Chook

Tried. Still couldn't figure it out. Something about money.

It looks like playing Melbourne is a recipe for tired legs. If only we could play the team we play each week the week after we play them. We'd win every week.

EFA. They're posts, not Ents.

The Tenacious Dees, eh? I like it.

"Gameday was filmed before a live studio audience." Spew. In other news, Nathan Jones is a proper captain. That's nice to know.

Hahaha Scum, Filth and [Censored] as legitimate AFL nicknames would be great.

Some Geelong player that I don't really know is tearing it up a little at the Cattery. Not too concerned though, since it's not our club.

Nup. Still don't believe it.

When Howe flubs a kick in the forward line, we score a point. When Howe flubs a kick in the backline, we get a goal scored against us.

Agreed. How does it benefit the NFL in any way to exclude other sporting codes?

Mediocre teams should stick together. Us vs them.

Lake, Frawley, Gibson. They've bought their entire backine. So much for developing your own.

Wrong, IMO. Hit the post. The camera angle made it look a little like it hit the player's leg, but it hit the post. PS, I'd still trade Hogan for Fyfe. He'd be the only one in the AFL though.

Can't have been that lucky of a jacket if you lost it. Besides, we won; so maybe losing it was a good thing. Also, I don't think those Richmond scarves were "lost" so much as abandoned. In all sincerity I hope someone here found your jacket and can give it back to you.

Can't argue with any of that. I'm only saying that finals make everyone desperate. Everyone.

IMO, GWS and Adelaide will both make finals this year (and pretty comfortably too). I think that puts our loss in Round 2 into perspective. Horrific 2nd half, but against better opposition that a lot of people were giving them credit for.

I'm ready to start being able to call everyone and everything a [campaigner].

So that's why Toumpas is out of the team. We've been playing him in the wrong position—he's a ruckman!

That's a pretty accurate assessment, I'd say. My only disagreement is that I think he'd put his body on the line if he thought the stakes were high enough. That's why the pressure is so high in a final—the stakes are massive so everyone goes as hard as they can.

Lord can be spelled LORD too, though an upgrade from Saviour to God is probably a little premature at the moment.

I think we lost the 2nd quarter by a point.

Why is [Pedersen] always in square brackets? Is it an automatic replacement for his unfortunate nickname? If so, that seems a little PC.

How? Just, how? How is that possible? It's like some ancient Greek legend far before my time that cannot possibly have happened despite my having heard it so often.

Only forced changes please. That's how you build a TEAM. OUT: Jetta (Concussion), Kent (Hamstring) IN: Toumpas, Grimes Grimes to play a midfield/half-back role that Salem played last night, Toumpas to replace Kent's role, Salem to play a full-time defensive role. Salem is our best kick, and so we need to go through him at all opportunities to stop the Fremantle press across half-back. Grimes' disposal is far too poor to do this, but I still think he can be a good midfielder for us. Toumpas should play the role Salem played last night, which is drifting wherever he can to get the ball and dispose of it well.