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About to hit the road from Mildura for tonight’s blockbuster. The car is packed with 5 dees supporters locked and loaded. Never been to Adelaide Oval for a night match. Very excited. We are in the general admin/standing area which I’m guessing gets pretty feral. Is it worth donning the full dees kit or not worth the trouble from the locals?

He’s a lucky boy Bernie, he bumped and jumped whilst doing it and very surprisingly didn’t make contact with Daisy’s scone. Surprised how quickly Daisy got up, thought he would have squibbed it looking for a free kick which also helps Bernie get off

Apologies about the duplicate message but praise be to Cam

He does it all Pedo, clunks some big grabs, kicks a bag, gets best on winning plenty of the pill while his missus gave a local a clip in the crowd. After all that, takes the lads out for a home made Pad Thai, some Pad Krapow and shouts a couple Singha’s afterwards. The guy should be knighted

Very surprised as most with ANB getting another gig. From what I saw, his “pressure acts” are performed after he fumbles and turns the pill over to his opponent. He really has battled this year and I really thought a spell in the twos would have helped him regain his confidence. He’s looking a shadow of his late last season self. I have faith in him but he really needs a freshen up imo Hunt hasn’t offered much more but at least he’s improved over the last two games and offers a massive point of difference in that he offers pace. Happy they are sticking with the Weed. Just have to keep him playing now

It’s smart for player and club to cool there jets on signing him up. Obviously Angus’ point of view of getting himself better to try maximise his coin makes sense as we discussed already. Im just as happy for the club to hold off as well as I don’t want to sign a kid for 3 or 4 years who’s career could be stopped next week if he gets a bump to the scone again or we have to wrap him in cotton wool for 15 weeks a year. I really rate Gus and happy to pay him the $$ as long as his body holds up

I’m not a massive fan but he was ok today. He’s not going to reach the highs of Jones, Lewis or Vince as a midfielder and Viney, Oliver, Petracca (when playing in the guts) and Brayshaw have all gone past him as a player through the centre. It was his best game for the year was today and the standard of high 20’s touches and a snag should be his minimum. Still needs to improve there with his use however. If we do get Gaff and/or ANB & Stretch come on he will be in danger. But that’s all a big “if” Id still rather him back rotating through the square and groom Hunt on his wing as Tyson looks very slow out there

Yes we didn’t smoke them like most wanted but we still take a 7 goal win with lots of positives. I was happy today seing some good signs from a few guys who have battled this year at times. Harmes was good with his pace and kicking, Tyson played his best game of the year, Lewis had 25 odd without noticing at a high efficiency, Lever continues to grow each game. Vince also put his body on the line a few times defending well. Brayshaw was great and although they were a bit junk timey, I was still happy to see the Weid slot a couple and clunk one or two. He has to keep playing as it continues to release Tom and Hoges up the ground who are killing it. ANB however is still struggling big time at the moment. Hasn’t showed anything much this year so I’m thinking he needs a spell for Salem to return.

6. Oliver. His quick pick ups and hands were amazing. Some great tackles, a contested grab where he got smoked and kicks a snag. Top notch. Absolute gun who makes red heads cool 5. Gawn. Dominanted with some classy tap work. Goes forward and clunks a few and plenty of pill around the ground. 4. Hogan. High quality possessions around the ground, should have had 4 straight and some amazing contested grabs. In amazing form. 3. Brayshaw. His best game I have seen and so happy to see him dominate. Amazing how players go when the play in there natural position they have always played and dominated. Showed why Roos wanted him at P2 for his “natural ball winning ability” or something similar. 2. Hibberd. His toughness and rebound were again on show today. 1. Lever. Classy player. Repaying the faith why we got him. So aggressive with his contest work and spoils. Did St Kilda even have a forward today?

I’ve been very critical on Harmes lately playing an inside role. He has been ok this game as well. Getting the pill on the spread and some of his effective long kicks (most important stat in the game imo) have been really nice to watch

I still struggle with the Tyson hate. Had two shanks. Pinged holding the ball im the back half (Hunt and Hannan should have been pinged in the first quarter for the same) and the second shank in giving it off to Jones when he was still when both were going to get done. Other than that he’s been really handy with his hands and some nice targets hit across the ground. At least he tries to hit a target rather than bombing it long to no one all the time

He’s definitely pro St Kilda for this game. Didn’t he coach them for a while? Might have a soft spot similar to when Roos commentates us That commentary where he hoped McCartin was ok was fair enough in his concerns but how Jetta didn’t get some love for his courage is beyond me

God I love Jetta. Smacked in the scone, gets up, runs 100m forward with the play moving only to put his body and scone on the line again on the HFF to keep us in possession The guys a hero

His first quarter was fine. Hands were sharp and accurate. Has started the second very poorly. Just trying a bit hard on the last line. Very yuck

I’m seeing Nibbler everywhere and fumbling every time. Has he had a stat yet? Hes really struggling imo

Not sure about the chase by Brayshaw on Steven, very poor. How Harmes can’t spoil Mav Weller I don’t know. He’s a midget. Good to see Hunty running again!!

