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We have a mid season draft. A club can put a player on the Long-term injury list to create a list spot. Can't see the need to have mid season player trades as well. Also, as Beveridge says an AFL season is like a war of attrition and lists need to be managed accordingly.

On topic: Have always lived 'Bayside'. Can't remember how or why I follow the mighty dees!! I always have. And, always will. From a simple google search I came across this, from a decade ago...not sure if accurate: For our old zones (based on local goverment city boundaries): metro: Cities of Melbourne (part), Prahran, Caulfield (part), Moorabin (part), Mordialloc, Springvale (part), Chelsea, Shires of Bulla, Whittlesea (part) country: Golburn Valley and Mid-Murray Pretty sure we recruited the Healy brothers from the Mordialloc 'region'.

For the flip side of that story. My recently stolen, much loved car, was found abandoned all smashed up, in Maribynong - a looong, looong way from home. 😢 Apparently involved in a some 'really bad things' (quote from Footscray police). Also, the thieves, used up a chunk of my etag and racked up nearly $1,000 of traffic fines in just the first 24 hours. Then they changed the number plates so the police couldn't detect it on the roads.

Not a lot new to add from bigfooty: Yeo to be named on the extended bench to keep Melbourne guessing for a day, but to play WAFL It'll probably be a 10 to 15 goal hiding so I don't think there's any point rushing older blokes back in… These young blokes need to see first hand a hardened and seriously fit team go at it. Naitanui to be a surprise inclusion this week. You heard it here first. If only just to stand there and help avoid giving away 6/6/6 free kicks There is a positive, this season will be impacted but for the long term we can focus on list building and testing players. Common sense says I should be thoroughly [censored] off with our turn of fortune on the weekend but surprisingly, I'm not. Our young fellas show promise and there's still a bunch yet to debut, so the future looks bright. For those piling s*it on the medical and S and C staff, grow up and and channel your anger and disappointment in some other manner. Take off your poo-coloured glasses and take solace in the fact that we would have beaten the Dockers last Sunday if we hadn't lucked out. Bring on Melbourne and hope for a good showing, it ain't gonna be easy but that's the way it should be! Ginbey on some loser called Viney Jesus christ, Viney weighs as much most big bodied midfielders and yet +10cm shorter than em Have an advert keep popping up on Facebook, video from the eagles advertising upcoming game, featuring, all the blokes who won’t be playing 😕 think we can win this one now Brown is out. I don't mind the look of the team other than the HFF. We're going to need our tall forwards to kick us to victory. Yep, Brown the only thing holding WCE back from defeating Melbourne. My favourite: Hawks may have some competition for #1 pick in the draft: Tanktical™ Match Committee We will win!

A nasty lot at Reddit, eh? That is why they are on my 'dance on grave' list. I recall when they beat us in 2019 the players sang their song with a nasty insult to us at the start. Its one thing for fans to be nasty but the players... They deserve all that they are going thru. It is looking like they were satisfied with their premiership and it has all gone downhill since. From bigfooy:

She has an amazing ability to 'sell the dummy', side step and find space sometimes all at once. Even in our game where players can tackle they may not be able to catch her too often.

Well, if you give me the Jayden cut out you'll have room for the Langdon graphic, no? 🙃🙂🙃 Re Max's 200; missing 4 games gets him there in round 24, missing 6 would be in the second final. Unless he misses more weeks I have no doubt he will reach the much deserved 200 this year. We won the premiership on Viney's 150th so yeah, Max's 200 in a GF would be extra sweet.

We can ask but it is a bit early for Santa...😢 Yes, very sad that we hold the dubious honour of the two biggest losing margins... This week I wish for a good game, bank the 4 points and have no injuries.

I forgot about that. Happy for a good win this week.

... I thought we lost by 186 to Geelong? Either 187 or 188, I would love someone else to have the largest losing margin record - couldn't think of a better team than the Eagles.

Agreed. Geelong, Eagles and Blues have been the guilty ones to openly gloat in recent times. We are slowly getting our own back...

187 will do...😀

😀 The DA will need a lot more paper and tape for a few more milestone banners. We can add these players: 200: Hibberd, Gawn, Grundy 150: Neal Bullen, Langdon, Lever, 100: Spargo I assume you will claim the Landon 'graphic' to sit along side the 'cut out' of Hunt that miraculously survived the public transport system!!😀

Anyone else think it odd that Dangerfield claims their problem is confidence? cats-have-hunger-but-lack-confidence-says-dangerfield Lack of confidence after a couple of losses that followed 16 straight wins and a premiership. Doesn't wash for me!! More likely this - from Cameron about start of preseason again “...skin folds were over 120. All you think about is beer fumes and just food, that many Maccas burgers and hash browns, egg and bacons,” Cameron said on the Tommy Talks podcast...I still haven’t looked the dietitian in the eye.” kane-cornes-says-geelong-cats-are-satisfied-premiership-hangover-jeremy-cameron-preseason-comments Self satisfied with their flag and that they proved the point 'dad's army wasn't past it. That cliff is one year late but it has arrived!!

