Bring-Back-Powell

Sydney are a direct competitor to us next year so we shouldn't bend over backwards to trade him there. Ensure the draft pick is good OR get them to pay massive chunk of his salary so we can therefore target a ready made player for next year with Grundy's $$ As for this weekend, and with JVR out, I think it's gotten to the point where we actually can't not select him.

Mostly agree with this, Jordon has taken a step back this year as a player. Curious though as to who replaces the vital midfield minutes that Brayshaw would have provided?

Excellent research. The reason why that grand final had such a low crowd was because the MCC section of the Northern Stand was being rebuilt that year. I would be flabbergasted if people could have rocked up to the G that day and got a ticket at the gate.

The early season wins over Bulldogs and Sydney were our most complete performances of the year. None of this conceding big first half leads, none of this going to sleep for 25 minutes. Just rock solid exciting Melbourne wins. In the Dogs win (on a warm dry night like this week), our forward line was missing Petty, Fritsch and JVR while Melk only came on in the last quarter, and yet we still managed 17 goals. BBB and Kozzie kicked 4 goals each and Spargo and Grundy hit the scoreboard too. T Mac had a stinker. Maybe we take a bit of inspiration from that game and play Grundy, Brown (If at least 75% fit), Spargo and drop T Mac. In a perfect world we could sub out BBB or Grundy for some run in the last quarter. The Dogs game also showed that we can win with key outs. That night we were missing Viney, Fritta and May and yet still won by 50 points.

It's beyond my footballing knowledge as to why you would continually not play a defensive combination that hasn't lost a game since the year 1 of the pandemic.

Any grand final, even GWS V GC would sell out.

The major consideration the AFL needs to make in terms of pursuing an appeal is whether they can stump up the $5,000 cost involved in an appeal.

Perhaps he thinks that only a Collingwood V Carlton grand final will sell out, and that if Carlton don't make it, the ground will only be 75% full??

In good news, Carlton are trying to get Jack Martin down to 1 week rather than cleared altogether.

Gerard Whateley interviewing Toby Greene tonight on 360: Whateley: So Toby, let’s start with the Maynard case. Did you have empathy for him throughout the week, with all the scrutiny he had to put up with. Greene: No.

May as well have brought JVR to the tribunal seeing the tribunal will be throwing cases out like hard rubbish. Nothing surer than Martin being free to play.

I’ll join you if Martin gets off tonight as well.

Does Spargo come in for Chandler? Chandler's kicked just 2 goals in the last 4 games and I would have thought a KPI of his is to surely hit the scoreboard? 2.1 in the last 4 games is poor. Or do they hope that Chandler has one of those 3 goal games that he's well and truly capable of, and be a Bobby Hill type match winner?

BBB any chance to play or has that ship sailed? I reckon our forward line will function better with BBB. He may even be able to contribute 2 goals which could get us from 8-9 goals to 10-11 and approaching a finals winning score.

The luck of an MFC supporter (well except for those that weren't stuck in VIC in 2021)

If Maynard does get suspended tonight, I'm looking forward to Howe's reaction on AFL 360 tonight. Given Maynard's the heart and soul of their club, it will be interesting to see if Collingwood's premiership chances live and die by the tribunal's and/or appeal's board's eventual decision.

Hopefully he did, as he would have played one of his best career games while dealing with a broken toe.

Glad we're not heading in banged up as compared to last year.

Sam Edmund reporting that on the evening that Maynard went over to Gus’s house with his flowers, wine and chocolates, there was a group of MFC players already there. The atmosphere was super awkward and one MFC player was so inflamed by the situation that he had to excuse himself from the house. I wonder which player that was? Edit - At the Break of Dawn just beat me with the story in the above post.

That’s the way I see it going. No chance Maynard gets rubbed out, unfortunately.

Pickett needs to step up this week and make the semi final his own. 2.5 in his last 3 games and I shudder to think of the out on the fulls and the failing to make the distances. If he pulls out a round 1 like 20 possession 4 goal game, then we’re on the plane to Brisbane next Friday.

Probably still only get 92,000 with a bunch of empty seats on the night.

Hey FTB. Great work as per usual. Is there a source online where you can tell if your seat is an aisle seat, aside from the 3D views provided by the MCG. For example is row V seat 23 in Q1-2 an aisle seat?

I’d say we’ll accept and take responsibility for the obvious suspensions. They’d only challenge to have the impact downgraded from medium to low and thus a fine. But McStay went off for assessment which basically implied medium impact.

Agree with that. Grundy is was way more professional and mature than the 2022 Luke Jackson who checked out in the finals series because he knew he was at Freo the next year. He’ll give his all if selected. That should be the least of our worries.