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That will absolutely be the plan but I'd suggest that was the same plan we had in the last two outings....and that didn't work out too well.

Apols I wasn't trying to be a smart alec. Just wanted to say that we should have very low expectations.

Who cares if he is fined? Happy for him to be smashing someone like Mathieson

This is in relation to the Fritsch tackle. Anything come of it? Was appalling, dangerous and after he took the mark. Not even a 50m penalty. He was off the ground getting treatment for some time yet haven't seen any media comentary on it?

Probably need to get over yourself first....

Balic has played 4 games at bottom side Fremantle. He's hardly the 'great white hope'.

North have only allowed 12 goals in 2 games. Their defence seems to be working well.

JLT? yeah we have. For good reason.

I don't agree with this. I get that the bigger clubs whine and complain more about fixtures, TV etc but it hasnt helped Collingwood, Essendon or Carlton much - although Carlton have 6 Fri/Sat night fixtures I'd say our admin hasn't done much wrong at all and given where they have come from have done and extraordinary job. My biggest fear is that we have a novice coach. Yes he has good credentials and yes he has had a decent apprenticeship but the jury is still out for mine about his ability to coach. There is a difference between managing and coaching and the Coll game last round last year was a huge red flag for me. Clarkson, Sheedy or similar would never have come out to play that game in the frame of mind we did. We have issues of on-field leadership: Lewis should have brought some of that but has let himself and the team down on more than a few occasions. And the fact we have let teams score 5+ consecutive goals on 10 occcasions since the start of 2017 is a massive failure of on field leadership. How we deal with that will go a long way to determining our fortunes this year.

I would have thought if anyone can give a little slack to older players it would be you OD.....

Which is why its so incredibly important to put teams to the sword when we are 42 points up. It's now 10 games since the start of last season where we have let teams score 5+ goals in a row. We are doing a lot of things right but this is what will stop us being a real threat to to the comp.

Comedy gold.

Wow.

That's fine. I witnessed it live and saw multiple replays. Bugg is not a sniper. He made a mistake. He has paid for it.

EVERY team thinks they can beat Melbourne if they pressure us. We fold way too easily. We will never be a good side until we can stop that.

That is bulltish OD. P-man was right..

Looks like we will have Frosty back to play on Ben Brown...........

How many free kicks to Mathieson for ducking? Serious;y if thecoaching staff don't tell their players to tackle him around the waist and drive him into the turf I will be pizzed off.

Well we played them 3 games ago and they fought back from a 40 point deficit to nearly swipe the game from us. Glad you are so confident.

The alternative view you pose is irrelevant. We moved on from that mindset 2 yrs ago...

Who was Hawkins paying on?

What Caddy did was clumsy. Hardly deliberate. The ball was there to be spoiled. Would have been a simple free a couple of yrs ago....

Bugg will be itching to play his first game after the Swans debacle. He is in the top 2 or three for endurance and can tackle. He is a great in.

I agree to an extent but you will never win shoot-out football consistently. Its a little like Dean Bailey in 2010. The good teams simply don't allow teams to get a run on and dominate quarters of football.