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Seems like he gave you a reason. And a good one at that. Maric does not appear to try as hard as he might. Tackling, chasing, running, kicking opportunistic goals. These are things a small forward must do. Maric only tries (and fails) at one of those.

Have to agree with this. Bhima, your work is great, but in a game like footy, percentages can be misleading. Sheer numbers are more significant than ratios.

No one wants to admit it, but I think we all know he can be lazy.

Maric, Jones, Jetta. Done.

It is. It was called correctly in the West Coast-Port Adelaide game (why I'd be watching that is beyond me). A guy took a mark just inside the boundary, on the run. Continued his run and went off his arc. By the time he did, he was out of bounds. "Razor" Ray Chamberlain called him on it and there was a ball-in.

Might want to give the phrase "at the present time" a bit of a rest, though. You could start a drinking game counting that catchphrase.

That he's smart enough to know where to go when he wants a larf.

I lol'd.

I like this criticism of Grimes because if there's one thing I don't want, it is for him to become our Nick Maxwell: Absolutely pumped up in the media, but in reality a 1-trick, 3rd-man up, pony with little real ability under pressure. I think Grimes could be much more than that, as long as he continues to improve.

I have a feeling this guy's going to get the McKenzie treatment from the brains trust over at the Rising Star department.

I have a feeling this guy's going to get the McKenzie treatment from the brains trust over at the Rising Star department.

After Lance Franklin had out-marked Colin Garland in a wrestle, Brad "the Genius" Johnson goes " Buddy would win 9 out of 10 of those." I'm like "Hey doofus, there's been three of those so far, and that's the first one he's won. Looks more like 3 out of 10 of those to me." In other words, Judy's a gun and I hope he's okay. EDIT: Don't you hate it when the commentators go "so-and-so's coming off with a knee." I would hope that everyone comes off with two knees. You'd think it'd be unlikely that they'd lose one while playing.

Clubs like Richmond, you mean? Sacking coaches is not usually the best move.

Are you joking? I thought he was pretty measured in his praise and criticism. Talked it up as a really important game and rightly criticised our leaders (Davey in particular) when we went to sleep.

If you had a shag every week, then after 3 1/2 years, don't you think you might have picked up a thing or two?

He can't help it that whenever he gets the ball, all his team-mates decide to play a vertical game of dead fish. Our guys do not move from kick-ins. The criticism I do have is the mentality that it's okay to casually jog over and pick up the ball when you're on kick-in duties. When the opponents kick a behind, he should SPRINT to that bag of balls and pick it up, then SPRINT to the goal-square, at which point everyone else within 50 metres of him should SPRINT in unison, to provide some sort of options.

OUT: Jones, Maric, (Garland if injured) IN: Gysberts, Wonaeamirri, (Macdonald) We need Jetta's speed, despite how bad he was today.

Listen to the Footy Show if you want, but reverse all the speculation you hear because those guys have no idea. Them saying Frawley won't play means he will, and Ricky = Sub means he definitely won't be.

Do you feel better now? You should have posted this on a Collingwood forum, then reported the results. Now THAT would be an interesting thread.

Speaking of which, last week against the Swans, Lynden Dunn was tackled while in possession of the ball. Both guys went to ground. Knowing the rule that you have to make an attempt to get rid of it (which for most players means they just swing their arm at the ball over and over again with no real purpose), Dunny took the opportunity to handily "miss" the ball with his punches and get his opponent instead. He's such a pain in the ass to play against!

What odds can I get for a draw next week too?

Agreed. I like the sub rule. Mick can go to hell.

Pretty sure Frawley's got some rebound skill. Grimes, although his kicking can be bad, switches the play so often that it works at least sometimes.

6 - Bennell 5 - Tapscott 4 - Moloney 3 - Martin 2 - Sylvia 1 - Grimes

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