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If Max wasn’t captain, didn’t have his legacy, and we had an alternate he may be looking at Casey. Very sad fall from grace. Must be carrying more injuries than we are told. ☹️

Hard to tell as the cameras keep on zooming on the faces.

Max magnificent contented mark spoiled by an awful kick.

Commentators in response to first throw against CFC - “Dees got lucky”. About as pathetic as their camera work. Great work JVR.

What an absolutely disgraceful HTB against Trac. Zero prior.

Is that the even up free to McKay after Spargo?

Surely not surprised. Love Blues- and never a good word for Dees.

Sure. But set shots back to the early 2010s

Very lucky high to Spartacus- finally a set shot goal.

Another brilliant play by Tracc - set shot Frittata and yet another miss. Could kill us later.

Now 4 missed set shots. Bloody hell. Where is Mark Williams?

Very smart by BOG Tracc to Rivers. Sadly another missed set shot hope we don’t regret.

Another super soft in the back to Carlton.

We have missed him so much the last 18 months.

JVR having a red (and blue) hot go > Pickett goal. ❤️💙

Fantastic play by McVee resulting in a Chandler (missed) shot at goal.

I suppose the dog Christian will cite Viney but not Cripps for what in neither case was a slam tackle.

What an absolute garbage in the back - but it did slow them down.

What happens?

Are you suggesting that McVee just has a week off on the sofa? That is not how it works. IF he played at Casey his running would (as in AFL) be monitored and he would have to put in extra track work to maintain his 'loading'. Though I guess VFL could be less taxing on the body if that is what you mean. wiz - I guess the match committee / coaching panel look at a bit more than disposal data. Sure we haven't lost a Coleman medalist, but we have (on goal stats) in effect lost our leading gaol kicker of the last few years, Fritta, whose form and output has been way below his best. Injury? Opposition worked him out? Even worse delivery forward than in previous years?

Precisely. A lot of skill and research but also a fair bit of luck especially in the higher picks. Wasn't James Hird in the 80s and Chris Grant >100?

Not worth selling the farm for, especially if as pointed out above he does better leading into space rather than contested pack marking. Nobody who likes to lead to space is going to fit our game style which is based on ignoring (or not even making) leads into space* but rather bombing to a pack in the pocket. *at least drawing some of the defenders away from the pack leaving fewer to contend with in the pack contest.

Sestan - IF he makes any significant impact as AFL level in 2024 it would be the recruiting steal of the century surely. He oozes excitement at times already at VFL and seems to have special skills. Hope he makes the grade. Verrall - is he really part sponsored by Clarrie? What a sign of a great clubman, and also an endorsement of a developing player who he envisages working with over the next few years. Watch with great interest.

I was looking for a thread to vent (some of) my frustrations. Friday nights game Swans v Carlton — didn’t watch it all but I saw two Swans give head high impact to the head ultimately resulting in a concussion, and two more slam tackles where the head hit the ground. Did that dumb [censored] Christian cite any of these? Any of these involving one of ours would get 2-3 for starters. He is NOT impartial and or NOT competent. Could be construed as corruption.

I guess a “smart lawyer” could argue that his concussions make him not competent to properly consider any waver conditions. A very difficult issue. A bit like people having a right to be alcoholics or do certain drugs then becoming “brain dead”. No simple answer.