Very emotional stuff.

Curious - where would you rate the 2018 Elim Final relative to the 2021 Prelim?

When Toby Greene returns, umpires will simply have him stand the mark 50m back by default to avoid the hassle.

Just so many memorable performances - that early Test against the Windies where Benaud had the pleasure of seeing a young peroxide blonde leggie take 7/52 in 92/93; exploding into stardom with the Gatting ball - a perfect leg break; bowling Basit Ali between his legs, bowling possibly Chanderpaul (?) on the cusp of the end of a day's play after a theatrical mid-pitch chat with the 'keeper; his hattrick (I was there - paid for a ticket for about 50 mins of play but damn it was priceless); his taunting of P. Collingwood ("17 runs and no wickets for an OBE" in reference to his contribution in the 2005 Ashes series) and other England players in his last batting innings; so many others. He was a test player for half my life by the time he retired. Incredible, mercurial, biggest of big-game and big-moment players. An absolute privilege to have seen play live, on TV, and he was even riveting listening to scratchy 774 broadcasts of our overseas games. Never felt like a wicket was far away when he had the ball. RIP.

[censored] I'm going to put the replay on again!

I'd be happy if no opposition players did so!

Makes me puke seeing the Carlton and Essendon membership numbers where they are given how crap they've been for years.

Ridiculous how large the bloody Zurich logo is. Seems to dwarf the AFL logo on the other side and eats up a frustrating amount of the red yoke.

* and wins none at the saints!

Ugh our defence is looking ordinary

It's understandable, being the year 1022 and all... oh wait 🤔