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That ball movement out of the backline though… Blistering. Missed it again Jesse. So frustrating.

Frost almost BOG for us, along with Brayshaw and Gawn. JKH doing some good things as well.

How can you kick the ball to Aliir so often?

AVB finally gets one. We've dominated this quarter now. 8 scoring shots to 2.

Frost killing Franklin. Love his role.

JKH has been very good early. He's set up both of our real shots at goal. One to Oliver one to Hogan. Hogan misses too. Have to convert today.

Ripper kick by JKH to Oliver. EDIT: Aargh missed it.

Lovely one on one win by Frost against Buddy.

Demons implementing the "Kick it to Aliir" gameplan at all costs, as expected.

Trac going at 0 percent efficiency. Killing us early.

There are many great things that come out of that article, but one I want to touch on is this one: The only good thing to come out of Essendon in a very long time. Thanks Hirdy.

It's great. It's breathable and everything. I suspect there'll be a terraforming operation there in no time.

GWS have a totally undeserved "They're unbeatable" reputation about them. They are eminently beatable, especially when they're away.

The "Jack Watt's moves to Port and still fails to play finals" story is a possibility, and would be pretty sad for him.

Port has just stopped here and it's not even 3qt…

Jack Watts is finding a role at Port as a defensive player today on Hurn. I still reckon he's nowhere near what he was doing for us c. QB last year, but at least he's giving Port some value.

Injury watch: Lycett and Vardey not doing great. Max Gawn would be licking his lips.

I'm loving the choice of a defensive forward tag on McGovern from Ken Hinkley. We should do likewise with a Pedersen or even a Fritch (someone with good marking power but also good running endurance).

Sure it does; it's in the definition. MFCSS n., "Whatever can go wrong for the Melbourne Football Club, will go wrong (guaranteed)."

Goody sighting at Adelaide Oval. He must be liking what he's seeing right now.

Once agin I say…just answering a question.

Pretty clear early that James Harmes has to go to Elliot Yeo next week.

I'm aboard the "Top 2" bandwagon. I was just answering a question.

West Coast are looking like not much chop so far without their key players Gaff Kennedy and NicNat. We're a massive chance over there next week.

A quick ladder predictor says yes. We can make it with 12 wins as long as Sydney and Geelong only win 1 (Sydney can win 2 if you include the game against us).