Chook

I noticed the trumpeter playing the James Frawley Theme Song at Three Quarter time and thought of Jaded.

. . . my grandparents irritate me . . . so had to get out of the house pronto. . . . I let [one] rip at my nanna's 70th.

I was one of Bate's only defenders earlier in the year, but he was shocking last week. I'm glad he was dropped and can't wait to see what Maric can bring to the table.

Agree, agree, agree. I've always thought both of these things, and frankly I'm not sure why they're not always done.

What about the Gold Coast Cold Ghosts? Or the GC Thats? Or the Golden Nuggets? Golden Snitches? Snatches? Showers?

Are you a depressed janitor by any chance?

I can recall at least one occasion where Jack Watts walked right into contact with a Collingwood player.

I'd like to see an experiment done where players play a quick 11 on 11 for ten minutes in their warm-up, before going out to play the real game. I'd like to see what effects it has on how they start the game, end the quarter and end the game.

Jordie McKenzie is, IMO, singularly responsible for all of our good form this year. His quick handballs out of the packs and his tackling pressure is inspirational, and it certainly rubs off on the others.

Agreed. But there are some people who take the increased responsibility of playing in the AFL to heart, and dramatically increase their second and third efforts accordingly.

Cam Bruce is going to be around forever. He's that kind of player. I wouldn't be surprised if he's still here when he's 34. Massive endurance, light frame, good preparation all adds up to a long-lived player. Same with Cale Morton. He'll still be playing at Melbourne in 2025!

Play until the ball goes out of bounds. If it's still a draw, then that's it.

You might want to get that checked out. Is it red?

What an ironic username you have.

Nope.

Watch for somebody to think that means "Jack Watts' attitude is terrible and he has no leadership ability around the club, he doesn't want to win a premiership and is happy to accept anything from other players."

OMG!! A Jack Watts thread. How original. OMG!! A Josh Mahoney thread. How original.

We're better this year than we were, but we're still not good enough to beat Victorian teams at the MCG. I would argue that we're still crap based on that.

McKenzie adds something to this team that his non-performance at Casey belies. His tacking and in-and-under, quick-handball-out-of-the-pack work is something that this team really needs. Bring him in and leave him there until that stuff disappears, because it is so important to the way we play. INS: Frawley, McKenzie, Dunn OUTS: Watts, Jones (inj), McDonald (inj).

Shows how crap we still are.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

Let's just wait until we have a fit Jack Watts, Austin Wonaeamirri, Liam Jurrah, Ricky Petterd, Matthew Bate and Brad Green in there together. I'd like to see what they can all do for each other before calling it one way or another.

And a little soft.

And Carlton supporters could say take out the second half of the first quarter and the firs half of the last quarter and we would have absolutely smashed Melbourne. You've got to take the good with the bad, and today, our bad far outweighed our good.

Well, it's certainly not a rousing success.