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Max was banged up from pillar to post throughout the whole match and was very ginger when he hobbled off late in the 3rd quarter. Given that we have the daunting prospect of having to manage him in his advanced age and that this was only a practice match; why oh why would you put him back on the field in the last. We already had lost JVR we don't need another big man in doubt for Round 1. I was furious and I almost threw a can melbourne bitter through the telly.

thought ed langdon was outstanding today. he’s had a super fantastic season. unreal that he has signed on and committed to the dees for a couple more years.

i listened to Simon’s presser but I still am worried about the silence from Trac on this. the clubs statement yesterday was very wishy washy and didn’t instill me with any great confidence on whether Trac wanted to stay just that we would enforce his contract. ditto with the Gawny interview. He didn’t sound confident at all. really want to hear from Trac. Say it ain’t so Trac. there are no doubt a lot of supporters unhappy with the club. Blind Freddy could tell you that. I would be worried if Trac wasn’t unhappy either. this saga is far from over.

no goals once again in the last quarter . why ? this is becoming a pattern . teams will start to have belief that they can beat us if they are close

i honestly don't think i could name 6 contributors today

i dont even know where to begin with fixing this . this was the most embarrassing game i have seen the dees play since mark neeld . is the problem the midfield, the forwards, our defence ? is it the gameplan ? is it the coaches ? it's so deflating

i think this is a case of moving deck chairs on the titanic . we are cooked .

tracc has had a few lackluster weeks in the middle . goes forward and kicks a bag of 5 . should we consider playing him up forward considering his recent midfield form and our uninspiring key forwards ?

the first half wasn't pretty to watch but thank the heavens for Steven May and Jake Lever intercepting and marking everything. with the exception of one poor turnover kick by TMAC which cost us he has been fantastic as the third tall in defence.

big benny brown will probably be rested this week . who do we bring in for him ? i would like to see koltin replace kozzi

fantastic reporting once again @george_on_the_outer

was that the most putrid umpiring performance in a Dees game for a long time ?

6 neal-bullen 5 gawn 4 lever 3 petracca 2 brown 1 tmac

shoutout to our defense and in particular Lever and tommy mac who held it all together without steven may and under a barrage of huge pressure from 20 more inside 50s than the Dees had

one smart bit of play that the Dees implemented in the last quarter was a bit of tempo footy to slow things down a bit .we were chipping it around . supporters around me we getting a bit agitated with this because we weren't going for the juggular and trying to win by 70 plus points . but there weren't seeing the larger picture . we were a man down with a healthy lead . we have brown and petty and also tmac who we are trying to nurse through a hectic schedule over the next 3 weeks leading into the bye without 2 key figures in defence now . slowing the play down late in the game was smart and meant we weren't going to overtax some of these players by playing quick footy and possibly forcing turnovers when the game was done and dusted . what do you guys think ? do you think this was an intentional strategy by goody and the footy department given the developments of the day and keeping in mind the next few weeks ?

not many negatives this week with the exception of some sloppy disposal and some fumbling of the footy early on . couple of players had howlers today in sparrow , lever (although he took some good marks later on) and salem (although he made up for it later on with the goal .

6. oliver 5. gawn 4. may 3. billings 2. mcdonald 1. chandler

massive loss for the hawks . sicily can't seem to stay out of trouble for long no matter how many articles they write about him shedding his bad boy behaviour and becoming captain . can't imagine we'll wield too many, if any, changes but I too wouldn't mind seeing the Kolt unleashed on the G .

welcome back to premiership heroes Tmac and benny brown . so good to see clarrie tearing up the mcg once again . the bullies are our bunnies .

how do we cover the loss of kozzy for this match ?

great to see the boys live and even though it was a praccy match it was nice to leave with the win. havent been to princess park since the nineties

kozzy isn’t available for our match against the Swans in opening round . how will we cover his loss in the forward line and who takes his place ? I haven’t been overly impressed with any of our small forwards in the 2 praccy matches with the exception of kynan brown but he wasn't given much of a chance to put his hand against the blues .

any chance that Clarrie might play a quarter or two ?