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the dual introduction of two franchises in consecutive years and free agency artificially kept the cream at the top for longer in the early 2010s - it meant regeneration of talent through the draft was negated by the draft concessions while hawthorn in particular and geelong to a lesser extent were able to use free agency to stay at the top for longer it will be interesting to see if a taswegian team and the likely mid-season trade period introduction around the same time has a similar effect

aints are the best defensive side in the competition - conceded 100 less points than the next best, geelong, and their points for is pretty solid too, coming in mid table fwiw we are 2nd for points scored (2 less than the cats) and 6th for points against in terms of points differential we're third with +143 behind puddy tatts (+173) and aints (+153)

oi, montagna, langdon wants a word... josh daicos the best wingman in the game pfffft

second only to bluebottle kiss for mine

nope, that'd push us from 3rd to 4th!

25-35k, about 80% of which will be dees fans

you'd think there's going to have to be some changes given the five day turnaround why is spargo out another week? i would've thought he was fine as he's past the 12 day protocol for concussion symptoms and he was back in the training mix during this week (just saw the goodwin presser and he said spargo remains out for a further week) may was very sore and rivers was subbed out; wouldn't surprise me if either missed the other consideration is rotation of ruckmen - grundy has now played a lot more minutes probably than originally anticipated - and midfielders - i'd be keen to see someone other that sparrow given an opportunity bowey was poor in the first half - wasn't on his pat malone - but second half was much approved, as was the entire team OUT: may, grundy, rivers / sparrow IN: harmes, schache, brown laurie remains the sub, with petty returning to defence

6: viney 5: neal-bullen 4: hibberd 3: chandler 2: petracca 1: oliver chin and roo turned the game, but trac and clayton sneak into the votes ahead of the latter

should happen; won't happen

he gets the #37 before inheriting the #11 when gawn retires as a seven time premiership legend, right?

gotta say, i love the defensive pressure the aints are putting on it's a long season ahead, but there's no reason to think that they won't be back at the pointy end it's almost like that ross lyon bloke knows how to coach defensive structures and get players to execute accordingly

solid choke job by poos&wees

i feel dirty saying this but c'mon hawks want flagmantle to keep plummeting down that ladder

they're having a 2019 mfc year in a year in which they don't have picks in the first two rounds as the holder of their first two picks, it's glorrrious

@Rod Grinter Riot Squad - what's the feeling in the community about these 'showcase' afl games? what's yr vibe on the overs / unders of the game vs meth coke actually being removed from the territory?

back at the g, thanks

cos c7 don't broadcast after goals and it's their camera use

i love watching flagmantle lose

it's nice having two games i genuinely care about each week - the dees and flagmantle's 💀🏇

lies! damn lies!!

this is deplorable footy to watch carn footscray

i would've thought a player could only be considered an 'import' if they played a senior game with another club

biz played his best footy for us as an undersized key defender

really like him and can't see the filth letting him go can see the two perf teams throwing the kitchen sink at him as they both need forwards

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