The Taciturn Demon

My 1diot eye sees a midfield version of Jack Higgins.

It all began with Matt Burgan, didn't it?

Idiotic. The final 8 system they have now is as elegant and fair as a system gets.

Mm. Maybe. I couldn't really think of two more unalike coaches, though.

Well said. We're very young - while at the same time playing a few old stagers who are right at the very end and pretty banged up. The draw was really easy, but it was a good effort to maintain consistency and finish second. And I think a really strong effort to play out a tough game against a brutal Brisbane team with stars on every line and not let it become a big loss. Players like Campbell, Gillard, Gall, Wotherspoon, Mahony, O'Hehir and Rigoni are all under 23. Add in Ebert (whose non-selection still puzzles me) and Lily Johnson who seems on the edge of our best team - both 19. All contribute, but as you'd expect from very young players, not all can do it for four quarters (Gillard can). Very interested to see how we go against Adelaide next week. Straight sets would be devastating but it's so hard against larger, more mature teams.

Getting beaten by the most unlikeable team in all of football and now there's a "walk like the Telstra guy" competition. [censored] me.

Good crowd noise on the city side. Enjoying the volume and sarcasm.

Loving Molly O'Hehir's game. Might be the making of her.

One of the greatest pretenders I've seen in 40 odd years of watching footy. Impossible to like.

What a privilege to have been around to watch Kate Hore. Stunningly good footballer.

Goodness. Didn't expect that. Absolutely dominated. Love it to be three or four instead of two. Blatant free to Banno near the end there.

The noises the Brisbane players made after the anthem were reminiscent of cliched roving cannibal bands in post-apocalyptic fiction.

Think I've found the broadcast mic that you always hear crowd noise from at Casey. Might sit closer and whinge into it all day to make amends.

It's a bloody fair point. I really like Windsor, but I doubt he'll become an outright star. I like Turner as well, and am very hopeful, but he's in the same category as Windsor for me. Is there talk WC are considering trading Pick 2?

Anyone in that range you really like the look of? Who above that do you particularly like?

Ebert dropped has shocked me. Reminds me of Jordon being dropped a few years ago after what I thought was a run of really good form.

In those Championship videos he's so often got a big gap on his opponent. It's impressive. Then he gets you in the air when you close up his space. AND he hits targets by foot! Exciting. A lot of the video highlights of the touted top ten don't really do it for me. Nairn's looked good, although I'm sure you have to take into account SA's overall dominance, and many other factors my dimwit football mind doesn't even consider.

I reckon if you're going to reach, reach for the 188cm bloke whose hands look beautiful, who opens himself up in all marking contests without any fear and who kicks beautifully. If only he was Victorian.

Quite possibly. I like players with good sideways movement - I think it's extremely difficult to teach. You kind of either have it or you don't. And you might be right: the high-level skill itself will allow the FD to work with him and turn him into a more damaging player. I could be totally wrong on Grjl (I'm as far from an Under 18 expert as you can be), but where others see attacking briliance, I see lots of movement and not a lot of crispness.

Be more tackful. It's not the worst malapropism going round.

I strongly agree. Seems to have great evasive skills but I don't see him using them to get into space and use the extra time to do something really creative.

And her toughness. I'm worried Brisbane will maul us.

This is exactly my worry.

Very tough call. I truly have enjoyed her football. Last week really worried me. More than once she looked like she had concrete legs. You can get away with that if you're the designated distributor or getting to the right spot and taking intercept marks. Lampard isn't. Straight swap for Goldrick, if Sinead's available.

Anyone know how ticketing works with a mobile membership. It's completely opaque on the Ticketmaster website.