Just thought I’d bump a Tyson thread due to significant negative commentary he is getting at the moment. Personally, I have been a fan always in the past and feel he is a best 22 player with his good work in close being underdone by the occasional shank off the boot. Every player shanks kicks during the game but his seem to be noticed more at present. His first year he played as a pure inside mid and it was beautiful. Second in the B & F, 11 Brownlow votes and nearly a goal a game. He now sits on a wing looking completely lost where his weaknesses (pace, spread and field kicking) are exposed majorly. I get super frustrated with Harmes as a player always fumbling, especially in the midfield. Tyson should be back there with Harmes on the outside/flank but the coaches see differently. He needs to be in the guts imo. With this in mind, does anyone else keep him in the 22 on the wing, playing another role or do more people see him behind Brayshaw, Harmes, Salem, Petracca and Hannan who role through the midfield more now and drop him to the twos?

Harmes continues to bite of more than he can chew as a clearance mid. If he’s playing this role he can work on it in the twos. Id keep him in but he needs to go to a wing/flank Tyson played his best footy in the inside role and was great for us. Let’s put him back to where he can excel instead of languishing on a wing where his kicking and speed is continually exposed. I’m a Tyson fan and keeping the faith but he’s playing in a role that does nothing for him. Trac in for ANB as the kid is cooked right now.

The only certainties for me are: FB: Jetta. OMac. Lever HB: Hibberd. ??? ??? Cen: ???? Oliver. ??? HF: ??? Hogan. Petracca FF: ??? TMac. ??? Ruck: Gawn, Jones, Viney Just pick whoever is fit/in form for the rest as they are far to unpredictable. Im positive on the Weid being a lock from next year so hopefully T Mac will go back to CHB and our spine will be set for the next 6-8 years.

If the G didn’t have a fence he’d be running in the car park as he looked terrified tonight when he was near it. The fence is all that keeps him close to the action. Both Stretch and him were absolutely awful

6. Melksham. We continued bombing it in to no one which is Rance’s bread and butter. He kept him accountable and kept us in it with 4 goals. 5. Hogan. Again, shite delivery but still kicked a couple with 20+ touches and ten or so marks. 4. Gawn. Probably harsh not getting more but I just expect Max to dominate now week in. Heaps of taps but we didn’t seem to get a great run with clearances. Not sure if his problem or the mids not reading him but was still great. 3. O Mac. Couple very nice intercept grabs and nice passes. Really happy to see him playing well. 2. Clarry. Typical him kinda game. 1. Jones. Typical Jones kinda game. Should never have tagged last week, complete waste of a fun mid. Unlucky to Lever who played his best game and although he wasn’t close to votes (imo) I was very happy with Weid having a dip.

I’m happy with Gus to keep getting picked. He deserves a run after his horror run of injuries and is playing in a completely new role he is still learning He played his junior football as an inside mid and was a bull. His ball winning ability and clearance skills are saw him selected at pick 2. Unfortunately, with the knocks, it might me a while till he gets back in there so learning a secondary role in the meantime is fine with me. Hes not exactly setting the world on fire but also, he’s not a concern to me when ANB, Stretch and Harmes are getting a run. He just needs a good solid run at it and I have no doubt he will be fine

Not sure how Harmes and ANB have both gone so backwards. Harmes looks like a complete hack this season and ANB is looking embarrassingly scared along with this mate Stretch

Handy game last night. Showed to me that any team, in form on the day and willing to go 100% can win against any opposition. Its how the Dogs did it two years back and the Tigs last year. I feel the flag this year is again anyone’s to win. People were silly to write off the crows after last week and people will be sillier again to write off an aging (or slow) swans for this year as well. Both teams have significantly more firepower than us at the moment.

He was better on the weekend but still not anything better than average. He put his body on the line a few times and got crunched. I’ll always support someone who does that for our club. Just hoping his skill gets back up to what made him so desirable at trade week. During his draft year, wasn’t there talk of him playing as a midfielder? I’m pretty sure there was a rage with tall mids (Cripps, Fyfe etc) and I thought we were going to grab him as P3 (after Brayshaw if Trac went to the Saints) but we would pick him as a mid. If so, just may be another string to his bow if Weed comes on and TMac goes back with his bro. Does anyone else recall this? Or did I read this here and taking it as fact.....