Thehardtackler

Dare I say it, we missed Tyson. He generally plays well against Collingwood. He uses the ball well and gets a lot of possessions. I also think Garlett might have helped us kick a winning score. 

We have to play Garrett for this match. It is a respect thing. If we pick him then I guarantee that he will repay the faith. 

The whole tribunal is Seppo crap. Cards and set bans from the umpires committee if they get sent off. Just get rid of the Tribunal.

ANB is now a protected species! No more criticism of this football genius. 

I never bagged Melksham once. I loved him at Essendon and I saw him play when I was teaching at PEGS. Kid has heart! 

Bernie the Butcher strikes again. Delist him. Worst player in the 22 for several weeks now. 

Go Demons. Suck it up Carlton! 

See Viney and Petracca. I am psychic! 

We will go to work in the 3rd. Keep the faith. Viney and Petracca to lead the charge. 

Alex Neal Bullen showing why why so many Melbourne supporters are clueless. The kid is a player so leave him to play. 

Bottom line is, there are people are starving in the world and money is being wasted on defending the Curnows. Let them play, give them a smack bottie and donate the money from their match fees to Charity. 

QC's for a game of footy. How pretentious is the AFL? Just scrap the whole thing and have yellow and red cards. It would save so much nonsense. 

ANB is the best 2 way runner in the league right now. I guess that is why he keeps getting selected, because he can outrun everyone else in the league.

Why is Bernie Vince playing. We should call him Bernie the Butcher, he turns the ball over that much. 

Actually the Demons of 2005 were a good tackling team. I think we led the league for most of that year and we finished in the 8.

Martin is not tough like Viney or Kieran Jack.  A lot of his hardness is posturing, like his tatts. If Billy Slater hit Dusty with 3-5 tackles on a field, he would be seriously demoralised. I think the psychology of AFL is all wrong at the moment. It is like soccer, all about skill so the way to stop that is physicality. 

The other option is to not worry about his disposal but to tackle low like a rugby player so that we just stop him. 

Bernie Vince. I love the old Vince but he left at the beginning of last season. 

King- project player that has not worked out. 

McKenna - injury prone. 

Kennedy Harris - no hunger to play AFL. 

That is about it but we are not playing the right players either. Spargo, Fitsch and Balic will get an extended run now, as will Pedersen. 

The Good:

We will make the Top 8.

Christian Petracca and Angus Brayshaw will both finish Top Ten in the B & F.

Dion Johnstone will debut.

Jake Lever will tighten up our defence and our percentage will improve.

The Bad:

Dean Kent will be delisted.

We will lose a couple of matches we should really win.

We won’t win the Premiership this year.

I reckon Lucas Cook was way worse than Cale Morton.

Can I suggest that maybe Garland could have a place in the team as a Forward.

On 28/08/2017 at 12:06 PM, JV7 said:

Not a delisting but I've noticed Weidemen like a couple of Collingwood posts on Instagram the last few days.. One of Daicos & Brown celebrating the win on Saturday (fair enough if not against us & the circumstances) & now one of Bucks resigning... Seems a bit odd

Weideman was overlooked as a father/son by Collingwood. His uncle Murray played for Collingwood and was a champion at the Magpies.

I will want to leave the state for 6 months if Richmond win. Having sat in the Cheer Squad many times I can say that Richmond and Essendon have the most unpleasant fans in the league.

Dom Tyson was possibly our best player for a chunk of 4-5 games after he came back from injury. He accumulated 30 odd possessions in successive games and used the ball effectively. He is a gun!

Salem has had injuries this year and has been underdone but he is a very competitive footballer. Jayden Hunt was an inspired choice at the draft table.

Josh Kelly may not look so good when he is not surrounded by GWS young stars, in another team.

There was a Collingwood fan who bagged Watts the whole match, calling him soft and saying he could not get a hard ball. I gave him a mouthful several times but he chirped through the whole game. Despite the excessive alcohol he ingested he refused to say anything when I turned round and gave it to him when Watts kicked the sealer.