Bring-Back-Powell

On the flip side we have 5 straight games away from the MCG after round 15 with only one of them being in town (Dogs at Marvel). A very uneven spread this year in terms of playing our home games at the G.

Which unfortunately means we play 5 games away from the G from rounds 16 to 20 (AO, Geelong, Alice, Marvel, Optus). The total opposite of Richmond's charmed draw when they were winning flags.

I love Thursday night games (one more day of footy) but not when we're involved. Much prefer to see us play on Friday night or the weekend. Hopefully this is our last Thursday night game of the year unless we're at the G.

If we're being honest I reckon May's had a poor start to the season in terms of what his opponent has done on the stats sheet. Naughton - 4 goals/6 marks Casboult (of all people) - 2 goals/9 marks Wright - 4 goals/5 marks Very unlike Steve May numbers and I suspect the absence of Lever has had a say in this. On topic, I would say BBB won't be selected due to his last minute availability. Robbie Gray has been ruled out under the same circumstances. In - Lever Out - Tomlinson, Bedford (unused sub from last week)

I like J Brown's idea of keeping Weid, dropping Tomlinson and putting T Mac back. I rate T Mac as a better defender than Tomlinson, and lets face it, the only good bit of footy T Mac has played all year was the half he played down back in round 1.

They suspended Michael Long for 4 games. Three of which were served in the 2001 Ansett Cup.

A few people have accused Carlton of not beating anyone of note. Last time I checked Bulldogs were a half handy side.

Brilliant post. puts things in perspective.

Just getting paranoid about Brisbane getting a ton of percentage over us, even if it’s early days.

Reminds me of Sam Blease. Just a little better.

Lions are clear second favourite to win the flag so I guess a 108 pt win by them isn’t ideal for the other contenders such as us. We must finish top 2 this year in order to avoid a GABBA prelim.

And the bizzare thing about the crowd number was that in the same Friday night game in round 3 2019, we got 53K in our home game against Essendon despite both clubs starting 0-2 that year. The club will be disappointed by the number but COVID is truly keeping 10,000 away IMO.

On the topic of ugliest wins, those with long memories might nominate the Brisbane win in 2015 at the G. 8.12.60 to 4.12.36 and we managed just 1.5 in the second half. Last night wasn’t one for the ages but I’ve seen far worse.

Easy call for us Demonlanders to drop T Mac but who knows what Goody sees in him? At the end of the day he’s phased out Jetta, Jones and Melksham out of the side so T Mac shouldn’t be any different here.

99/100 times Brayshaw gets BOG for a 20 mark performance but Oliver was just too influential on the night. 6) Oliver 5) Brayshaw 4) Langdon- his GOTY nomination increased his rankings here. 3) Weid - you kick 4 goals you get votes. 2) Harmes - kicked 2 critical goals in the 3rd quarter. Good ones too. 1) Jackson - found it hard to give that last vote, but this guy is just dominating at the moment. May can’t get votes tonight. Wright dominated the game in parts.

I can’t see BBB, Weid and T Mac all playing. So will the club have the guts to drop a senior stalwart in T Mac or a maligned key fwd who just kicked 4 goals, played his best game since the Geelong 2018 final and is crying out for some much needed confidence and continuity? Hard call to make next week.

Certainly not the latter.

He'll have his big moments and games this year but it's fair to say his engine hasn't started yet for the year, aside from the AAMI game.

In addition to Weid, I wouldn't mind T Mac stepping up a gear as our number 1 forward. He hasn't played a game of note since the Port game in July last year. He's only averaged 3 marks and less than a goal a game since round 18 last year. As others have mentioned, really hoping BBB is available for next week.

Petty's very injury prone. He chose a fantastic year (2021) to stay injury free.

Can someone advise why Weightman’s so hated around here. The kid’s an absolute gun, kicks clutch goals and I’d love him at Melbourne. A star of the future.

To cater for the late starting Adelaide V Port game.

I know we've come a long way since the early rounds of 2019 but I'm a still bit wary from Friday night round 3 2019 - Dons 0-2 and kick 20 goals on us.

Low 50's. Before the season started I expected this game to have a bigger crowd than the Dogs game due to the timeslot and Dogs fans don't go to the MCG. However not so sure anymore.

Last year he went off like a rocket in rounds 3-5 as he picked up 7 Brownlow votes. There might be a masterpiece just around the corner.