BDA

Oscar Allen is a good player but no way is he anywhere close to a straight swap for Dogga Allen plays third tall after Kennedy and Darling. Dogga helped us crack open the game in the 3rd quarter of the granny. At age 20

Stringer useless

Dumb free kick Draper

Shank of the year right there

Looked ominous early for Essendon. I thought they would cave but they've rallied. Unfortunately

It would be very funny to see Essendon belted on their 150th

One other important point which I’m not sure has been mentioned previously We live in the social media age. The kids live online. And consume sports online. The variety and options are unlimited. NBA, EPL, Indian PL cricket. You name it. It’s all there at the touch of a button. The brightest minds in Silicon Valley are focused on drawing our attention to this online world and keeping us there. It’s where the dollars are for advertisers. Sports are just a commodity to be monetised and marketed. That’s the world the AFL operates in and is competing in.

Very well played Goody. Very measured, on point and didn't get sucked in. Kept it on our terms I sense the journos are starting to tire of this. There was no real bite in their questioning. I reckon thats the end of this episode now. Time to focus on the footy

Love your sentiment @AC/DeeC We'll put in a big performance for sure. I don;t think we'll belt them but i reckon we'll win by 30 points or so Go Dees

This is a good battle

Just tuned in to watch the game now Looking forward to hearing Caro's take on the crowd size

You're going to give away an AA defender to one of our rivals for nothing? Some of the takes in this thread are beyond ridiculous

It’s a replacement game

The club’s response was fine. Let’s not start self flagellating. Max spoke candidly yesterday and addressed the issue adequately. Talk of afl investigations is fugazi. Just optics and [censored] covering from HQ time to move on and turn our attention to the game on Monday

Hope Petty is right to go. Even without May and Tmac that team is still good enough to win.

every cloud has a silver lining

We're not that club anymore. We proved it beyond any doubt last September I agree this could be the spark that ignites our season We’ve been off and apparently Goody has been concerned with complacency sinking in Having the blow torch on us this week will shake us out of our lethargy I expect a big performance against the pies and I expect to win And Steven May, who has behaved like a complete prat, will be one of our best players for the rest of the season

Sounds like May has a sharp tongue when he's drinking We all have a mate who gets mouthy and boorish when drunk. They are not fun to be around. May needs to take a look at himself and how he behaves when he is on the grog. Otherwise he’ll be drinking alone when his career finishes

I agree fisty cuffs in a Prahran restaurant is a bad idea. Optics are terrible but the same principal applies. as long as they have made up, genuinely, there shouldn't be an issue

Team mates have dust ups all the time. As long as they have both cleared the air and there’s no lingering resentment this isn’t an issue. All that matters now is Monday and beating the pies. Do that and this week will be forgotten pretty quickly

I hope the team shows the same fighting spirit against the pies

I don't see Sam Reid's effort being topped this year

The timing is not ideal but he’s got credits in the bank. AA last year and should have been AA the year before. He’s not the first bloke to get on the turps when he shouldn’t, and he won’t be the last. He’s been punished so I expect that to be the end of it I’m backing him in to be one of our best players v the Lions

Oh FFS. What are thinking maysie

Your posts have been very disparaging and mean spirited. I’ve no problems at all with you making suggestions for improvements as long as you do so constructively.