Maldonboy38

There are always players stiff to miss out on AA. Sicily damn unlucky but the 6 who were selected had great years.

I'll go into bat for Paddy Dangerfield. Yes, he comes across a bit too sincere at times, but most players can't put two sentences together without mentioning "the boys", or "good team effort" or "I just play my role". Basically, all the stuff they are taught in PR classes when they first make it to their first club. He asks genuine questions, can string some thoughts and words together, as is a bloody good footballer. On a different matter, no way is Pendlebury captain of the year. Lots of other candidates.

I've seen both your posts above, BBO, and have to heartily concur. I turn on Kayo to have a look and have to put up with Robbo. How does this bloke continue to get gigs on TV? Slovenly, inarticulate, over-excited by his own questions, and clearly makes the others around him feel so awkward because of his total lack of awareness.

The last 3 weeks have been gut wrenching. Close loss to Pies, close win over Blues, and then all those other games over this current weekend affecting who we could play in finals and where. I am glad for a bye week in my own right! But I am very glad with how it has panned out. The Swans are no easy beats but our best covers them. I want Cats out in straight sets, Pies to lose Prelim. But I don't care who we play or where.

Cripps is burning his team mates and needs to give off, handball, and stop trying to beat 3 tackles. Ginnivan is a duck master, but the boy can play. And he is a beautiful kick. The big stage is defeating the Blues. Shaky all over the ground.

Game slowly swinging into a defensive battle which suits Carlton. If they start marking inside 50 (and converting, unlike Curnow just now) it should become a closer tussle.

Carlton looking bog ordinary. They look like they are not handling the spotlight of a finals-like game. Can't mark, can't kick and decision making really off. If they settle, it might be a good game. Otherwise...

JVR looking very, very good. Not just in the air but as a link up player. Can't wait to see him next year.

When Clarry looks back on his career, he will acknowledge and appreciate all his achievements. But I get he feeling that because he knows he isn't a great media performer, he dislikes having to do all the public stuff that comes with the awards. Also, I am of the opinion that there won't be too many AFL-wide awards for Dees players during this era. We have too many players playing at the peak of their powers, all at the same time. Trac, Clarry, Max, Gus, May, Viney, etc... all taking votes from each other. I will be very glad to be wrong and would love to see some of them rewarded. But Premierships count so much more.

Hey, hang on.. I thought I was the number one ticket holder of that prestigious establishment! I demand a duel at dawn!! But like you, I could not give him votes for his game last night - his disposal was poor.

The poor state of commentary doesn't get me down like it does many others, but the overall standard and "special comments" have reached a VERY low standard. I usually like Johnathan Brown's insights (even though I despise his over-bogan Aussie accent) but if he is supporting Zorko just because he is Lions captain, he is descending into "tool of the week".

After reading lots of stuff re Dees win, Lions loss and Zorko's behaviour, I became aware that their last 3 captains have been Zorko, Rockliff and Beams.!! Stuff me, that is a indictment on their club. They have a very good coach and a very strong list - their issue is leadership. No team is going anywhere with those 3 blokes as your most influential person. They need to quickly reassess their leadership and make one of the McCluggage, Rayner generation their skipper. Not sure who, though.

Totally agree. I've been a fan for a long time and wouldn't have dropped him earlier this year, even though he made some critical mistakes. I just love his run and dare, and he is as tough as any on our list. I have always thought he is made for finals footy and he gets his chance at last. .

6. Lever 5. Rivers 4. Oliver 3. Jackson 2. Kozzie 1. Petracca Apologies to Brayshaw (his efficiency was poor) and Hunt.

Wow. How clean was that!! We were brutal over the ball. And the Lions were terrible.

Love this. At the end of a working week, with the Dees on TV, with it being the family traditional take away food night, with a good bottle of shiraz ready to set breathing at about 7.30pm, and now you post this sublime synopsis. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. It took us 10 years to recover from our "benefits of losing" campaign. It is taking Carlton 20+ years to recover from their tanking and cash-in-brown-paper-bags era. The Crows are in the middle of a horror stretch after THAT camp which could mean they have no success for a while yet. Some issues have very long lasting consequences for AFL clubs. This is going to take the Bombers a LONG time to get over, and the reason is simple: hubris. They are so full of themselves from their board, to their past players coteries, to their cheer squad, to their trade and drafting personnel - the list is endless. They need an outside authoritative voice to come in and sweep it clean, but no way will they allow this. I love the fact that Clarkson has chosen North. It will rocky and turbulent at the Roos for the first 18 months, but their young list will respond well to him. I know he is not a particularly likeable personality (from all reports) but boy he gets the job done.

There have been some absolute howlers of footy shows, but this is the worst of them. At least many of the other failures weren't trying to take themselves too seriously. I see about 15 minutes of it 4 times per year by sheer dumb luck.. First, the agenda is compiled by the puppet master Hutchinson who now has the money and influence to plot and scheme a lot of behind the scenes power-mongering. All the while presenting himself as a bag of potatoes. Simply, he is a dangerous schemer who has an influence in a LOT of media and decision making. Second, it has Eddie in it. I don't understand how he has survived past the first 5 years of the Footy Show. Third, it offers a forum for rude journalists who think too highly of themselves to see who can p**s higher up whatever metaphorical wall is their chosen target of the week. Their arguing is cringeworthy. Fourth, Ross Lyon cannot talk unless he shouts. His insights are very good but he is no media performer. And last, Lloyd (who I despised as a player) is really really good, but can't get a word in unless a question is directed to him by name. Oh, and I forgot. Anything with Sam McClure in it should never be broadcast. Even Eddie looks OK next to this bloke.

I really feel for Rutten. It feels like he has barely had time and space to build a list, form relationships with key club personnel etc... Whatever happens I hope he stays in footy. Maybe we take him if Yze departs? As far s the Bombers being in crisis: - Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. ... take a breath Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. May they remain irrelevant and mediocre until the robots rise to kill us all.

Dees win, Blues lose, Pies lose, Bombers getting annihilated. Now THAT is an enjoyable weekend.

Come one man, we're Demons supporters who have just beaten the blues by a point, are now watching non MFC games and enjoying some banter. There is no hate here.

McCartin played on, took two steps off his line, was pressured, then took it over the line. Should have been a free kick to Swans because the Pies player ran over the mark, or a behind if the ump did not see that Pies error, a behind.

Punchable head does not mean anyone is going to go up to him and punch him. It's like calling someone a d**khead. Their head does not actually LOOK like a d**k, but is a great way to describe their attitude, in a fun, mocking kind of way. And in relation to diversity, how about allowing Mr. Steve, who made that comment, the freedom to express HIS view. Or is his view somehow outside your definition of diversity? I knew the Ginnivans, and I reckon they would laugh their heads off at this stuff, and don't see it as harmful or distasteful, just footy banter.

True, but he has some stiff opposition. Draper from Essendon? Rhys Matheson from the Lions?

Only change - a forward option to help out. Apart from the one-arm efforts and concrete hands, BBB must have contested 30 aerial contests, and was two-to-one or three-to-one every time. He needs a hand. Joel Smith is a point of difference option who I would consider heavily.

6. Brayshaw 5. Melksham 4. Petty 3. Oliver 2. Hunt 1. Gawn