Chook

Lovely simple end to the H+A Season: Melbourne win, top of the ladder GWS/Essendon win, finals GWS/Essendon lose, WCE/Freo win, finals. It's all set up.

Eagles are looking flat as a tack after their big game vs Melbourne 6 days ago. Shows the effort it took to get up after flying back from that game.

I like Spargo, don't get me wrong. Probably Melksham in reality.

IN...: Viney, McDonald, May OUT: Sparrow, Spargo, Hibberd

6 Langdon 5 Gawn 4 Jackson 3 Lever 2 Petty 1 Fritsch

Gawn's cry of frustration after dropping that mark was hysterical. But seriously he needs to get his marking back pronto.

I mean I have no words for how incorrect this post is.

Eddy Langdon you star.

Two way running, courage in the air, smart ball use (though at times this goes missing), and he's very important culturally to the players. Aside from that, nothing.

I don't post much on gameday threads. Wow you're a negative bunch!

Oliver my man, please learn to kick….

Kozzie doesn't look like he's in a good place mentally. I think we might be playing him because it's good for him mentally and we want him good to go for the next 10 years rather than because he's giving us much right now.

Sometimes I think Salem needs to just take the body contact rather than execute a handball to no one in particular.

Spargo is burning his tickets despite structurally being important for us.

More kicks like that Fritsch and you might stay in. Joel Smith putting up his hand. Oliver needs to learn to kick goals. Imagine that kick on GF day to get in front against the cats or Dogs? Shudder.

Brayshaw still doing good things without the footy, but everyone else (particularly Kozzy and Fritsch) need to lift.

Good point. He's in better physical shape now than he was then, so probs a good move all said.

Anyone who thought that had no idea. I wanted Brown in from day dot, and was a bit puzzled when he was dropped based on a mediocre performance on a wet deck with way too many talls (all 3 + Gawn and Jackson played that day vs Carlton).

I'd consider dropping Fritsch for McDonald. It's between him and Melsham IMO for that 3rd tall spot, and Melk has more tricks.

Langdon's workrate is just monstrous. Unbelievable player. EDIT: Brown kicked the goal, but that was Langdon's goal for causing that turnover.

Brown robbed of a goal. ARC squibbed that one.

There's not many lovelier sights in football than seeing Ben Brown mark a ball arms extended fully above his head.

Adelaide need to kick 10 more goals like that and they'll win; demons have to be switched on with their defensive running because Adelaide will try to run it out of defence all day.

Melksham is class. 2018-stlye Melksham in the 2021 team in finals would be such a plus.

Early days but I'm seeing a fair bit of jogging around going on right now. I am loving the linkup happening between Salem and Bowey though.