Chook

Umps not paying holding the ball or holding the man tonight.

Getting pretty much nothing from our forwards, and moving the ball sloppily from defence. We do look tired, as you'd expect.

Look at all the doctors in this thread inputing their clinical diagnosis on May.

Can't believe May is out there. I guess it's just pain not damage but boy-oh-boy I wouldn't want to be playing footy 2 weeks after the injury he sustained.

Thanks I've been following Melbourne for a few minutes so I know that. It's his natural position imo.

I really like Tommy Mac in the backline. He's a huge body and knows how to position himself.

Jeez Caleb Windsor is good. He's doing stuff one touch that I've barely seen any 1st year player ever do.

Maxy with the first blood in the coin toss. Can we lose a coin toss? I feel like we win every week?

Adelaide fumbling ground balls in the warmup I see. Not going to be good enough tonight.

Probably thought we were card nerds or something.

Like we did last week vs port?

JVR looks like he's about to drop the latest hard rock album of 2024.

Every club gets a 5 day break at least once in the year. Maybe the club decided this would be a good place to put it, and actually requested this. It does allow the squad to stay in SA the two weeks while still minimising the whole length of the overall trip for the club and families. I haven't heard Goodwin or anyone else from the Melbourne side complaining about this situation.

Wow. ANB speaks so well. I'd be shocked if he's not our next captain once Gawn gives it up.

Whispering Jack is a lawyer so I just assumed bacon was off limits because of, y'know…cholesterol.

In this case two wrongs make a football act.

The "without limitation" here rankles a bit, given how many things they've mentioned explicitly.

I like Laura Kane and think she's a breath of fresh air, but this is just muddying the issue more. I know in previous years the AFL would just double down on any decision but that's what you have to do. You can't be going around undermining your own umpires saying they've got it wrong on something even the fans are debating about.

MFCSS is an unlimited resource surely? If we could tap into it, we'd power the whole world infinitely.

It's such a hard one. My dad raised me to use the knee as a weapon, but deep down I feel it's wrong. At the top level, I'd do it all the time and force the AFL to make a decision on it. Until it's outlawed, I'm not going to begrudge any player from going the knee within the rules.

Aren't clubs warned about this as part of the official AFL rules already? So a second warning then?

How a fractured thumb keeps a player out for 3-4 weeks but breaking three ribs and a vertebrae is 1 week I'll never know. Shows the importance of the thumb in handling the ball I suppose.

Looks like we could notch up a fair few this year: The big one to look out for: Petracca in the Finals series potentially. Spargo just needs a couple more to hit 100. Pickett will likely get his hundredth, and Sparrow's a good chance in the finals too assuming he plays every game and we make it. Tomlinson would be doing pretty well to get his 200 this year. EDIT: Added in Hunter (thanks Demon Jack).

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I feel silly for saying this to a man who has chosen to run his own football fan forum, but who cares?!? It's round three!