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Do you think he went pre 2021 as part mfc's fitness program? And the flipside: do you think he stopped going as part of Freo's program? I would guess most players' off-season program is endorsed by their club...

Does it? Or does it say that on the day others played better. I will be shot down for this next comment. Clarry is amazing and consistent for a full game and as a result is a worthy BnF and Coaches champion. But it is rare that he is the 'game changer'. Our 'game changers' are Gawn and Petracca. When they go into 'beast mode' there is no stopping them. They will put in an amazing spell that turns the game and demoralises the opponent. Like in the GF, on Sat night there was a point where Petracca played as if 'we don't lose this game on my watch' and he went into 'beast mode'. He is a tactical weapon, breaks the game open and turns it in our favour with an amazing spell on the ball. Ditto Max.

Darcy also looks heavy and bulky but not in a muscular sense. I wonder if that is how Freo prefer their ruckmen and have bulked up Jackson. Doubt that being bulky would help their speed or endurance. Especially in today's high speed game. They remind me of how Steven May arrived at the club, seemingly fit but bulky. It took a season to change his body shape and he learnt to run and chase. Became a different player.

Could be wrong but didn't someone on DL post it was Stafford. If so that fits the 'foot of a giant' description😉. Edit: @WalkingCivilWarhas just clarified it wasn't Stafford... see a few posts below.

Agreed DD, but will they do it consistently enough... ...after all it is a midfielders medal.

Do you think he should get more or less?

De Goey got 10 votes. Even without stella performances each week he could end up on top as there aren't other players of note to consistently take votes from him. Conversely Oliver, Petracca and Gawn take votes off each other. The same goes for the Brownlow. Would feel 🤢 if De Goey won the Brownlow.

That looks like: 9 = 4 and 5 for both Pickett and Lever 5 = 2 and 3 for both Petracca and Gawn 2 = 1 and 1 for Oliver. So very similar assessment by both coaches.

Some harsh comments from freo fans. The other forwards Treacy and Taberner did no better. Freo had 65 inside 50 for a mere 17 scoring shots. The ball seemed to ping pong between the 50m arcs. So not entirely Jackson's fault. But I guess with his money and the fanfare around him fans aren't going to look for reasonable explanations. However, Jackson played 85% game time. At the dees he usually played about 70% +/-; a 20% increase. My guess is he isn't fit enough/have the endurance to get through a game. And one wonders where his head is at. He tuned out last year when he knew he was leaving. Maybe the same is happening now that he has his long term mega million contract.

I noticed Chandler do this a lot. Also when he marked he didn't seem to look for options instead going back to take his kick. It didn't hurt us on Saturday night but it might in other games and it can slow or kill our momentum not to mention give the opps time to get their defenders back or set up.

Don't all footy fans turn into little children when at or talking footy? See 'Game Day' threads for ample evidence🙃

That may be so but the way the MRO has classified the two incidents doesn't make sense. Simples!

To be fair, this was in retaliation to the bulldogs fans booing Hunter. Not right for us to do it to Baker but war is war! Our cheer for Hunter was louder than their booing and they quickly shut up. But I loved the way our fans made the love for Hunter obvious to all.

The Buddy and Kozzi decions are unreal. Both Carless, Both HIgh contact. Buddy medium Impact and Kozzie HIgh impact yet it was Buddy's player that went off concussed while Kpzzi's opponent bounced up and played out the game. How on earth could Kozzie's bump be high impact while Buddy's be medium impact? Arrrgghhh! No sense in that!!!!! Kozzie take the two weeks and learn from it.

Lever must play in a lot of pain. Last right he held both boots in his hand while hand-clapping fans. If his feet are an issue after 6 months of no match play then no amount of resting from games is going to help him😟.

Quoting the Cripps case is etiher posters being disingenuous or they don't understand what happened. The MRO referred it directly to the Tribunal which gave him a two week ban. High end lawyers went to court and argued some abnormality in the Tribunal process. Cripps got off on a legal technicality. The AFL has closed that loophole. It is not relevant to Pickett's case. Buddy cleaning up a player yesterday is relevant. They will argue it was in play but he veers away from the ball to lay the bump.

I was in the Redlegs area and most people clapped. But from where I sat it sounded polite and lukewarm rather than loud cheers/roar as they went passed each section.

Good to see our AFLW team do a Premiership lap of honour. But disappointed that the applause wasn't what was deserved.

At least we didn't have that blaring music at the breaks! Big improvement.

Under the new rules he will get two weeks. And Buddy should also get two. Players were warned a few months ago: "Under the amendments ...the League has ruled that the potential to cause serious injury must be factored into the determination of impact in cases where there is head-high contact...Under the new guidelines, high bumps will usually draw an impact grading of at least medium, "even though the extent of the actual physical impact may be low". harsher-penalties-for-high-hits-crackdown-on-umpire-contact If Kozzie is deemed to have hit Smith's head under the old rules he should get a week: Deliberate, high contact, low impact. Under the new rules he will get two weeks. If not 'high' it is a fine. Buddy's hit: Careless (but I thought it was deliberate), high contact, high impact. I don't have a problem with the new rules but they must be applied consistently. Every head high contact has the 'potential to cause damage' so they should all result in a ban.

The AFL members stand was almost empty as neither mfc nor bulldogs have many AFL members. That stand is always nearly empty at our Home games vs smaller clubs and i/state clubs. When it is fuller at our games it is opp fans.

Some observations: The rucks had no influence on this game. Cats relied on Stanley and Pies on Cameron. Geelong's all ground defence was poor. They missed Stewart and his leadership. They missed Selwood and his leadership Stengle and De koning looked injured who knows how much Collingwood's domination after Howe went off was driven by emotion. I wonder if Pies will come to rue the day they let Grundy go. Last night wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement of that decision. It was a mighty win by the Pies but not sure the Cats were that bad. imv Collinwood will be tested by a team with better ruckmen and better all team defence. A team like the Mighty Demons! Bring on KB Monday!!

Weather should be ok for our game. Temp forecast to start falling around 5pm to high 20's at start of play and 25 around quarter time with a light southerly wind.

Bulldogs have named their 4 head monster in the starting 22. But their bench looks very pedestrian: J.Johannisen 39 J.Bruce 17 O.Baker 13 M.Hannan 29 Their sub from listed emergencies: B.Khamis 24 H.Crozier 9 T.McLean 16 J.Sweet 41 unless Beveridge does one of his last minute switcheroos!