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Tomlinson is a poor man's Hibberd.

Read my response above. Fairly certain if you've been on the list uninterrupted (no delisting, rookie listing etc.) you need to have been at a club less than 8 years AND be in the top quarter of salaries at the club to qualify for UFA. Even if he hadn't been delisted he would be UFA.

Didn't know he was delisted. But regardless, even if he hadn't been delisted, he'd still be an UFA.

Spargo isn't overrated. In fact he's barely recognised. He's not played as a deep forward and suspect Goodwin plays him in a very specific role. There must be something about him and what he does that just isn't seen to the natural eye. He's quote strong in the core and rarely turns the ball over by foot and hand. Of all the "experienced" players his clanger rate is the lowest over his career.

Restricted = Less than 8 years at the club + in top quarter for salaries at the club. Given Picks 1-20 all get 102k as a base in their first year and Jordon was pick 33 he'd likely only be in the 200-250k range given he probably started on a base of around 60k.

Crom are a good mid-table team. They're falling off as the year progresses but they looked really good in patches. Almost close to top 4 quality. Suspect we will (should) deal with them easily this week. But I rate them with GWS and Hawthorn as clubs I'm not generally worried about but am still kind of sort of worried about (see: Alice Springs game).

Anyone know of the best way to watch in Singapore? Assuming I won't be able to get out to watch it. I have Foxtel but guessing the app won't work there.

I'll tell you what, it's the chirpiest and most hostile the AFL Members has been at a Melbourne game for a looooong time. Maybe because it was a Friday night. But lots of words were exchanged in standing room the whole night. Lions supporters giving us absolute [censored] with 10 minutes left. I proceded to absolutely lose my [censored] when Viney kicked that goal. You could smell the win at that point. Actually saw a Lions supporter standing in disbelief at the final siren. We've been there. The St Kilda game at Marvel in I think 2015 comes to mind when the Saints kicked the winner with seconds left after it looked like we were certainties. But it was amazing how quickly it changed. Good on the Lions supprters for bringing such amazing support, the old Fitzroy supporters sure can be loud. But I really gave it to them at the end after coping it all game.

not really. leading into the game they were undoubtedly favourites and in better form.

Collingwood supporters are especially vile when they're threatened. Their cockiness is nauseating.

Third quarter. Brisbane kick their 5th goal for the quarter. My mate (a St Kilda supporter) and I head outside so he can have a vape. I've seen enough. We chat about who fills the top 8 outside of the top 3. We can't settle on list. I hear the crowd roar. "Brisbane has kicked another," I quipped. No, it was Kozzie. Another roar. "Surely that was Brisbane?" Right I was. Hipwood. And again, a roar. "Damn... Brisbane?" No: it was Gawn. "Okay... Okay. Are we on?" Roar. "Again!" Alas, a Brisbane goal. Roar. "What is going on? Who was that?" Another Petracca goal. We head inside for the final quarter. Shortly after the quarter starts, Daniher, having an annoyingly good game, kicks a goal. "You're done," my mate tells me. "Yeah, obviously," I admit. 10 minutes pass, a Pickett goal. Five more minutes, and another. I joke to my mate. "There's five minutes left. We could do a Collingwood." He laughed. "I can't see it," he says. "Me neither," I say in defeat. A stoppage... or so I thought? "Viney...Viney... VINEY!" I proceed to absolutely lose my [censored]. "GAME ON. GAME OOOOON. LET'S GOOOOOOO." My mate, now on board, is slightly more optimistic. "You need this clearance," he says. "We have time," I snap back. "We got this." Kick. Stoppage. Kick. Stoppage. Kick....MILKSHAKE! "He's got it," my mate whispers. "He's got it," I whisper back. He lines it up. Cool. Calm. Collected. A little tap. A straight kick. "LIIIIIOOOOONNNNNSS," the drunk Melbourne supporter next to me starts chanting, jeering the surrounding Lions supporters who, merely 5 minutes earlier, had prematurely started their victory chant. "It's not over yet," I calmy said. "How much? HOW MUCH?!?" My new drunk friend was suddenly anxious. "33 seconds." The remaining seconds are a blur... Lever's mark/high free kick seals it. I lost my voice in the preceding seconds as the siren rang and A Grand Old Flag rang through the speakers. Hello world. I now have a raging sore throat and no voice.

and Pickett first and last.

Unreal. Best win I've seen live.

CORRIDOR

we never use the corridor . more uncontested possessions more -40 in marks. are we loading?

Brisbane are a good team. We gave it a good shake.

The Lions have grown a lot since we pumped them in round 23. They are much better. Not the end of the world if we lose, they are a good team. And I still think we are comfortably a top 4 side either way. I'm most worried about the Bombers stealing 4th tbh. Which would be horrific for the entire football world.

I don't see why they shouldn't be confident. They are far and away the better team.

No one talks about Hibberd. I honestly can't see us winning the flag without him. Strange I know but we need him back.

Pretty disgusting we haven't heard a thing about the development yet.

I reckon there was 2k melbourne supporters there. It was a shocking turnout.

No they weren't. They all played yhe their role. Melksham did well, and McVee won most contests.

Tbh I thought we defended and attacked well. Last week was a hard slog and we still had some legs at the end which is a good sign. People put too much into numbers on the bench. If coached well it can work to your benefit. Saints threw everything at us because they all had momentum and extra time on field. Loved Woewodin's attack on ball. Same as McVee and Spargo. Pickett had the worst game of his career. Looking forward to pumping Brisbane next week.

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Saints can steal this.