Big Col

This HAS to be the standard now. I always thought it unlikely he'd get off but was bemused as anyone about Fogerty's collision with Fyfe being graded the same as Kozzie's. If your feet leave the ground and you hit someone in the head then you'll be suspended. Clearly Maynard would have got multiple weeks under the new rules.

Although unlikely, nothing would top off the weekend better than a come-from-behind victory by the Hawks in ther last quarter.

Think of it as an emotional hedge. We all want Collingwood to lose but if they don't you're financially rewarded. I have a number of friends who have won/lost lots of money betting against their own teams.

I'm so glad we don't disrespect our GF players like that (eg jackson) - and not really surprised that Collingwood supporters do.

Did I just hear Collingwood fans booing Ginivan?

I've been thinking the same. FWIW I think they will improve this season. Their VFL team took a big leap last year and are undefeated this year (2/2).

Nth have had plenty of drubbings too. Their percentage has been woeful for years. If you look at the past 4 years, it's worse than any 4 year period we had during Bailey or Neild years. Nth: 2023 - 3 wins 2022 - 2 wins 2021 -4 wins 2020 - 3 wins*(out of 17 games) Melbourne's three year bad patch of 2012,2013 and 2014 (where signs of recovery were obvious) yielded 4, 2 and 4 wins. 2011 had 8 wins. 2015 had 7 wins. We won 5 games in 2008 and 2009. They've had 4 very bad years in a row. If they have another bad year (as I stated in my post) without showing obvious signs of improvement they need help. I stand by that.

I've been running the line for the last few years that Nth didn't deserve high-end priority picks but if they don't show any improvement this year, they'll need some serious help. This is a worse hole than we were in. Priority picks that that they have to trade for players (similar to the mini-draft of GWS), increased salary cap, increased player list. They're at risk of having their young high pick midfielders not developing properly and/or leaving if they're not competitive soon.

6 - ANB (i have a serious man-crush) 5- Gawn 4- Viney 3- Rivers 2- Trac 1- Clarry

Oh yeah baby!!!! [will have a more nuanced comment later on.. but f$#% you PA and we are the greatest]

While I'd so love to see Petty up forward, he really is good down back.

Nearly throwing up from nervousness (although could be that I'm already on wine bottle #2 and the gsme hasn't even started). Big game coming from Jack V. I can feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it ... C'mon Dees

and J Smith (we're a player down atm)

Given the vagaries and overall inequities, compromise and inconsistency of the VFL competition (we SO need a dedicated reserves comp) I thought that today's effort was encouraging. The ideal spot for a reserves team IMHO is a mid to mid-high placed team (eg 5th-6th) that gives developing players a good look at both a winning and losing situations and that instills that victory only comes from team efforts (rather than an overdose of experienced AFL players). Jefferson looked good. Pity he got the yips. I'm happy for him to take his time developing before debuting. I'm significantly more confident about player development now than back in the days of MN and JW.

No, I'm not either (cough, cough)