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Handpass in the backline!! OMG. Surprised that Norm didn't drop Barassi for the next game. :-) (Like he was said to have been "furious" at Froggy for venturing too far out of position to kick that winning goal a few weeks later) :-)

FFS I absolutely hate these posts suggesting that no O'Meara means that we will be in for an easy time: they will replace him with someone else, and we must just focus on beating all who they put up against us. This is really dangerous and I hope that none of our playing group think this way

What a load the poor guy has endured. And what credit to him for coming literally back better than ever - attests to his character and dedication. It sounds as if Jesse's support has also bee pivotal. Great work. to you all.

Based purely on his playing record he would appear to be a definite delist. BUT Nev seems to have taken him under his wing hoping that, like Nev himself, a failed small forward can become a top small defender. It sounds as if he is a work in progress in the role, so if there is no pressing need for list places, given our draft numbers, and if the footy department genuinely feel that he could have a resurrection like the once delisted Nev had, then will probably be retained in some capacity.

Water under the bridge, and not even The Bridge, but some crappy little bridge out Paramatta way. Anyway, unaccountable and injury prone.

I am sure some Cat fans would claim that he pulled Dunderfield's arm before taking the mark. I must say I didn't look at Duckwood or Hawkins at the time but I am sure they would have felt hard done by for not getting the free. And of course had the game been at Kardinia Park they probably would have.

Are you suggesting that he did pick up something from Mark Neeld? Could we have the best #4 since John Lord, the last player to wear the number in a MFC Premiership team?

If he even entered the doors I would give Max a big pizza, a few beers, then a dose of ipecac and get him to aim straight again.

No. Surely he would find it far more exciting to play the Ross Lyon game style at Freo. ??? It is fantastic to have four mobile talls who are really good even when the ball hits the ground. Gives us so many options. Any of Weed, TomMcD and Jesse could play deep forward, KPP forward (or back) or flank or wing. Such versatility.

Not so sure - the "biased cheating pr1ck" has after all been selected to do us over in this big game.

There must be data available, though no doubt the AFL have hidden it deeply somewhere, on the number of frees by umpire for and against each team. Absolutely no doubt that Nicholls gives more to the Hawks than most, and fewer against them, and fewer to the Dees and more against than any other umpire. Seriously we will need to be a five goal better than Hawks team on Friday to have any hope at all. Thanks Gillon.

ALERT!! Showers only, and remove the plugs!

Hopefully McCartney can work on these issues. All very well to run fast: not sure he thinks as fast as he runs. Good coaching may round him off.

Well that is good news: heard that Hogan is a nice guy who doesn’t eye gouge or chicken wing.

".........A year later, the Demons knocked the Hawks out of the finals race thanks to a miraculous late goal from “Hassa” Mann in the penultimate round before going on to win their twelfth and last most recent premiership. " You make it sound like we will never win one again. :-)

Some say that it was drool or spit ..... surely it is tears ???

Selwood ... and those at The Pu55ycats who have learned from him, are just blatant bloody cheats. ... not that it helped them last night.

As a sixty year Demon fan I never ever thought back in my youth that I could even be happy for a Weed to play well anytime, especially in September.

Yok. Maybe for a change WE could be the trendsetters....and Weed, Tom and Hogan are very good below their knees, very athletic for their sizes. All very mobile, all can relieve ruck ...... and whence Bull Smith?

BUMP

Just another AFL HQ lie / spin Rules will be changed before we can take advantage of it -- sure as hell.

1/. Was Tyson doing full contact work? Did he have an arm guard? I can see Geelong targeting his injured arm with those niggles and sly jabs. 2/. Nobody (uninjured) is done for the year as long as both firsts and second keep on winning. See above -- still some big reservations about Tyson playing. That said I will be happy to consume a massive slice of humble pie if he does and is BOG.

Equalisation is just another lie dreamed up by AFL HQ in a cynical attempt to appease the masses. Footscray as I recall felt that grabbing Travis Choke would be THE difference, but they seemed to do better when he was out. He seemed to unbalance the structure.

My heart, beating true for the red and the blue nonetheless, couldn't ' stand the tension. Still, the only thing better than thrashing Collingwood is beating them by a point, after the siren, and more so if it is from a controversial (or better still a blatantly incorrect) free to us.

Spelling Nazi reporting in - silverware