The Jackson FIX

I reckon footy fans and the media are talking themselves into believing Curtin is more prominent around that 1 position than he actually is…

He was very close to being in more serious trouble but ultimately not enough in it to warrant a suspension. Play on.

Who is the better lockdown defender (tall) out of disco and Tommo? Who is going to do a better job on a Daniher or a McKay (or even Cox) if they have one of those evenings where everything is sticking for them? Recognise May probably first choice but who is next best on our healthy list?

Said teammate an excellent boxer also

Don’t mean to cause any unnecessary concern but Steven May just posted a photo on social of him currently dining at a steak restaurant with a teammate 😬

I’ve never really seen too much of GNF on DLand but appears very polarising.… What is the background there?

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Tommo in is fact. I was then speculating what that meant for Smith etc.

Tommo playing, take that one to the bank. Which means Smith up forward and Grundy not playing (speculation).

I agree they all probably would do the same, but he has unnecessarily confirmed we ACTUALLY do it. If I’m a goal umpire, I’m definitely not listening to Melbourne players if they claim they ‘touched it’ anymore whereas previously the claim may have had some weight on the decision

Don’t know if covered elsewhere but Steven May sharing on radio that he has ‘instructed’ Melbourne defenders to always claim they’ve touched the ball, regardless of whether they believe that or not, is just stupid. Refreshing that he is being honest, maybe, but now every time a goal umpire sees a Melbourne player claiming the ball was touched, they will instantly be sceptical. Could cost us a soft review in our favour one day that costs us a goal (or potentially a match). Was just an unnecessary thing to say.

Routine check up after the finger in question was successfully removed from his backside about a month ago. Nothing to see here

He went to Wesley, one of the most expensive private schools in Melbourne, didn’t he?

If they win the August premiership on Saturday night we will see noxious levels of obnoxious, mark my words.

The West Coast junkie is elite trolling

Beat me to it

We’ll call him Disney

Finally avenging the theft of Ronald Dale. Revenge is a dish best served cold (and in this case stale, tasteless and dangerously mouldy).

Freudian slip?

Yeah, I know the format and what I said wasn’t wrong.

There is multiple games they roll through in the NBA play-in which makes it a bit more like a handicapped mini-tournament and there is a decent enough volume of games to make it a revenue spinner. 2 extra matches in the AFL ain’t gonna make it that meaningful on the revenue front… the other argument is it increases interest in matches at the back end of the year but it doesn’t feel like a material-enough change to bother changing what is already a pretty good system

I’m typically not in the camp of ‘avoid interstate players’ like some Demonlanders still aggrieved at Jesse & Jack departures, but I would’ve thought that any young guns from Tassie are abnormally-high risk of going home because of the unique scenario of the first ever team getting started down there? Not comfortable spending a top 5 pick on a boy from Tassie right now.

Maybe but I don’t think that Chandler falling off a perch was part of the plan so they may need to reconsider that one…

Never thought I’d see the day that I was looking forward to Carltank thumping a side…. But here we are.

Broadly how I feel about the current state of play. If our game plan was consistently being exposed by opposition I’d be more worried, or we were playing a style of footy that couldn’t hold up in finals I’d be more worried. The issues are kinda superficial and you can see how they can disappear with a bit of luck and a bit of confidence. Belief that can happen? Our run into finals last year and some chronic cases of MFCSS aren’t helping the belief