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Were there a new record number of score reviews today? Annoying and pathetic. Perhaps they just need to revert to goal umpire's call, and the guys in the bunker can look all they like and if 100% certain it was wrong then stop play and recall it. After all it was done on the ANB goal v Carlton even though there was zero let alone 100% evidence that it was touched.

6 Clayton Oliver Esq 5 Steven May 4 Max Gawn 3 Jack Billings 2 Jack Viney 1 Kade Chandler Apologies to many others

Take Petty to Adelaide - spend a week there and he may decide he has seen it all and wants to stay in Melbourne. Any updates on Lever's leg? He was hobbling a bit (?calf or ankle?) at the end and after the game.

I thought that our crowd was disappointingly quiet for most of the game. Plenty to be excited about. Come on, folks, yell a bit. Lever's memorable kick, rather like Harmes' most memorable kick ever, in 2021.

Melbourne - great team effort.

If North or Hawthorn (or Saints) move there maybe ok - odd numbers just make the totally inequitable season scheduling even worse if possible. And all the comparisons with Geelong just reminds me of one more demand - frankly spending hundreds of millions on a stadium can wait, but FFS please AFL get one thing right. A proper sized and shaped ground ( NOT KP or SCG) with a stable surface right from the start.

Hopefully our goal kicking coach has moved over to the Mayflowers.

Ollie - the doomsayers would say both Melbourne and Colonwood are doomed. 🙄 SYD handles the G layout outstandingly last night. The AFL could have an all Saturday arvo round - the retro round.

Hopefully catches up with the Visy 💰mob from Royal Parade soon too.

Does he actually seem to want out or does the media (and the Crows) want him out? What has he actually said? Does anyone here actually KNOW something ?

Did the Visy paper bag$ arrive just in time?

"Why are we not in the conversation for JUH?" And who says we are not? Does every club have to come out and give a press release whenever they are looking at an opposition player?

Mmmm? I really cannot remember any wanting to pot McVee ... maybe I have a poor memory.

Which again raise the question of a talented ruckman being a specialist forward coach. We seem to have no leading patterns: all seem to congregate in a pack and hope for the best. dryness draining? Surely humidity is far more draining. If so why was he (#9) played without any preseason? Bewildering really. Is Hore fit and ready?

Delivering high in hope or low (like in the Blues practice game) with intent??

No doubt the AFL are making it up on the run - it is their way.

Fullearon has been down the pecking order (behind some fine players) at the Lions until now. Here should come his opportunity. We will learn what he has to offer soon enough. Let's all get behind him. GO DEES.

Agree re Woewoden maybe: Laurie no way. Somewhere I even heard Spargo suggested. 😮

Seriously, is there any way that Fullerton could contribute less? He has been third string at BNE with few opportunities. Yes. Angus’ absence was clear, but, sadly we will have to adapt to this asap.

Jake will be sorely missed. Has he missed a game since his debut? Can’t recall any.

There is plenty around Names please.

“They simply have not improved their key forwards stock for five year whilst they’ve had the best list in the competition.” JVR may well become a very good (or better) key forward but in his second year at AFL level he cannot be expected to be a solo KPF. Yes blaming injuries may be seen as a cop out but every time last season we did seem to form a combination injury struck. I hope we can conjure up a support for JVR before any possible call of the west takes hold. And as for Dermie saying he doesn’t read the play well or know how to position as a KPF, can anyone answer why we have a ruckman as a forward coach? Maybe Dermie could put his hand up and become the messiah who converts our forward line into greatness.

Weideman also a lovely guy and has skills but Schache was IMO a like for like replacement. Not so much to protect directly but to divert opposition. A solo tall doesn’t work. “Tall” is another one. Could he bustle and contest marking against a mobile HF? Kicking low into the forward line worked well a week ago but Thursday they reverted to the bomb it long and high mantra. Why? Can’t they concentrate long enough?

JVR will be a very good KPF when he isn’t the only big body in the forward line. On Thursday he was double and triple teamed. Write him off at your peril. Yes, JUH would be great acquisition. Few would disagree. Can the deal get done?

… and before Hunter is back? Woewoden to HB perhaps. Snr started there as I recall.