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At the moment if Max went down then JVR & Petty would be our best options. Maybe a refreshed Tommy Mac with Tommo coming back in. I wouldn't like to see that at all, Tommy has become to important to the defence. ...but the above shows the hole in our list. Looking at Fullerton in the VFL on the weekend & he just inspires no confidence. He looked lost in the ruck contests, totally outplayed. I'm not sure why we picked him up, maybe more for forward coverage. Verrall is the better bet but still a way off. We weren't going to be able to keep Grundy 'picket' as I think even though subsidised he was taking too much cap space. Lets hope we have someone targeted.

Scott is a great coach, was a better than average footballer, not a bad bloke in person. ...but the whining in his press conferences and disrespect to opponents is not doing him any favours.

Sydney getting a good run from the umps...

Good to hear Sando going for the Cats...love his analysis but his tips are more often wrong.

I thought the time to move was at the end of last season... Great player.

Seems to be par for course in these situations. The Rioli situation dragged on for nearly 2 years. For whatever reason I don't know but as you say unfair.

Yes, our mids need to be at their best. We're competing against 2 other contenders & it's one of our strengths. As for clearances, the Cats were belted in the first half but comfortably ahead on the scoreboard. ...an interesting 2 weeks in a long season coming up.

Whatever is old is new again. In the old VFL days what Pickett did was called striking & he could have expected 2 to 4 weeks.

It's a long season "SWYL'...don't get too hung up on one game.

I think Willie Rioli's case took 18 months to get to a resolution. Then his 2 year penalty was backdated to reflect his time in limbo. Looks like we might be a player down for a while yet.

The rugby codes will end up as pro touch football I reckon, I just can't see them lasting too much longer. A good question re soccer...my soccer mad mate tells me the header has been on dangerous ground for a while now. The ball is a lot lighter and waterproof now so there is not the damage that was done to many past players...however he says they still get tiny concussions each time they head the ball...so maybe that part of the game will have to go. Remember these games have been around for only a very short time in the scheme of things, a couple of hundred years give or take. Everything evolves...

Boxing is in big trouble... NRL along with AFL will end up non contact, it's just a matter of time. 10, 20, 100 years.. Will all go the way of the Coliseum & the Gladiators. It really doesn't matter, we've had a good run with it, enjoyed the game & may or may not be around for the final demise.

I think there is going to be no choice and contact sports worldwide are in trouble here. It will end up a no contact sport. I can't see any other option.

Maybe make an adjustment to the front on contact rule that already exists...

I think you've got to do something but I'm not sure how you enforce it.

Elliot Yeo is back in form...

My problem is with players running recklessly back with the flight of the ball. It used to be a mark of courage but honestly it's just plain stupid. I can remember doing it twice when I was playing. One I got away with, a spectator who used to be a VFL captain was on the boundary side it happened and said basically what were you thinking. The 2nd time I wasn't as lucky and got a chest full of busted ribs. Yes, what Greene did was illegal in football terms but if he had of followed through with the marking attempt we might had had a terrible situation. Players need to be protected from themselves.

Absolutely it's true...In a marking contest like that he's in his rights to raise his knee. That wouldn't be good.

So what Greene should have done is go for the mark... In effect he would have nearly killed his opponent if he had of gone for the mark. I think it's becoming incumbent on players not to run back into a marking contest front on, it's sheer stupidity. This is where it's different to the Wright incident, in that case the player was coming back to the ball.

What did we ever do to him?

I posted in last years trade period that we should look at Yeo given WC were in rebuild mode. Was back to his best last night & would have been more than handy for us...particularly with Gus retiring.

He's absolutely killing Freo... ...and then Yeo takes multiple tacklers on & treats them like they were under 10's.

You've got to line up the ball..not just put a hand out and run past it. That's why Port are pretenders at the moment...

It's pretty normal from my experience. The difficult part is getting back to full pace.

They were certainly getting into him 'Rob'. Aligned with his lack of preseason & not getting a clear run with injury, his confidence is well down. His kicking is a symptom of that.