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Petterd is OK. He hyperextended his shoulder in the second quarter (I think it was the second quarter) and copped a corky in his butt and an ankle injury also, but he played out the game. If there is to be one inclusion, Bail in.

I think you can't really say who is better, because Sculls is an in-and-under midfielder who is great at winning the contested ball, and Trenners is a free running midfielder who can hit targets and kick goals.

If Russian can keep himself in the contest in the ruck (which I believe he can, considering his recent form) and if we can handball as swiftly as we did against Brisbane (which suits Etihad, it's a fast ground) we're in with a good chance. Especially considering our recent troubles against North were mainly to do with tall players, but now we have Frawley and Warnock to hold up Hale and Goldstein and Jamar can easily take MacIntosh IMO. But our ground work with the ball is now one of the best parts of our game and better than North's.

Can't disagree. It's amazing comparing our efficiency with our handball compared to last year - we were handballing to stationary players, putting ourselves under pressure etc., but now we move it so swiftly through our defence/midfield ready for a penetrating kick to a forward - I remember counting about 10-15 handballs in one short passage of play where no handball went to a stationary player and we worked our way right around those Brisbane players until a kick was made into the forward line. It was amazing to watch.

And now I regret moving Bastinac into my SuperCoach team over Trengove, which was purely based on form. Trenners gets 129, Bastinac 28. DANG

I don't think you can really look past him this week, he's been in the running for five weeks now, and he's the player who deserves it the most. Great to see him chipping in with two goals and Scully with his first ever AFL goal, and it was a great one too. Go Trenners.

+2 Greeny for a few years, then give it to Grimes so Green can play into his mid-30s without that sort of pressure leading such a good side that will win a flag

NicNat will get it because there's so much hype about it. But Scully, Trengove and McKenzie have been in the running every week, where as NicNat has been inconsistent, so from that point of view NicNat shouldn't get it.

KOD's just making sure he gets one right every week by tipping the team that Richmond plays.

Oh no it won't. The only good young Crows are Dangerfield, Vince, Rutten, Tippett and Porplyzia. And Thompson's getting on a bit I think. I rate them about the same as the Sydney of last year - great experience, but no youth.

There can't possibly be a noise limit. Think of how noisy some blockbuster games are (especially when the game is close), such as Melbourne vs the Filth, Melbourne vs Carlton, Melbourne vs Essendon...

Grimes the captain, Trengove the superstar. Featuring Watts, Jurrah, Scully, Morton, Frawley, Gysberts, Wonaeamirri, Petterd, Sylvia and co... Sounds effing awesome. I want an 'all of the above and MORE' option.

Thing about these two teams is that their second best 6 is still a really great bunch, as they'd read: Geelong - Corey/Ottens/Ling/Enright/Mooney/Rooke St. Kilda - Gilbert/Jones/Dawson/Ray/Milne/Gardiner or King They'd be better than Richmond's best 6. Wait, their bottom 6 is better than Richmond's best 6. :D Thanks Hannabal for this great post by the way

Based on the first three games of the season: 1. Jack Grimes 2. James McDonald 3. James Frawley 4. Mark Jamar 5. Brad Green 6. Jordie McKenzie 7. Aaron Davey 8. Jamie Bennell 9. Ricky Petterd 10. Jack Trengove Sorry Warnock.

In: Sylvia Out: Bartram Don't think Bartram has done enough to stay in the team, and Dunn has been travelling fairly well. All of a sudden it's getting very hard to pick our best 22.

Let's take down Brown first...hey that rhymes :D

I'm 14 and have been a member for 10 years this year, do I qualify?

I actually counted 8 free kicks that should/could have gone our way. That includes the 50 metre penalty.

That's true. But the fact remains: we're playing Richmond. PERCENTAGE HERE WE COME

Yeah, but we're playing Richmond.

From what I've just read, it was from misconduct at their team hotel, and Connors got suspended for eight weeks. Cousins only got one.

I'm wide awake buddy. And I am voicing my opinion, my opinion is that for such an experienced player, Bruce shouldn't have made so many mistakes as he did in the first half. I'll admit his second was much better though. And I'm not a Bate basher, I really like the guy :D

He definitely did. I reckon if Jamar hasn't fought that contest Newton would've scored something because he bumped Newton going for the ball. I was just undercover directly behind where it happened an I was like 'hang on, why isn't the ball being thrown in?' I actually counted ten whole free kicks Melbourne should/could have been paid. None in the second half of the third quarter or the last funnily enough.

I'll just delete that post so I don't look like a complete retard. *deletes post* And my opinion about the banner: Davey = Yes Bruce = Maybe Moloney = Maybe Morton = No Jones = Maybe Watts = Yes Jurrah = Yes Candidates - Green (for Morton), Grimes, Petterd, Bennell, Sylvia