No. 31

Billings kicks a goal, Dees surely must win tonight! 😁

And have great lawyers 😁 Apparently Dan Houston is good mates with Jack Silvagni FWIW. Ultimately if Port are asking too much, interest will cool.

Sad news, the sudden nature of it is tragic. He was a good footy journo. RIP.

Jake Lever on SEN now ...

Yes, but it went on for longer.

I caught it tonight. Gary was indeed flying the red & blue flag tonight 😁

No. He should run out with the team or have a presentation at HT. Should be aiming to beat Collingwood on Friday. Need the best side out there!

If the Blues pile on some more goals in the last quarter, it will probably seal Collingwood's fate 😃

Enjoying the intensity and team work of the Blues in the first 2 quarters, probably the best they have played for 2 months. Who are these Curnow, McKay, Saad, De Koning guys people were talking about? 😁

I would persist with Turner up forward. Petty I would return to defence next season.

If they grew up south of the Swan River, they are likely to be Freo supporters.

A 54 point win sgainst the Suns up there is a drubbing. Gold Coast are tough to play against when they are at home. The Dees looked quite fit and had a lot of run ... maybe they did load for September? 😁 Viney, Disco, Langdon, JVR, Petty, Kolt and Melksham (as sub) all had a good game. Not looking like a club imploding ...

Nice goal by Viney 👌

Whoever would have predicted I woukd be cheering Jessie Hogan to have a big day out so that Carlton's season is still alive ... footy is a cruel mistress 😁

Dees are definitely in this. Viney not looking like someone dreaming of Arden Street. Rivers had a poor first quarter but improved later in the second quarter. Carn the Dees!

LOL ... the Norwood Demons 😈 It is a loss that ANB wants a trade to S.A. he is one of those clubman types that always puts in. But in time, someone else will step up to fill his shoes. Given he stipulates a trade to S.A. it is not a question of him leaving due to behind the scenes issues, sometime we have personal circumstances where family has to come first. Good luck to him for the rest of his footy career!

Against Collingwood when he came off, Carlton's attack actually improved because it was no longer a one dimensional open book and players were looking who is free rather than the default setting of bomb it on top of Charlie's head, when he is always surrounded by multiple defenders. I was at the MCG today, it was a trainwreck for the Blues! Worst performance in quite a few years. The Hawks were awesome BTW, playing like Carlton did late last year. If Carlton can't beat West Coast and St Kilda, they have no place being in the 8 in 2024, simple as that. Then its a case of licking wounds, culling some of the list (and football department) and going again in 2025. It is still a squad that has the core of a potential Premiership side, but it won't be happening this year. The perpetually injured players simply need to be culled, some of them have talent but they are list cloggers due to to availability issues.

True 😁

Wouldn't mind a draw tonight ...

I thought Chol was a good signing by Hawthorn at the time, whenever I saw him play for Richmond or GC I felt like he had something more to offer if he could get a good run of games.

A very good re-signing and indicates that MFC isn't in as much disarray as the media and and portions of Demonland claim it is.

Was at the MCG tonight, Blues kicking off with 8 behinds in the 1st quarter, playing disjointed, safe, no risk football until 32 points down in the 4th quarter and then going hell for leather in a powerful burst but McGovern botching the after siren set shot. He really should have gone off after that head knock and the kick given to someone else ... The Blues have botched a golden opportunity over the last month sitting in 2nd spot and now have to fight tooth and nail for the last 3 games just to make the 8. Carlton got what we deserved tonight, you can't play 10 minutes of football in the 4th quarter and expect to win games. Still, it could be worse, I could follow the Swans 😁 They seem to be imploding in a big way. In this crazy season maybe the Blues continue that 4th quarter form and go on a run into September. My expecations are low but you never know ...

Hoping the Blues' can ruin his party ... on my way to the MCG 🙏😁

That was the modus operandi decades ago, these days they are precise, careful and play by the book and have become quite adept at managing the cap. The consequences of not doing it by the book are too drastic today.

Some players like Martin, Williams, Marchbank etc have heavily front loaded contracts and they are on much less in 2024 than they were a few years back. Of course the football media doesn't report this and just bandies about their year 1 salary numbers. Players like McKay, Curnow, Cripps & TDK all took deals below what they could get elsewhere in the hope and belief that they can win a flag together in the near future.