Pulp Fritschon

Always been a fan of the Weid but his inabiilty to take those one grab marks has me worried if he will make it. Hope he comes good. 

12 hours ago, olisik said:

Who here would do this

Jackson to Freo for Cerra and Pick 8

Pick 8 and 34 (plus change) to Richmond for picks 11 + 16

Pick 16 to Collingwood for Maynard

Gunston as free agent

 

 

In: Cerra, Maynard, Gunston, Pick 11 (Mac Andrew)

Out: L. Jackson, P34

Don’t think Gunston is a free agent? 

If Kozzie was eligible where do you think he would finish? 

IIRC Smith played on Cameron in the round 22 game last year at the Gabba 

Happy to see how he goes against the Cats. We know what Hibberd can do if we need to bring him back in for finals. 

Jason Taylor what a star - the bloke has had more hits than the Beatles 

As professional as the AFL is the lack of integrity as a 'competition' is mindboggling. (How you can have a 22 game season for an 18 team competition). The 2021 finals series will be another example of this. 

In spite of this I still follow the game closely. I guess the enjoyment I get from seeing the Dees win trumps it.

Go Dees

1 hour ago, KysaiahMessiah said:

Muting the commentary I always thought was such a Dad thing to do.  Last night I did it from halfway through the first qtr,  the commentary has become hideous

If only you could mute the commentary and still hear the sounds of the game. You need to hear the umpires whistle I think. I have it as quiet as I possibly can. 

From his commentary Joey Montagna didn't think there was much in it....

Suns play in Melbourne round 21. Marvel would have to be odds on to host this one. 

Going into a hub was always going to affect the Bombers. How many times can you get a vaccine shot before it starts to look suss? Obviously had to wind things back a bit. 

In: Melksham Weideman Sparrow

Out: Harmes Jackson Jordon 

Think we are playing one too many mids with Viney and Harmes now in. 

Jackson needs a rest and Weids can back up ruck and is more dangerous forward

Jordon needs a rest and Sparrow needs a run 

Not concerned at all by that loss. It is July lets see what happens in September. That is when it counts

Just need to do enough to finish top 4 

Looking at the lineups our bottom 6 is far better and to be honest our bottom 6 is very hard to identify these days which is a great sign. I know we are full strength and they are missing 2-3 but still. 

Just need a solid team effort. Playing at the same time and same empty stadium as last week will help us. Dees by 19 

Draw against Hawks 17th on the ladder. Sure reads bad. They did beat the Swans by 38 five weeks back. Beat GWS recently and were close against bombers. So yeah they are 17th but on their day they go ok. 

Hawks seemed to outnumber us in our F50 and we were often happy just to bomb it in. Some of our ball movement was a bit safe. Maybe the conditions. 

Hawks kicked at least 4 goals that I remember from free kicks inc the 50 meter penalty. 2 def were not there. We missed some sets shots. Flip this and we win pretty easily. 

No injuries and 2 points which keeps us 3 wins ahead of 5th with 5 weeks left. Top 4 is all we need given top 2 will likely be Vic teams.

Lets see what we can bring in September. 

Petty looked good last night. Looked strong in the contest. Very pleasing. 

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

AFL grand final likely to be moved according to Tom Morris's opinion piece. I actually agree with his points.

A special thanks to the NSW  removalists and the returning family that had to duck into Coles to pickup that all important bottle of dishwashing liquid.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-latest-news-2021-grand-final-venue-covid-updates-mcg-deal-victoria-covid-lockdown-fixture-updates-tom-morris/news-story/b8b406ee23bb97f71ccf28335c640fe8

Interesting...... I think it will still be at the G.  QLD and in particular WA are happy for a snap lock down too. 

Take the win. Important 4 points.  Messy last quarter. Could not win a clearance. Played well in the 3rd but missed a lot of chances 

Gus played well. Best I have seen him kick the ball for a long time. 

Think we need to bring BBB in and give him a good run at it 

Majak is good insurance as he can play back, ruck or forward. 

Petty has done ok since Tomlinson went down but he doesn't have the size of Tomlinson where Majak does. I have a suspicion he might have a role to play here at some stage. 

Cats will put the 16 min quarters back on the agenda this week 

Interesting not replacing the tall....I guess we did go 6-0 with the Tmac and Jackson as the only talls and Fritsch the hybrid. Max will play more forward in this setup and Jackson more time in the ruck. Arguably this may be our best setup. 

Glad Sparrow has been kept in. Was good against the Lions. 

Interesting to see Jordon named in starting 18 on wing. Gus on bench. 

Love Jack back in. He just brings intensity. He will crunch a few.  Bombers won't be thrilled to see his name. 

You would expect our tackle count to be high this week. 

Go Dees

I don't miss hearing " X player hurt his knee in marking contest, spoke to docs, walked slowly back to AAMI park. Hope it is not serious........' Then I proceed to stress unnecessarily for days until I hear the player is at training  2 days later. 

Appreciate the reports but I am sleeping much better just waiting for the teams to drop on a Thursday night and assuming everyone is training like a champion. 

Jack Viney 

On 6/17/2021 at 3:09 PM, Mickey said:

Tom Morris reporting Zach Merrett has re-signed for 6 years 

Very happy with this

(First to admit I am an Essendon hater)  I thought the best case for them was to finish bottom 4 this year and then get a compo pick for losing Merrett. Giving them 2 top 5 picks. They talk very positively (when haven't they?)  but I think they will stay mediocre for a few more years yet. Still have some massive gaps in their list. 2 top 5 picks was their best option. 

Think it will be insufficient force 

Interesting case in a way as he went passed the ball to bump which they don’t like. But this was the perfect choice as it was a shepherd and cleared the way perfectly for Spargoat I think it was. 

If not Alice lets just go to the Gabba. Will get a good crowd. We take the gate. Best thing for footy. 

Great bounce back win 

Doubters can sit back down 

Our defensive setups must be first class

Highlight for mine was that lovely left foot pass by ANB that resulted in Weids first mark and goal in the 3rd. Crucial goal. ANB I was wrong. You have had a great year.  I thought your old habits were returning down in Tassie against North but you have bounced back. The true barometer. 

Love the ball in Spargo’s hands. He doesn’t mind drawing the high contact free does he. Selwood esk from Spargoat. 

Why does Max always get called to play on quickly after he marks it.

BT in round 11 just realises Brayshaw is playing a new role this year. Played great tonight. 

Shame about Langdon. Could be worse though.