whatwhat say what

and, iirc, he'd already been dropped to the vfl by then cos his form forward of the ball was appalling he was always a natural defender, but he's not an all-australian calibre player; well, at least not yet

yep the free to air networks hate it cos more goals = more ads = more revenue i don't mind the concept behing 16-a-side but i don't think that it'll make a lick of difference in terms of increased scoring now, reduce the competition to 16 or 14 sides - as there's already too many teams, and thus too many ordinary players - and you might see an improvement in overall skill level but instead the afl is likely to go the other way and increase the size of the comp to 20 teams

Set to miss just round 1, according to afl site He was rusty as against the hawks; needs more playing time - presuming there actually will be football this season...

Discussing it at work today one coworker reckons this is the perfect opportunity to go to a 17 round season; delay season start til Anzac Day Eve etc I personally don’t mind if we kick off the season with a blockbuster against the reigning premier

Does anyone really want our boys flying to and from Perth on a virus laden tin can? I can’t see how round 1 can go ahead unless the afl guarantees chartered flights; even then you’d want the pilots and staff screened

NBA season suspended; Rudy Gobert the first player to test positive confirmed

Meh, it's an easy joke Max will say it too Nick Larkey from north did today

Could be Salem with glandular fever

what i saw of peptides vs puddy tatts was atrocious

based upon 5 mins of viewing, north look like they're going to be a thuggish team - so many late hits and physical acts to try and intimidate very reminiscent of the way they appeared to play in the scratch match vs us as well as the way the hawks went about their game

good to see i'm not the only one who thought barrett might be a good journo (muckraker?) but as an interviewer he leaves a lot to be desired

if blues lost cripps they would be in huge trouble he'll likely drag them singlehandedly over the line in a couple of games

BuT TheY gOt JaCk MaRtIn!!

about jennings?

if viney goes for a dangerous sling tackle, so too should the footscray player who just buried houston into the mines in whyalla

There's very little about our line up that excites me - i dont see us being any stronger than last year which is a real concern considering the teams around us seem to keep strengthening their squad year on year. The big positive is that we surely can’t play any worse. I felt our mids were pretty well out-gunned by Petracca, Oliver and Brayshaw, which was disappointing as we had them for experience. I feel that Wingard, Worpel, O'Meara and Mitchell just need time playing together. That said, our forward line looks like it needs Wingard in there applying pressure. Demon's defence had a bit of a stroll in the park. Saints and Dees both comfotably beat our midfield Garry Lyon is a really poor commentator. I dont mind his post match comments, but I find during matches he doesn’t talk about the game, just relentlessly criticises players and says such fatalistic stuff about players “if he can’t improve his kicking he won’t hold down a spot”. He’s the new Robert Walls. Meh, we play rubbish against Melb most times so not a lot new. TBH, we play similar game styles to the Dees and unless we're up for it they love to find something extra when they play us. There's a few teams like that the last 4-5 years...Melb, Bullies etc Was a "full dress rehearsal" in their words. That's what worries me. We put the queue in the rack at 3 qtr time, coz the game was already lost. The current lineup is too tall at both ends. I don’t like McEvoy in defence one bit, kinda defeating the whole purpose of getting Frost and Hartley.

hawks had to switch their wings cos of the damage he was doing on the switch and they still couldn't come close to containing him positive signs

he's looking at a week minimum, my mfcss says

i'mma go with this (for round 1): B: Jetta - May - Lever HB: Lockhart - O Mac - Hibberd ? Langdon - Petracca - Tomlinson HF: Jones - T Mac - ANB F: Weideman - Fritsch - Melksham Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Salem - Harmes - Spargo - Brayshaw Emerg: Jackson - Bedford - Pickett - Brown Injured from best 26: AVB, Petty

Spargo was good

well thank goodness that's over

weed down

how good is it hearing the crowd boo $cully haha

looked awful for lewis

yep