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oh good grief, what's the free kick count?!??

Maguire Media production; if it ain’t the filth, the scum, or the Peptides, there’s no interest

Maggots are loving the Pies at the moment, plucking frees from everywhere

Changed numbers has to do with ‘retro round’ apparently It just makes it all the more confusing Tyson has been fantastic around the contest, like Weed’s leading patterns, and Hunt has been solid down back thus far

the one thing i do agree is that the magpies are primed for success now they average out as bang on 25 years old, but part of the reason for that is cos they do skew old and young - their middle tier of 24-27 year olds with some degree of experience is basically hoskin-elliot, treloar and adams, al of whom they poached from gw$, and crisp, who they got from the bears sidebottom, grundy and josh smith are their only players in that bracket that were home grown - wells, pendles, dunn, etc won't be around forever, and they're absolutely key players for them - they have six players with more than 150 games under their belt playing on monday greenwood and mayne are further 'imports' in their side

this is his third year with them still only 27

yes, the 'can't trade your first rounder in consecutive years is very rubbery as we picked oliver and weideman three years back and haven't had a first rounder since then, it would seem that we can't trade it but geelong seemed to have no dramas doing the equivalent last year as per usual, the afl makes it up as it goes along

Goodwin and Jennings watching on in the crowd

i still think the 'watts as media sacrificial lamb' narrative is misguided watts' vfl form warranted his selection from what i recall

billings for tyson? i think the saints have completely misused him, burying him deep in the forward line - no idea if it's for injury reasons or what have you, but he's a much better player than he's shown thus far in 2018

Do they name the final 22 on Friday at 5pm, as per Sunday games, or is it on Saturday that it’s decided?

Ah, good point I suppose it depends on when Round 1 begins - how often does Easter fall over the march 20-24 period?

if you take out jones we're left with viney, oliver, brayshaw, tyson, with harmes and petracca as rotation inside mids but jones should be fine to play for a minimum two, probably three, more years

i personally would like to always have round 1 as a home game against the cats at the mcg at 2.10pm start two oldest clubs in the competition playing against each other at a traditional time

Opportunity, of course But if you think yr good enough to be best 22 - and I think part of the confidence of players is such that they absolutely believe they are - then yes, yr preference would be to go to an emerging club as opposed to a lower level battler

Should easily be looking at $1.5m over three as a minimum Defenders as reliable as Nev are worth at least that Interesting that Harmes is OOC too - I actually thought we had him signed up til 2019 Harmes, Brayshaw and O Mac are all must-retain at this point

79 here, and Clayton Oliver and Jesse Hogan will end up alongside Stynes, Schwarz, Farmer, and Flower for me...and I only saw the tail end of the latter’s career

I have long favored that socialist model of gate sharing as being the only fair and equitable solution Sadly, there is simply no way that the ‘big clubs’ (I.e those that consistently draw 50k plus like Collingwood, Richmond) or those with incredible homeground advantage (Adelaide, Freo, Geelong, Port, meth coke) would go for it

barlett wants pies in round 1 friday night, queen's birthday, and anzac eve to be our blockbusters in 2019: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/demons-demand-another-blockbuster-with-collingwood/news-story/a5d223adf2f8778a0e20ea39f918c6d4

What a super impressive fella

robbo was drafted, dropped off, then rookied, i seem to recall... junior > flash > russian of those that were 'only' rookie draft selections

Alternate from 2020 or split the gate

It should be a crackerjack game btw two of the four form teams of the competition I am leaning towards J Smith for Lever too, but I suspect Wagner may get the call up...I wish Hunt was in form and good to go Perhaps they’ll stick with Harmes as that seventh defender and bring in another mid - could Stretch or Tyson be the one? Other than that, only other likely change would be Weideman for T Smith if he’s crocked, given that Melksham is thankfully looking all g Jetta - O Mac Harmes - Lewis - Hibberd - Vince - Salem Gawn - Oliver - Brayshaw - Jones - Viney - Fritsch Petracca - T Mac - ANB Hogan - Melksham Bench: Spargo - Tyson - Hannan - T Smith

FWIW, Jetta and O Mac were ROBBED

Pies are quick