Return to Glory

I've seen Oskar do some terrific things at Casey and, at his best, can look incredible. He is, however, a very poor decision maker at times.

I'm vulnerable....so yeah, I'm on board. Pass me the foil

How the hell did Alan Richardson get a gig? Whatever people think of Jade Rawlings, mind boggling that Richardson stays and Rawlings leaves. And why do I feel like Collingwood were punching the sky when they got rid of Pert?

Almost a relief. The pretence was killing me.

Salem with more ineffective kicks than any other player on the ground.

There's a lot of conditions Joel doesn't seem to like - dry, wet, windy, still

Smith cannot play. He just can't. And it's probably time to give Bedford a run

At what point do we deem that thread redundant?

Absolutely. Smith is a very bad player, a very bad player

So why'd he play to begin with

And now watch the smarter team flood back in the third quarter.............ffs

Hindsight is 20/20 vision but as soon as I heard that we had a strong wind first quarter, immediate thought was that we'd be outsmarted here.

Is anybody else very nervous about this game or is it just the psychological scarring I carry? No worries, just answered my own question.

Demons, I don't entirely agree with that. I saw enough games at Casey to witness a coach with the capacity to completely hold player attention (certainly within a game day context) I'd also suggest that many would have thought similar about Hardwick prior to success and Clarkson when he first started.

Oh dear, how sad...an Essendon loss

I can't do this anymore

Why not use Viney as a tagged...crazy

That's the one we need. Hopeful.

Big time merchant banker

The tribunal system is now a complete mess. Lynch should have copped his whack well before they sent him to the tribunal. And, for mine, they sent him there on a strike that was always going to undermine the overall case. As for Grimes, that's a case of statistics and damn lies. Proving you can justify anything and the overturning of the staging fine does just that. It's pretty much saying 'what you see with your own eyes is not what you actually saw'. But, of course, they'll now want to show that they mean business and it won't be with a powerful club or a club that the AFL pays the bills for .i.e. the Suns. We'll be in the gun as will be Norf, Carlton, Freo and Saints. Yes, I'm paranoid.

Absolutely

Just finished watching the Saints game. Let's hope for rain, mud.

I think most have made the comments I would have liked to have made. Suffice to say, incredibly sad. An indictment on the period he played in and our tendency to pay lip service to the plight of too many of our indigenous players post-footy career. As a sIight departure, I will say that the Australian media tends to be terrified of long form journalism. This ABC article is an example of the impact it can have when done well.

Spot on. He is rarely in a 'who do we drop' conversation. There's a fine line between looking laconic and just being passive. He's become a passive footballer.

We're not in a position to drop Salem but, to be honest, I wish we were. I listened to the game rather than watch it. I then looked at a few highlights (or lowlights in Salem's case) For mine, there were at least a couple of instances where he had a chance to impact a contest and just didn't. The most galling was when a Bulldog player ran forward and had a shot for goal with Salem trailing behind seemingly in a jog. It's easy to look at clips out of context but it certainly wasn't 'put it all out there' stuff. Maybe I'm being unfair.