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Roo has been held illegally all night, and he's finally getting noticed. Looking forward to a lot more of that.

And well they should be, if he can take a fly like that and go back to kick it.

Roo's goal that. Oppo defenders are already so scared of him they drag him to ground before the ball even arrives.

Just jumping on to say the umpiring in this game has been absolutely abysmal.

No ladder that still has unplayed games in it means anything. Actually, scratch that. No April ladder means anything, unplayed games or not.

Not sure Freo's draft haul from finishing low on the ladder this year will quite match what the Demons accomplished after 2019.

If you choose to hire management that only think that way, then you'll only get a certain type of advice.

Here's hoping. I can legit see Brown in our GF side, just not there today.

Going at over a goal a minute. Looking forward to 80 goals being scored tonight lol.

Whichever marketing guru came up with Gather Round has earned my begrudging respect. It’s a good play on words.

Massive news. Rivers despite a down year last year has proven to be an extremely reliable and consistent player across a few different positions. Can't wait to see what he looks like in 4 years time with his development so far.

It's the hardest scarf to play against.

I use my Neeld-era scarf as a windbreak to prevent warm air escaping to the unused parts of my house in Winter. It's pretty much the best use that scarf could hope for - I sure didn't wear it to many games.

Hope you choose to echo that sentiment on the gameday thread at some point Clint...

Jezza is so self-important.

Geelong has announced themselves here. To just blow away the 17th ranked side after being challenged must put a chill down every opposition team's spines. Back to back coming up here.

We all know 2 minutes is just plain false advertising. 5 minutes is much more accurate.

You always hate to concede a goal deep in noodle time.

Poor diddums...

If Geelong and Hawthorn could just stay in this spot forever I'd appreciate it.

If we truly are witnessing the end of Geelong's 15 year era, I would be so happy.

Was Jack Watts ever NOT called "Number 1 Draft Pick"? - even when he was at Port Adelaide they reeled that one out. I guess that's partially on him because he never did anything to make a name for himself apart from be a high pick.

Salem should earn his way back through the VFL at this point. 2021 was a long time ago now, and he hasn't played too well in over a year (not his fault - but true all the same).

That performance was a bee's you know what from being a much bigger smashing. Can't complain with the start we've had, and I was particularly happy with McVee, Sparrow, Viney, and Rivers - not to mention Brodie Grundy who is such a luxury to have with Max out.

Pickett could have had a monster day, 2.5 with all 5 of the misses being very close and very gettable.