Webber

We are no different to other clubs in this regard. There’s a narrative around Burgess ‘play through pain’ mantra being somehow unique. It isn’t.

Shin guard (ruck style) at best. Depends on the position of fracture, and legality of guard. We’ve actually had a very good year injury-wise. (Total games lost to injury). Huge part of why we finished 2nd. Injuries are not the cause of our current form problems.

Hairline fracture means the bone is still stable, thus can bear weight. If he can do everything he needs without being pain inhibited, he will play I’d say. One week off won’t make enough difference to the vulnerability of the bone to bother missing. It’s all about the pain. If he can’t play with the pain, then he won’t. The one risk in playing on a ‘vulnerable’ bone (it’s essentially a strut), is if he gets the wrong external contact, the bone is more likely to fracture completely. To be brutal, this would heal happily in the off-season (surgery if displaced) and be good to go in early pre-season. Tough decision, but I reckon we all know what he’d want to do.

Absolutely. It helped however that Franklin is basically useless now. It almost felt sad watching him, and the nonsense he was trying (and May fell for!) because he just can’t play proper footy anymore. Still, we would’ve lost by more if he hadn’t been playing, so there’s that.

Tonight we were horribly schooled by our betters. The Swans own us, as do Collingwood, and in fact Geelong. They are the 3 best teams in the 4. This idea that our ‘best’ is the best in the AFL is errant nonsense when it can’t be sustained to win games over 4 quarters. To their credit, the Swans exposed that brutally tonight.

And if Heeney and Reid kick goals instead of posters …….you get the idea.

Better in every facet of the game, the Swans. We are their bunnies, only way to put it.

Swans killing us at the stoppages, sweating on us when we have possession, and building their attack off the turnover. We only win this if we take ownership of the contested pressure game. Just gonna fumble and fiddle our way to a loss otherwise. Longmire is a frankly brilliant coach.

Went to a couple of music gigs this week (classical - the polite clapping type), instinctively clapped then winced in pain having forgotten about my broken finger. Rookie mistake. Whistled instead - went down well. No clapping tonight. VOICE ONLY PEOPLE!

Might be a contender for most collective clangers ever …..both teams and the umps. Error-filled, high tension, undoubtedly exciting turnover-fest.

Lions are slow and reactive. Too many just waiting for the ball. Not playing finals-worthy footy at the mo.

Highlights of the captain’s run = firstly, the 7 year old kid next to us getting a signed ball over the fence from Clarrie. He could’ve popped with joy. Secondly, the ‘hearts’ in my wife’s eyes when Lingers jogged by smiling. I reminded her she was old enough to be his mum and then some. Zero care factor. GO DEES!

Didn’t spot him.

The Gosch’s resurfacing-resizing looks superb. Even got the mowing patterns!

JVR anyone?!

Spargiepants mark easily the best on account of him running sideways to the ball’s trajectory and using the sit to stabilise himself for the grab with the body twist. Greene’s and Georgiades were both front on classic elevated presentations. Charlie’s degree of difficulty higher. Science, people.

I’m nervous writing it, but this is the kind of injury list (or lack thereof) that should win another premiership.

I agree that Lions should beat Tiges. My concern is that ‘finals’ football to the Lions, rather than being about better contest and pressure, is just interpreted and manifested as aggression. Didn’t work last round, didn’t work QF last year. Altogether, I reckon it might be too late to make that shift.

Normal and common. Only removed if they cause problems. Some metalwork works its way out of the bone, which usually presents as surface discomfort, i.e. rubs on stuff, like shoes, or starts to blanch the skin, in which case they whip it out. On the type of metal - screw, plate, wire, the recovery from removal is firstly just the incision wound, then loading caution depending on which bone it is and how big a hole it leaves, which then naturally fills in. As an example, I had a couple of small-gauge wires (externally visible ends) holding some wrist bones in place. When they were pulled out I could do what I like.

He took 6 marks yesterday, 3rd only to Dunstan’s 8 and Tommo’s 7. His contested marking as a key forward isn’t great, but he’s proven to be a good mark when mobile as a ruck. Sam Weideman is a very good footballer, definitely AFL standard by my reckoning, just not a key forward. If he leaves and plays as a utility-ruck, he’ll do very well. If LJ goes, he can well do it with us.

Yes they did.

Thank you, was just about to give the same response.

I love the hyperbole on here. If you listened to some, basically all of our listed players are either sub-standard, shocking, not up to it, past it, overpaid, overhyped, too slow, etc, etc, etc. That was a great team performance, everyone played well, no passengers. I guess perfection is the only legitimate standard for many. Dunstan and Weideman best for mine, and ALL the yet-to-debut boys were excellent.

Free-rider. Boo.

Perfect. ‘Celebrity’ fully deserved. We know he reads Demonland, do we assume he posts? Reveal yourself Mr Celebrity-anointing tradie I say!