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No obvious changes, assuming that AMW is OK - he seemed to me to be going alright though not as good as his debut (which would be hard to match). Unless there is some unexpected brilliant ruck work by FullArton (or even Verrall) but would they drop Petty?

Just POS would do without needing to ever mention the name Maldonboy - "Dees by 10" - is that points or goals??

Well no it seems certain that FullArton will never get a game. If not now, when? And Schache. So Petty, JVR and Turner will be carrying the ruck duties. Petty with a recovering ankle / foot / calf problem, JVR our most valuable tall forward, and Turner the hybrid utility tall I guess.

Yes, we have read it all before. Even the very best of recruiters don't get it right every time. Time to move on. Thanks, and good evening. You have missed nothing, but sadly his dad will, coaching the Tigers so will miss seeing the debut.

Wait for the AFL knee jerk FS rule change.

IIRC Tomlinson looked around last year and there were no (or few but unacceptable) suitors. I would expect that were he told that he would be likely to play AFL 1sts regularly anywhere else he would grab it.

One can only hope that BT loses his job - shock update is that he has signed on fro 5 more years. And surely [censored] isn't cut out by the auto censor? Does anyone watch Media Watch? Of course those in the taxpayer funded woke left ABC can say what they like about commercial TV - they are not accountable in any way. There really needs to be a way where one can opt for a blank screen when these awful Sportsbet and similar ads come on. The whole concept is obnoxious.

What is Spartacus' contract status?

Wait for the “totally stuffed up by our totally incompetent medical, rehab, fitness, administration, CEOs and Presidents past and present, boot studder etc staff. And of course the door man and cleaners can’t be exempt”. Or, maybe, it started to come good under expert medical and fitness supervision, he tried it out, didn’t work, more rest then try again, still not right. And maybe surgery for a non ruptured Achilles is only a last resort after conservative measures fail, says the specialist involved. Is his specialist perhaps an occult poster here? The “mismanagement” path may appeal more to those who are that way inclined.

"That pass was on his left foot. Up there with one of the best kicks I've seen all year." Corrected. Phenomenal especially for someone who has been out for so long. Vision plus accuracy and trajectory.

That low slinging pass to Kozzie was absolutely special. Who else in the entire AFL could envisage and execute that? .. and his body will only have half a season of battering in 2024, so he will be relatively fresh.

What a very special reminder of what a humble past Kozzie came from, and what he and his caring extended family and community have achieved, to whom we owe so much thanks. And great to take Goody, Clarrie and Shane to share the whole experience. PS - at first glance my MFCSS immediately kicked in and I thought that Kozzie was leaving us 😮

Webster did slip and faceplant into the turf unrelated to any impact. 100% certain were the “assailant” named Daicos (or Cripps) there would be “benefit of the doubt” nothing to see here. Christian used to appear on TV with his deadpan stare justifying either the charge or the exoneration - does he still do this? Every time I saw him I thought he just looked as thick as ……

BBB turned out to be a massive asset for one season - helped us to the 🏆. Is OA's knee anywhere near as bad as BBB? IF he was interested, then a very thorough medical assessment would be mandatory. At his age we would be looking for way more than the one great year we got from BBB. Rivers is grasping the opportunity that CP5's injury has offered him - if he continues on current form he will become a permanent mid IMO. And Windsor is also well on the way - another preseason and the sky will be the limit. CO13 surely will, with a preseason, be back towards his lofty heights next year. Sure if a Harley Reid fell into our laps we couldn't say NO

I just had a first look at this freeze framing as much as I could. Webster and Heeny were grappling - a one eyed Swan could even think that Henry should have received a holding off the play free - and it also looked like Webster face planted the ground as he slipped and fell. Also, where was the Charlie Cameron "never been suspended" rule here? Was Cameron cleared because of which team his victim played for (severe case of MFCSS here)? Didn't Heeny have as good or better record than Cameron who had been I believe charged and fined on multiple priors? All this just adds to the theory fact that the MRO is absolutely clueless, and seriously compromised (as shown with the fine for chest pushing that unmentionable Collingwood player who then dived far worse than May the previous week).

Well we already have two of our top 5 or so out for the season through injury (Angus and CP5), another top 22 versatile tall through ? - that is 3 out for the season, and now Max for an undetermined period. It is an enormous challenge - is not a case of when the going gets tough the tough get going?? Looking forward to what we can pull out if the hat Saturday. Any sort of win would boost confidence for the remainder of the season.

“Is Fullarton and Shache basically the same?” Well I think we all know about Schache as does the FD; Fullarton at least at AFL level 2024 is unknown I would think that the unknown unknown is better than the known known (to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld (I think it’s was him)

There are a lot of different "chip fractures lower fibula". Some effect ankle stability which would involve many weeks out: others are "just sore" and not structural. We don't know details so can't really prognosticate. They were written off 100% when NicNat went down. Maybe they just had a brilliant coach - then.

Sliterers won't be very active, but be careful as they won't be able to get out of your way if you do happen across one 🐍

Even if not a big chance, he is still big

From the article Love the positivity, which I hope will be infectious. Tom obviously doesn’t read this site 🙄❤️💙 “Times when I used to wake up and think about how sore I was or if I wasn't playing well, I'd look at the negative side of that. Now I'm kind of thinking, well, how good is it to be able to do this as a job and play footy?”

Good question. Maybe travelling around the world in a vain search for the River Styx

Prepare for massive unpredictability the next few weeks with Max missing. Unpredictable centre bounce and around the ground contests. Unpredictable kick ins - May certainly won't kick to Max as some here complain about. Let's see what unpredictability can deliver?

Probably will be fobbed off as a ridiculous question, but has anyone ever tried no contest centre bounces with an extra mid size waiting to pounce on the ruckman if he grabs it, and with an extra ready to rove to the hit out??

5 ??? 10 - 15 I hope And I thought that the comment "we are on" was in reference to our season in the context of "loading" or preparation. I think it was always in the pipeline but brought to a head by the loss of CP5 and the less than his usual stellar form of CO13.