Tony Tea

Time for Paul Simon in a Dees jumper.

Could it be that Vanders got a nudge at his end-of-season meeting? Is Melbourne clearing the decks for some serious trade action? I like Vanders, but I'm not sure how much I like him, since he is so often injured, and often goes missing in games. Without any related information I'd keep him for at least another year.

Brayshaw. Unlike Oliver, who does a lot of hard-to-see work in close, Brayshaw does the eyecatching stuff,.If Oliver further develops his own eyecatching work, - Look out, Brownlow. This is purely subjective on my part, but I reckon Brayshaw has a more conspicuous style of play than Oliver.

And there was the match against Carlton in 2014 when we were about to win and the commentator said "Pedersen to ice the game."

"Don't pick a fight with a (wo)man who buys ink by the barrel." ~~ Not Mark Twain

Especially since both games were at the Dome. Round 1 because of the Comm Games, but it was our home game. The second time was Carlton's home game. We should have played R1 at the Dome for a Carlton home game and the second one at the MCG for our home game.

Adios, Tom. Best of luck.

Dont you love the media? In the article it says "The Australian’s Greg Denham reported on Tuesday that Hogan has agreed to a blockbuster deal with the Dockers and will force the Demons into a trade this trade period." In Denham's article the closest he comes to saying that is "Should Hogan agree to return home, the Dockers will have to give up a first-round selection to Melbourne in return, which the Demons would have to on-trade to Gold Coast to secure May." Nothing about agreeing to a blockbuster deal. If Hogan had agreed Denham would most certainly have said so.

Hats off. Not Demon royalty, but certainly a reliable courtier. And we'll always have his big pack mark and his beautifully weighted pass to T-Mac in the last quarter in Perth in 2017.

Denham's article in the Oz is a paragon of opinion dressed up as fact. The only part that veers close to a a statement is prefaced with "it is understood" which is an old journalistic trick. Easy to deny - easy to say "told ya so". Appropriately Supernaut's "I Like it Both Ways" is a West Australian song. "It is understood Melbourne are prepared to consider sacrificing Hogan for May after their glaring deficiency in defence against West Coast in last Saturday’s 11-goal preliminary final defeat, even with top backman Jake Lever expected back early next season from a knee reconstruction." No way am I giving Hogan for ONLY Freo's pick 6 from Freo to ontrade for May.

You could be right. Goodwin may have liked what he saw at Casey, but not liked what he saw at Melbourne.

The Australian. "A bombshell is about to hit the lead-up to the AFL trade period with star Melbourne forward Jesse Hogan set to play with Fremantle next year if the Dockers are successful in their multimillion-dollar bid to lure the West Australian home."

Goodwin would not have played Petty if he did not see a future in Petty.

Very circa 1994.

Demetriou went from relocating North to expand TV coverage to introducing two new teams when North knocked him back. One team was to replace North on the Gold Coast, the other was an afterthought when he realised one extra team meant an odd number of teams. North was going to be a manageable relocation both logistically and financially. But the two new teams are a financial black hole since every alleged dollar gained via expanded TV coverage is burned by the massive money needed to prop up GC and GWS. It has always seemed dodgy that North's relocation was going to satisfy the TV expansion, but then suddenly the Giants and Suns were the answer. Policy on the run based on Demetriou's spite at North. Fiasco. Fold them both.

The others are just jealous.

There is an argument to be had over whether a back pocket should primarily be a stopper like Jetta or primarily an accumulator like Laird (or a bit of both). Laird obviously got the nod because he got a lot of possessions, but since the AA team was released Jetta has mounted a massive case for the stopper.

A pessimist is what an optimist calls a realist.

The most amazing thing about Dangerfield's game against us was the sheer number of deliberate "frees" (either paid or not paid) he committed. Like Jetta in the vid, every single time Danger was beaten he slung his opponent to the ground. And yet he was hardly ever pinged.

Perthquake.

Che Sera Sera was a Marxist fatalist.

West Coast is a Clarko Footy disciple and currently play better Clarko Footy than Hawthorn. Kingy is right. We got away with the game last night. If the Hawks were on their mettle we would have been skewered. If West Coast is on their game on Saturday we will be in trouble simply because they are comparatively better than Hawthorn and we most definitely struggle against Clarko Footy. Nevertheless, we beat the Hawks despite being quelled around the contested footy, which is usually our long suit. Last night's game was weird in so much as it was like Melbourne playing against Melbourne. The Hawks kept taking the ball into our forward line, but we were able to hold them out and score on the breakaway. We can't tempt fate and allow West Coast the same territorial ascendancy, simply because they will operate better than Hawthorn. With luck and good management we will play the game in our forward half and put the slows on their sling shot and stop Kennedy and Darling getting clear chances. Fingers crossed we don't play tennis against a brick wall. No matter how well we play the ball keeps coming back.

I thought we hated the Hawks because we have beaten them about five times in 50 years.

Whats with the gruesome music?