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He's a colossus of the game, and not just because of his height.

It must be MFCSS that says we were "totally outplayed" when we lose by 4 points.

Bit hard on JVR. He tried his heart out.

Gee, at the end do you reckon when they've got 18 players in defensive 50 there's any space to make a lead?

Brown gets a lot of chopping the arms free kicks because he's tall and attacks the ball at the top of his reach.

We softened the Tigers up, players were out and the rest had a 5-day break.

Emma Kearney in The Age picks North every week, usually by 1 or 2 points. She is currently last on 104 , the leader is on 120. If she'd picked against North every week, she'd be leading the competition on 122. Loyalty has its downside.

I interpreted it to mean they have to pay the full $100,000 fine, but with $50,000 of it classed as inside their soft cap and the other $50,000 outside. If they have a recurrence, the second $50,000 then goes back inside the soft cap. That would mean the full $100,000 would be inside the soft cap, with even less spending available to their football department. Hopefully they'd also end up being fined again for any recurrence.

It was publicised at the time, and he had a guard of honour from both teams (Colingwood v Fremantle).

Given the abuse and derision the umpires have to put up with, that's a great record and excellent service. He must have a hide of steel.

Hey, while we're at it, let's rest the coaches, the trainers and the doctor!

In the circle of cafe coffer lovers, it's called a "Why Bother".

He's not actually 32 until December.

Lots of panic when their backs were one or two out with Curnow. He gets lots of free kicks.

Collingwood's disposal was generally atrocious. A good sign of fatigue.

Just losing to Collingwood was their best, not their worst. Today was close to their best.

Dwayne calling the 50m line "the paint" ... uugghh!

More underestimation of our opposition. They lost to Collingwood twice by a total of 3 points.

You could have left off the fry pan. 😄

All close games between good sides can ebb and flow.

We should be celebrating the win by wresting back the momentum when it was severely against us.

I don't find Barrett's diction to be conducive to my ailing hearing. Very mumbly.

I'd love it if ANB has 30 pressure acts and 15 tackles a game, plus the occasional goal. But he does screw up a lot of disposals.

I got the definite feeling from listening to Goody's press conference that he actually prefers the 10-day break (with 4 days off) because it is less impactful on their continuity than a 14-day break, and the fact they are training a few times before the Thursday match (including at GMHBA) will be better than losing training time. Correct me if I'm wrong.