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Can’t see too many changes. TMac to be OK, Viney out to give neck massages and JJ comes in. Vanders as an outside choice, maybe as sub. Harmes to lock onto Kelly, and Dogga to leap with Nic Nat more than Gawny. Weids obvious replacement for TMac if he doesn’t come up, and Hibbo for Salem (using Bowery in Salem’s role) if he is forced out.

Even if he was the 6th best kid, clubs are going to have their own needs/rankings as well. Might be there are teams who need more ready to go talent, more midfield support, more outside run, more footy smarts (what we went after last year). Where Mac ends up will depend on many factors, and I think only the pre-draft phantoms (when the clubs are leaking their preferences) will tell us much. The ones you can take to the bank are guys like Daicos, who wont make it out of the top 3. Andrew could be a square peg in a round hole - even for the demons.

Person should be innocent until PROVEN guilty. If the evidence is inconclusive, what can he actually be guilty of? This is a joke. If we penalised things because they look bad, then Franklin’s elbow? Hawkins elbow on May? Selwood raking the face? Essendon Players haircuts? I think an appeal is in order. They did not prove their case. The jury rolled to tv commentator pressure.

Defence runs like this: collins initiated off the ball incident after tackle/collision. This stopped jv moving out of the area. Taken to ground and continuously pulled two hands by jumper. Viney bracing himself/trying to leverage himself free. Elbow position was not intentional but as a result of the wrestling action of Collins. No case to answer. if he did a Selwood and simply attacked an opponent with an elbow to the neck then it is a bad look. Need to see not just a single frame but the whole incident to make sense of it. And context- we are 98 fricken points up!

What umpire number do they wear.?

Coverage? Any hope of seeing it on the box or the inter web?

I think Cal Toomey is using Mac as Clickbait. 8th ranked player in the draft?? The kid has a bit of x-factor, but can’t see teams taking such a risk. Would think there are a lot of more AFL ready kids in the pool, ones that would be lower risk. Mac has a few tricks, but his positioning off the ball and movement between contests needs work, he will need to add about 20 kg to that frame and he will need to do more than 1 quarter of footy to make it into AN afl team. My belief is he will ‘slide’ and may be a available for us to get a discount on- whether or not we even choose to take him is still not set in stone. We have other needs too.

Picketts goals came after dry spells, so it was probably over time for a rest for him and others anyway

Was there no Goody presser? Can’t find it anywhere…

I think it is about interfering with the marking contest/genuine attempt. Players who don’t have eyes on the ball and collide with a marking player are deemed to be interfering with a genuine attempt.

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Hi CHF, happy to step in. Our result against the hawks - advantage them Midfield chaos thanks to Covid - advantage us MCG - advantage us no crowd - advantage them. Yo-yo result - advantage Sportsbet. This is an interesting game and the outcome depends on how we show up. If we keep the ball in front of us, dont get sucked into the contest and win the contested ball, we win. If we let them win the middle and fail to stop their throws/pinball out of the contest, we will get done. We need to see increases in accuracy in front of goal, and lifts across the park in terms of ball handling. This is not a make or break game, but it is important for how we see ourselves. Are we (cough) premiership material or are we falling over? A chance for the 2021 deMons to show up. Hope Brown gets a few, and we are cleaner by hand and foot. Dees by 25.

Collingwood will probably need to go into a rebuild under the new coach. It would be time to shed a few names and bank a few picks, looking 3 years down the pipe. This squad isnt going to get near a flag, so turning over some names will be inevitable. Maynard might be spilled in such a situation

No FTA coverage I’d reckon. Seven will be hips deep in the olympics. Doesn’t matter when it is played.

I agree, we won’t win finals with that DE%, overall score or pressure. Our ability to handle pressure and even get clean ball in the clear was way off. Dogga is a worry, indeed. Thanks for posting the data, Rusty

A look after a lie down and a cuppa. We have come from being very poor (2019), average (2020) to being a good team. We have not created a dynasty, or even understand what ruthless would look like. We are a team that has ‘something’ and is competitive (how big are our losses - we have not been smashed once this year). There are still massive holes in what we do, but when we do our basics well, we are a very good side. Not great. Not yet. Last night was particularly disappointing with the way we gave it up. A long way in front and we simply wilted. Very poor. But this is our first year being ‘up there’ - we still have a lot to learn. Take a look at the top 4 and we are surrounded by teams expected to be there and with histories of being there to draw on. There is the bones of something here. Last night was unacceptable as the ‘new Melbourne’, but I am not unhappy with where we have shifted to. Its the next bits that will win us a flag.

I cannot express my contempt strongly enough for that. Over 20 points up and put the cue in the rack. Ball watched. Outworked. Over-using. Outcoached. Poor attention to structures. Goodness, we snuck away with 2 points. feels in every way like a loss.

I think he plays the defensive midfield role and jv becomes more attacking. Sparrow would have been a possible choice with Jones out. Lets see what he brings.

Was it just me or was the umpiring completely biased to Geelong? The shockers did themselves no favours, but as a neutral observer the umpire bias was breathtaking

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No, I thought there had perhaps been a stuff up and i was sent someone else’s. I have my barcodes saved in a word doc - just copy and paste into Ticketek each time I use them. I got my result and just moved on….

I got sent 3 barcodes completely unrelated to my usual one. Ignored these, used my normal one, all good.

Perfect timing. Can let all emergency players get a full game on the Sunday.

What an objectionable [censored] that Stringer is.

I watched the game (Metro v country) today. Mac did a few things when the ball came his way, but he seemed to jog in a headless chook kinda way between ‘moments’. His positioning and defensive efforts were average. Yep, he can jump, he took a couple of nice marks and did OK in the ruck, but im not sure he was top 20 looking at the game. Daicos was absolutely BOG and will go #1. A number of other players did very well and will push forward. I think only a team that has no immediate needs and a long time horizon could would punt on Mac Andrew at this stage.