Bring-Back-Powell

Agreed. At first I was disappointed that he was rested but now fully understand why. Playing a player on severely restricted minutes who also can't or won't provide any defensive pressure is not going to help us win a game. What happens if we cop an injury or two early? I'm looking forward to Bennell's career at MFC, but we need him playing 80-90% of games, not 50.

I want 4 points as much as the next bloke but I'm glad we didn't go down that path of sooking it up or going to the courts. We've been a laughing stock for too long and we need to earn our 4 points, rather than get them on default.

Agreed. Particularly if he had a good intraclub.

Yeah against the Hawks. Kicked 2 in a semi final as an 18/19 year old kid which is a fair effort. I've been as guilty as the next poster around here to bag him, but he's obviously got some attribute in order to be on an AFL list, I just can't put my finger on what it is.

St Kilda - 7 straight weeks in Melbourne.

What specifically? Surely not the bit about Clarkson being a better coach than Goodwin?

We should've kept Frost. End of story. The reason we let him go is because he was going to play at Casey at the expense of May and Lever being in the side- was the accepted consensus. That's a poor reason as he's not far off May and every bit as good as Lever as an AFL footballer. I'm surprised his shut down job on Ben Brown in round 23 last year didn't trigger the minds of the MFC brains trust that he should have been a priority signing. He's been outstanding for Hawthorn in their 3 games. Probably because that mob has a far better coach and a far better list management.

I heard he’ll be spending time on Hawkins and Rataguela.

We play better at Etihad than the G.

St Kilda - all 6 games in Melbourne to start the season. They better cop it in the neck in the second half of the season.

Why are people suggesting we’re hubbing up North? Richmond are flying in and flying out next Thursday so why wouldn’t we as well?

True, could be handy in the run home. Unless we have to play home games interstate.

Round 6 Freo at Metricon, Saturday arvo I think. 3/5 interstate so far.

Excellent. That makes me feel heaps better.

Absolutely depressing that Perth will host 60,000 to a footy game in mid July, while 1 million Victorians face a potential lock down at the same time.

You should get a gig with the MFC list management department with that kind of foresight. Finlayson was a revelation last year and would’ve been one of the biggest bargain trades of all time.

You might be right. Played a good game against the Dogs last year with 3 goals and then showed bits and pieces in the following 4 games before getting injured. I don’t think you could conclude that he was going to be a gun off the back of 4 games.

That's actually a good out for us, if the good Stanley was planning on turning up.

First player ever to be dropped despite not playing a game??

Assuming there are no more impacted games, why can't they do a split round later in the year to cater for the postponed game. Melbourne and Essendon won't have to play on a 4 day break and all clubs can get a mid season break in replacement of that stupid bye before the finals which is one of the worst initiatives the AFL has brought to the game recently.

Except when he plays against us. Last year he missed 10 weeks through injury except for a game against us during that period. And what do you know, he was BOG with 3 goals.

Hogan’s been worse than putrid in this one. Just 3 handballs into the 3rd qtr.

Ironic that the player that wants to play AFL the least out of all players and can’t wait to get out of the country once his contract expires is the first player to test positive. Easendon supporters ought to be seething with McKenna as they’ll likely lose their next 2 games without Hooker, Hurley and their other defenders.

May’s kicking was garbage last week as well.

Let’s not get too carried away with GC. They always start the season hot and then fall in a heap by round 8 as injuries and fatigue mount. They’ll probably get out of the bottom 4 for the first time in 6-7 years though.