So what happened to the 'upgrade' of penalties in week 1 to Pickett and McAdam for 'potential to cause damage'. Logue and Acres got one week with no 'upgrade'. Its one thing for the AFL to 'take a stand' on a principle ala Pickett and McAdam but then to drop it a few weeks later is farcical! More importantly it sends completely the wrong message to players.

Bigfooty: Not much to report so far. Understandably they are preoccupied with their injuries and replacements. There appears to be some new injury outs that haven’t been reported in the media yet. They are expecting at least 5 and maybe 7 injured players from last week to be 'forced' changes. I detect resignation more than doom. There was still room for a bit of humour by a few posters. Well, everyone who wanted the over 30s out in lieu of playing the kids got their wish... If culley doesn’t get a game I’ll spew Lets do a Sam Mitchell Cleansing now get ready for Mid Season draft and then End of Season/Draft & Trade. We aren’t beating Melbourne. Melbourne will easily be the shortest price favorites for the round. What was the injury to SPS? Been real good in the two games he’s played… …s**t haircut I have a morbid excitement to watch this weekend with the forced youth policy. The emotional part of me says I've well and truly had a gutful of these highly remunerated but often absent 'credits' boys and can the lot of them. The more rational part says if we chuck out ALL the oldies then we're asking for the pain that Hawks/Norf are currently going through and in the past Melbourne/Carlton have experienced. What concerns me about this week is that with no rotations in the 4th quarter last week you can bet that those that were left were being pushed in the "red zone" as the sport scientists call it. In other words being more vulnerable to injury.. someone ******* throw this medical department out, enough is enough. Fritsch is the one I see causing us big problems. I don't see a good match up for him. My favourite: Oh dear, playing Melbourne ... Waterman would be great in a good team I'll check in again later in the week after selections.

Based on Goodwin's post game pres conf I would guess his votes to be: 5 - Oliver 4 - Grundy 3 - Langdon 2 - Petracca Which means Longmire's votes would be 5 - Petracca 4 - Oliver 3 - Langdon 2 - Grundy Can't guess the 1 votes. NB: Pure guesses!

Aww shucks, my head will soon swell 🙃 from compliments. Thank you 🙃

Because I didn't notice him😲 Fixed!

Votes: 9 - Oliver 7 - Petracca 6 - Langdon 6 - Grundy 1 - Hunter 1 - Chandler Not surprised a Sydney player didn't get a vote. Split: 5/4 - Oliver 5/2 - Petracca 4/2 or 3/3 - Langdon/Grundy 1 - Hunter 1 - Chandler Leaderboard: 20 Luke Davies-Uniacke NMFC 20 Jordan De Goey COLL 18 Nick Daicos COLL 17 Tim Kelly WCE 16 Mason Wood STK 15 Darcy Parish ESS 15 Callum Wilkie STK 14 Marcus Bontempelli WB 13 Harris Andrews BL 13 Izak Rankine ADEL 12 Toby Greene GWS 12 Clayton Oliver MELB 12 Christian Petracca MELB 12 Matt Rowell GCFC 12 Luke Ryan FRE 11 Jeremy Cameron GEEL 11 Nick Larkey NMFC 11 Jake Lever MELB 11 Callum Mills SYD 11 Mason Redman ESS Our guys have some catching up to do. Reckon Matt Rowell might rise up the leader board fairly quickly.

How do you work out the neutrals? It sounded like 75% dees...

And in the VFL and AFLW to make it a quadrella of 🏆🏆🏆🏆🍾🎉🍾

Great to see Matt Rowell get back to his stellar career start after awful injury setbacks: "... putting together three brilliant performances. He had 28 disposals to stand almost one-out against Sydney, followed it with 22 against Essendon and then racked up 24, along with game highs in contested possessions (18), clearances (nine) and pressure acts (30) vs Geelong". That is an unreal set of numbers! Reckon he will give the Brownlow a bit of a shake this year. iirc mid last year someone from the club said GCS had been the hardest game. It was at Metricon where this year's game will be. I'm sure we won't take it lightly.

Oliver has a better chance with Max not playing to take votes from him. A few BOG's over the next month will go a long way to getting him home.

Yes lack of discipline was the context but I felt he didn't need to add the bit about 'handing it to them on a plate' as they also scored from our frees/50's against.