Bring-Back-Powell

Careless, high contact. 2 weeks

I think he’ll get 1-2 weeks, as much as I hope he gets a fine. Elbows to heads aren’t looked highly upon. If it was the oppo doing it to us we’d be screaming for a suspension.

That helps in terms of a possible punishment. Do you think it was a reportable incident?

I saw the Fritsch incident. A fend off elbow to the head. If the MRO charge him he’ll be missing at least 2 you’d think as the North player was hurt. So I expect him to miss unfortunately.

We’ve beaten Sydney once at the MCG since 2001. They are officially now our number 1 bogey team and have given us all sort of problems over the last 15 years as we’ve won just twice against them. I guess the big question is does T Mac remain down back or does Petty come in to replace Tomlinson.

4 snags for Hogan now.

We have to offer Trac what ever he wants. Players of his ilk don’t grow on trees and we may not ever draft a player of his talent again. However we must be of the understanding that we probably won’t be able to land a huge free agent in the next while and may see some our unsung players like an ANB seek a pay day elsewhere. Lever, May, Gawn and BBB surely aren’t playing out of the goodness of their heart. And Oliver will be seeking $900K a year when he reaches free agency. We need to re-sign Trac on big money and absolutely win a flag within 3 years.

I reckon it was Port that absolutely flogged us in round 19 2004 after we were top of the ladder. Adelaide also made a mess of us that year but it was mid season.

Wouldn’t mind a Brisbane win over Port tomorrow night.

What did you think of our 56K odd last week?

I want the Dogs beaten so we can have a shot at top spot. Pretty straight forward I would’ve thought.

Anyone else in the "If it Ain't broke don't fix it" camp?

I thought he'd wait until next year when he becomes a free agent.

Well done to the AFL for not scheduling Collingwood V Geelong on the Friday night over the Dogs and Dees. Would have been a real lazy and "boys club" kind of scheduling.

Yes.

It happened in 2011. Round 10 - 47 point loss to Carlton Round 11 - 33 pint win over Essendon.

For round 11 who gets the Friday night? Collingwood V Geelong - MCG Richmond V Adelaide - MCG West Coast V Essendon - Optus Bulldogs V Melbourne - Marvel Will they pick 2 new sides on the rise or fall into old habits and simply choose Richmond or Collingwood.

Unless we finish top 2 and win our first final we’ll probably have to go through Port at Adelaide Oval in the finals - the toughest assignment in footy IMO. Top 2 is imperative if we want to dream of a flag.

I see him and Jordon fighting it out for the one spot, and until Jordon is dropped or rested, Harmes will be at Casey for the foreseeable future.

Weed would be privately miffed after kicking 10 goals in 2 weeks. Presumable Melksham or Jones will be dropped for BBB unless there is a mystery injury or resting required.

We actually lost to Adelaide earlier that year in the game after Ayres was sacked. We got flogged by Port in round 19 by a very similar margin to be displaced from top spot, and then the wheels fell off that year. We lost both games at Football Park that year by a combined margin of 147 points. A contender - we were not.

Thanks for clarifying. Your MFC memory is off the charts. I know in 2019 we kicked 1.7ish in the last qtr with the wind including Preuss missing from 10 mtrs out directly in front. Bad things happen at that ground.

I’ve got no doubt in the world he’ll be the next MFC skipper.

Correct if I'm wrong but every time we play North at Blundstone they end up kicking with the wind in the first quarter meaning that we were always too knackered to take advantage of it in the last? The most minor of minor danger games this one, if we can't handle the wind.

Interestingly the game may have been played in Sydney (for some strange reason) if the Hobart game fell through. Thus the game may not have even been relocated to Marvel.