Juicebox

I currently have every bit of faith in Burgess and co to appropriately manage each individual's workload throughout the season. David King suggests we need to start looking at resting players based on what information? He hasn't any access to players GPS data, medical reports, anything at all. Trust the club to make good decisions and not get spooked by this d-bag.

Personally I thought Petty has a looked a little shaky in both games he has played this year. Which is fair enough, players need time to settle in and find that confidence. Mitch Brown, i dunno... He is a bit of journeyman and has that experience under his belt. Has spent time down in the backline at points throughout his career and whilst he doesn't do anything spectacularly well, I think he has a solid footy IQ that'd compliment guys like Lever and May. Happy enough to see them persist with Petty, I think he obviously has far more upside going forward. I just figured Brown to be an interesting left-of-field alternative

It ain't gonna happen, but how would we feel about Mitch Brown replacing Petty down back?

Surprised not to see more love for May. Won some big 1on1 contests out there tonight

Aknowledges that the sides been going really well and all he's gunna try and do is "fit in to the structures". We got a seasoned, 60+ goal a year key forward just casually and calmy entering the line up. Goddamn, we really are flying right now.

Completely agree with ya. I miss the momentum the thursday night announcements created. Makes for good water-cooler conversation on the friday.

Ok so maybe he doesnt play tomorrow night, but he'll be back!

Love the positivity... We've seen this guy play some pretty big roles in some pretty big games over the years. He is a man now. He plays tomorrow night and he plays well.

I dunno... When you actually stop and think about it, "wet toast" is genius.

No that trust got broke a long time ago. Only one way to repair it.

That sounds like a lot of hard work, just move to Victoria instead?

Pretty sure we're currently leading the comp for tackles inside50, so i would love to see Bedford given a good run at it in the seniors. Take that forward pressure to yet another level

Side note - has anyone else really enjoyed seeing north melbourne suck this year?

Bevo certainly didnt exude any confidence in him getting up for this weekend at his presser yesterday. But he could be playing mind games...

Exactly this. We underestimated the pies that day in 2017, cannot do it again today.

Gawn out is a blessing in disguise. 1. Felt like our ball movement out of defence had grown stale and predictable. Don't know what to do with the footy? Just bang it long down the line to Max in a 5on1!! No Gawn forces us into adopting a more creative approach. Lower the eyes. Switch the play. All that good stuff. 2. The Bris/Port games - we got found out a bit at the stoppages. Your ruckman dominating the hit outs doesnt guarantee you the clearances. Mids now have to be switched on - equally prepared to both defend and attack. "Switched on" is definately the way I like my midfields. 3. Gawn gets a spell. If we're getting serious about this year, we need him fit and healthy when things start to get... serious. 4. Who doesn't wanna see Preuss step up and be a legend? Grundy has to be sore and tired. Hurt him. Emotionally and physically. Thinking positive thoughts now because 5 minutes into the 1st quarter, the sky could be falling and I could well be screaming for Goodwins head! But nah seriously, relax. We got this.

Can we just switch off any cencorship and watch DD go to town on [censored] for the remainder of the game?

Is it a mystery? He's always injured and it sucks.

Its so easy for a journalist to come out and say: "yeh the dees need to trade gus for an elite outside player"... Clubs aren't exactly letting those types of players just walk out the door.

It just feels like they're not prepared to take any risks by changing things up a bit. It's been relatively the same set-up the entire season and it just ain't working. How has Tom McDonald kept his spot in the forward line? Giving us nothing. Why hasn't Preuss been given more of an opportunity? Trac just floating around at half forward - its all been a bit 'meh' Why not give Oliver some time playing out of the square? Why isn't Fritsch having a crack up forward? Why has Spargo been given such a healthy opportunity? I mean I'm just spit balling ideas here... but as i said, it just feels like nothing new is ever being tried out properly. Every game feels a bit same-old same-old and it's so predictable.

Yeh, I'm usually pretty quick to give the benefit or the doubt when it comes to team selection... But this sucks. All summer long they're spruiking the Gawn/Preuss combo. McDonald has been giving us nothing all year long. Preuss shows something at every limited opportunity his given. Why is he not out there? I don't understand it.

If i see fritta playing in the backline today I'm gunna spew up.

That half-forward role is pretty much there for the taking... Good luck to him

Yeh we shoulda bashed Vardy for that one. Then complained about the rise in violence amongst fans at the games... Theres a time to "fly the flag" and theres a time to just be the "bigger man" and walk away. Gawn is a legend. Vardys reputation as an afl player (whatever that means) was defined in that moment. What a [censored].

That kick to jeff on his left was sublime