Sydney Pennski

What guarantee is there that if May stays until next year that he will be worth Band 1 compensation? He could lose form or get injured and he'll be a year older meaning a year less to offer other clubs. If the Suns are offered a top 10 pick in what is generally considered the best draft of the best decade against something that might happen in the future, they will look at it seriously.

If VDB goes to Sydney then Zac Jones ends up at Melbourne.

There’s also a Kolodjashnij at Geelong. Which is the better player?

Agreed - and much more than Carlton deserved given they deliberately bottomed out this year by the way they traded.

I think his fall from grace is more of an attitude thing than his ability to play the game. He kicked 5 in the win against Brisbane in round 2.

6. Jack Viney 5. Clayton Oliver 4. Max Gawn 3. Tom McDonald 2. James Harmes 1. Nathan Jones oh, and a special mention to Jack Viney.

Judging by the way we regularly coughed up the footy last night, I would have to say we are f......d.

In losing last night, Hawthorn becomes the first club in the current top-eight era to go out of the AFLFinals⁠ ⁠ in straight sets twice . They are now 0-4 in finals since the 2015 flag.

I think whoever wrote that might be on to something. Their game style would probably work against most teams but not in the pressure cooker of the finals. When they were desperate to catch up they held onto the ball for too long and allowed our defence to set up and counter them. It reminded me of past days when Demon fans would complain that we had no Plan B.

The idea definitely has some merit. If I recall correctly, the Scully family home was in the Narre Warren area so he won’t have very far to go to play at Casey Fields.

It definitely has to be a distraction but once the players get onto the field it probably won’t effect them. Collingwood by 40 points.

Yes. I thought he was describing himself.

Used to love these back in the day.

6. Max Gawn 5. Angus Brayshaw 4. Clayton Oliver 3. Jesse Hogan 2. Jake Melksham 1. Christian Salem

Lever was injured early in that game and so was Tim Smith which means that our team for tomorrow has to be at least on par with that one while the Dogs are about 25% weaker.

I just don’t see Bolton doing anything as a coach to lift his side. How long is his contract?

No, not that bad. When the AFL planned the new franchises it expected that Gold Coast would find it easier to recruit and retain players than GWS. In the end, it overcompensated and gave the Giants too much in the way of concessions. IMO, the AFL has to do something when one of its clubs can finish top four and then use the bidding system to turn picks 2, 10, 37 and 39 into 2, 5, 14 and 20. It's scandalous!

I read somewhere that Simon Goodwin compared Christian Petracca's attitude to training with that of Ricciuto and since we can't have two of them, I'll go with the Oliver/Dangerfield comparison but without raising any expectations of course ?

Congratulation WJ and co ... what's the baby's name?

This thread is named after a snake, isn't it? And, if so, should there be any discussion allowed on here about slimy reptiles?

Round 1

They say if you bat first in India then you don't get beaten often and a score of 380 at lunch on the second day looks solid. But do we have the bowling attack to get them out twice?

Don't tell me Kero Wilson was in attendance in Bay 13?

Could you at least spell my name correctly please?

You object to WYL & WJ's "partisan political comments" but not Redleg's which started them in the first place. Well, that seems to be a political statement in itself to me. Back on topic, my favourite part of Truth was Heartbalm. If those situations weren't made up I'll bear my proverbial in Bourke Street or New Orleans.