Nasher

Spargo and May bloody awesome so far!

Fritsch out?

That is very near me!

What happened there? Played 22 games last year and was a regular at Collingwood. Only played four games this year and three of them were as the medi-sub. Seems a ridiculously fast fade-away.

Look what I can see from my apartment 😀

I logged on pretty early in the piece with my pleb membership and only got given a selection of seating in the heavens. I had assumed the premium members got given better choices up until they sold out and I wasn’t “competing” with them per se, but I was probably wrong.

No way TMac plays before at least another Casey game IMO. If I were him I’d be mentally preparing for a tilt at a Casey flag and treat anything else as a bonus.

Brown, Dunstan, Chandler, Bedford and Weideman all ready to go if there's injuries. Can't see TMac getting back in to the side this year. Too many cobwebs to be blown out yet, but he's on the park so that's a start. I was impressed with Woewodin and Grey.

Ladhams flattens a first year player half his size off the ball, then doesn’t contest the ruck contest he’s there for. Tuff 👍

They’ve all called him van Ruin. We’ve got the next 12 or so years of that to look forward to.

Apparently Oliver and Petracca don’t use the ball that well. Okay then.

I used my computer and was only in the queue for about 10 minutes. Flights sorted. So excited!

Nope. If we finish 2nd, we play in the Qualifying Final against 3rd. Winner then goes directly through to the Preliminary Final and has a break, loser goes on to the Semi Final. We can only finish 2nd or 3rd now, highly likely we play the Swans in the first QF (unless they unexpectedly get defeated by St Kilda, and one of Collingwood or Freo win) - just a question of where.

One of Kozzie’s goals in the second quarter came from an absolutely glorious bed s*** from Brisbane #27, who flinched and dropped an easy mark right in front of me. They were completely rattled.

I’ll just watch the live ladder and let the AFL do the calculations for me. No way am I trying to calculate percentage on the fly.

Great night. First time at the Gabba for me. The Benny Brown half time goal was right in front of me. Extremely hostile crowd for about 10 seconds. Could just about hear a pin drop by half way through the first quarter.

While I appreciate your point BBO, it's a bit rough to use Viney as the benchmark. I don't reckon I've seen a player as tough (the right type of tough) as him, ever. He is just built for football.

Hahaha. I just love the look Melksham gives him.

Yawn. You do this all the time. How about you just stop bagging Melbourne players all the time?

Top of the ladder problems I reckon BBO. Rivers and Bowey have both been stiff this year too.

In: Brown, Harmes Out: Weideman, Sparrow

I reckon Harmes, ANB, Melksham and Sparrow are currently in competition for 3 spots. Melksham coming in and making a great contribution has thrown a spanner in the works IMO.

Unexpected emotional response to seeing that again!

Viney likes direct, blunt feedback. I'm shocked!

In his podcast interview with Neroli Meadows in the off season, he said the premiership was just more fuel for his motivation, because he wants that feeling again. I thought he was cooked with those repeat injuries early in the year. Now he’s flying. And I’d say playing better than he did at any stage in 2021. He was right place, right time last year when Hunt and Smith got injured in my view, and hung on to his place for the GF by the skin of his teeth. This year he is back to his best and firmly entrenched in the team. Loving what the pig has to offer this year!