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Kick was fine, Laurie should have taken the grab...

Interesting watching Walsh tonight. He's running to the ball but not through the ball if that makes sense. He's hesitating... His confidence is down.

Agree on McGovern...how many goal assists has he had for Collingwood?

Don't know about suing but it was only a matter of time for this to happen to a lower ranked player...

Agree...

We looked very similar to the Hawks in that game. All I can hope is that we can turn it around in a similar fashion to them. The season is still young...

Yep... That's unfortunately a bad sign....

At one stage Kingy called the game a shoot out...I think at the time scores were 4 goals to 2. A shoot out without any shots fired. Then there was the call berating Wines for his poor handball turnover...I didn't know Wines was a redhead (it was Logan Evans). Another big call was that JHF needed help in the middle...he needed help alright, help to get out of 2nd gear. Both him & Rozee just coasted, they needed a rocket. Port look insipid without Butters. What a terrible game of footy it was.

Yep, and it looks like it could be the Crows Kryptonite... EFC have looked 2nd rate yet still manage to kick 100 points.

The season has a long way to go...

Lappin was a great player, if he's anywhere near him we've got a good one. I think we have...

There's no ladder yet, so we don't know if that's the case. Let's wait until the season starts before the doom sets in...

I don't think so...it's footy department spend that falls inside the soft cap, not club admin.

There is no doubt about that 'Macca'...

He (Sestan) has been playing back in the practice games & doing well. Will be an interesting watch...

If you've ever played the game you will know the answer to that one. Having a game under your belt is a big advantage, they were still running on top of the ground at the end. Even Ed looked gassed for us..

We were out of gas 'Dazz'. ...not having a game last week was always going to play out for us this way when we weren't far enough in front.

2022 & 2023, did it make that much difference? Maybe kicking, a bad decision or so and injury hurt us more... 2024 was just a train wreck, it wouldn't matter what game style we played.

I don't know about scores but they were certainly expected to win.

The interpretation has changed...the rule is still the rule and should be enforced.

Depends... GWS are defensively sound and didn't let them play their game. They took it away from them. How many other teams can do this? That will decide the season of the pies this year to my mind.

That's the point 'Dee'...it's only a matter of time before something really bad happens with this interpretation.

There is a reason this has been a rule in the game for as long as I can remember. The last few years however we have seen players being able to place hands in the back in marking contests to so called hold position or keep balance. Briggs copped one today, resulting in serious injury...this is becoming more common. It's time the rule was enforced as per the original rules of the game not the current stupid & dangerous interpretation.

Not fair 'Demonland', just checking in before I nod off.

Love the song...