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Makes for a very young team. Six players under 21. Average age down quite a bit with hibberd replaced by bowey (jordon and sparrow roughly the same age) Five in their first or second year.

Only one game in vic. Good result for Channels 7 and fox in terms of their coverage. It's mazing how much a difference crowds make even when watchin on TV

He can spend his summers at home in Melbourne

Totally agree. On all points. I'd be keen for him to remain a dee but in reality if Ben Brown gets somewhere near his best and Tmac stays at his current level then he might struggle to get regular senior game time next year. I have lot of time for Sam. Seem a ripping young fella and i'd love for him to fulfill his potential, even at another club. I'd think Gold Coast would be a really good option for him. Hopefully a team on the rise, full of talented younger players. King takes the best defender and the spotlight. Some excellent kicks and they like quick ball movement and spotting up their leading forwards, which suits Weed as he is good on the lead. And he would away from the footy fish bowl of Melbourne. And the gold coast would be pretty nice to live, train and play i would have thought

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Luxury, sheer luxury

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Particularly if he replaces a poor kick. Good time to come into the side, that's for sure

Agree on both points. He's only really done a lockdown job on powerful medium forwards like papley.

True. But rankin has done sfa lately, so probably doesn't need a lock down opponent. And as I understand bowey has not done any lock down defending at Casey and was a mid as a junior.

Maybe. But it would leave us a bit light for a lock down defender you'd think. Bowey is a beautiful kick, so i'm loving that aspect of the selection. And at Casey he has been kicking out and playing a a similar role to Salem. But surely they are not moving Salem from HB, so he is not playing that role Rivers might be totally gassed - he looks like it. But you'd think they have him in the finals best 22 team. Can't think of one off the top of my head but i wonder if is there a scenario where harmes comes out?

Rivers would be the more like for like option you'd think.

Changes they should make: choose their own adventure Changes they will make: One (Harmes out for Sparrow or Melksham). Or None

And a dead heat at a middle of winter Thursday meeting on the synthetic track at Geelong

This is the way

I've gone from obsessively checking infection numbers and related info to refreshing twitter feeds and checking demomnland for any information on where our game in 3 DAYS is going to be played. Please let it be Metricon

Symptom not cause goffy. Everyone of those players have poor technique. Fatigue exacerbates poor technique. High training loads cause fatigue.

True. But the same goes for ignoring positive past events and trends. By that i mean clubs are looking at history to see what are the trends for teams that win flags. if you fail to remember the past you are doomed not to repeat it. For example, one clear trend, is teams that peak during the home and away almost never win the flag. Look at last year Port and Lions had barnstorming seasons and finished first and second. Neither team even made it to the big dance. Another is that every flag winning side of the 13 years, bar the hawks in 2013 have hit a flat spot like the one we have. And remarkably the Hawks were only minor premier in that period to win a flag was that 2013 hawks team. Surely those examples are statistical anomalies. They are more likely evidence of trends that should be followed. As we seem to be. At least the flat spots part. You don't worry when your Melbourne Cup horse finishes mid field second up over 1600 metres.

All demons fans who have written us off should not be able to celebrate the success thst will come this year. Joking. Not joking.

I didn't blame the umpires. I said they were terrible.

You. Have. To. Be. Kidding I can barely remember a game umpired so poorly and so inconsistently. And i remember a lot of games where the umpiring has been woeful. It was 11-4 at half time. Our fourth free kick happened on our half back line with 5 seconds to go. So it was essentially 11-3. And as always, it was the frees missed that were significant than the ones given. Sure we lost the game, and that's on us, but there is absolutely no question a big factor in their 21 point lead at half time was the rubbish umpiring. Simply not good enough.

Yep. Its funny spot up there on the bluff, but beautiful Am i going crazy? Am i right that Frankston are no longer in the VFL? What a powerhouse they were.

They do. Which is exactly why all teams are struggling at the moment. Happens every year around the half way to 3/4 mark of the season. Which is why scoring has completely dropped off a cliff. Again happens every year. And explains why there are some many rubbish games, littered with errors, turnovers and brain fades. Again happens every year. Also explains all the crazy results in this phase of the season. Sure we have dropped some games as favorites but there has been any number of upsets in the last few weeks. Of the top teams only Geelong have avoided an upset. Again happens every year. What is weird is this is not a new phenomenon. But every year it is like footy commentators and fans have collective amnesia. And so are shocked when around the around the half way to 3/4 mark of the season scoring completely drops of, there are so many rubbish games.....

Agree. The most beautiful ground and location in Melbourne? I would love to play cricket there. But when windy makes Casey winds feel like a zephyr!

We dont get extra point from a specific kick. But WE DO get extra shots at goal in total (and the opposition less), so the effect is the same.