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No tribunal was ever finding Hawkins guilty. Too much doubt. Daniel easily worth a week. Jetta maybe not a fine but whatever. Cunnington the same as Zac Williams. A week for stupidity.

https://www.triplem.com.au/story/tom-stewart-undergoes-successful-surgery-41692 Tom Stewart had surgery in 2017 and missed 3 weeks. If it isn't as major as that it's possible it could just be 2 weeks.

I'd give Petty first go, but I also hope they use this as a chance to move Majak down to CHB at Casey given we've got the forwards back. He played his best footy in that role and I reckon he could be a wildcard at some stage of the season

So he's played well so now we have to put work in to him to make sure he's keen to come to us and also developing well. Yet at the same time we can't have him do too well because if he goes in the top 20 we'll lose access to him! Great system..

2:37 train from Laburnum gets you to Richmond at 3:03. In theory you could catch the 2:47 to 3:13 and sprint to the G if you've got seats closer to Richmond and just catch the bounce. Same question about whether you can sprint from the South East corner of Box Hill if that gate is open across Whitehorse road to Laburnum to cut that time down too! Overall I think the likely answer is if the quarters drag on over 30 minutes and the game takes 2 hours and 40 minutes you might have to either skip the last 10 minutes or be slightly late for the bounce at the G.

The lack of suspension to King will annoy me forever because there's just no reason to throw a boot above waist high, was beyond reckless. I think there's enough benefit of the doubt in this one because Hawkins is legitimately handballing and May is dragging him down in the tackle. The MRO seems to only issue penalties or statements that incidents were assessed. I wonder if they can go somewhere between on this one and offer some kind of official caution.

A) Tom's kicking. B) Tom's limited lateral mobility. C) Tom's marking runs very hot and cold. D-Z) Tom's kicking. He's a forward and will stay in the side until Brown and/or Weid have earned their spots. After that we might try him on a wing where his tank creates mismatches, but not the backline.

I don’t always love the shoulder dip move, it can abandon you if you the umps catch on. Spargo’s positioning is what makes his game. Watch as we turn the ball over he’ll always be the first to move to get out to space. He understands how to stretch backlines. He gets front and centre. Add in the strength at the contest and with tackling and that’s a proper AFL player.

Probably his best game for the club today. Passed one off. Dropped one just outside the square too. The mark and goal in the last was all class

They used Jordon on a wing against Blicavs after Gus went down back, but ended up preferring Jones and then had a full midfield rotation with Sparrow. Melksham wasn’t good but I still think until Brown or Weid come in we need a proper forward more than extra mids. I think it will be 2 out of 3 of Melk, Sparrow and Jordon with the 3rd the sub. Petty or Hibberd depending on conditions and opponents to replace May.

6. Viney 5. Petracca 4. Gawn 3. Fitsch 2. Lever 1. Oliver Last week was a team effort with almost everyone being solid. This week was about our best players being the best on the ground. Any of the 6 could’ve got the votes in any order. I thought Viney had the most vital moments.

From previous years when a player at my club was a VFL player they’d do all their training at Casey apart from the occasional captains run type session on Thursday night at the local club if they were playing with us. But it might depend what grade their local club is in and how much VFL footy they’re actually playing

I think it was either going to happen for him 2-3 years ago or not at all. He’s off to a super star line up at St Kilda City

Pretty much all of those issues you mentioned were tackled with COVID changes last year. Majak played a scratch match with us last year! If the player agrees to go and the club agrees to let another side manage them for a period of time the benefits outweigh the negatives. State league call ups are probably the safer choice but you’re then impacting a state league club and you’re also having a mid season draft type exercise that could be harder to police. Purely for rucks I think the loan makes sense.

There’s no reason for clubs to carry more than 3 rucks and a forward/ruck. All 4 of those are out for the Suns. There absolutely has to be a system to allow them to add a ruck until the mid season draft. If a loan is the best way for that to happen then so be it. Id happily send Austin Bradtke up there for a chance to play for 7 weeks or so.

The second tier doesn’t interest me, but grass roots footy does. I’d invest in regional areas and work place laws so that people still have weekends and still live in the country. So many fewer young blokes play footy these days because they don’t have the time, money or inclination. Eddie’s plan on spending probably close to a billion dollars in the next decade for a Tasmanian AFL team is crazy. Imagine if that money was spent on country schools, country hospitals, country jobs in Tasmania. And a few bucks directly on ovals and change rooms. I get they need a team but the team should grow from the grassroots up, not from monumental investment.

20 round season - ok, whatever Final 12 - terrible Nt / FNQ team - unfeasible ‘Breakthrough team’ - a joke 40 million combined funding annually - ridiculous Brand new stadium in Hobart for 7 games a year - lol Brand new stadium having a roof because its cold outside - jump in the Derwent

Could be a 6 month post surgery scan

Petracca and Viney missed training according to the news, but Gawn said it was just precautionary normal stuff. Petracca can always play more forward, but if Viney isn't right that could be the change to get Melksham in, run him and the young mids on ball more. Jack played very well on the weekend but he's still probably a bit underdone from his minor break in training and we need him to find his absolute best form. Otherwise I'm still think Jones makes more sense as the change for Melksham if everyone is 100% ready to go. We need to keep that defensive heat to force mistakes from Geelong and get the game on our terms. Otherwise they'll just settle in to their kick-mark game with the backline staying deep and we'll struggle to score.

Would you light money on fire if you were him? That's pretty much what committing to staying does. It also probably becomes more of a story than the cliches. The cliches are useful because they really mean nothing. Until the club puts an offer on the table and rival clubs do the same there's no point worrying about any comments.

I have no issue with Petracca not saying anything, nor should he. He's contracted for the rest of this season which is has just begun and next. He'll be looking at his true big pay day and his manager will be telling him there's no point rushing in to anything now. We need to get Oliver, Salem and potentially Weideman locked away and then the club can go to Petracca's management. I don't think he's the kind of player where you'd even do a Wingard/May style pre agency trade either, you're going to keep him for as long as possible then work it out. I doubt Cripps is going anywhere but he and Carlton are still negotiating and he's the captain! With such a tight cap and star players keen on big deals it's a really tricky process.

Any break down on what those 1%ers actually are though? Because we had 18 more inside 50's and 12 more intercept possessions. I'm happy for a team to have 35 more spoils if it means we are dominating the inside 50's and marking everything at the other end.

Are you sure you aren't confusing Russell Jackson with Saints historian Russell Holmesby. Russell Jackson isn't old enough to be have been doing anything forever, plus he's been a little busy being a cricket writer and publisher.

2 of the umps through no fault of their own aren't within a mile of the play and the 3rd ump is still a fair way off the ball and partially obscured by Giants players running back. The speed with which players move these days probably does require a 4th umpire for this type of scenario.

Not sure we should be celebrating an injury. Weller took Viney on, that's what made that fun. Coniglio is just trying to evade Sparrow. Still it was a great chase and effort. Sparrow made Derm cry after he stood up for James Jordon getting a late whack in the head. I liked that. It was completely different to the push and shove after a player makes a mistake which I don't like