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I would fear for my life if I came near this guy and he wished me ill:

Oh Sam….

When you watch Carlton you get no sense of a team playing together whatsoever.

Say what you want about both these sides, but you would love to have Wright, Curnow or McKay in Dees colours.

Another absolute smashing. Another absolute smashing nowhere near 186.

So the 2022 Hawks must have gone pretty well huh?

Port's flag to lose imo. They're (only just) the best side in the comp, with Collingwood in a close one at the G a probable better bet. Dees vs Port or Dees vs Pies would be a wonderful end to the footy season. Let's hope it happens.

The way I saw it is teams with good disposal and/or leg speed kill us and the only time we can fight back is when it's monsoon season.

When games like this Port/Hawks clobbering pop up, who else besides me spends the whole thing doing mental gymnastics to figure out how far off the pace of 186 the the game is? Invariably the likelihood of that margin being surpassed goes from slim to none pretty quickly. Man that was an atrocious sporting performance.

Doesn't look like we've got much going on in the VFL despite winning. Jordan - we know what he brings. Brown - finished most likely. Woewodin and others - still just developing.

Thanks - that's what I was aiming for. Not that it matters.

Gonna go on record here. This is the biggest game MFC has played in 50 years that actually doesn't really mean anything. Pies by 25 but it doesn't, and I can't stress this enough, matter.

My god why do we still start Friday night games at 10 minutes to midnight?

This. I think ultimately our issues aren't to do with gameplan but personnel, in the sense that the boys on the park aren't getting it done like they did in 2021. There are coaching factors that play into that, but ultimately it's the 22 on the park that aren't good enough. Where are the towering Gawn marks? Where is the Langdon 1-2 defensive sweeper to forward thrust plays? Where is Salem's cutting ball use? Where is McDonald's up and back link play? Where is Brown? Where is Fritsch's incredible goalsense? Where where where, and etcetera?

Players should start getting suspended on both ends of this action IMO. Hunter has an obligation to protect his opponent, and his action can be construed as a bump. But his opponent if he had acted exactly as Hunter did would not have been injured. Therefore suspend them both, as both of them contributed to the injury. This protects the AFL from litigation (I think this is the fundamental reason why they're suspending based on impact more than the action, so they can say "well we suspended the player who caused the injury, what more do you want from us"). It also disincentivises players from acting with reckless disregard for their own well-being, as Rozee did.

Someone just needs to wear Butterss like a glove, honestly.

This would be the biggest win since the granny I reckon, if we can snag it.

The lumkiest

No idea how we're still in this. I reckon I do have an idea - Port have squandered serious opportunities.

This is going to be an absolute smacking unfortunately.

What tosh. What if both sides know their enemy and know themselves? Who wins then? Pop culture philosophy Sun Tzu was...

Pretty exciting couple of ins, with Salem and (still my man) McDonald likely to also be in. Bring it on!

The fact the mid-2000s Saints didn't win a single flag, let alone multiple flags, is a crime against their own supporters.

I think he's more like: "For you, the day Michael Christian suspended you was the worst day of your life. But for me, it was Sunday."

The one positive of seeing Collingwood challenge for a flag while we're also up and about is the chance to beat them in the grand final. I mean visualise it. It would be lovely.