The heart beats true

Well, football smarts perhaps. Life skills are clearly not his forte.

These days it’s all about how you ‘self identify’. In a work setting I identify as a ‘mercurial forward’ (which is code for I don’t do the hard stuff, and just hope the ball bounces out the back for me to kick easy goals). This would explain why I’m on Demonland at 1pm on a Thursday.

For anyone in Melbourne eligible and looking for Pfizer I got my first jab last week at Box Hill Hospital and they said they would continue to release appointments each morning for that day. That’s how I got my appointment. No side effects, although I do feel a sudden urge to exclusively buy Microsoft product, and I’ve never got better 5G reception on my phone ? (jokes - I’m fine).

If HTB was the only issue with Jack Viney I’d accept it. He can’t kick it more than 30 metres currently, he’s never been quick but he’s lost all power to go from a standing start, and he doesn’t have enough versatility to play anywhere but as an inside mid. To be fair to the guy you would never question his intensity and effort. I just think years of trouble with his feet has finally caught up with him. I hope he can get a clear run at it, because on current form his best attributes can be covered by other players with more dynamic skills.

Viney got caught HTB 5 times on the weekend. 5 times. Harmes got done twice.

There’s a bloke who played for Casey on the weekend called Bailey Laurie that looks exactly like the type we need. From his draft info… ’Laurie possesses lightning speed, silky skills and an ability to read the game’ I’d be trying to grab him if we didn’t already have him. I hope we can draft in another player with his attributes but with more experience. I think we need more pace and skill in our midfield to make it more dynamic, and less predictable.

He makes us too slow on transition. There’s a lot of footage over 2019-20 with Brayshaw in the midfield where he can’t go with his opponent. It’s one of the reasons he’s playing defensive wing. He’s responsible for 2/3rds of his side of the ground, and doing such a good job. I love what he’s done this year. It’s working really well and doesn’t need to change. We need more spark, burst and versatility in the middle if anything. More bursts of Kozzie and Jordan.

Based on who I know is in Perth from reading the papers: Out: Viney & TMac In: Gina Rinehart & Margaret Court

Yes. That’s how the AFL works. However - it’s worked this way for 30 years. At a certain point you have to know what you’re dealing with and adjust.

Given the shenanigans of this evening I’d say we are a good chance to challenge, with Collins as the star witness for the defence.

My ‘friend’ said it was very painful.

Or like when you have to explain to the ER surgeon you were hanging curtains in the nude and you fell backwards and that’s how the light bulb… …actually, never mind.

He held him down for 6 seconds with his elbow to his throat. They sent it the tribunal for ‘serious misconduct’. If he gets 2 weeks I think we are lucky. He’s not in the boys club. He’s gone.

He will get 2 weeks. It was dumb and not the look the AFL want at all. Well after the play, and prolonged.

Thanks LH. The 14 days actually makes sense. Not the pseudoscience, arbitrary 7 days of Victorian clubs.

See this is where I have a problem with the ‘best’. Rowell was listed as one of their bests too (along with Swallow). They got pantsed by almost 100 points - of which all the drive came from our midfield. Its just done on stats. Their mids were dreadful.

Anyone know if the Eagles are quarantined for 7 days at the moment? I assume they are since they were in Melbourne on the weekend.

That game was a disgrace.

They was asking for it, and I gave as good as I got. I love youse all.

Viney - Holding the ball!

Dockers doing a Dees in front of goal

That game will be remembered as the game that made me very glad we didn’t go anywhere near Peter Wright.

Meh. This just goes on my ‘reasons to hate Essendon’ list.

Sydney getting the rub of the fluorescent yellow here.

Interesting to hear Brown say how he’d put in a really hard 12 week block of work. He worked very hard today off the ball. The example they showed at half time was fantastic. The Demonland myth about a mini preseason has proven to be true.