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unnecesarily harsh players on ground say all sorts of rubbish; there's many stories about the dees circa 2015-19 being VERY lippy they won't be the first, nor the last

25k is next to no chance; 20k might be a chance...

konstas is a kid surprised by yr attitude towards him @Ghostwriter given yr fervent defense of the mfc kids he's played four tests; plenty of time to grow into the role

200k or so combined members between tigs and peptides; 53k in attendance

doubt it will see the final session in the morn given it's a day / night clash starting at 4.30am melbourne-time

pant threw his wicket away with a completely unnecessary attempt at a single to try to give rohit the strike to get his 100 before lunch stupid, stupid, stupid as sunny would say

big win in the end 16.15.111 to 5.5.35 stats: i'd go: 6: billings 5: verrall 4: hardie 3: culley 2: mentha 1: howes

he and verrall are two of the few youngsters i was excited to watch this evening - super impressed by both

mentha's pace is genuinely exciting

3rd for mentha - smart not to compete in the air, no one else at ground level, walks it into goal

not for mine he is an undersized inside mid

hardie plays a lot like anb - just works so hard to get to the 'right' spots

great kick noah yze

spargo is a class above i just wish he'd win the footy 25-30 times a game, not 10-15

fantastic pressure from spargo creates an opportunity for laurie, who does not miss from directly in front, mebbe 40m out

mentha gets his second after a lot of hard work to get it into space i50 - snap around the body from 35m out

not watching, but apaz nic martin just did his knee for the peptides

i would hope so such an important 'connector'

he's not yet 19 very raw but has pace, which is a big plus along with billings and laurie, they're both very vanilla - show nothing that indicates that they can step up to afl level patrick ireland is an interesting type - not hugely tall, but mobile and attacks it in the air

collapsed lung for butts darcy hit him with an open hand to the chest boy doesn't know his own strength!

can run, can bounce the ball, can't officiate the game routinely poor decision maker

it would be very unusual for a player to be a senior coach after one assistant afl role - the ones i can think of of late are voss, buckley, and hir

no thankyou, i would @Demonland @binman and @george_on_the_outer go LONGER

i would've preferred debuting adams to plugger mac coming in

it's so funny - normally yr excited about watching 'the kids' in the vfl but - perhaps kentfield and mentha aside - our kids are all in the seniors! it's pronounced how much we are missing players who are the leading performers in the side in that 24-28 year old bracket at the moment...