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Zanker out. [censored]

Past time to ditch the covid restrictions. The country needs to move on It’s a big chance for the Weid. I’ll be happy if he clunks a few, contests hard, desperate second efforts. A goal or 2 would be a bonus I want to see him bust his gut and show that he has the desire to play in this team. Otherwise VFL anonymity beckons I reckon TMac will step up and kick 4 with contributions across the board from Fritsch Trac Kossie and a few others. We don’t need to over extend ourselves so I reckon a regulation 4-6 goal win. We have bigger fish to fry

Today is 1 April. Believe nothing anyone tells you today especially an Essendon supporter

Essendon are bog ordinary at the moment. We're still in second gear. I predict an unconvincing 25 point win with Trac dominating again

I'd like to see the Swans pinch this

Never a dump tackle. The AFL need to talk to the umps about the doggies bias. It's ridicoulous

John Longmire will give his players a serious bake at half time. They have been deplorable. Worst half of football I've seen from the Swans in a long time.

Reckon there's more Swans fans there than doggies fans

Swans disposal is terrible

I'm glad he's back .. and glad he's not playing us tomorrow night

His tackles stick and his disposal is near flawless. He's not flash, just goes about his business week in, week out. The definition of a quiet achiever. A contract renewal is a no-brainer. Sign him up

Trac is the best bet. Reckon he has 6 votes in the bag already so thats a big head start. Clarry wouldn't have polled against the Suns, not sure about the doggies game.

I'm delighted to see Shelley Heath named. She's the female equivalent of Nev Jetta. Tough as, hard at it defender. Doesn't lose to many one on one's.

Gold Coast were very good at creating marking contests around the ground ensuring Max didn't have any easy marking opportunity. Of course he has taken strong contested marks before but credit to Gold Coast for negating easy opportunities. Dewy ball as well. No need at all to think his slow start might be indicative of a decline. He has 5 AA's. He'll be right

Some classic DL threads today

Sorry to have to tell you this D14 Your MFCSS is incurable

There’s a full season to play yet. Way too early to be speculating on who leaves

I'm putting this thread on ignore

I don't disagree with too many of their comments although I do wonder if they have seen us play this year. I don;t think we have been that impressive so far. Conceded an 8 goal run against the dogs and labored against the Suns. We are beatable with the right mindset although their greatest weakness (lack of forwards) offsets our weakness (loss of first choice defenders). Hopefully the supporters pessimism is shared by their team and they don't have the belief needed to turn us over

100%. the mute button is your friend On a positive note I think Jonesey has acquitted himself very well so far and Nathan Buckley is very insightful about the game. Solid additions to the commentariat

Freo putrid

one of the worst umpiring decisions you'll ever see. Never in a million years was that a dump tackle. hopefully won;t impact the result

This game is poor quality fare

Dogga has shown zero signs that he is not happy or wants to leave. There has been not a murmur from his management team or any ambiguous comments implying he might want to leave which you usually here if a player isn't happy. His parents were even talking about moving over here. The whole go home factor is overblown. Aside from Tim Kelly (who let it be known for a least a year he wanted to go home) there have been few examples of players leaving that clubs wanted to keep.

I didn’t look at those stats, my comments were purely observational. It just seemed to me the Suns forwards were able to mark the ball in good positions.