Lord Travis

His intensity is just b*llshit. Opposition players are legitimately scared of him! Not only was his intensity back today, so we his agility and burst pace. His sidestepping is top shelf, and if it doesn't work he just bulldozes through them anyway! So great to have him back out there. Gawn, Viney, Oliver, Jones/Brayshaw is currently the best centre square midfield in the league.

Having his best season in 2-3 years IMO. Hate going to Etihad, but I'll be there cheering next weekend. Jones bleeds red and blue and deserves success. Well done on 250 games Nate!

No change unless someone needs a rest. Reward brilliant form. Everyone is playing their role. Go Dees!

They’ve targeted him a bit... all it’s done is fire him up. Close to BOG in the first half. Cheers Plough!

Confident we'll win today. Tipping about 3 goals in a tight game. Matt Crouch back is big for their midfield, he's probably their best player. They're still missing Sloane, Walker, McGovern, B Crouch, Smith though. If they were full strength I reckon they'd scrape over the line against us today. As it stands they're not full strength, this one is ours for the taking. Go Dees!

Bombers coming from a long way back for finals, they’d have to go on a tear from here. GWS will get back Greene, Davis, Scully, Deledio, Williams, Reid and potentially more over the second half of the season. They’ll come good, so having them lose to low places teams helps us hold our spot in the 8 ahead of them. Shame Carlton couldn’t kick straighter and knock off the Cats too.

Bombers running away with it here. Great result for us if they hold on! A win tomorrow night will entrench is in the top 4 and give us breathing room to stick in the 8.

Hopefully the Bombers keep this up. Then beating GWS is great for us. Low teams knocking off our finals contenders would be good!

Rance stuffs up again and costs his team yet another goal. Commentators describe it as "uncharacteristic"... again. Half his career has been uncharacteristic apparently. Unbelievable bias and hype for him. Sh*ts me to tears! Tigers are home now, but they're not in good form. They're back amongst the pack now, and a clear level below West Coast.

Didn't bother staying in the contest? Poor attitude by JKH. He will be delisted come end of season. He's been given far too long to prove himself and has failed.

And right on queue Rance has taken out another player from behind with a knee to the back of the head. What a scumbag piece of sh*t he is. Dirtiest player of the millennium behind Steven Baker.

Rance loses another one on one contest to McCartin. It is infuriating how overhyped he is, talks of the best defender of all time etc. Are people blind? Do they ignore him being unable to actually defend? Do they not notice that he's conceded the second highest amount of goals by any full back this season? Not to mention he's a dog of a bloke and commentators just ignore it. This is the same guy who king-hit Watts in the back of the head because he was losing to him repeatedly, raked Hawkins eyes, sneakily belts players in the back of the head when attempting spoils... he's a f*cking dog. He might legitimately be the most overrated footballer in AFL history. Richmond aren't in great form. They're lucky they're playing the Saints today. On form, we'd have belted them by 10 goals today. Shame we got them earlier on in the season when we were unsettled and struggling!

Ed Richards for the Dogs looks a player. I was a fan before he was drafted due to his pace, but he’s showing goood footy smarts and toughness too down back. Looks a real likely type. Pies look to be taking control of this one now. They’re clogging the corridor better and Doggies are relying on mistakes to get their shots here.

Definitely better for us if the Dogs win. Pies are a legitimate contender for a spot in the 8, so we want them to lose. Dogs aren’t contenders and have horrible percentage, so even if they win they’ll be 30-40% behind the good teams.

Just when we started to get momentum and found a structure that worked for us... horrible news. Even if it is precautionary, the fact he was carted off suggests he’ll miss this week at least for a rest. No offense to Pedo, but he won’t have anywhere near the same impact TMac does. Hopefully TMac is ok and it’s not a recurrence of that foot injury!

Good team effort, but nothing special really. The best bit of play in that passage was Spargos side step through 3 opponents and quick kick to Trac moving into space.

This. We’ll give him a longer contract on slightly less money pa than he’d get elsewhere. 4.5 mil over 5 years would be ideal for both parties. Close to a mil a year, which will take up less salary cap for us in a few years time. 5 years for a surpreme endurance athlete who can be a rock up forward for that period.

Pick 5 behind Petracca and Brayshaw in 2014, has just hit 50 games. We have no first round pick this year and cannot trade next years, so unless we're wiling to trade one of our own young guns (Trac, Oliver, Hogan, Brayshaw) then we cannot get him or Wines or anyone. On the basis, can't see it happening and prefer our youngsters to him.

That was actually Hannan. The commentators incorrectly called him as Spargo. I don't think Spargo needs a rest yet, but his impact is definitely down the past two games compared to his first two. He'll probably be first to make way once Jeffy or someone else more proven finds form. That's nothing against Spargo, he's a first year player and has a long career in red and blue ahead of him!

It took him 3 weeks or so to find form and gel with our backline, but he's been great the past few matches. I actually think that it was both Hibberd and Lever that weren't gelling early on, but since they've started learn each others game they've both rocketed into form. Apart from the odd missed spoil, Lever's just so good in the air and offers good leadership and drive down there. Alongside Lewis at times, he's clearly the general of the backline and likely will be for the next 10 years. We paid a high price for him, but he'll prove to be worth it. Gun.

I was one of his biggest supporters on here when others were laying the boots in. His best football at Essendon always came on HFF and wing, decent enough to finish 2nd in their BnF in a finals year. He was started by Goodwin down back, which he doesn't suit. As soon as he was shifted forward/midfield he has been good. His kicking is a highlight, despite a shaky first few games in front of goal. He's perfect up forward for us. Can play as a main target or play a negating role. Loved his game where he took Rance to the cleaners earlier this year! Not only is he capable of kicking bags of 4-5 every few weeks, he sets up a number of goals to others with his great field kicking and footy smarts. Great to see him and Hobbo enjoying their footy again after what would've been a really sh*t time there for a few years.

Can’t even remember this feeling. 100+! What a ride!

Should win comfortably, but we’re not playing well. Winning more than enough ball, but our decision making has been average. We’re playing a horrible team so it’s fine today, but we won’t beat the top teams until that changes. I just wish we could convert our dominance in possession into a bigger scoreline. We let teams score too easily from little opportunity. Our two best mids in Oliver and Viney have had no impact today, so good to be winning the contested battle despite their output being down.

Are we asking who’s had the better career? Better peak? I voted Yze. The fact he is a distant third is strange. He clearly had the best career of the lot. Durable, versatile, elite kick and decision maker, All Australian, key component of multiple finals tilts. He struggled towards the end, and maybe others remember him purely from the end of his career? He was brilliant. Jakovich was flash in the pan. A few seasons of utter mercurial brilliance, but ultimately more of a what could have been. Clarry is less than 50 games in and should’ve be spoken about with these two yet. By the end of his career he will be the best barring injury.

I'll just quote myself from this time two years ago... He's been a great appointment. He's firm but fair, stayed out of the spotlight, and has given us stability. Doesn't get many accolades, but he's done a great job and has been a key factor in turning our club around and seeing us up for sustained success. Kudos to Bartlett!