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In the report it said the Brisbane doctor was consulted. Probably lucky we weren't playing Carlton or Lewis would probably be out for 3 weeks for whatever he did.

On Melksham: a few have said be's been poor, however all three of the behinds he kicked were those snatch-and-deliver kicks he does before you can blink. If he'd kicked those goals we'd all have voted for him in the PotY thread. I've really warmed to him as a player. As a half forward, he creates opportunities that others can't because of the speed in which he can dispose of the ball once he gets it. He is getting it, so I think he's not too far off stitching it together and delivering an outstanding game.

I thought the same about Harmes, but then discovered he had 23 disposals. His heat map shows the majority of them on the half back flank near the boundary, or directly in the middle. I'd say he's playing the role of a foot soldier in contests, perhaps probably as the link player (received handball from inner mid, deliver to the runner/kicker); that might explain why his touches go unnoticed or appear low impact. I'd say he is probably contributing more than we are giving him credit for.

According to Brown, Twomey and Harvey, he's ranked "above average", with Petracca, Hunt, TMac and Lever "elite". We also have a player named Penderson on our list. TV is muted so I'm not sure what they're saying, but I'm sure whatever it is isn't worth listening to.

He's playing AFL midfielder minutes on ground now, too. He just gets the ball, and gets away a clean disposal, in ways other players just can't. We've been waiting for a star for so long, it still hasn't sunk in that we've finally landed a genuine one.

It's just his MO, it's why I stopped engaging with him years ago. It's a shame because it diminishes the value of his posts, which are often pretty good.

As we know Wiseblood, if you're not outraged by the result, it must mean you're pleased with it. There's no such thing as grey.

As we're all well aware of, crushing teams does rely on the crushee giving way as much as the crusher getting the job done. I'm not convinced the Brisbane side last night lent itself to a crushing, but I'm also not convinced I'm not just telling myself that to avoid facing the truth.

A couple of points: To you it's good info, to everyone else it's information from somebody called "Beetle" and we have no way of judging the veracity of it other than your word. It's not personal, but people are entitled to be sceptical. We have seen a *lot* of this type of information before and it varies from correct, to a mangled chinese whisper, to an outright lie. Often the poster could be correctly relaying what they heard but their source got the wrong end of the stick. Secondly, people will be doubtful about this particular item because it just sounds unlikely after the year he had. On top of that, it beggars belief that no other club would be interested. There's no need to get pissy about it when people question your post, it is inevitable and perfectly reasonable for that to happen. Try to understand a little bit where people are coming from.

Oh did he? Thanks for filling me in, I was in a coma for those years. I can't ever connect sad football fan consequences with actual real life consequences, but okay.

It's always like this. I've been on these forums for a very long time, and lately I find myself being positive almost out of spite.

6. Garlett - the timing of his purple patch bumps him to the top. Not necessarily the best across 4 quarters. 5. Hogan 4. Oliver - probably the best "4" game of all time - just too hard to look past Jeffy's clutch play and Hogan's Hoganness 3. Jones 2. Petracca 1. Gawn

North are either flag favourites or the worst team of all time, depending on which half of that game you watched. Sorry, still not remotely afraid of them.

We won, mate. You don't have to celebrate - god knows I'm not - but don't mourn. By round 23 this will have been long forgotten.

Could definitely have done without the heart attack. Goes down as a 26 point victory, that's the main thing. I'm not going to mourn, though I know plenty will. Jesus, I need a drink.

We need the percentage? You reckon round 2 is the last opportunity we'll get to give a team a hiding?

Still tipping us by 60.

Bugg's goal kicking is 100% mental.

Is this about Tyson? lol if you're bagging him. Just lol.

Brisbane remind me of the first year Roos MFC team. No question of endeavour, just ball slaughter after error after cockup, and suddenly you are miles behind when you haven't even been that bad really. Wait for the confidence drop to come next. We really, really need to bury them.

Be f*** if I can get my TV to the right resolution. It's really giving me the irrits.

The first half was regulation belting game. An absolute arm wrestle before the weaker team completely capitulate. You probably haven't seen this movie much before Drunkn being late to the Dees party, but believe me, we all have. If we are as good as I hope, this will be a hiding from here on.

Anyone still want to tell me Brisbane aren't garbage?

A few putting their character on show in this thread, and it isn't pretty.

A few putting their character on show in this thread, and it isn't pretty.