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I love how Taj needed clearance from the surgeon to sweat post-surgery 😂😂 6 weeks for a dislocated fingure is very stiff, especially after working himself into serious contention to make his debut.

As long as it’s communicated really clearly all along, I think it can work too. In this instance, with 4 of our best players so close to coming back, it should have been made really clear that in all likelihood it wasn’t going to be a long stint in the seniors, but it was a great opportunity to experience it and contribute.

Such a rapid improvement since last year’s VFL grand final, where out of all our untried youngsters at that point he would have been right down the list of most likely to make an impact at AFL less than 6 months later. Great spotting by many of the track watchers who quickly alerted DL that he had taken a giant leap forward into selection contention. Huge credit to him of course too. Rookie selections that turn into AFL standard players are like striking gold.

Yeah, he would be a big out as he is one of their only players that can break through good defensive setups.

In other words, Viney does what Libba failed to do.

I agree with this ban and think it’s long overdue, but I’m curious as to whether he’s the first player to get suspended for a bump that caused zero (or at the very least, very minimal) harm?

If they are all fully fit and risk free, that’s how I see it playing out. If Fritsch was a midfielder I think he’d need a run at VFL also given how long he’s missed but he should be ok given his role. Viney and May haven’t been out long at all and should be good to play seniors if fit. I like Salem coming back via the VFL but don’t actually know if there is a VFL of any sort to play him in??? Given how little we all know about the severity of May’s calf issue, I’m quite amused by all the armchair doctors making calls on how long he needs. The club knows how valuable he is and won’t risk him if he’s not ready.

Go Dees is all we need.

Thanks for this. Any recent knowledge of how Jeff White’s son is tracking?

Kings wanted more for Buddy also, particularly because he has priors. Not sure if Cornes particularly referenced Buddy too much.

Not sure why we would look to Tomlinson who hasn’t played or trained as a forward for 24-36 months now when we have JVR (who was close to being selected at the end of 2022) and Schache both fit.

I thought he got tackled while still down picking the ball up.

Did he definitely miss?

Salem and Fritta might be fit but because of the long lay off they might need to get match fit either through more match sim at training or game time at Casey. Hopefully Goodwin is in an info giving mood at the mid week presser. Or the weekly injury video from Dr Laura(?).

What would be stopping them? Surely they have trained in that tall role all preseason and if they are both fit, they will chose whoever is in the best form.

I saw that as well. My theory was that she is here for the VFLW season which kicks off very soon.

It appeared Baker stood over McVee when he got pinged for HTB and Gawn took exception to that. Baker certainly then appeared to be claiming his innocence so it may have been a case of mistaken intentions. I watched after they game and every Melbourne player warmly embraced him including Trac who made a beeline for him after doing a media interview. Certainly didn’t seem any ill will between Gawn and Sauce.

And that would be just as idiotic as the people on here that blame our poor performances on our 15-30th ranked players that cost nothing in the scheme of things when it’s really the top 10 paid players not performing that are the problem. If the Bulldogs supporters have any sense, all their anger will be directed at the club for chasing and investing heavily in Lobb, a player who isn’t what they needed, and that’s not even mentioning his long term flakiness.

I'm not sure if leading the public witch hunt for Pickett will do much to endear Port to Pickett or Picketts family.

That little bawk(?) was a thing of beauty. Very subtle but it totally wrong footed Libba who just dropped his head knowing he had been beaten.

I'm too yound to have any meaningful memories of Brian Wilson, but he was my late father's favourite player of that era. Great story and well done MFC.

Kane Cornes and David King are the loudest voices I’ve heard that wanted more, ignoring that two weeks for a no actual harm incident is a huge leap forward for something that not long ago would have been thrown out for insufficient force. Whateley and Damien Barrett are two big profiles that think it’s a fair outcome.

Good decision by the club I feel. I’m sure there are several past players struggling with concussion related life issues and that are part of the current legal action that the MFC would also feel some responsibility for. Unlucky for Kozzy and us that he is the first but it it well past time that the potential outcome of actions are looked at as well as just the outcome. It wasn’t that long ago that the match day report would have been thrown out for insufficient force. I think 2 weeks is a good starting point for a first offender for such an incident now. Just hope they also start to treat deliberate head punches and elbows just as seriously such as the [censored] we saw by the repeat offender Cotchin a few weeks ago.

I listened with bated breath to hear Dammo’s take on the Kozzy incident, expecting more of the hysteria coming out of the likes of Kane Cornes and David King. Very surprised to hear him (and Josh Gabelich) say he was happy with it although he mused it could be challenged by Melbourne to lower it to one week. They were also very positive with the Grawndy performance and Dammo had Trac 5th best overall for the round in his Daily MVP votes (which he then ruined by giving Chad Warner 1st best).

Played well all game but his first quarter especially was brilliant. If any of our younger defenders may have been anxious without Steve May, they would have been greatly reassured that the system would stand up with the way Lever played. It definitely reassured me 😂👍