Witches Hat

Yet another example of the farce they call the VFL. Surely Sunday in Southport would have been the common sense fixturing. Travelling emergencies would then get a game.

Toe to toe with Sheedy on Talking Footy was great television. Condolences to the family. Gone way too soon.

Heresy to admit this on Demonland but Collingwood are up to their necks in the premiership race. Elliott and Hill are arguably the best small forward combo in the competition.

The only one I'm tipping with any confidence is Brisbane. We will have to play our very best to knock off the club I hate the most, all the others are a toss of the coin.

I did like the Richmond fan who reckoned if Gawn had left the ground early and was on a train travelling at 100kmh the Tigers would have still hit him lace out.

If the Easter weather is good I can’t see us getting close to 20k at this. Having been through the tortuous experience of watching both West Coast and Melbourne live on the same day it’s going take a lot of therapy to get me there.

I get all the scrutiny on the coach but how does Choco Williams, the guru of skills development, escape the wrath of Demonlanders? The number of times tonight a forward would actually provide a half decent lead only to have the ball sat up on his head was monotonous.

For those potting Sparrow have a look at Max Holmes's stats. Sparrow in our best tonight. At least our first draft pick is going to Essendon and not a club who will use it wisely.

Bit harsh on Bowey and Langdon Joeboy. I thought they were clearly our best two.

Titanic. Deckchairs.

That is me to a tee (alright, Time Magazine is a stretch). So much easier to ignore the lot. The only one I bother with is The Front Bar.

Add James Jordon to the outs.

It's got a bit of a Deckchairs on the Titanic feel about selection. AJ for Jefferson, Laurie for Sharp, Langford for Howes and put Rivers back where he belongs. A few big reputations on thin ice (Fritta, Salem) but with such a long injury list I reckon they're safe for a while yet.

Sam Weideman?

When does our list manager come under scrutiny? In 2021 we had May, Lever, Ben Brown, Langdon and Hibberd play in a premiership. Adam Tomlinson might have too if he hadn't done his knee. Also on the list were Melksham who has been more than serviceable, Majak Daw and Mitch Brown who were never going to be more than depth players. Since then it's been Luke Dunstan, Brodie Grundy, Lachie Hunter, Josh Schache, Jack Billings, Shane McAdam, Tom Fullarton, Tom Campbell, Harry Sharp and Jai Culley. I'll give the last three an exemption as it's early days (although Sharp has shown nothing in two games) but the other seven have collectively added absolutely nothing to our list. Did we just get lucky between 2017 and 2021?