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Hibberd out really hurts. He hadn’t reached the heights of previous years, but he’s a very smart defender who knows when to peel off to help. With Jetta out, we’re left with OMac and Frost as the defensive brains trust. That’s terrifying; I’d be tempted to pick Petty just to be sure the Hibberd replacement has defensive experience, otherwise we’re in to the makeshift group like Fritsch. Alternatively we could pick Smith and move Keilty down there, he has played as a defender for Casey, even if not recently. Smith was good against Richmond and had a good game for Casey yesterday by the sounds. Preuss is a no-brainer for mine. I’m assuming Melksham will play, only because the alternative is unpalatable. Another top 10 player out to replaced by the 35th best player would not be good news. Not fussed one way or the other about Lewis.

Love this player. On track for a top 5 B&F finish I reckon. Two way runner, plays tough, consistently uses the ball well.

I’m in the same camp. The other thing is that both teams contribute to the overall standard of the game. Gold Coast are at a stage of development where they’re heavily focused on building their defensive and contested systems, and are using those to keep themselves in the contest until the end. The games will of theirs I’ve seen have all ended up gritty and hard to watch. Add slippery conditions (notwithstanding accusations of Goodwin and McDonald lying about that), you get last night’s game. Which we won, I might add. I think the game next will be played at a much higher standard, and I think we’ll rise to it. We may not win, but I reckon it’s skewed logic to claim that because the game against Gold Coast was played at a low skill standard, we’ll play exactly the same against West Coast and get beaten by heaps.

TMac said post game that it was dewy and slippery. Another filthy liar too I suppose.

It could almost be a Betoota Advocate headline. “Angus Brayshaw Becomes First Ever Good Player To Have A Bad Game”. The ultimate “nothing to see” here problem at present I think.

In: Neal-Bullen, Preuss, C.Wagner Out: Hibberd, Lewis, Keilty.

Also props to Hibberd - that was a moment where he knew what was coming was going to hurt a lot, but went in anyway. Genuinely tough play in my opinion.

Yes, you’re being a grinch. What you saw from the box was “very pleasant surprise” - if you reckon we all kicked the cat after that last Gold Coast goal, they’d have been fuming. Coaches are usually competitive beasts, they want to win. Of course they’re going to celebrate when they win when it looked like they wouldn’t with 00:01 on the clock.

Onya coach, me too. I’m honestly shocked to jump on to Demonland to a funeral-like response, I thought I’d be sharing the love with fellow Dees fans. Guess I should know better by now.

Well I must be the only one who’s stoked. Yes the game was a bucket of pus, but I wasn’t expecting anything but. We’re not contenders this year, we knew that. I still like winning above all else, and we did. I jumped through the roof at the end as if it mattered.

Trevor Marmalade, Sam before he became the old man yelling at cloud (and when it was still cool to be a sexist old flog), and it being the quickest way to find out who was in the team are my memories of TFS. Don’t reckon I’ve watched an episode since the early 2000s at best.

Seriously though, I wonder if there’s ever been a player afforded so much time? 2014 - 2 games 2015 - 0 games 2016 - 3 games 2017 - 2 games 2018 - 3 games 2019 - 0 games to date 10 games in 6 seasons across two clubs. He turns 28 this year. He has managed to limp (lit/fig) to the age where really only the elite survive, having been in the system since 18, and he hasn’t even raised the bat for the 100 yet. It’s incredible really.

Yeah, Goodwin might as well just delist him.

You’ve got to be kidding. One generation’s groupthink thought the combover was the ideal way to address male pattern baldness. Surely that’s still at the top of the list.

This reminds me a lot of dartgate last year. The club’s message has basically been “we know you’re going through some stuff, we’re behind you, but please try not to get caught next time”. I was annoyed about this at first, but no club sanction at all tells me all I need to know about how big a deal this is. And as always, big thumbs down to the tool who took the photo and ran to the media with it.

Job for @Demonlandmate. I have nothing to do with the banner. Don’t tell me you’re another one that thinks we’re the same person? ?

This was the first game where Lockhart didn’t have any holding the ball frees paid against him (or any frees against at all) on top his highest possession game. He’s definitely getting used to the pace of the game now.

It sounds like it’s been blown massively out of proportion, but it’s frustrating nonetheless, given the recent history. It’s all the little things that are adding up - his tab with his teammates is growing.

Yeah, I know that. Although I’d still say it’s much less likely on balance of probabilities to skittle someone with a slap. I was just trying to answer DV8’s seemingly inane question.

No, I don’t think that’s okay either, but obviously there’s a much lower chance of doing serious damage with an open handed slap. Like anything, there are degrees of seriousness in assaults. I’ve never heard one anyone being killed by a one-slap, have you?

Is this an obscure joke that’s gone over my head, or are you really calling the bloke a grub for not nodding to a stranger in an airport?

Relevance, your honour?

I agree strongly with your last line, but I just want to say that nobody has suggested he’s blameless. He is obviously a loose unit and by all accounts, poured plenty of petrol on the fire.

His point was that it was only a light bashing. It’s fine to bash someone if they mouth off a bit. By the way, he has no idea what I have and haven’t seen.

How many people did he punch?