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Langdon and Hunt run out of defense when it happens is so good.

Fritsch the Cat again!

ANB has had a good season. He still lacks composure under pressure though and a lot of his touches are kick and pray.

Oliver doesn't have an ounce of defensive awareness in his bones. Zero chase.

nah jones ducked into it. umps shouldn't call that.

ANB needs to get better on his opposite side. Had a clean kick on his left for goal but switched sides to kick on his right and was pushed off as he kicked it. Happens often with him.

They're too quick for us at the moment. But we're hanging in there.

Umps calling play on way too quickly, GWS flooding the ball handler so we're pressured to rush a kick and going straight to them. We're marking and within seconds it's play on. Officiating is favouring GWS heavily.

Onya Fritsch the Cat

Why wasn't that 50 for Gawn? And another shot in the pocket.

They look so dangerous front of ball whenever they go forward. They are crumbing so easily.

Well done Jako! He's looking good so far. Still don't know why we lead to space to the flanks and pockets though.

That was being more outplayed than outcoached. We had plenty of opportunities. Those misses are coach killers.

We had our opportunities and didn't capitalise. GWS gifted goals either through umpires or poor defense. A bit more polish and control of the play and things can turn quickly. We are playing right into their hands though.

lmao they're paying incorrect disposal now.

Can Greene [censored] off?

Anyone else see Lever limp off in the third quarter? He landed awkwardly after a contest and then immediately raised his hand to the bench. Everyone around me noticed it as well. He came off for maybe 10 minutes then returned. Anyway point of my story is that I'm glad it's unchanged because I anticipated potentially a rest for him. Anyway I don't have a newsletter you can subscribe to but if you want more my hot takes I'm pretty active throughout the season.

If he leaves, it ain't to North. They're going to be overpaying players of the Chris Dawes ilk like we did for a while whilst they build their list. It took us years before we landed a big fish and that was only once we became decent. Money alone won't get people to North. It would be a very poor career choice for a player like Oliver to even contemplate North as they are today.

Negotiation in any job is all business. You find your allies, you explore the market, and you make sure you're never the first to offer a figure. It actually takes a lot for someone to change jobs/teams. Players that switch tend to do so for a combination of exposure, success, culture and pay. Tick enough of those boxes and it's hard to leave. As someone in the midst of a pay review now, and knowing I can earn more elsewhere, I have a lot of friends, in a great culture and I have great influence on the workplace. A figure close enough but not necessarily more than what I can get on the market will be enough for me to stay. But it's a waiting game. The media and fans hyperventilate when someone doesn't sign right away but anyone would be crazy not to do their due diligence. If Oliver leaves then it will be about more than money. It will be about his actual place in the team, how he's valued both financially and as a person and player. I'm confident he'll stay. If he doesn't then the questions will be more around what Melbourne couldn't offer beyond money.

You're in the lion's den, my friend.

He has the crew around him. Lever May and Tomlinson all been good.

How good are Jordan and Rivers?

Bound to happen at some point. Munted body with a few knee recons, carrying the team for so long. Frail body, great tap ruckman and we need to start adjusting to that. Jackson good in ruck as a harder body. Best we start bullding some flexibility and diversity in ruck role.

We actually look quite polished with the ball. Saints butcher it quite a bit but their pace and pressure hurts us behind the ball. Ratten is coaching very well atm with a squad missing a lot of best 22 players.

Ratten giving Goodwin a coaching lesson.