Little Richard

We're officially under the dome! Let's go Kingy.

Great offensive weapon at his best. Hope he finds that form again and can work through those injuries. Sad to see him go, but all the best Spargs!

He'd be a great acquisition, hope we can get him.

Hopefully that's the case, we need those kinds of leaders around as the club transitions into a new era.

How sweet it would be... great last round coming up.

That's a phenomenal stat

Tough loss but not disappointed with that - excellent effort against a quality side and the players looked reinvigorated. Really liked Chaplin's use of Petty and Disco, right away he's more flexible with those guys than Goodwin appeared willing to be on game day.

At his best he's a super important cog in the scoring machine, smartest player going inside 50 bar Melksham. Hoping he can get back to that form, so I would retain him.

Forever an MFC legend, and so close to being a two-time premiership coach. I truly hope he enjoys some time off and then finds another role where he thrives. No doubt another club will come knocking at his door for some kind of role. Thanks for everything Goody.

We needed change but I feel pretty sad for him and the club right now, never good when it ends like this. All the best Simon and thank you.

Richmond, North and WCE. He looks a million bucks against these weaker teams but needs to carry that confidence into games against better opposition.

Hard to know how much to take out of this game. A win is a win so that’s nice. Goal kicking much improved and a solid debut from Culley. Kids are looking pretty good and Oliver looked like he had some of his intent back, I'd really love to see him finish strong this season and carry that into next year.

Load up!

Agreed that we are absolutely desperate and he's a good fit for our forward line right now. I think two years would be enough, three too much.

Where do we expect him to line up? Didn't realise he was so tall.

The 'hard edge' to the club's decision making is still all talk though, let's see what action they actually take. Simply getting rid of Richardson will not be enough (he should have gone last year anyway, after the Petracca situation).

I would actually love a Champions League type tournament every year amongst state leagues. They could play it over the 3-week bye period - get the top xx teams from each state based on results from the past season, maybe two from SA, WA and VIC and the other spots made up from the other states/territories. Play a knockout-style tournament over those few weeks and crown a winner. Maybe the AFL could even dish out some significant prize money to the winning club. Personally, I think that would be a heap of fun.

That attitude set us back years during the tanking saga. We should always be aiming to win, everything else is secondary.

I still remember when, early in his career, Clarry started kicking (and running) more. He went from an inside handballing machine to a much more dangerous player, and arguably that pushed him up to superstar status. Now he's a shadow of that player, probably due to physical and mental fitness I guess. He looks so far off winning another Bluey it's crazy.

I'm not sure we have the luxury of taking a risk like that. He can play for sure, but that has serious potential to be another bust trade.

Hopefully that's the game he needed to end his form slump, definitely looked like he regained some confidence. We still need a genuine spearhead to shield JVR a bit and allow him to keep pinch-hitting in the ruck. Where that player comes from, I have no idea.

Great games from Viney, Bowey, Disco and Melksham. 38 marks across Disco, May and Lever is crazy. The goal review system is garbage.

Agreed, good time to do a Roos and trade in a Bernie Vince and Jordan Lewis, if they're going.

Who is he rucking against in those contests though? Might be the other teams part timer most of the time. Having said that it's a pretty interesting stat and he's a super useful player in that area. At the end of the day we're better off if JVR doesn't have the burden of being our number one forward, at least until he's 25 at least.

Petty has flashes but he's still a natural defender. Disco is playing well down back but he also looked really good up forward. I think we need to bite the bullet and send Petty back, Disco forward with JVR.