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Too expensive to have on the books. I’d give him away for peanuts if another team will take his contract. Still may have some AFL quality football in him and I’d wish him well should he move on. Seems like a quality guy

I watched most of the game. Ashcroft was good but not as good as I expected. A lot of Sam Walsh about him. Harley Reid however was super impressive. He will be a star. As will Cadman. Jefferson had a good game but looks a long way off AFL ready. Harry Jones vibes. I really liked Anderson in defence for metro, plus Gruzewski had some great moments and Cam MacKenzie looks all class. Binns, Burgiel and Hustwaite were the other ones from Country who stood out.

Hardly daylight. Expected scores had us six points down against Sydney and comfortably beating Brisbane. Plenty to work on (which you’ve covered well) but we aren’t far off.

Mihocek out would be very handy. He loves playing us

That is so sad to read but I’m glad he has found peace with it. Sounds like an amazing speech. It’s a real shame they didn’t give him the opportunity to be the GF sub.

He was *that* close to landing on his neck/head. Free kick was there. Won’t/shouldn’t be suspended

Nick Martin should be the favourite. He is pure class.

They had an awful preseason with injuries. Very much like us in 2019. Although we were more competitive than this rabble.

Richmond supporter. He wants him out for ANZAC eve.

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Was trying to imply that “probably” was not an appropriate word in that sentence. People, especially men, need to do better.

Freo are a definite chance against Adelaide, who have really dropped off in the second half of this year, albeit from being absolutely dominant. A GF at Marvel would be awesome but a prelim against (presumably) Brisbane will be tough. Should be two great prelims!

“Probably shouldn’t have” Really?? Agree that it should have been handled privately. If he had been quietly sacked no one would have noticed or cared.

I’ve lost it now but someone on Twitter today posted the expected scores (from Champion data) for the round and we were “expected” to have won by almost 50 points.

I walked the replay today and have watched a lot of round 1. There seems to be a set of rules in the ruck that solely applies to Gawn and no other ruck. Joel Smith’s game really stood out on the replay. One of our best

Gee Jayden Stephenson is a liability. I have actually found the game entertaining but these two teams are bottom 4 for sure. Sullied by the incredibly poor skill level and Hawthorn winning.

WTF. Flat out wrong to say Smith has no pace. He is one of our fastest (behind Hunt) and his closing speed to spoil etc is one of his strengths. He has many weaknesses but it is ridiculous to say he doesn’t have pace.

Sparrow is a miles better kick though

Essendon still look like a momentum team. Will be very handy on their day but were often ball watching/plodding in defence. Media pumping up Perkins and Cox post game. Perkins is understandable but Cox is just so meh. Dogs looking pretty much the same as last year.

Adjudication of the ruck has also been baffling. Fitzsimon has been very good this quarter

The amount of fumbles is a disgrace. A lot of players hearing footsteps. Two weeks is a row of rubbish (bar the final qtr last week). And not working hard enough as demonstrated by being out numbered at nearly every contest. They are capable of so much better than this.

Paxman doesn’t watch men’s AFL (or much football at all I think) and it shows. She has never been a very good decision-maker. Elite runner though and decent kick. Will go close to AA again probably but I’d pick Hanks before her every day of the week

It’s a joke that West is in the team with those kicking skills. We are really missing Maddy Gay

Haven’t seen us play this bad for years

It was one of the worst games I have seen him play (fair enough though, he had a torn hammy!) It shows what a champ he is.