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Dirk Dirked it

We did well to weather

Not that I focus on umpiring but they do get a nice leg up these last few weeks Carlton

Kozzie on fire

He can't miss

Kozzie the ripper

The most out of form forward in the comp kicks a goal within 30 secs

Not there tonight. Back injury is pretty bad at the moment. Hope we can knock these Blue bags off

Absolutely Balls, totally agree. We were taught the same way, if you can't punch the ball then punch their arms. Obviously don't hold the arm but disrupt any way possible. It seemed like another dippy dappy thing they brought in purely to increase scoring.

Really happy for Clayton, it's hard to explain but I haven't been this happy about a milestone game for a while. This guy is a club legend, end of story. We know Garry Lyon has constantly had great things to say about Clarry but the one that sticks out was around early 2017 when he said out of all the youngsters we had, this one was going to be the best. And Clarry's best is as good as I've personally seen at Melb. Whatever happens from now till the end of his career, whether he's a one club player or does take a fresh start, he will always be a favourite son at MFC for me. This Sat will be a moment to celebrate all of this.

Been knocking him this year but I don't think trading him is a good move. He's still a proven scorer and we need those.

Great to hear the family is getting back on their feet. Seems like a great lad, couldn't be happier with his form.

I never knew why the arm chopping rule came in and don't know why it has lasted this long to be honest. A key forward worth their salt in physical strength can be arm chopped all day and still pull marks in. Doesn't get nearly enough heat that rule.

Listening to this now. Binman I do hear you RE: concussion. However I feel like we've all been starting sentences with "If we're serious about concussion we need to XYZ" for years now. Whatever faith I had in the league doing the right thing in this area was given a time of death at week 1 of the 2023 finals series. I don't know what it will take move this immovable giant but the league simply doesn't care enough to make the changes necessary. That's just how it is for me. PS: Hope the trip is going well!

Goes no.1 in most other drafts. As close to the full package as we've had in a while. Not just a great kick technically but a smart kick in the way he puts it to advantage. Super quick thinker as well, I just love having him on our team.

Loved Bayley Fritsch's game, the effort to help teammates and find space was evident. Yet with 0 tackles and 4 pressure acts are there still concerns? Bayley looks excellent when he has the space he was allowed by the North defence but the games I worry about are the ones where he doesn't have that space and needs to find other ways to work his way into the game/help us lock the ball in 50 and get some repeat chances at goal. To look at it another way, is this not going to be much of an issue once we have our transition gameplan going and we're getting it into 50 quicker to players like Fritsch on a lead? Your thoughts?

Think it was more that they were expecting to win but wouldn't have been surprised with a loss. I don't think a fair number of people are surprised we won.

This was my concern and its times like this when Fritta looks more like an icing on the cake player.

My love for the sport was on the wane before that but that night and subsequent week after nuked anything I had left for taking the AFL seriously. I hardly watch any games other than ours now. I used to watch most Thurs and Fri might games now barely any. I was part of a weekly footy podcast that recapped the round's action but now the thought of watching more than 2 or 3 games a weekend seems like a headache. The passion for the game at the highest level isn't there now.

Very happy with Bayley Fritsch's game today. 3 goals and 21 possessions (career high?). Found space and his instincts were to help the team today. One slight worry - 0 tackles and 4 pressure acts. When you're finding space and getting opportunities like he did today then you don't worry about the defensive side, but he is not going to get the space he did today against a lot of the other sides in the competition. When his leads are blocked and the forward 50 marks aren't happening this is when most of us notice the lack of defensive pressure and being able to offer something other than his 1 wood. I hope we can see more of this from now till the end of the season, or just keeping hitting him lace out.

The accuracy was pretty good today, in conditions where you wouldn't expect it. Fritta, Chin and Melk all clinical in front of goal. Imagine if that could happen more often?

Petracca Melksham Langford Gawn Fritsch T-Mac

JVR presented well. Jeffo did ok. I'd take that from them every week

Back on the winners list. See you next year Xerri