Undeeterred

Three nominations in nine rounds ain't bad going. You'd have to think we're up for two in a row from here...

Spencer ain't playing his first game against Hawthorn.

They also wrote a story about how Steven May knocked out Melbourne ruckman Stef Martin over the weekend. I mean, seriously...

Ha, I LOLled.

Such a negative nelly! God, lighten up a bit! We've also beaten Collingwood and Richmond this year, so it's not just interstate teams. Takes so much structure out of our forward line, and energy out of Watts. Not the long term solution.

I'd say Dawes and Terlich would be pretty jumpy right now...

Oliver too

Has been happening to him his entire career. In all seriousness. They've ignored him forever and it beggars belief.

Certainly not the intention of the OP. Scorn clearly aimed at MMM.

Let's hope so - there are certainly good signs generally. It all depends on the start. If we get away, we get away, and have games like Collingwood to hang our hats on. But if we get jumped early, we're much more likely to get locked in a close arm wrestle for the whole day. Until we have more evidence that we've gotten over this pattern, I'll believe it when I see it.

This is fine but, historically, the problem with it is that we don't settle - we go into our shells and battle away for the next three quarters, terrified of losing. Can almost guarantee that is how this game will play out.

I'm usually pretty optimistic, but I just can't shake the feeling that this one has the feel of a slow-motion train crash.

I think he's right though. Harmes is a really solid, under the radar player. Has great smarts and will fill a role really solidly for a long time.

The argument that we could have had Cripps, Crouch etc. Could easily have had these two instead. Hindsight is a waste of time.

Brent Harvey by an absolute mile. Sam Mitchell heading the chasing pack. Loved him smashing Hannebury's throat on Friday night - as usual, won't be looked at. Filthy snipers both.

Did anybody else hear the commentary on MMM yesterday after the Collingwood game? Apparently, sending Jeremy Howe down back was a 'masterstroke by Buckley'. Mark Howard then said 'looks like they might have found a new position for him'. Idiots. At least it shows how much attention the footy world has paid to us recently. He's been playing down back for years, ever since we worked out he was a muppet as a forward!

He was referring to Maxy, methinks.

You're not the first one to ask for this. Good luck with that, though.

Interesting though that he's in Perth on the same day that Roos gets in the press and tells everyone we won't be paying overs for him.

17.11 is hardly a disaster accuracy wise, especially when he's something like 14.9 in set shots, when the run up is most relevant. You're making it sound like he kicks like Buddy used to at his worst. It's a complete fallacy. Who cares how we runs up? Nobody complains about Josh Kennedy.

Don't get the constant focus on this stuff. He can kick 50 and is a great set shot. His accuracy is absolutely fine - why is it 'obvious' that he needs to fix his goalkicking and run up?

Love that he's really run on this year. I also love that he's part of a bunch of 10-15 young blokes who are getting used to winning very early in their careers and will only have ever been coached by Roos and Goodwin. The past is just irrelevant to them.

Good to see you back mate!

Interesting watching the highlights package - I know Hogan apparently had a fairly quiet game, but I did see at least 2 or 3 really strong tackles he laid in chains that led to our goals. Fantastic to see him impacting up on the flanks and the wings, even if that means he's perhaps not kicking as many goals one week and others are as a result. Good on him.

Bit rough on a 5 gamer to say he only plays well in small time games. I'd say there was a fair bit of pressure in Round 1 and he smashed it then, and he was excellent against North.