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Thanks. I still would have thought anything done with paint is going to take a long time to produce and therefore wouldn't change that often. How frequently does it change?

I'm glad everyone is "confident" he'll stay - I'll go one further and say I wasn't aware that there was an alternative to him staying. Like I said in the Salem thread, worrying about players leaving is for 2012 era Melbourne supporters. This bit of news is just business as usual as far as I'm concerned.

You probably have a better idea than me since this is the first time in my life hearing of Hosier Lane.

Haha. Is he the first ever bit part player to feature in something so prominent and permanent?

That's a seriously impressive preview. He must watch a lot of footy, he has an understanding of our team that you rarely see from opposition supporters. Imagine if the paid professionals were able to write analysis like that.

Feeling a bit insecure, are we?

It's clearly worse. Have you smelled hot garbage?

Carey is in it. http://www.afl.com.au/news/event-news/hall-of-fame/players I'm assuming you're not talking about Stefan Carey. :-)

A few weeks ago I had OMac coming out for Gawn to address the structural issue, but his game against Collingwood and then following up against Bulldogs threw that idea in to flux. The most junior of the three tall defenders is the one playing the best footy. I expect Salem to spend more time in the middle with Jones out. I think, for one week at least, a back six of Hibberd, Hunt, Jetta and the three talls could work. OMac is the only three of the talls who is of the lumbering variety - TMac and Frost are both runners. Frost in particular is fast - not just for a tall, but fast full stop. In the era of 'zone defence' I don't think the fact that he's tall matters per se. I agree that this setup has a lot of dodgy kicks in the back half - but realistically the alternatives are to import someone from Casey like Wagner - another dodgy kick - or an inferior midfielder like JKH or Stretch to enable Salem to continue playing back - also not ideal. It'll become evident pretty quick if it doesn't work. I'd back Goodwin to make in game changes if it's not working (perhaps move Gawn forward, put TMac back in to the ruck), and adjust the side accordingly the following week. We worry about how to fit Hogan in when the time comes. There are too many variables that haven't happened yet - there are probably at least two weeks worth of form, injuries and structural effectiveness to be observed before we need to make that call.

Out: Jones In: Gawn Easy as that I think. Misson says he expects Watts, Hunt and Jetta to all get up. No mention at all of Hibberd - where has that talk come from? Bummed about Jones though. That's interfered with my mood more than any injury has this year including Hogan. Not because he's the best player but because he's not supposed to break, feels like it's upset the universe a bit.

Worrying players will leave is so 2012. Why would any player want to leave now? Madness.

Clangers is a stat that is nearly always proportional to disposals. Players who get it the most have the most opportunity to make a mistake with it. It can't be used in isolation as a metric for quality of ball use.

"Wanchors"

One Bulldogs supporter on BF was bemoaning that even though they'd copped a drubbing, nobody was ringing callback radio on SEN to complain. I actually laughed out loud.

Round 13, 2017 vs Bulldogs. ?

You only need to read the comments to that second one to see why he's doing it. That last one says literally nothing and look at the saltiness of all the comments. He's just winding everyone up for a laugh.

We're the only team to presently be on a three game winning streak. I looked at the ladder and got a touch of vertigo.

Why hasn't he been in the side for the last two seasons then? Pre-injury Trengove was a gun.

This crossed my mind also, but then, slowest player on the biggest ground? Hm.

Absolute non-event. Up there with the Hogeshasadartgate.

It's only natural after such a bitterly disappointing loss.

I reckon that Nathan Jones fella is turning in to a pretty handy midfielder too.

Garlett should have had another bag of 5 today. Lock him in for his first 50 goal season. Can't believe his turnaround in form this year.

Most dominant 3 goal half ever. Supporters will honestly tell themselves anything in denial to take the edge off the pain.

Nothing will top the Crows fans woes after we rolled them. It was simply a stunning performance considering their team was still first on the ladder - and haven't been dislodged since either! I've always been harsh on D'landers about carry-on when we lose, but that was a real eye-opener.