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Well done to those concerned with Strauss' successful appeal against that suspension. Strauss has been picked on the extended bench for the Scorpion seniors. As an early draft pick, he needs to be playing in the ones.

Warm, sunny 26 deg. We can't win in those conditions on their turf! No way!

At least this is not going to be another 116 point pasting!

IMO we are a much better team now than we were last year. We should win at least four times this year and I believe we will have a decent second half of the season. Seven wins might see us through 2009. We'll still get a decent draft pick.

Ghastly guernsey. Has Collingwood intimidated Norf Melbourne into wearing that crud?

I agree about Robbo and Maric. Vital for the club to score more goals.

Dees by 5

I've always maintained that Casey Fields would have made a great fit with the North Melbourne Football Club. Anyway, I now know why Adam Simpson and Daniel Pratt hang out so often in the Cranny area.

Don't know if anyone's been to training this week but I'd be surprised if Moloney plays. If Maric doesn't play it would be a crime. At least Newton didn't disgrace himself last week - he didn't play at all!

Don't forget Bail who played well at Casey last week was suddenly not selected to play this week either in the AFL or the VFL.

What the Dickens are you on about?

More injuries it seems. James McDonald out (injured?) and Spencer dropped. Maric added to the emergencies. Meesen in for his first game for the Dees. Dunn also in.

Not very accurate at all. Paul Wheatley will not be back in round 2 because, as stated above, he is out for at least another six weeks.

Cleared. :angry:

Are the stats as to the number of interchanges per team published anywhere?

That's a great response to Jumping Jack's thread Nugget. Cheers!

COLLING@#$% NOT HAPPY WITH LOP-SIDED FREE KICK COUNT They go completely feral when they lose the free kick count 18-14??? What's going to happen next week when they play Melbourne? Will Demtriou order his slaves in the umpiring department to make sure that Melbourne is rationed to one free per quarter to soother savage Eddie's frayed nerves?

Couldn't be because they're foreign. Al Quada perhaps?

They say that "no news is good news" so this week has been all good news by me.

Three injured and a report! Are we sure this game wasn't played on Friday 13th?

Big win and a percentage booster as well! Go Dees!!!

Aussies 0/31 in Durban. Sorry. That's the only score I have!

I'm not expecting much tonight but I want the boys to have a red hot go and no injuries please!

It seems that 50 years later, they've finally found one of them - Dr Who Dalek found in pond

We'll know if it's a hoax in a few hour's time. Of course, they could say if Grimes lines up as selected then it will make his recovery faster than Nick Malceski.