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One player I wouldn’t mind being linked to is GWS’s Zac Williams for a bit of pace off half-back but he will come at a cost.

I have attended only one game of AFL football this season and it happens to have been the scratch match against North Melbourne back in February. We creamed them back then and even though it was virtually a seconds game with a few VFL players thrown in, I’m confident that we can beat them again this time.

North’s pretty “boggie” too!

Every week there are close games but we are going to absolutely rue the games lost to Geelong and Brisbane.

Breaking News: Melbourne has gone up a spot on the ladder before the start of tonight’s game after the fall in North Melbourne’s percentage after their loss to Geelong.

Brisbane 3.16.34. If only they kicked that poorly 2 weeks ago.

Who knows but the Dogs were playing off an extra day’s break which is a significant factor.

Port weren’t playing the top team on the ladder but rather a middle of the road team. That’s a big difference.

Two weeks in a row, our next opponent has 12.1 kicked against them. North v Adelaide still in progress.

Get that Nietschke is gorn for the duration but a bit sad that Hore, Petty & Kolo can’t get beyond the indefinite tag.

No mention of AVB.

So it looks like the eight players they’ve taken up to Queensland are in quarantine apart from the rest of the team which makes sense.

I would suggest that when we play them this Sunday, there will be possibly nine different players in the team.

If Tomlinson’s kick was straight, we would have beaten Geelong and been well placed to get into the 8 if and when that game against the Bombers ever gets played.

Has there been any news on Tom McDonald’s eye injury?

6. Jack Viney 5. Ed Langdon 4. Max Gawn 3. Christian Petracca 2. Aaron vandenBerg 1. Mitch Hannan

In today’s paper, Petracca’s disposal efficiency for the game was 64% but I’m sure the commentators were attributing about half that to him. Where do they get their stats from?

With 9 changes to their lineup, I somehow doubt it. They might sneak through this week because they’re playing the Swans.

The Sidebottom story ain’t nothing compared to the news about to go down about another one of their stars.

We’re underdone with five players coming in with two of them playing for the first time in over a year. Essendon showed how shaky they were after a 15 day break and for their accuracy kept them in the game. Can we really expect Melbourne to kick straight when our key forward has kicked 1.6 for the season?

They always do against us.

This is outrageous. Of the first six rounds, only one home game - assuming we stay up north for another week, that would make it 1 out of 7. As a bottom six finisher last year, we should be expecting 9 home and 8 away games. If the club doesn’t demand that then it will struggle for members going forward. Weak as ...

Spencer would be the dominant ruckman in the competition.

This.