rhaz

[censored] the trumpeter right off.

Phew...

You've been mister positivity today.

One good part of this turnaround is that its coming off the back of players like Dunn and Bennell, who were quiet early... its nice of them to turn up.

Morton about to come on. e: Watts subbed out. Skinny bloke for skinny bloke.

Malthouse just indirectly took a huge swipe at Bailey about coaching from the sidelines.

[censored]. Sylvia hurt... foot/ankle. I hope it's nothing bad.

Thank [censored] for Liam Jurrah.

Davey has a seriously bad problem with a tag and other clubs are all too aware of it now.

SEN stream from the AFL website is working fine for me. Enjoying Malthouses comments. Gysberts busy early.

I thought Jetta had one of the best preseasons of anyone? Must've been excelling in departments other than endurance.

I cant recall the last time i heard positive comments about Strauss after a game... worrying. Hopefully Blease hits his strides soon and pushes for selection, as Shuey (the player who went between Blease and Strauss in that draft) is starting to show great signs now.

Cant say any of them except Grimes and perhaps Morton have shown much yet. Too early to call whether they are good or bad picks yet.

I thought Maric deserved the chance to play a full game... doesn't exactly fill him with confidence that he gets dropped after two games where he spent time off as a sub. Oh well. Probably trade bait.

If we find a way to beat NM at Etihad i will be very, very stoked.

Shuey and Libba both had better games than Tappy this week, and were in winning sides. People in the media love Tapscott already so he will get it at some stage. Be patient.

There was ages left on the clock and i have no idea why he did it, both myself and my Hawks supporting mate instantly queried it as well. Was very strange. Probably not thread worthy but at least it only happened once. Interestingly enough, we turned the ball over not long after and a Hawks player did a similar thing in the middle of the ground.

How about the 'player chose advantage' rule led Roughhead into an open goal in the first half. I mean, he would've kicked the goal anyway, but every single player had stopped, then Roughhead just ran off and they said it was his call about the advantage. Absolutely shithouse rule. edit: I just watched the replay, and the only reason why Roughhead even got the ball is because Rivers backed down in the contest because he heard the whistle (for a free against Garland to Franklin). It all doesn't matter anyway because they still would've almost 100% assuredly got the goal, but i still hate this new rule.

Doesn't help either when we kick the ball out on the full when coming out of our defensive 50. Cant count how many [censored] times that happened.

Ricky is on Triple M at the moment and has said he is looking forward to finally playing a full game today, so...

No, i think he is the designated emergency for the game today. Im interested in where people see our backline going forward - a lot on this forum dont really rate Rivers nor Macdonald, so who will step up to take their spot in our hypothetical premiership team? One of the talls we drafted this year (who are still pretty much unknown)?

The kid has played one game and the discussion is getting as heated as it gets about Watts. Talking about "potential" and comparing him to other players at this stage is useless - how about we let him play out the season and discuss his performances on each game rather than trying to make predictions. Let's just relax for the moment and pray he gets even better with each game, and then we go forth loving him for many years to come?

I hate Tom Scully. I mean, i love him, but you're breaking my heart pal. SIGN A CONTRACT AND STOP BEING INJURED!

I hope we at least push them to the final siren. Feels like the last few years have just been "uh-oh" when we come up to play the Hawks. I'd love to see a bit of biff in this game too.

Face aside, did anyone listen to the interview with him this arvo?