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So many elbows and sly punches, and holding the man, before the bounce and the maggot just wanders around......IF the AFL are serious about stopping punching they need to pick out some frees at the start to make a statement. (I have no doubt if and when they do this which team will be the test dummy, but still it is needed)!

As corrupt an organization as the AFL will always bow to the whims of their favorites. And if one of them complains about someone at an 'also run' club then they will jump to attention. Pathetic. Too true. Scott and Scott seem to be free to say what they like without sanction. I had heard Gillon referred to as a petty Hitler: this is far more Hermann Goeringesque. Or maybe Trump and his fake news gibes

Is it maybe still ongoing maggot pay back for Max making them look inept (not that he needed to: they do a good job in that regard themselves, without assistance) when he whacked the ball away after yet another crappy bounce last year.

In a way for a hard tough inside gatherer stats may be more relevant than for a flashy outside releaser. Right back to the days of James McDonald I often thought what a quiet day he had had and was surprised to see 30+ disposals. Same for Clarrie....I reckon, live at a game, I would remember seeing maybe a dozen or so. But what an impact he is having!

I suspect WODF that you misses the ironic inflection in the poster's voice. Possibly not the best word to use in this context - perhaps time off, or rest would be better ?

How about just winning both?

CHF please (as much as positions actually mean anything) Great start last week wasn't exactly translated to a cruise ?

Presumably he has had a MRI +/- bone scan. Hope they aren't hiding something.

Melbourne team: round 22 B: Michael Hibberd, Oscar McDonald, Neville Jetta HB: Jordan Lewis, Tom McDonald, Jayden Hunt C: Dom Tyson, Nathan Jones, Clayton Oliver HF: Alex Neal-Bullen, Jesse Hogan, Christian Petracca F: Jeff Garlett, Cam Pedersen, James Harmes Foll: Max Gawn, Bernie Vince, Jake Melksham I/C (from): Angus Brayshaw, Billy Stretch, Mitch Hannan, Sam Weideman, Ben Kennedy, Josh Wagner, Corey Maynard In: Hogan, Stretch, Kennedy, Maynard Out: Jack Viney (foot) IMO Brayshaw, Stretch, Hannan and Ben Ken or Maynard will stay in the 22 Viney will be a loss in the midfield but offers an opportunity for others like Angus, Billy S, Maynard to step up in the midfield

Honest Carlton!! The Visy paper bag mob, the inventors of tanking whose recruit got another club investigated for their invention, the club with the doctors who repeatedly screw other teams' players at the MRP?? That honest Carlton??!!

What did Jason's skull feel like against your shin?

Almost as deluded as the "EssUndone innocents" and their backers. Have they been, or have they not been, all season "doing it for Bucks"? Only when it suits them it seems.

Lay on the ground overnight and killed off the grass? Bloody cold out there.

Sam's set shot routine in his debut game was a lesson for all to see, so he does have it in him. I remain very optimistic and positive about his prospects. How good would it be for him to really turn it on against his father and grandfather's club, on a regular basis ?

One of my favorite players back in the glory days was Barrie Vagg, who is also one of my favorite posters here. Presumably - in fact I think there are site rules governing this that one can't use a player's mane unless you are he - Ray Biffin also posts.

You obviously were not listening to the (yes, as usual totally innane) TV commentators who (ridiculously) said that Essendon were everyone's second favorite team! Even were the alternatives Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mugabe, Kim Jong, ISIS and Trump they would still come last.

Yeah. But could Good win possibly know more about the team and the players and their roles than posters on this board?? I know it sounds ridiculous but just maybe he does. Many posters here must get that desperate feeling of food envy if they eat at a good restaurant: mmmm, shouldn't have chosen the fillet steak because the lamb the guy on the next table has looks really tasty. Or maybe the pork...or ......... The Shiraz was good but maybe the Cab Sav was better...or the Pinot?..

Well, not behind Salem this week anyway. IMVHO he needs a run at Casey to regain match form and anyway, who from last weekend's team would you leave out?

MEMO FROM AFL TO "LESSER CLUBS": lie back and let the MRP have their way.

Yes. We are lucky to get the frees we deserve most weeks. Not sure, but I strongly suspect that the Saints players know Viney and Tyson. Was the umpires' huddle checked for Visy type brown paper bags at the quarter break?

He had better be very careful. If he gets too close* to Dusty I am sure somebody in some corrupt body will ensure that he gets rubbed out for a week for a trumped up charge ? Betting agencies would be appalled were Clayton to come from nowhere * and don't give that AFL BS that nobody knows how the votes are running

Our ex-Jeremy thought he would get one there sooner ? Offer them Garland, but blur the writing a bit so they, in their confusion, think it was Garlett.

As you say, had Vince or Lewis done that they would be out for quite a while ....)"duty of care..etc..blah, blah, blah...) but they are not important players in an interstate team struggling to make finals. And I take issue with your comment re Greene ...... didn't get off. IMO should have been either "nothing to see here, move on" with no penalty, or, 3-4 weeks for recklessly endangering life. A half hearted response from a deeply flawed body run under instruction from HQ. Must protect a vital player in the AFL / GW$ premiership push.

Claim to fame...dubious. Always seemed to screw us. Prominent feature a proboscis like a baboon. Era ?2005-2012? So, totally expected then?

Yeah. I was looking forward to Salem and Petracca playing against Brisbane: Christians v Lions. Now only one.