John Crow Batty

Gawn and Jackson, one mark between them as well….ugh. Maybe both rushed back too early?

Smashed in the clearances. maybe better with Weid and Mitch rucking. Gawn and Jackson more or less useless.

Yes played at Pork Barrel Park. One of my favourite all time non MFC finals game. Steven Hills 5 bounce late charge along the Pork Barrel members wing to goal and ice the game was sublime.

Are you sure it’s Fish Creek? Fish Creek is on the other side of Wilson’s Prom and from Geelong it would take longer to get there than to fly to Adelaide.

An acquaintance here in Perth who’s a WC supporter told me WC stopped tanking because they are now out of the running to get Jackson. I take that with a grain of salt but who knows what goes on.

Port choked this one at the death.

I don’t think it matters much if commentators are connected with certain clubs. Sport is entertainment. We had Daisy Pearce commentating and no one here complains. The football world and associated media has always been incestuous and nepotistic and bias in some form is always there. It is what it is.

He did alright in the finals and GF as I recall despite being so so early in the season last year. He’s here for the duration this season.

That’s assuming other clubs were interested in him at the time. Delisted players hitting 30 years old usually don’t have too many offers.

Mitch Brown must be one of the longest travelled journeyman ever. Drafted in 2008 but only played 79 games for 3 clubs. Very few players remain from that vintage in the league. Amazing.

There were 77 free kicks paid that game. 39 to Fitzroy and 38 to Adelaide. Unbelievable.

Both Weid and Mitch battled hard. They played their roles perfectly.

Suns robbed of a couple of holding the ball frees at the death within scoring range.

Demons 94, umpires 65.

Lots more opposition coaches now coaching from interchange bench copying Goodwin and Fagan who were the only ones doing it last season. Today both Rutten and Longmuir coaching from the bench as was Beveridge the other day. Must be a trend to think it might be advantageous since Melbourne and Brisbane are top of the ladder.

Great game between two middle of the road clubs. Richmond clueless on how to ice the game.

As I have said before, Hibbo is only noticed after he matches up with a big name player like Franklin, Martin or Cameron and renders them impotent. When he plays against lesser lights his efforts go under the radar because his work is usually just boringly efficient. The only decline I see is that his kicking skills are not as good as they once were but he has compensated in other ways.

I still believe 800k a season is way overs for him. More like 799k ATM.

Gardiner out is big as well. He is their second tall key defender.

Even with Gawns dominance we have been cleaned up all too often from centre clearances by the opposition. Advantage taps are an irrelevant stat. Most of the time it means giving the opposition heads up to who to tackle and target and seize initiative.

Next few games we will see if he’s worth 800k or not.

118 games for us. 259 goals and 1299 touches. 131 games for them, 224 goals and 1577 touches. Not by a big margin but he played his best footy for us.

There will be a few lower ranked clubs that will want to atone for their poor seasons. Surprise results will come.

Darcy is a genuine A grader but he is their Joel Smith in regards to injuries.