Maldonboy38

Petty has been really good.

One contested clearance, one clean passage of play = goal.

Very lucky to be this close. Not sure if we are winning any position, any stat, and our run has rarely appeared.

What was that kick from Petracca?

Steven May very fumbly. Lots of players slipping over. Handballing to team mate 1 metre away under pressure. All these making us look 5 goals down. But our main issue is our constant missing a target inside 50 when kicking under little pressure. This has been atrocious. Great game though - two great teams pressuring the carp out of each other.

Ooops, wrong discussion

OUT: M Brown, IN: Gawn. I don't reckon Jackson will get up. Chandler deserves a spot but who do we drop after a 5 goal win with not real horror performances. Regarding BBB, his concrete hands, lack of leading and inaccurate kicking is a real issue. But he gets to so many packs and causes 2 opposition players to fly, much more than any other player on our list. ANB, Spargo, Kozzie, Sparrow, Harmes must love the chaos he creates. For that reason he has to stay until someone on our list can do other or do the same better.

6. Petracca 5. Oliver 4. Viney 3. Langdon 2. Harmes 1. Lever.

Very good win against a Crows side that were switched on, as hard as us at the footy, and killed us in the air. We MUST fix our aerial play inside F50. Until the last 10 minutes the crows backs picked us off, spoiled, blocked and out-marked us too easily. Also, we cannot miss easy shots at goal like Bedford, BBB and Spargo in the 3rd quarter. Great game by our midfield. As tough as the crows were, we outlasted them and took everything they gave to us. Langdon and Brayshaw: we will be talking about this combination for the next 50 years. Outstanding. Hats off to our backmen. Very, very well done. Don't know what to say about the umps. How about the head smack to Oliver?

Great tough game of footy, Crows playing some great footy, so are we. Unfortunately Weid is trying so hard, 2nd efforts etc... but his lacking of marking ability is killing us. Concrete hands in so many marking contests. Actually, we have 1 remaining issue to fix if we want to go all the way this year: contested marking. BBB, Weid, and M Brown are getting to everything but marking nothing. Fritsch is struggling to even get to a marking contest.

I'm a huge fan of Tex, but at his age I would pass on him coming to the Dees. Our development coaching staff are now the best in the business so let's see what JVR and Howes become. If we lose Jackson, Weid has surprised me with how well he has filled the 2nd ruck role so he can stay there.

3.5 minutes to go, Saints are up, ball is in their court. Still unsure who wins. But the joy of watching the Blues choke on the Friday night big stage means my weekend is off to a great start.

As good or bad the Saints can be for any given game, they will struggle to win a final without Ryder. All the talk about King, Hill etc... but Ryder is their most important player by a long, long way.

As good as Oliver is, "ever" might be a stretch. There are a heap of players in the 1940's - 1960's who most of us never got to see who would challenge the entire Flower/Oliver debate. La Fontaine, Norm Smith, Cordner, Barassi. But he is pretty darn good.

Saints pressure around the ball really troubling Carlton. Unfortunately, I don't think they can sustain it for 4 quarters. Their pace is also showing the Blues can be sluggish.

Lions looking like us in our 3 game slump. No energy at all.

I love how quietly this happened. I sometimes cannot believe how much the MFC has changed. Only 10 years ago this would have been announced with a presser, a youtube video, a letter from the Queen, while Clarry was standing next to Barrassi, Neita, Jonesy, Goodwin and Coffey. We have finally matured and the internal integrity of the club (recent stuff from Bartlett aside) is rock solid. I also believe Clarry bang-bang-bang Oliver will surpass Robbie as our best ever player, and I find that very difficult to admit. He is sublime. My eyes follow him whenever I am watching the Dees on TV, he plays at full pace, and kills opposition with run, grunt and penetration. Absolute star. No dynasty is guaranteed, but if Dogga and Gus also sign, we have a great chance of multiple flags at least.

If Ben Ainsworth could kick, Suns won that by 10+ points. His three misses were pretty much unforgiveable in the last quarter.

Great game Port v Suns. Both teams full on pressure, busting a gut, some great skills. Port have their mojo back and the Suns system and effort is very strong. Port probably win from here but the Suns playing very strong footy.

She can be a great journalist. She knows her trade, is uncompromising when she is following a story, and obviously has very strong contacts throughout the industry. All this developed in a world where the men in suits would have despised her as a woman being so strong, persistent and articulate. But she makes the same mistake most modern sport journalists make: she reports rumour. She probably tries to substantiate it, but too often (maybe 2 out of every 7 "scoops") she will say stuff like "word out of Collingwood today", "or "there's a lot of talk at Essendon" etc... Modern journalists must stop reporting rumour, suggestion, grievance and opinion as fact. If it is a rumour, let it be silent unless something gives it solid credibility.

I was just about to type the exact same thing, but thought quoting you would suffice. But I want icing on the cake. I want us to win the flag, North to win a couple, Cats to go straight out of the finals with 2 losses, Tiges to finish ninth, and the Bombers get the Wooden Spoon.

The most cringeworthy unwatchable tripe on sports tv in 20 years. I don't think BT is as bad a commentator as other people do (don't get me wrong, he is just OK) but this roaming Brian stuff is so uncomfortable to watch.

WCE leading Dons at half time. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Loving it. Please, please, please, please please beat them.

And another carp free kick for a goal to the Doggies.

So, I either watch the Doggies maul the Hawks through dodgy free kicks and them showing how "tough" they are against a weaker bottom team, or watch the Dons show how "tough" they are by beating up on the West Coast Tallygaroopna thirds. What a carp night of footy.