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Out: JvR, Turner In: Fullarton, Brown Seems the most logical. Unless we want to go small and bring in Tholstrup or Laurie ahead of Brown.

If JvR does play at Casey the following week it will give us hopefully an exciting glimpse of him and Jefferson paired up in the same forward line.

Wasn't overly impressed by the performances of those at Casey. Think we will keep it simple and replace JvR with Brown. Petty will have to be the chop out ruck in this case. If they're not happy with Browns form/fitness perhaps Fullarton will get a demon debut to fill the forward/ruck void. Verrall isn't ready yet in my opinion. Tholstrup needs more consistency in performance before getting another promotion. I like Laurie but don't think his performance at Casey warranted a recall. Can't see a need for Hunter unless we drop one of our wingers or think he would be an upgrade on Billings.

And got so far, but in the end...

I'm not convinced by the bombers just yet. They've won against Hawks, Saints (4points), Bulldogs, Adelaide (3points), West Coast (6points) and now GWS. They've also drawn with Collingwood but they're not the same team as last year, not yet at least. Apart from GWS it's far from a convincing form line.

Gold coast play Geelong in Darwin next week and they're without Cameron and Hawkins. A loss there could see the cats fall as far as 7th at the end of next week.

Didn't get to watch the second half. Did Laurie tidy up his disposal? See he was named second best. Good to see Jefferson get some praise as well, was he presenting well on the lead and more involved? Sounds like kolt had a good game as well which will do him a world of good. Seemed down on confidence since demoted but perhaps also playing defensive mid then?

Some shocking kicks and decision making all around. Here's hoping for some cleaner ball movement.

Still not writing off Laurie. Hope he plays well as he's a candidate to come in for either Billings or Chandler. Would obviously like McAdam to come in but he's played 2 quarters out of 8 and reckon he needs 2 full VFL games for match fitness.

6. Petracca 5. ANB 4. May 3. Rivers 2. Langdon 1. Sparrow

Couldn't be more impressed with ANBs game tonight. He's an important cog in our midfield rotation now.

Tall forwards need to at least contest the footy and bring it to ground, getting out marked far too easily. Smalls need to apply far more defensive pressure when it does hit the deck. Looks like they're walking it out at times. We're not out of this yet but given its wet it's going to be a struggle.

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From start time to start time it's exactly 5 days. From end of Geelong game to start of Carlton games it's 4 days and 21-ish hours. Depends how pedantic you want to be with it.

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@JJJ usually has good mail Wonder if Adelaide are still going to come to the party with their first rounder. Their improving but still unlikely for finals you would imagine. Pick between 6 and 12 perhaps on offer?

Suspect Hunter was preserved as a just-in-case emergency with Hore. Surprised if he comes in based off his first half.

Pretty meek effort to finish the game sadly. Liked that Jefferson got on the end of a few marks as the game opened up and had 5 scoring shots for 3 goals 2. He's got a lot of development to do but the tools are there. Looking forward to seeing George in action again, looks very clean and dangerous inside 50. AMW can look amazing and a class above, then makes some horrid decisions and turns the ball over in dangerous spots. Needs to improve this part of his game before he can be considered for senior action.

Just dumb decision making by Casey today

Good run from tholstrup

Unless there's anothet player in 23 McAdam is in playing gear and on the ground as per the online stream

They can pay tomlinson 800k a year and give us band 1 compo.

Cant really seen anyone coming in from Casey off a 4-day break unless they're removed from the game at half time. Wouldn't be surprised to see the emergencies in this boat as well in Hunter/Hore/Brown. A Billings/Hunter swap could be in the cards and I'd bring Bowey straight in. May, McVee, Bowey and Howes are some excellent distributors out of defence. I know Laurie didn't do much in his half a quarter game time but he played well the week before and will have fresh legs so wouldn't be surprised to see him retain his spot or come into the starting 22. We're never going to see if he can cut it if we don't give him some proper games.

6. Lever 5. Langdon 4. Petty 3. T-Mac 2. Gawn 1. Windsor Fair few unlucky to miss out. Viney, Oliver, Petracca (2nd half) Fristch, Pickett, May and McVee all could justifiably be in there.