Ollie fan

That is a big out! Very hard player to replace, and in terrific form...

Outstanding news! And how incredible, watching him play and remembering is much he has done already - and he’s only 23!!

What a crock. How do you barrack against your own player?

Totally agree. After Greene’s second goal, they showed the overhead vision. The GWS player that ran past for a handball and delivered long to Greene was being “chased” by Jones at a half-hearted jog. He does it all the time. Can anyone imagine him sprinting to intercept? - as Kossi did on that kick-in?

I truly hope they don’t sit on their laurels with no change. Sparrow didn’t do much, Nev Jetta is really struggling, and I guess they’ll keep Jones until his 300 but then he should retire. I can’t stand watching him just jogging when the other team has the ball.

Some people dread taking an important kick for goal – e.g. Eishold, last quarter, 1987 prelim. Others absolutely love it and turn from being pretty accurate to being certainties when the moment calls for it -Jakovich was like that. So I say: Kossie.

How on earth did Harris Andrew’s beat Steven May for AA last year??!!

Flower, Schwarz, Warren Dean (briefly, until his knee played up), Barassi, Oliver and I have to add a sixth: Wight.

Bingers, you’ve got it half right -you are right about the 720 degrees but THEN he handed - not hand balled- the ball to Selwood: goal.

I don’t understand the theory about keeping them guessing. if the opposition finds out at the last minute that a player is out and being replaced by a lesser player, how does that help us? It would surely lift their morale. And if the injured player is being replaced by a better player: wouldn’t that happen anyway, regardless of the injury.

How crap is the MFC website!? Burgo gives the injury report, quite obviously wasn’t going to talk about Harmes until word got out and then they inserted a section which talks about him. Typical of the website – keep the supporters completely in the dark if they possibly can.

Some people in this thread think he’s not in our top five players. He’s actually come in the top 10 in the coaches award twice. By my reckoning, that puts him in at least the top 20 players in the league. IMH0 he is the best inside mid we’ve had since Barassi. We have to keep him.

Well, I was at the game, and there are certainly were a lot of mistakes. But it seemed to me that they are trying out a new game plan around the midfield: trying to hold the ball a bit longer and work really hard to get it outside. It’s not completely working yet and I think that’s why we got beaten up the clearances, but it might be a good plan in the long term. Well, I was at the game, and there certainly were a lot of mistakes. But it seems to me that they are trying out a new game plan around the midfield: trying to hold the ball a bit longer and work really hard to get it outs

Well, Lever is certainly playing like the player we hoped he would be!

If they were smart they would use Daisy Pearce more. IMHO One of the most perceptive commentators I’ve heard.