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White will get another game, they haven't brought anyone straight in and out again so far, hard to see them doing so here. He was decent. Wagner there to cover for O'Mac, Bugg as general emergency, and Brayshaw into the ring as a choice between him, Kennedy and Stretch (needs a rest?). In the washup, could be a no change, though if there was one to come in, perhaps Brayshaw.

I don't know that it's presented as a rest, more as a chance to go back to Casey and work on some aspects of your game. They mentioned re Oliver that he was working on his defensive game.

Of course it is. But supporting a club isn't just about winning, or we'd all barrack for Hawthorn. Each to their own. If anyone here is more interested in autographs than results, then who are we to criticise? It takes all sorts.

I don't know that they're rubbish, they still have a core of very experienced players, and have a couple of decent wins/performances this year. It's more that they've very uneven.

Don't see Bugg coming back any time soon if he keeps this up.

Don't think we'd bring Bugg back in without him having played a game at Casey. Also, if you're going to drop Ben K, need to bring in a forward.

Hopefully that's our one down quarter for the match. Continue like that ...

They haven't forgiven us for trading Toumpas.

Working on adding a zero or two to his contract?

Even when we're running all over them, disposal letting us down. Just so many of our players with questionable disposal and a real lack of footy smarts ... M Jones, Harmes, Hunt (OK, young), Kent (great with the goals in front of him, but too often turns it over), Grimes (of course), Petracca (OK, young) - there must be a few I'm missing as well. I know a few here [censored] about Oscar Mac, but at least he usually hits his target. Speaking of which Mitch White looking good. Some footy smarts. Carry on.

Doing well, but still some poor decisions with disposals, especially going forward. Hunt is great but tends to blaze away, Viney and Tyson still make poor decisions, as do Matt Jones, Grimes, Harmes etc. Stretch stands out like a beacon amongst that lot.

VDB plays "tall" kind of, perhaps he'll be made more of a focus.

I don't know how many Essendon players are going to be available. Press seem to think Hurley will sign, which only really leaves Hibberd. Though I don't know, perhaps they'd consider Tom MacDonald plus Round 2 pick for Hurley, Hibberd ... plus Jamar as steak knives, just for old time's sake.

He was also on limited game time up until he went off. Through no fault of his own, not having a great run at it this year, though same could be said about Salem and Brayshaw.

There are a couple of decent tall defenders in the draft - though the best, MacReadie is probably GWS bound (academy). Not sure on Tom - I respect his right to get himself the best deal he can, but not quite sending the right message for me. Perhaps he's seeing himself as the backline general and valuing himself accordingly - but I don't know that he's a smart enough footballer for that. Could also be interesting in terms of how this plays out with Oscar, who in the longer term could be the better of the pair.

Forward????

Pedersen is still injured/has missed a string of games and isn't a possibility. Too early for Hulett and Weidermann (who has also missed a few through injury). Dawes had a bad day, but in the absence of a replacement ...

You're turning into a stalker. BTW, was 11 marks. Also, 5 one percenters. The only players who did better were Jetta with 6 and your other whipping boy, Oscar with 7, the most of any player out there.

I wouldn't have put Kennedy in there, he's generally handy and not a bad kick - unlike the others. For mine, don't see ANB as anything more than deck-chair-shuffling.

Oh come on. This time last year we were sitting on 4 wins with a percentage of 78% - a percentage which went down to 77% by the end of the season. We're currently sitting on 6 wins with a percentage over 100%. At this stage last year (Round 13) we'd managed a grand total of 897 points. This year, it's 1351 points. Night and day.

How anyone can not see the improvement is beyond me. Looking somewhere else?

Not sure about Casey, he must be on the cusp for sure. Just not damaging enough, and often poor with ball in hand. Still, Petracca wasn't much better today.

Casey. 11.12.78 to 11.10.76. FT Stats Disposals - Michie 31, Grimes 29, Neal-Bullen 27, Oliver 24, Brayshaw 22 Goals - Smith 5, Scott, Hulett 2, Neal-Bullen, Weideman.

Disposal, disposal, disposal. Too many poor decisions and turnovers. OK, lots of pressure, but so many times we got ourselves into trouble when we didn't need to. A few poor games today, overall looked very rusty.

At the very least, his disposal is.