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No No No Poor on field, poor off field.

First game I saw May play was Round 2 2019. We lost by 80 points to Geelong, in Geelong, in the pouring rain. May did his groin and wasn't seen again until Round 12. Fair to say he has come a long way since then. Still not perfect off field, but damn he is a good footballer. If he had been drafted to a club other than Gold Coast, and had the right attitude from a young age, his career might be spoken about amongst the likes of Rance and Scarlett.

Born in WA so you would imagine only a lowball offer would get him to leave. West Coast would be stupid not to give him a great offer, they need good senior players and leadership while they develop. Yeo has been outstanding this year, a good role model for Reid.

We are gonna get smacked the next two weeks.

Laurie is my least favourite players on our list, but if he was ever going to find his feet and confidence, it should be against this young and depleted Richmond side. My bigger concern is that Billings will have a good game, hiding the fact that he goes missing against tough experienced teams and keeping his spot for Geelong.

There's already a racecourse, train station, high school and university right there. If you're a local and you didn't already have complaints, I don't see why this would suddenly create complaints.

Excited at the possibility of McAdam playing. Listed last week as 1-2 weeks. With this being a Wednesday game, you would think we hold off. Next VFL after that is May 5th so another 11 days for him to get ready. Couple of weeks later and he could get up for the trip to Perth...

Well I got that wrong, but they look bloody identical.

Saw the name Noah Howes mentioned as someone who could be considered for the MSD. Had a look and he is Blake's brother. 195cm forward playing for South Adelaide in the SANFL.

I just pulled it all from AFL tables, I don't think that has efficiency. You could do a basic G:B ratio but it wouldn't have out on the full. The analysis would be better if it was 'average goals per game' for the first 50 games, rather than goals per season. It's crude analysis but still highlights that JVR has started well.

Below are some of the better KPFs in the game today. Just players who were drafted in the last 6~ years, and the stat is goals kicked in their first four seasons (from debut). We all want, and need, JVR to be taking a leap this year - but patience is required. Season # 1 2 3 4 JVR 28 M. King 22 38 52 28 B. King 17 25 47 40 McDonald 9 15 32 Curnow 5 20 34 18 McKay 3 21 26 21 Daniher 3 28 34 43 Naughton 2 32 15 47 Larkey 0 26 14 42 Allen 0 20 18 28 Average 9 25 30 33 For reference, old mate Weideman kicked 3, 3, 10, 11....

Rainy Thursday night against an underperforming interstate team, wouldn't be surprised to see a poor crowd.

We're good at ruining them though

Wonder if Kolt debut as a sub is on the cards, with Woewodin coming into the 22.

Early days is the key here. His start with the Dees has been no worse than what it was for Steven May. Adding Hayward alongside Fritsch and Pickett sounds familiar... Gunston, Bruest and Rioli...

Woewodin in for Kozzy Hunter sub No other changes unless forced by injury

If Brisbane play like they did on the weekend, we should win easily. From the bits I watched, Hipwood and Cameron are still out of form and Daniher mostly got his goals from easy opportunities. I'm glad we have a bye after this, if we can a win it's a perfect time to give our sore boys a rest. Hopefully we have VFL in the bye week?

Unfortunately winter is arriving in Melbourne, rain forecast every day for the next week, including Thursday. Hopefully not around that night. I'm very interested to see how Brisbane go today against a lowly slide...

Watching the goals replay... our third goal from Trac, all came from a fantastic flying smother by Sparrow. Watch every player get to Sparrow after the goal, almost to the point of ignoring Trac, the praise is all for Spaz. Great to see... absolutely some shades of 2021 in this team...

Can't defend Kozzy for this at all. Anyone making excuses has their MFC glasses on. He raised his elbow and was clearly trying to make Soligo feel it. It was a dumb choice, he will get weeks, and he deserves weeks. In his time off he need to do some work on the mental side of his game.

Some really stupid play is keeping Adelaide in this.

Windsor is so good, he improves every single game, it's crazy.

Billings was no good at St Kilda. His career survived on being a high draft pick and playing one good game every 5-6 weeks. Exact same player showing up at Melbourne. He's just warming the spot for McAdam.

19 inside 50s to 8. Midfield deserves a massive spray.

Any chance we could get some decent ball use or run and carry going forward... Give Brown and Fritsch a chance to get into the game.