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Pity we let Francis go far too early. He was obviously a talented footballer as a teenager when drafted and needed patience in his development. Port Adelaide proved that to be the case when he played for them later in his career. Anyway, they don’t have a stepfather/stepson rule in place so it wouldn’t have helped us anyway.

Medal in the high jump coming up - and it could be gold too.

Not worried by Port winning. If we’re to go on to win a flag, it’s all up to us.

Correct weight with the rider that, subject to Covid19, he has the opportunity to show that he can consistently produce what he’s currently shown for only one quarter every few weeks, in which case, his ranking would go much higher.

No. It’s absolutely not what was asked. The response that if “our team thought he was worth pick 6 to us” we would use it on Mac Andrew actually begs the question which is actually whether you believe on the evidence actually before the public at this time you would forgo the use of pick 6.

Obviously, but that wasn’t the question asked. Let’s assume that we’re back in late 2018 and Melbourne has draft pick 6 (which it had for a little while). Your choice is to take Steven May and change in return for that pick and change or use it on a promising but slightly built young ruckman who has played half a dozen NAB Cup games and two other trial games without starring in them. He’s promising but you won’t know for a few years whether he can really play at the highest level. What would you do with pick 6?

Deakyn Smith had an ankle injury recently but it’s a bit of a concern if he’s had a recurrence and we’re not being told about it.

So you reckon he’ll go at pick 3?

6. Christian Petracca 5. Tom McDonald 4. Clayton Oliver 3. Christian Salem 2. Max Gawn 1. Steven May

Is tomorrow Sunday?

Danger game next week vs Hawks because we struggle against teams outside the 8.

Laurie didn’t play -> mystery injury of the week.

Well …

He’s not on the official injured list so it can’t be too serious … could it?

Bombers a chance for the finals if they get up in Geelong tonight.

It was a fractured eye socket and I believe his first game. With Nathan Jones it was a pity the club didn’t test him out v Collingwood on the SCG where we would be better served by him on the smaller ground. ,

Concussed and will miss this weekend’s trial games as well. Wishing him good luck for a speedy recovery.

Time for an independent review into all aspects of the Richmond Football Club?

We had that sniff when we went to Cairns last year and look where it got us?

It’s been reported that five Victorian teams played a combined scratch match yesterday. Does anyone know if our players were included in the game and if so, how they went?

Melbourne has beaten every other team it’s played against in the top eight but it’s efforts against the lowly clubs have been somewhat shabby. Adelaide beat us a few weeks ago at their own dung heap and we struggled against then winless North Melbourne and even Carlton. Over the next month, we have three games against teams outside the eight - Collingwood, Essendon and GWS Giants. We will have to take our best game into all of these matches which I classify as danger games. An inexperienced Collingwood did to Adelaide last Saturday, what we couldn’t do - beat them at the Adelaide Oval. Demons beware!!!

Pity that Caroline Wilson’s on leave and therefore not available to carry out a full and proper investigation of the incident from all sides.

De Goey didn’t even look as if he wanted to kick that goal.

Great win for the Redlegs in the SANFL tonight.

Oh ye of little faith!