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I know we have our brand, but I'd consider adjusting our centre-work to play a more honest clearance game vs the Dogs if/when we play them in finals. If we can beat them in that area, they have nothing else to go to.

If Bontempelli got injured, I reckon the Dogs would win half the games they do.

Yeah, but it would be against Port Adelaide, who we beat comfortably on the road less than a month ago.

Clarko leaving Hawthorn after winning all their remaining games.

Port are gonna run right over the crows now.

Absolute carnage in the Showdown. 2 crows collide with each other and at least one of them is unlikely to come back this match. Derm made a good comment about it though - if that was a port player and a crows player colliding, there would be MRO action involved. It just shows that, hey, body on body contact is a feature of the game, and sometimes there are unfortunate results from that.

Very well done. The web dev for our business is quick. I think you have him covered.

Extremely disparaging of a premiership player. Gunston is absolute silk and exactly what we need. He's still younger than me, so he's not too old (for the record, Cale Morton was the first MFC player younger than me).

Not enough talk about connection for my liking.

Players who do what Fritch did (high fend off in play) should get off. Players who did what Viney did (big-man stuff wrestling on the ground) should get weeks. I think 1 week for this would have been enough though.

We didn't play finals last year, so we're behind every team that did.

Please win.

Get over it.

#DevelopingSide #Top4 #DiaperDees There media I've done your work for you; now the players just have to make it happen.

It could also mean we smash Carlton by the magical 10 goals everyone's always wanting (but still lose to Adelaide and Hawthorn).

Robert Harvey Nathan Buckley just looks so weird in Black and White the media......dont think hell be there long somehow. Go coach the Saints Rob Pies Nathan.....at least that would be bearable.

The best side in the comp or a team that is 50/50 over the past month. Melbourne will prove themselves to be one of these things before the day is done.

I'd rather…beat the top 4 teams.

Please everyone take a deep breath. We've proven we can bring it against good sides when it matters this year. Sure this draw is annoying, but it says nothing about our finals chances, and very thankfully hasn't cost us anything in the run home. 2 premiership points is as good as 4 in the context of the season, and probably teaches us a bigger lesson (since we clearly haven't learned it yet) than a 1 point win would have.

A draw is as good as a win technically in the context of the season, but serious questions now have to be asked about our ability to compete against sides that try to dismantle our weaknesses. If a top eight side tries to do that in finals the way Adelaide, GWS, Collingwood, and Hawthorn have, we're stuffed. Good sides back their own system to beat the opposition, and our system is good, especially when we're mentally "up", but when we're down a fraction and we're playing someone (evidently anyone) who is trying to take away our weaknesses, we falter big time.

Ben Brown's groundwork is much better than at any time in his career. If he can get his marking right, look out.

Richmond's quick movement of the ball is exposing Brisbane's slow pace as well.

Mitch Robinson is an absolute weapon. I love watching him cannon into blokes.

They looked putrid against the lions. I rated them highly until I watched that game, but no longer.

I have a sneaky feeling we actually struggle to get up for day games. All 3 of our losses have been day games, and our best victories have all been under a roof or night.