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Extremely soft. Would love to see the Roos get up here!

We simply didn't work hard enough around the entire ground, the ground had a very minimal effect IMO. 99% above the ears.

Didn't look interested all afternoon. Work rate was down immensely on the rest of the season. Fumbled, looked uncharacteristically panicked, made very poor choices under pressure. Looked like we need the bye more than originally thought.

I see Bucks is using the Collingwood forums as a sounding board again.

I tend to agree with you, was just adding to Macca's earlier post that there had been previous examples. I personally think that two, with Jackson and Gawn rotating through is more than enough. If our forward line was entirely dysfunctional, playing the three of them in the same side is something I'd advocate trying.

Brisbane did it too with Brown, Bradshaw and Lynch. Worked pretty well for them!

Brian Taylor - [censored] for brains

If they want I'll pop down to training and present one of them with my Div 3 ressies jumper... the coveted number 134.

That would be a very smart move IMO.

Probably my favourite opposition player ever but no, I don't think you can take on a 37 year old as insurance.

As Swooper mentioned earlier, it's the nature of his position that his poor games are going to be very poor. He doesn't exactly have the versatility to play in other parts of the ground and if we shift him out of the forward line, we lose a dimension in attack.

Jeez I had no idea Breust had kicked that many. Good on him!

He definitely impacted a ton of contests and got first hands on the ball plenty of times. Just needed to stick more of those marks. Those two goals he kicked though were so important in the context of the game. Definitely keeps his spot IMO.

Glad to hear that! A lot can happen in a week, I think we'll come out pretty hungry tonight and it'll be a very close contest. Expect our backline to really have the wood over their forwards. Midfield could be a worry though.

So it's 100% still happening? I think I'll be sceptical right up until they bounce the ball...

However not bottom four in the most important category - wins.

Yes, we can certainly win a GF with our current list. We'll go deep into September and in those last couple of weeks of the football year, anything can happen. Regarding your points on height and key forwards, Darling (191cm) is shorter than McDonald, Riewoldt (194cm) is the same height and Cameron and Kennedy are both within 2cm. What we're talking about there is just a tiny factor in their effectiveness as forwards. Vertical leap, taking the ball at the highest point, timing and movement mean a hell of a lot more and Tom Mac is doing those four things very, very well at the moment. He is a class forward.

Agreed, he played fairly well against the Hawks, even if he bobbed in and out of the action.

Still doesn't sit right constantly being favourites ?

In my opinion, based on performances this year and the way we've won our games based on our defence, the MFC's most important player right now is Christian Salem.

It feels like the stakes are higher and higher each week too, seeing as we're yet to drop one!

I was hoping this thread was to announce the return of Saty. Where is he?

Hopefully he gets to swing that around in September!

Awesome, think my favourite is the 1995 version. Love that we're now back at something pretty minimal. 2008 was a stain on our existence.

IMO his first half was super ineffective but he really made the Swans pay in the second half.