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I hear you, but the Team of the Year concept is in no way an AA team when 18 of the players are Victorians and are playing in Victoria comp, sprinkled with several interstate recruits like kernahan. By that logic there are no other players in the Wafl Sanfl Tfl etc worthy of a guernsey which would most likely be implausible. So its a VFL Team of the Year. Still a great honour though.

There was no official All Aust. teams in 1989 1nd 1990. Carnival AA teams ended in 1988, and with foundation of the AFL from the VFL and state systems, resumed in 1991.

Max Gawn noted in his after match on ground interview in the 2018 final defeat of the cats that it felt like a MFC home game given the overwhelming support for Melb from the crowd. Fear not - I am expecting the same this Sunday. As Chris Scott siad in an insightful interview on Footy Classifed this week - "...Everyone outside the club hates the Geelong coach..."

Great read CHF and thank you. Your comment on Oliver and my observations gave me great hope for the first time in a long time that Goody and (new) coaching support are capable of dealing strategically mid game with an issue. I havent seen this much before now. But someone recognised Olivers predicament and thoughtfully made a change that, short of straight kicking, could have been a masterstroke. With the remaining midfield standing up. Fills me with confidence, given the Chris Scott is a great match day coach, that we have the brainpower in the box to counter it. Yze - I'm looking at you.

I was slower. Esp live watching the freo game and having to watch gus close up all day battling it out. Can't be for any other reason. Inless he likes being in the sunshine all arvo. Thanks DZ

I didn't see any of the game. Exactly what is up with TMac?

Until he starts hurting teams on the scoreboard Trac will always be top priority to keep.

Totally incorerct assumption here PaulRB. - although undertsandable. The issue this season is that once the Dees beat you, you stay beaten for at least another few weeks. Seriously, the saints would have pencilled in the game last week as a win - Rude shock .

Well Posted there Rollinson 65! I'm with you on the great Swoopwer. My Northey take away is of teams that were never prepared to lie down or be beaten till the end. Last week I saw the team challenged twice and deal with it professioanlly. Small sample size as they say but I felt the saints game would be some sort of marker for this season. I expect the same today at Canberra and be 3 - 0 by 8.30 AEST.

* goals 8 BEHINDS too.

To Eddie's credit at the end of the breathless spiel by Caro, Eddie noted that personal reasons were behind the move and Burgess needs to have some privacy. Of course he was always going to leave, and credit to him he stayed the course for 2012.He didn't have to. But gee his efforts are showing in how the team performs fitness wise

No - Langdon IS funny

The Age this morning used the words"..cleverness and pressure..." to describe Spargo's performance. That sums it up for me. Sure he has downsides, but I never doubt his decsion making ability and courage which is essential in a team.

I'm not a Hunt fan but I suspect his pace off half back complimets the execllent trio of May Lever and Tomlinson . He provides a different option also to Salem. I think he deserves some time given the - so far - overall defence performance.

Conversely thosr teams late in season might be dreading fronting the Dees.

Hunt had 6 tackles and kept the saints Talisman quiet. Butler IMO was always the key danger and Hunt completed his task and compliments the other defenders with his speed. I wasn't a fan but he's winning me over so far this season.

Timely post . A decoy that had 11 marks and 100% TOG.. Was he wearing a saints jumper, or just also a good reader of the play?

Hill doesn't have langdons engine. I expect him to do well as our link player. And as usual about 10m in the clear

On Footy Classifed this week Matthew Loyd noted the stat that teams that start the season 0 - 2 have only a 1 in 10 chance of playing finals. Thus blues are gone-ish. Cats in trouble if they go down tonight. Dees are so far so good

Thanks CHF . Great read. I agree with the above on midfield. But why would it be fixed in a week when the stats have highlighted for 2 years there is a problem. My hope is the Yze factor is working on it. And Goody is listening and acting. So on the last point, I too am a glass half full type like you.

spot on Lord Nev. Eliminates the need to download data across systems, and we know how that goes when Govt. (State and Federal) systems attempt to talk to each other. Only the ATO has this figured out. Most others are a raffle. . Teams can commence contract tracing immediately

Well said. Langdons wing performances last year and last week show just what top class wing play is about and Gus doesn't have it. Its another example like trying to turn Nathan into a winger, or finding him a spot. Sitting on Gus's wing I thought he was very ordinary on the role last week and just watched from afar Langdon's exposition. Inlcuding his 96% TOG.

This must be photoshopped. I live down the coast and have seen him surfing a lot. He's very, very average. Hates large waves too.

No you're spot on. $ 38000 was the correct figure. My mistake. A 7 figure sum in todays money.

Correct. I said Dollars. But 30K was huge then. 1971, Round 12 was debut when the club got permission to play him.