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This!

Tremendous for Clarrie, fully deserved, he is a great - IMO this is the most important and relevant award.

It's got a bit of "heart beats true" about it too

Agree. I haven't liked our sub strategy with smalls in Bedford or Chandler. I prefer Tomlinson who enables us to cover a tall out which has been costly in games this year. Even more risk now that we are only playing one KP in Brown plus the rucks forward. TMac would be a good option as sub. Especially with Gus in the midfield and a full complement of small backs. We can cover a small out easier from the 22. Hard on JJ but there it is ...

I have similar sympathy for Tom Scully as @Slartibartfast. When was the last time a young player said in season he was leaving? What did you want him to say when he was filmed in Sydney? I don't think "no comment" would have satisfied. I have my doubts that the dying Jim was ready to hear "your club is f**ked, I'm going to GWS". The mature 2022 Demons have shielded LJ and have said "let's give him time, he can decide at the end of the season". The broken 2011 Demons left Scully out to dry as the media hounded him for a public answer. Scully made a sound decision and was put in an unenviable position.

That's a really great result by the fitness and conditioning team

Agree, NicNat in for more knee surgery. He's fat, probably because he can't train.

If we play Geelong, I think Jake Melksham will be handy for Tom Stewart.

Computer has to have lunch.

It's handy that I like level 4 tickets at the PRE - low demand for these seats

Good result for Adam Kingsley, he's been in the queue longer that Adem. Good result for us too.

If we win week 1, we win the flag. Looking forward to playing Collingwood and Geelong in finals. It doesn't get bigger or better than that.

I hate Hawthorn and the Dogs, hope Hawthorn wins because the Dogs have more to lose.

bear out

I reckon Broad ran off Hurley to leave him free to mark and goal. Footy has a heart.

That is the scoreline from Werribee vs Northern Bullants. Not sure how they have confused that with Brisbane vs Casey

Oliver and Petracca are far better players than Neale, Angus is a better player too. It will be a travesty if he wins a 2nd Brownlow ahead of them. We just need to pile up the flags.

Rich, Lyons, Andrews, McCluggage, Rayner, Starcevich - all better choices than Zorko.

Chris Fagan has been good for Brisbane but it's an indictment on his leadership that he's had Beams then Zorko as captains.

I don't like North.

Hoping I'm in the branch of the Universe where this happens.

Do you really think number of possessions is one of Spargo's KPIs?

Harmes to Neale, Angus to wing, JJ out.

The truth is that if not for the utter bungling incompetence of the Carlton Football Club on 5 occasions in the last 2 minutes then we lose that match. Melky outmarks 3 Carlton defenders, all taller than him. Newnes drops a simple uncontested mark when Viney over kicks it inside 50 Owies miskicks a 15m uncontested backwards pass to "Woof" and it bounces short Saad's kick down the line to a Carlton 3 on 1 doesn't result in a Carlton mark Hunt's kick back down the line to a Carlton 3 on 1 doesn't result in a Carlton mark and in fact it hits Young in the head Pickett goal!

Can I give all 21 to Melky. He actually kicked 5 goals if the BB out of bounds wasn't called and he made the tackle on Silvagni at the death which should have been holding the ball, and was every time against us in the same part of the ground the week before. Should have been 6 goals including the sealer.