Nascent

Brown kicks the opener.

Grey playing

Duursma in #46 according to the guys whispering into the mic going through the jumper numbers.

Indubitably.

Real fans watch the entire game again.

Loved how his game has developed. I wonder if Bedford is looking at Chandler cementing himself in the 22 and thinking that could have been him, injury notwithstanding. His move has probably worked out well for both of them.

Ideally I'd have. In: Brown, Petty Out: Schache, Hibberd Petty to play back. Hibberd rested. I'd prefer Laurie to Harmes but much of a muchness when it comes to the sub. Pretty moot until Casey's game tomorrow though.

Hard when you have one arm pinned immediately. He could have thrusted the ground as an 'attempt' I guess?

That's rough on goldy.

Would be horrifying for North if he wasn't out there.

Very loose uncontested quarter, pressure dropped right off and not sure goody will be happy about it.

McVee has been uncharacteristically poor by foot tonight.

I love chandlers set shot kicking.

Play was stopped for a significant time due to Combens broken leg.

Harmes is the sub.

Carn crows! Funnily enough, if Crows get up and and both Bombers and Lions win, there will be 7 teams at the top of the ladder separated only by percentage.

Good outcome tonight. Saints aren't going to finish below Freo and now Port draw further away #everyoutcomeagainstfreo

He had his foot out the door half way before his first season was over and requested a trade to Port. North could have held him to his contract but seemed both parties thought a split was better. North have done well out of the deal regardless with Sheezel and Wardlaw, who hasn't played yet. Wardlaw is an explosive mid who will be a gun, assuming he gets on the park (injury prone with hammy issues last year).

He's a gun and was always going to be. Like the way he goes about his footy when he's switched on.

I don't condone the booing but slightly different circumstances to a regular trade. Horne-Francis essentially Tom Scullied North while they were on their knees and only saw out half of his rookie contract. Fair spit in the face of North fans who should rightfully be [censored] (I'm aware there are probable issues at North that contributed to him leaving). Why every other teams fans has joined the booing bandwagon is somewhat perplexing but probably relates to group-think/pack mentality.

Cheers for the correction. Have amended so I don't look like such a dumbass 👍

Hopefully. There's another player in this scenario as well and that's GWS. Likely to finish bottom 4 and have another probable top 10 pick incoming thanks to the tigers which, unfortunately, gives them a far better starting hand than us.

Quite possible. They aren't afraid of taking Victorians though and if Reid is head and shoulder above every other prospect surely they just take him.

I was apprehensive at first, but I'm ok with it as long as their marketing and design of their moniker focuses on the animal. Maybe they can talk to Warner Bros. and pay for the rights to Taz.