Rob Mac......

Every time I see Fritta I think of Eraserhead

6. Gawn 5. Petracca 4. Oliver 3. Viney 2. Langdon 1. May

6. Gawn 5. Hannan 4. Viney 3. Langdon 2. Hibberd 1. Petracca

I was expecting we'd lose, but now after all the public criticism, we may pull our collective fingers out just enough to win tonight.

6. Hibberd 5 Tracc 4 Gawn 3 May 2 Hannan 1 Fritsch Tmac getting better, Harmes decent.

The round is over so the points should be allocated now! Essendon were incapable of fielding a team, so they must forfeit, leaving the points to us. It is unfair to weaken us by forcing us to play games closer together because Essendon failed their responsibility to field a team. It doesn't matter if the covid was their "fault" or not, although hearing Connor breached protocol after knowing makes it appear so anyway. Essendon should have kept their players away from Europe and flying. The price of their poor choices (or even bad luck) should be born by Essendon and not shared with or passed on to others. Bottom line: Each club is responsible for fielding their team and Essendon failed to do so, so they forfeit the points. Anything else is BS and MFC should be and should have been strongly making those points to all and sundry from the start.

6. Tracc 5. Gawn 4. Oliver 3.Hunt 2. Rivers 1. ANB

Agreed, and Max too. They looked physically or mentally tired from the start. I'm curious why?

We've still got no system delivering into and performing in the forward line. Seems like poor coaching

It's so good now to clearly hear the actual sounds of the game, players, umpires, ball etc. again. takes me back to when I was playing and heard all that.

Thanks very much “rjay”! Hope you’re going well? ?. Long time since we spoke.

Could you, or anyone please tell me how to watch this game? I’m overseas and can’t find it on “WatchAFL” or the MFC or AFL sites. Thanks very much

I think Gawn alone should be best. No shame on Viney though.

Oliver Harmes Trac Gawn

Brayshaw Petracca Lever TMac vandenBerg. (Close)

Does anyone remember Beitzel excitedly commentating a Melbourne goal, finishing it with, “....and he penetrated the perpendiculars!” Got a bit of a rise from the box. Not sure if he ever said it again?

I want to see the dees fight like both those teams did

Many turnovers from Salem disposals for quite a few weeks now

I sure hope so! Can’t see this being fully turned around with Goodwin at the helm!

6 TMac 5 Pruess 4 oliver 3 Frost 2 fritsch 1 Harmes stiff- Tracc. Jones

I’ve been anti Oscar for 3 years (and pro Frost). He’s been weak, slow, lacking weapons and should be at Casey. There’s a small chance he could fill out a bit there, improve and become an okay forward/swing player/utility depth.

Pruess would have kicked that last goal.

Frost and Hore should both remain in our side. IMO Salem and Frost have been our best defenders this year and Hore is coming along very, very nicely. I sure hope this thread title wasn’t to infer that one of THEM should make way for a returning injured player? IMO they’re currently above Wagner, Oscar, Lockhart, Petty, Keilty, Lewis, Stretch, even Fritsch lately and perhaps some I’d rather not mention. Lets hope the FD decides wisely!?!

PRUESS PRUESS. PRUESS IN

Thanks LH. Personally I think they’re nuts not to play Pruess tonight! He’s playing v well ATM, WC are planning to work Max over again, which also increases Maxs’ risk of injury, but also, though he’s had little to beat this year, Pruess has been our best KPF this year ! (On the rare occasion we got to see it).