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Did Goodwin talk about this at his presser or on SEN this week? I feel as coach he should bring this up.

Not sure Kingsley would be fully happy, but they won, essendon lost and there fans are losing interest. That has to be there lowest crowd in a long time. It's a big big sound

20,347 is the crowd

I know. It's why I wish Kingsley didn't rest hogan

Can I just say Toby Greene seems to have not done a lot tonight.

Essendon getting thrashed on prime time. Love it & we've got more coming including them going down to Geelong

Not sure Kingsley would be rapt with this quarter so far

Did you see their president sitting in a box? Even he doesn't want to show his face amongst the public

Gws if they're serious must put their foot down this half & slaughter them

There's no danger of essendon winning is there? I know they have injuries galore but gws are inconsistent at times.

Or it can be a positive watching essendon get beaten in prime time

Did he talk about the xerri incident?

Yeah Ed just went on a rant. It was a kick not a trip. Which is what I thought. When did the kick get taken out?

Just turned on my tv and goody is on footy classified with hird, Ed & Tom morris. Wonder if goody will ask Tom about his lever story. I really don't want to watch so if anyone has can you do a quick debrief

So lever came out yesterday & said he wasn't angry with being dropped. He was more disappointed in his own form. Said he doesnt know where it came from & he wants to stay at melbourne obviously. Lever is one of those people with a mature head on his shoulders & goody would have had the conversation with him.

It's Clayton's 200th saturday night

Look you can tell how much the players loved him after they got around him yesterday after his 200th game as coach. It's just frustrating because after 21 we've achieved nothing. But I'm sick of getting new coaches so it will be interesting to see what happens. I'm assuming he'll be there for his final season before he comes out of contract but he'll be under so much pressure

Just watched the incident again. Xerri was no more trying to tackle than Maynard was trying to smother. He had the open arm & not an action of someone wanting to lay a tackle.

The thing with xerri was he was so focused & distracted on max he forgot to play his own game which worked well for us. 7 disposals & 1 mark is all he did. My highlight was just after the sparrow incident viney was fighting with xerri. He was hanging off him. Just love how viney sticks up for his teamates but I do wonder if sometimes he suffers from small man syndrome

That was my first concern coming into the room to see how Tommy was. He is up, he is talking, he has his family and friends around him,” Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin said on Sunday “The pleasing thing is he is up and about, but he goes straight into the protocols. We will take no risk with Tom. “He will get monitored really closely by our medical team. They will make the best decision there. He is up talking, can remember the majority of the game. That’s a good sign, but clearly he is going to be monitored quite closely by our medical team.”

He has a great mentor there in jones to help him. I'm not sure what to think. Yes he kicked a telling goal, but he fumbled & only had 7 disposals. If he gets a full pre season behind him, no injuries then I'll judge him next season, but he'll have to do something or else his career could be over quickly.

First time we may go in as favourites

This saints/ swans game is very exciting

How good was Max's goal from 50? Just flushed it

I saw our incoming CEO at the footy today. Casual guy in his jeans, runners & Melbourne jacket. But some people recognised him because they stopped him for a chat which he was happy to do