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Brad Johnson - who is apparently on the Rising Star selection committee - just said that he would be ranking the Rising Star at this point as 1. Windsor 2. Reid 3 M Roberts Correction: Brad Johnson was giving his views to Kane Cornes who IS on the selection committee

Can we pre-emptively lodge a complaint to the AFL about he number of frees Carlton will get this Thursday night?

I don't mind this measurement but I agree it has its deficiencies. For example Melbourne's offence is not ranked as a Premiership threat according to this chart but look where we are defensively - the number 1. We are the most difficult team to score against by far over the past 4 years. So you don't have to score big numbers if your defence is so strong even though we would all like to score more.

There is not a snowflakes chance in hell that Goodwin gave 5 votes for Holmes.

If anyone was in any doubt that Scott is a - insert banned word from the Demonland naughty list - then this dispells any doubt he is a petulant and jealous child with low intellect Remind me who won the game again? What a laughing stock Scott is

We had 5 players on 10 games or less. And McVee and JVR on 28 games and 33 games respectively We were a very young side out there. Maybe they underestimated us. Haven't seen one media commentator point out our young team. Its all Geelong were off. Crapola

Disco may play defensive fwd on Weitering. He is too good a mark for Weitering. to leave alone so he can drag JW up the ground where he does no damage

I'd say he is guarding the quick kick fwd plus the backward handball if we clear the stoppage.

Have DM'd those above

Jason Taylor: the Tradie behind Melbourne's success

Very interesting Leaderboard with May Lever3 and 4

Schoolboy error

His playing weight was about 43kgs by the looks of him

Yep they would have had a whine to the Umps and will be protected this week. But watch what they do to Clarry and Tracc

Interesting footage on Sunday Footy Show showing the pies keeping the Carlton mids away from the centre bounce. Pendles physically kept cripps 5-7m away from the contest. Another pie kept Walsh away. It really disrupted the Carlton clearance machine

And lets not forget McVee 33 games Roo 28 To add to: Taj 10 Laurie 9 Howes 8 Windsor 8 Turner 5 I think its the benefit of a systems based game plan where players learn their roles....

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Please. Max is the GOAT Petty had a great game though. He's nearly back to where we thought he could be A few decisions he would like back but that performance would put fear into oppositions

5 players 10 games or less Take a bow boys. Can't overestimate how good it is playing big tight games against quality teams Superb Go dees

Handy ins for the Cats. Rohan has won the Kent Kingsley award against us before....

Because we have always played defence first we have been very timid when we go fwd lest a t/over occurs in a vulnerable spot. Players don't look inboard as much as they should when streaming into the f50 because it has been drilled out of them.

Maybe my recollection is hazy but Cameron moves high up the ground to try and drag lever up the ground and disrupt or defensive structure. He's only kicked 3g twice against us. Hardly bothered us at all really. Not to dismiss him but the more important factor is not allowing the Cats to move the ball with speed into their i50

Windsor was subbed off last week, most likely because he looked tired and turned the ball over. It wouldn't surprise at all to see him have a break as a first year player. And bring the experienced, solid-bodied Hunter in against geelong. The main issue for me is that Geelong are fast between the arcs and I am not sure Hunter is match fit enough.

It's a fact that the draw is inequitable. It's perfectly valid to argue that team x hasn't performed or been tested against good sides. For example, Port Adelaide beats up on weaker sides but performs poorly against top 4 sides. Their ladder position flatters them

Players with that low flat drilling pass kick are worth their weight in gold. He's quite similar to Bowey altho JB is probably better overhead