Alex No Fancy-name

Is it just me, or does B.Smith seem disinterested?

Meh. I'm just waiting to watch the highlights from a couple of 2018 finals (after which my memory gets a bit fuzzy)

It's the small wins: B. Smith has a free and the cat supporting son (sorry) predicts it will go to a hawk. TRIH

In a zero sum game, happy for us to watch the hawks go down, as long as we don't get a shot of the cats coaching box.

Last night seemed so empty. I totally endorse Andy and the team's mandated break. But how about some "conversation starters" so I can attempt to engage with the family again?

Would love to have a player like ANB in the red and blue. (Not a dig or a winge. Solid player and leader, good on him)

Some deep analysis would be most justified. However the evidence of the past 48 hours is that the current media blowtorch consists of the usual buffoons (aka AFL accredited media) spouting further ill-informed speculation on who should be sacked or traded. Nothing of substance; nothing showing any insight or analysis.

One and a half hours of the best footy analysis you will find. Then half an hour of Kenny G.

Viney may well be cited, but the point was this was announced as a fact. At the time we had two players out of the game with concussion, but neither incident (and both may have been incidental) received any attention from the broadcast. Which of itself might be just another moment in a pretty miserable afternoon's footy... were it not for the impression that the match review does seem to respond to the "newsworthy incidents". (Note that the goal review which happened to highlight a throw on the goal line was forgotten the moment after it happened; not to say (as the rules stand) that it should have been recalled or a free awarded, but if this happened to the club currently at the top of the ladder you would expect multiple replays, ill unfurnished comments from the host broadcaster ("you'd hate to see a grand final decided...") and a grovelling response from AFL house.) And I agree 100% with this point. It cannot be acceptable for the organisation that it charges with running the competition to run on its official platform opinion pieces. It compromises the actions of the organisation across the board (if they were not already compromised).

I had the facebook memory come up this morning - with 9 News assuming they'd only need to prepare one headline!

Still getting my head around the win. Want to watch the replay but "we have to watch eurovision." Speaking of things European, loved the round ball practice paying off big time! Without watching the replay (see above), does Bowey get easy possessions, or does he just make them look easy?

Listening to SEN and the melt down from Collingwood fans who have just discovered that the umpiring in this game is inconsistent!

Can we have a discussion re what Ed Langdon is giving us this year? I feel when he came to the club we saw him as a "bit player" with the running capacity his one wood. This year, I feel like he is one of a few who've provided a consistent contribution, and we're seeing him evolve into a leadership role that was probably not expected.

On the train home, nice to see all the Freo supporters (who probably came expecting an easy kill) head to the Quiet Sulking compartment. And amazing to read their carry-on in the Twitters re how hard-done-by they were by the folk in green! (Or did I have my red and blue glasses on?)

In the last quarter, the blood pressure dropped whenever the ball made it across to Bowey.