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I could just cry. How good is this news!

Thanks for the heads up - just purchased a copy. Hoping that by October this year it has to be retitled "The 2nd Last Hurruh"

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

There was a piece very early last week somewhere on social media that Jack had gone in for scans on his foot. It would seem that the club managed to keep the story under wraps for almost the whole week. Not sure if there’s value in doing this.

If that were the case I'm surprised they didn't select sparrow as emergency, who I would have thought was a more like for like alternate than Baker.

14 hours ago, Jaded said:

I don’t understand why we rushed to give him 5 years when he has so many ongoing foot issues. 
There is no doubt he’s an important part of our team and we are worse off defensively in clearances when he isn’t playing. But he hasn’t had an injury free season for a long long time, and that doesn’t appear to be changing. 
It’s a real concern that he can’t get over the foot problems. 

Long term deals can give more flexibility in terms of salary cap management - e.g front or back loading, or as I suspect are the cases with the Harnes and Viney deals, a little less money year on year for the security the longer term offers - as others have said, this frees space for the Trac, Oliver, etc., contracts.

31 minutes ago, binman said:

Petty and tommo both trained over preseason as the lockdown full back.

Both started the preseason in the frame for that role.

Tommo won the spot because of a super preseason. And I think petty also had a slight interruption.

Tmac was great down back yesterday. But he is not, and has never been a deep lock down defender.

Petty will now take the role.

Couldn't agree more. We're not talking about an in-game reshuffle. We're talking about replacing a long-term injured player's role. Has to be Petty.

15 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Phew...that will silence a few Bomber fans at work. They were talking finals all of last week after their Anzac Day win.

Such a delusional supporter base. They beat cellar-dwelling Collingwood for christ's sake!

Sparrow in for Baker (assuming Viney doesn't get up)

Petty for Tomlinson (or do we go Majak for some X factor?)

Chandler for Jones

If Fritch is rubbed out, Weid in.

* I'm not keen on going the TMac back route - this isn't a stopgap - Tomlinson will be out to mid 2022 if it's an ACL. Time to get some time into Petty for that role.

Very relieved. Good effort to overcome the early injuries and flatness from last week's exertion. 

I'm shattered for Tomlinson. He's been so good this year. 

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Can someone explain why we went down in percentage on the ladder??

Because we were on 150% and would have needed to beat North by at least that percentage to keep it where it was. Something like 110 to their 73, not our 103.

3 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Not able to watch or listen. Please please someone tell me what minute mark are we at??!!

We're up 97 to 73 with 5 mins 36 sec on the clock

Standing up when we need to

Commentators not even pretending they aren't barracking for North. Pathetic.

3 minutes ago, The Swimming Dee said:

Jackson announcing himself

He's had a huge few mins

So this is what it feels like having BBB winning frees in the fwd 50!

That's more like it. Our run along the wing is starting to come back.

That umpire's centre bounce wasn't called back and it nearly landed outside the centre square 

Jackson's hands are classy

Loss of Viney pre game (oh to have named Sparrow as an emergency) and Tomlimson a few mins in has rooted our structure. Add to that our sharpness and effort being off we are in strife. Big big lift needed in 2nd half.

Loss of Viney pre game (oh to have named Sparrow as an emergency) and Tomlimson a few mins in has rooted our structure. Add to that our sharpness and effort being off we are in strife. Big big lift needed in 2nd half.

Ooooh Fritsch that could be costly at MRP time

Baker is not up to it

Is TMac playing today?

So tired of how these [censored] commentators are so nonchalant when a player (e.g. Gawn) gets a whack in the head. Didn't Dunstall share a commentary box with Spud Frawley FFS???

Just now, Demonland said:

Knee injuries often look innocuous. 

Please not an ACL. He has worked into a crucial element of our defence.  Argh.