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this could end up a ten goal loss.

well, that was an outstanding quarter of football from gws. their midfield is scary.

this umpiring is atrocious.

finally, a soft free goes our way.

mumford is killing us.

watts flew but didn't hold the mark.

I would hazard a guess that Mick meant Betts rather than Garlett. Most interesting thing out of the presser - that none of the journos pressed him on - was when he was talking about leaders at the club not once did he mention Marc Murphy, their actual captain. Very pointed for mine.

it's not the judd trade, it's the kennedy & masten trade. nic nat still yet to take a mark this game. dominant in the ruck tho.

Meth coke's press is really good, and Carlton's players didn't have the skills to get thru it the quarter. Poor quality but mildly entertaining game.

Nic Nat is a tall who doesn't mark the ball, but his second efforts are excellent. I'd prefer Lycett as a ruckman.

13 possessions, 1 mark, 2 tackles v Collingwood would have more to do with it i would suspect.

dixon or smith would be great ruck options to replace jamar - certainly stronger than gawn and spencer. however, both are terribly injury prone. and all three are queenslanders.

we all hope trengove comes back and plays good football (preferably with us!). but at this stage i don't think he factors into future plans. he's a nice to have addition, rather than expected comeback story, a la petracca.

would love to snaffle one of treloar, shiel, whitfield, aish, sloane or dangerfield. the advantage of the latter two is that they're free agents, so other than a bucketload of $$ in the salary cap would not 'cost' the club anything in a trade. nevertheless, i fully expect sloane to stay with the crows and dangerfield to be at one of hawthorn or geelong in 2016.

I take it from that draft order that he has the Power on top of the ladder...and the Tigers second?!? Interesting that he rates Lovett a third round rookie - but has us selecting him in third round proper. If, as expected, Dunkley nominates Swans then they'll have picked up two of the top three-five talents in the draft for very little. I have zero issue with father-son but the academy thing is a joke.

vince and dawes for toumpas and kent. brayshaw as sub.

there's absolutely no way dawes won't come back in. if we thought hogan was impressive today, wait til he's not the first marked man. in: vince and dawes out: toumpas and...i have nfi who, but dawes is a must!

Macintosh looks a jet. Tall, strong, fast and a good disposer of the ball. 101 fantasy points too, loving it.

anyone got a gif of gil banging his head repeatedly on a desk?

I'm incredibly pessimistic about our chances of winning many games in 2015 and I'm fearful of the mother of all hidings to open proceedings. Getting within four goals of gc17 - even without baby judas - will be an achievement in itself.

Is there a link to watch this?

Rischa would be fighting it out with Tyson to be our second best mid behind the captain. The depth of GC17's midfield is their undoubted strength. Running against them all day is going to be a humongous challenge.

Interesting, thanks earl .

Absolutely zero expectations. If he can come back and even play ever again it's a win.

Hal Hunter?