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Yep. Had to be one. Gawn was tackled during a marking contest prior to that with no free also.

Brown and TMac are just decoys now

Great team goal to ANB after swift ball movement through the middle which started by a 45 kick by Gawn.

Got away with a big and obvious jumper hold. Not sure how none of the 4 umps saw it.

Give our big boys some grippo

You’d think he’ll play round one based one his first half today. Looked very good. Could be Lachie Hunter vs Sauce on one wing and Bailey Smith vs Lingers on the other.

From what I’ve heard on footy commentary and talk shows, the day of opposition players deliberately targeting know injuries is over. The AFL don’t want a repeat of some of the well publicised incidents from the past (and they really are well and truly long past now) and have made it known big suspensions would follow.

I agree. I don’t think the gap between AFL and VFL has ever been bigger.

What's there to look at? We drafted 2 players that played in a premiership team. Those players are so good, other teams are throwing bucketloads of cash at them and capitilising on a go home factor to lever them away from us. It's part of the game. There were 5 players that started at other clubs that also played in our premiership (Hibbo, May, Lever, Langdon and BBB). Yes it sucks and we'd prefer it to be another way, but it's more a sign that we are doing things right than wrong. Would you prefer we only drafted players that no other clubs want? Hopefully if Kozzy leaves, the club that gets him pays overs for him, in terms of both his contract and the trade.

I enjoy her frequent reminders about how many day's its been since Essendon last won a final.

More chat about Lachie Hunter today (28/02/2023) at 11:10 to 13:50. According to Josh Gabelich, Hunter had lost the trust of the Bulldogs playing group and there was some reluctance from the Melbourne "senior leaders" (not sure if that means players, coaches or admin) to get him to the club. The first half of the podcast was about the ticking time bomb Alastair Clarkson and whether Todd Viney will be able to keep him in check. It's going to be an interesting watch this year #getyourpopcorn. https://www.afl.com.au/podcasts/afl-daily https://open.spotify.com/show/3towZDryHPGHbgF2viXRwi

Somewhere to chat about any MelbourneFC related content that come's up on the AFL Daily podcast. Not everyone's cup of tea but I usually find myself having a listen if I'm out and about in the car during the day. You can listen to it straight from the AFL website or on one of many streaming services such as Spotify. From todays episode (27/02/2023) about 14:10 to 17:30, some discussion about how we went with the scratch match against the Saints. Very postive about Lachie Hunter, then if Damian Barrett is to be believed, some bullishness from contacts at other clubs about Melbourne's chances this year and then Nat Edwards is a bit lukewarm about the first glimpses of the Grundy and Gawn partnership. Nothing super new or controversial, but Lachie Hunter's first outing caught certainly caught the eye of many outside of the die-hard supporters who watched the practice game.

Just as you posted that the commentators where also talking up his involvements and he had 3 touches in a minute. Shown a lot.

Petracca with a set shot early in the 4th. And he.... nails it. 73-38 Kick to hot spot where there was lots of numbers. ANB had kept his width though. Ball got out to him who went back to Gus who had drifted forward who dropped it into Trac about 35 out.

The commentators keep saying it's 8 periods today, but all the early official info was only 6. Anyone know whats actually going on?

Too unselfish by Chin (Chandler) there. 40m out running in, just kick it son.

Getting annoyed with the intercept marks in our F50

Just found my Kayo pass in Spam also. And how good is Bazball. And Harry Brook looks like a future star.

Lovely tap from Gawn to Oliver for the center clearance but pretty much an uncontested mark to Wilke. BBB and TMac need to do better than that.

Gawn now forward, Grundy ruck with Clarry, Trac and Harmes in the square.

Loving Lever's mullet

Really hoping the medicos can sort Salem's issues out. It's easy to forgot just how good he was in the 2021 finals series.

I'd like for them to be asked rather than just assume what they'd say.

Given his frank discussions after the 2021 GF about experiencing burnout at times during his coaching career, good chance the club and himself are keeping his media and public roles to an absolute minimum during the off-season allowing him to focus on the players and coaching.

I wonder how many ex-addicts or family members of addicts or people who work in drug re-hab want to abandon the war on drugs.