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A good interview on the club website. Young Charlie speaks well. Benny Gibson looks like a work experience kid but he puts together some good media content. Charlie Spargo - Talking Points

Very good. Took a few seconds before the penny dropped on that one. Well played

Bringing Brown in is gonna cause some structural shift. Unless you drop LJ & Brown contributes in the ruck. Neither of which is on. So Brown forward, Melksham Casey and TMac to take over Melksham's "connector" role which is essentially a large part of what he's been doing anyway. We lose Melk's distribution skills but TMac gets the ball more, is a more obvious target & far better in the air. He kicks fairly low & flat into the forward line so that may be to our advantage. He'll throw in the odd howler but who doesn't. This gives the least disruption to our structure. I've no idea how to fit Weid in at this stage

Wouldn't take him back but only on a cost v needs basis. Still a good footballer but at 30 odd is surplus to our requirements. It seems forgotten that the year before he left we tried to shop him to GWS for a draft pick. Top ten I think we were aiming at. He didn't want to go there.

What's the problem. He's an ordinary commentator but he was right in this instance. And what what do "his mob" have to do with it ? He was commenting on Melbourne v Richmond. People get upset by the most trifling things. 6 - 0 mate. Enjoy the ride

Pretty sure Fritsch went into Epworth the night he fractured his hand & had a plate of some description put in. So the bone's essentially protected & the issue is how quickly he recovers from the surgical wound. In that context, missing one game is not unreasonable.

That call he made comparing his lot as a Tiges supporter to Jacquie Kennedy post the JFK shooting is one of the funniest things I've ever heard. Wonder if he still has the petrol station. Mario from Doncaster Good times !

This is the biggest issue our team faces if we are to improve and contend. We've improved significantly in the areas where we don't have the ball - the pressure from Spargo, ANB & Kozzie is forcing front half turnovers and even TMac & Fritsch have ramped up their tackling & pressure games. Where the improvement is less apparent is when we have the ball. Our forward line is often stagnant or we have players leading to the one spot. That really limits the options for the ball carrier coming forward. Supporters often criticise mids for "the long bomb" to the goal square but when your forwards don't offer an alternative................... you can "lower your eyes" all you like but if there's nothing coming at you, all you can do is go long. There are plenty of examples where we've hit up forwards on the lead this season but the movement needs to be constant. When sides flood back like GWS did and it looks like there's no space, forwards still have to lead. It's as much about drawing defenders, disrupting their zone & creating space for your fellow forwards as it is about getting hit lace out & having a shot at goal. Forwards working for each other. Selfless.

This. He is becoming Nev-like in one on ones. Keeps his feet a lot more than he used to as well

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Brilliant read that.

Yep. Demongirl35 was right on the money

I'm hearing after training today we are likely to have at least one more enforced change

Halfway through the last quarter Mitch Duncan receives the ball in open space & starts running it towards Geelong's forward line. Langdon gives him 25 metres start and is no hope of catching him. But he puts on the jets & bloody near gets him just as Duncan takes his kick. I thought that summed Langdon up. Unconditional effort given no matter what.

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Suspect he's at home playing with his trains, having erected another picket in the fence He has been on the Clarrie Choo-Choo (worst nickname ever) Train since before the kid was drafted by us. So he will be a very happy Fence tonight I'd reckon. Good on him

The Robbie comparison might have been over the top but don't be too hard on yourself @dazzledavey36. To be fair, in his first two years you couldn't have asked for much more from poor old Cale. He was tracking beautifully as an outside mid. Fair to say it all went to hell after that but the start of his career was good. Something that's usually forgotten

He's improved week on week this season. R1 was pretty ordinary to my eye. Overran the ball several times & let it get out the back. R2 he tidied that up and tightened up his defensive game but his disposal was pretty shoddy. R3 his disposal improved & his support running & defensive running got better. His dashes forward see to have more purpose now & I suspect he & Langdon get quite a kick out of combining & putting on the afterburners. He's always going to throw in the odd clanger but as someone else has pointed out, we're better at dealing with that now. Let's hope he continues to consolidate & improve. In his current form he makes us a better team. Also makes us even more fun to watch

You need to ask @WERRIDEE

Goodwin reckons a few weeks away for he & Weid. Wants them fit and in form before throwing them in the team. That's an approach that should let them hit the ground running when they resume at AFL level

Petty can slot in

No doubt a committed Melksham somewhere near the top of his game make us a better side. Forward of centre I think I prefer the ball in his hands more than anyone's. He makes good decisions and his delivery is sound & sometimes superb. However last year he took short cuts & played like a bloke who was frightened of getting hurt. Disappointing from a supposed leader. We aren't privy to the info the match committee has but personally, I'd want to see a demonstration that he's got that [censored] out of his game before I could trust him again. Hope he gets his act together. His best is very good

Tough read indeed and I hope he can find some peace & fulfilment in the rest of his life. I find it strange that this story seems to have fizzled so quickly. Were it Collingwood involved it would be news for weeks if not months. For those who can't remember Owen's brief time as a Demon, here's a minute to savour. The boy could play. Rod Owen - Melbourne v North 1991

Thanks for the reminder @demonstone. I'd not listened to "Live At The Regal" for years. Cracking album & his band is amazing. They make a couple of horns sound like Count Basie's Orchestra. As live albums go I'm also a big fan of "Ya-Ya's". It's a great example of the differences in Mick Taylor & Keith Richard's guitar playing and how they complemented each other. Brilliantly showcased in "Sympathy For The Devil" My "go-to" live albums though are Sam Cooke's "Live At Harlem Square" and Lyryrd Skynyrd's "One More From The Road". My most prized vinyl possessions.

Good pickup. Both rolled up the sleeves and grafted hard until we could start getting the game back on our terms