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Yes, there were literally centimetres in it.

I’m more concerned about this week’s Dogs game... they looked very good today, much better than the Saints looked in their game.

I’ve been watching the bikes for several decades and have never seen anything like todays Austrian GP... major major crashes in two classes; the fact that Rossi was not seriously injured or worse, is nothing short of miraculous...

One of the better captions!

I noticed that Weed seems to be developing a marking style where as he takes the grab, he twists/spins his body around in a quite pronounced fashion to protect the ball... he did it earlier further out from goal, but didn’t hold the grab.

How is the market for sow's ears made from silk purses?

I found that if I read this using a Winston Churchill voice (in my mind), it's an even more impressive post! Let's hope you're right.

Interesting that Geelong get a free after laying a dangerous tackle. Seems that even after all of the discussion following ANBs case, it still comes down to outcome and not action.

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I'm stealing this! The 'Snibbo' (for those old enough to remember) of comments - a great all purpose comment!

He's become past tense?

That's assuming of course, that all of those teams above us from 5th to 11th lose their games - signed, The Wet Blanket ?

As much as I hate the Bummers, I hope Ward gets a hefty fine for that effort... worse than Papley’s in as far as it directly impacted the result

Not just Treloar, but Quaynor and Will Hoskin-Elliott were both off injured as well. Quaynor looks like a break in the lower leg, Hoskin-Elliot was a leg injury (knee?) and missed Treloar's, so no idea what happened to him.

There's a first time for everything I suppose.

I get the feeling Brayshaw may get a rest and Tomlinson come in on a wing.

Was wondering what you meant by the above comment.

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Goodwin needs a 50+ points win tomorrow against the Crows and must have a big win against North the following week in order to just start building some sort of credibility. If the team can manage that, then they might just build enough momentum to get them across the line against the Pies; and if that happens, then he may have saved his skin for the time being.

The 5th, hopefully.

As much as I am really liking what he is showing, I can see Jackson being rested this week against Port and the more experienced TMac coming in as his replacement. I think Jetta will be rested as well considering he suffered two knocks to his head, so in come Rivers, and I can see Tomlinson coming in and Brayshaw being given a week off.

That plus the fact it was more of a shoulder charge and Pickett's arms remain down (he doesn't hold the opponent at all), I cannot see how that could be interpreted as a dangerous tackle in any footballing universe.

Pickett was pinged on two occasions for dangerous tackles... the first one on the centre half forward area (if memory serves) for a front on bump (ridiculous decision) and the second on the boundary, for what was a pretty standard vigorous tackle.