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Maybe his 'first goal' was to get his first goal?

I can't wait till time travel is available and I'll go back to that game and sit in the city end level 1, mark the ball in the crowd and yell "Onya Maxy future legend!" I'll also hold up the latest Ipad so people get freaked out.

I think the crowd attendances have been pretty good lately. And there hasn't been a weekly thread on crowd attendances being low or blaming the Demon Army for poor performances on the field. Big tick!

I take it back immediately!

Which 2 bit weather site is that?

Geelong will be going hard for Grundy

Trent Rivers is a cool guy, he intercept marks and doesn't afraid of anybody.

Verrall especially. Could be a beast! Looking forward to seeing his pre season

Yes, we've got the benefit of knowing what we're dealing with. For me a road trip to Adelaide is slightly better than one to Brisbane. Not fazed by the hostile environment and I think we play that ground pretty well.

Speaking of which, I went to the Forum last Fri for Melb International Film festival to see 'Louder Than You Think' which was based on Pavement drummer Gary Young. If anyone is remotely interested in music docos and the rock lifestyle I strongly recommend a watch.

I was about to say his routine was better back then until the last second 'tilt and shoink' number that we all know and love.

He's a smart man BT.

Slight dirty feeling about this. Tigers fans have a right to feel aggrieved. But I'm not a Tigers fan so who gives a trip.

Yeah and we should keep an eye out for giant bathtubs as well.

These heads are more trouble than they are worth!

Not to mention if we lose the 1st v 4th game we end up on the interstate side of the draw. Just win baby.

Fair call LDVC. I do think they tend to get obsessed about speeding the game up and this shouldn't be favoured over scoreboard integrity but I also think with more reviews and more waiting we're going to add much more unnecessary time onto an already long game of football. The stop-start nature of this is pretty annoying to watch and I don't feel teams that gain momentum in a game deserve to have it killed just because there's a contentious score review. Also if touched balls like Petracca's aren't why they brought the system in then they shouldn't be reviewable plays. It should have been simply goal line and gaps between post and then when technology and cameras ever get better, then introduce touched balls.

Very late on this but shoutout to the Pink Lady event and the efforts that everyone involved go to to make this happen. One of my favourite days at the G right up there with the Freeze. If you are able to make a donation please do.

That's true. At least no threat of 'stealing' our top 4 spot.

I've got to get down to Burnley again, ripping setup they got there! Keen to try that Red Giant IPA.

Can you imagine Viney being rested and sitting in the stands? Or even better, sitting in the coaches box with Goody? I can see him one minute sitting there normally and then the next minute headbutting the glass repeatedly until it shatters.

Montagna said on first crack that he'd like to see a review while the play is going similar to Soccer. So if the quick play on kick in is taken they will review and if they need to reverse it they will do so and put time back on the clock. Mixed feelings about it, I don't actually love this about Soccer but I will say it's usually less likely that they have to do this and bring the play back. More often that not the umpires are right but if this eliminates that 10%, 20%, or whatever % of the ones like this that are tragic then maybe it's something to consider. I don't believe we should stop the game and prevent the full back from kicking in every time a review is done, that's horrible.

That was going to be my next observation but I couldn't find the uncontested possessions for that quarter. Hawthorn seem to do a fair bit of the uncontested mark style which would have meant less opportunity for pressure stats. Also, do you think after a game like last week it was likely we weren't going to come out all guns blazing with pressure?

There's no such thing as injuries anymore, you're either healthy or forced to rest 😆

Have we missed the 'Try T-mac to see how it goes' boat? I know Travy said earlier he was decent in the VFL but I feel that every selection from here on in won't have room for experiments.