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great win casey from what i saw (second half only) ginger ninja and bernie vince looked seriously good at this level, as did tim smith

maggots gonna maggot [vfl edition]

vince is miles too good for this level

She’s not the only, nor even the first, journo who is gunning for Pert at this early stage

True...I always think back to the ‘take 12 months for an acl’ theory

Finally beating Hawks in 90 elimination final Schwarz pirouette and goal v Carlton in 94 Last quarter v Carlton in 00 Lyon and Schwarz out scoring Footscray in 00 McLean against the Saints in 06

I can’t see how Lever will play before probably mid-year next year When he comes back ideally he slips into the J Smith or Petty role

Jetta - O Mac Hunt - J Smith - Petty - Hibberd - Salem With Lewis coming off the bench

i did the ladder predictor thing too - still have us 9th it all comes down to the game vs gw$ for mine and if we're good enough to win that when the pressure is on to do so

this concern is that like so many of our players he has been 'down' in big games

Cripps is having some game, and Treloar looks super sore with a hammy on the bench that may / may not be torn - commentators just guessing

We lost by ten points to a team that most pundits had pegged as a top four, even top two, side on their home deck Yep we struggled to convert opportunities, but at least we created em Ive said all along it’s all coming down to R23 vs GW$ and I see no reason to alter that assessment FWIW, I had us pegged as coming 10-12 at the start of the season...I now think we might finish 9th It'll hurt, but ultimately we don’t look good enough

at the end of the season going into round 23 i see us 2 points ahead of gw$ with the winner to make the 8 i think we'll bottle it and finish 2 points outside the 8

there's no way lewis is being dropped, and i'd doubt vince will either anb completely blanketed motlop out of the game, but didn't make the most of his opportunities up forward, and harmes kept running and kept presenting if we do choose to bring in another tall back, our whole defensive structure is messed with, no matter who rotates out

they play completely different roles, so yr comparing apples with oranges dunn was always a far better player than frost will ever be, and i was very sad to see him traded

weed takes a one-hander and his kicking is sublime - 6 goals now

weideman's kicking action is so smooth - he has his fifth after a lovely mark down low

garlett keeps up his ratio of one a game in the vfl

hutchins just dropped a sitter in the goalsquare

weed has four

all comes down to who plays well for casey, you'd think all have a real opportunity to press their claims

i have no issues with petracca - it was bloody tough for forwards out there tonight, and everyone who thinks he's going to have a 'break out' game needs to understand he's probably always going to be a 15-25 possession, 4-7 marks, 1-3 goal a game player...tonight he had 17, 6 and 1 straight - more possessions than any other nominal forward

6: viney 5: gawn 4: jetta 3: oliver 2: brayshaw 1: t mac our top 6 were good tonight; our bottom six were very quiet

nicholls he hates melbourne and has ever since gawn thumped one of his crap bounces away from him and whinged "what'd you do that for?" to big max unfortunately, maggots gonna maggot - and we got infested tonight we were ill-disciplined

anyone who constantly calls for lewis and vince to be dropped doesn't understand how important the roles they play are for the side and we have no one else who can play their role available people say 'jones / brayshaw / player x' can rotate through the half-back line but we are so much better off with them in the guts i have no issues with petracca - it was bloody tough for forwards out there tonight, and everyone who thinks he's going to have a 'break out' game needs to understand he's probably always going to be a 15-25 possession, 4-7 marks, 1-3 goal a game player...tonight he had 17, 6 and 1 straight - more possessions than any other nominal forward hogan looks completed out of sorts