Adam The God

That's a legit possibility. Haven't multiple people initially tested asymptomatically and later been found to have contracted it? Isn't that what happened to the guy that caused the Perth lockdown?

Fair enough. Didn't mean to imply you don't watch the game closely mate. We all watch it differently anyway. I'm particularly triggered by the Spargo selection conversation as I'm constantly defending him within my family. :P

People just look at his stats and maybe even his leg speed and think he's not good enough. His pressure acts, 1%ers, tackles and disposal are elite.

Well, also, 2,500 QANTAS employees lost their jobs last year, while JobKeeper went to profits. Michael West has done a lot of good investigative reporting on this.

And yet having laid off thousands of employees, they made a billion dollar profit last year as a result of JobKeeper. A multinational, led by an Irishman. Renationalise the bloody organisation. They're a joke.

You really do post some nonsense at times.

Yeah, not really sure what they were watching. Nankervis was bog ordinary. I'd even say McEvoy did a better job against Max and Max took 8+ marks on him.

Gee, he's impressive is Tommo. Good on him. Loving his contribution to our team. For mine he's been our best defender this year. He's not flashy or demonstrative like May or Lever, but he just keeps winning contests. Love all three of them back there. Another thing I wanted to say is regarding the Video of the Week, Petracca's goal, the TV coverage does not do it justice. It makes it look as though Petracca is almost by himself when he gets the ball and it's an uncontested burst onto the footy, but in the lead up to the forward entry, Petracca used his body brilliantly to outmuscle and out position his opponent before bursting onto the ball. It was sublime. Imagine the extra lift the side will get if Petracca recommits in the next few weeks.

Can't see Gutwein winning the election either. When your own speaker crosses the floor multiple times against you, it's game over. He's one of the more progressive Libs going around, more like a small L lib like Menzies than anything post 1970. I'll be surprised if the game goes ahead in Tassie, the optics are terrible.

Hence that snow-capped mountain, hey, mate? ?

I want to follow this one up. Would Essendon stand in his way? They do have a rep as we know, down at Essendon...

Completely agree. And this is where you convert supporters too. Either new migrants or you get the bandwagoners. Just look at Hawthorn, many of their supporters are ex-Demons who couldn't cop losing and started supporting a side who won 12 flags in 50 years. :P

When our team and club is up and about, they have nothing else to attack us on, except our supporter base. Not many other clubs ever cop this. It's also a bit of a pathetic put down. "YOU HAVE MONEY!!!!" And no, I've never been to the snow.

Looked very sore tackling to me. He was a liability on a few occasions with that hand. Dangerous as always as a marking forward and goal kicker, but if his hand isn't 100%, I'd look at this change.

Very risky. I'd be keeping Weideman if we think he is good enough. McDonald and Brown are both 28. The thing about taking those two guys out of our side is there goes 450 games of experience. When it comes to the pointy end that experience could be invaluable.

I'm wondering if they might give Fritsch a week off and play Brown in his place...

As stupid as it sounds, Carlton is a danger game. They match up well against us. I disagree. This is not where we're at as a football club anymore. Young players, health of the AFL 22 permitting, should have to wait until their form demands selection and until there is an available spot on offer in the AFL 22. We don't just get games into players for the sake of it. It's a long season, so if the guys at Casey continue to put their hands up, they'll eventually get their chances organically.

Spargo? Not sure I agree mate. No Spargo and no Kozzie? Unless Chandler can bring any sort of pressure like them it'll change the effectiveness of our system significantly. Our talls play mobile though and not all our smalls or mediums play a pressure game (see Melksham and Fritsch, although they may be improving in this area). IMO we can afford to take out Melksham and bring in Brown, because it's goals we're trading there, not tackles. I would keep Jones in there though, because he allows us an extra mid rotation. Melksham can play there too, but isn't particularly contested. If Harmes puts in a solid performance for Casey and Jones struggles, I'd make that move the following week.

I'm hearing Brown comes in this week, but not sure who will make way just yet. I'd say it'll be Melksham.

Good get mate. It was Viney too.

I'm sure we'd love to get this connection right, but I think we're happy to sacrifice some stoppage work to ensure our defensive system behind the ball is rock solid. Around the ground at stoppages, particularly at throw ins, we have often continued to go with one less at the stoppage, and one extra behind the ball - credit to @Axis of Bob for pointing this out weeks ago. This so often allows May or Lever or Salem to peel off behind the ball as the spare interceptor. It's a brilliant move and because our mids are so strong and Max is so dominant/Jackson rucks as an extra mid, we don't lose a whole lot by going one less in at stoppage. I think in the first quarter our centre square stoppages weren't as well set up. Our mids were too close to the rucks, with not enough separation. I think Oliver should almost always start well wide of the ruck contest, so that he can hit the ball drop at speed. It takes his opponent almost completely out of it, as Oliver has such an elite burst of speed when he hits the ball. The other addition to our armour at around the ground stoppages is playing Salem defensive side for the handball receive. We used this on two or three clear occasions last night in obvious set plays. But we were so clean with our disposal that we could flick handballs around and get it to an elite user on the outside. It surprised me that Richmond didn't roll an extra up closer to the stoppage to pressure Salem, because he was so often peeling off by himself. The Bulldogs will absolutely do this with Daniels this week. In fact, I'm starting to see the Bulldogs handball game in the way we're playing.

If Merrett is happy to take less here than at Essendon, then sure, but I can't see Essendon not matching it. Would love Merrett though. Would compliment Oliver, Petracca and Viney beautifully. His ball use and spread from contest is elite. I'd say we'll look elsewhere to add to our.midfield, unless something/someone comes out of nowhere.

He did it in the 2017 game. Put his knees into one of our guys right on the MCC wing in front of us and our guy bit back (can't remember who), Cotchin got the free kick, the momentum turned and they ran all over us. He's become a good leader, but he's very Selwood. Little [censored].

I was very disappointed with the crowd too...

We were certainly favourites against Hawthorn and we got the job done by 8+ goals. I think we're now seeing a different maturity to this team.