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Joel Smith would still be my choice from those 3 - physically capable of having an impact against an opposition that is battle hardened JVR if it was a nothing game against weak opposition but we don't have one of those games left this season - his time will come soon enough after a big summer/pre season Mitch Brown is not an AFL footballer IMO

What constitutes most suitable in this context ? Having zero impact ?

I can really only remember him in this years pre season game against Norf where he looked overweight and couldn't get a kick Anything but a jet that day

I'd say there may be some truth in that - Fyfe replacement of sorts

His 4 Out of bounds on the full was good

In an article today Longmuir was quoted as follows referring to the David Mundy retirement "He is close to the end, and we need to make sure we put all of our own personal issues and indifferences to one side and see if we can help him achieve what he wants to achieve in his last handful of games" It was quite a strange thing to say I thought and suggests that things perhaps are not what they should be in the Dockers camp link below Dockers urged to do it for Mundy in AFL (msn.com)

And probably made in Bangladesh 😃

If your avatar is any indication of your wardrobe preferences it seems you are more a beard guy than clothes guy 😃

Rivers going nowhere after last week

Bowey was v good this week in the VFL game - not suggesting he should replace Hunt atm but certainly working back into some good form - keeps the pressure on our small backs which is always a good thing

I thought they used Aish to tag Oliver in the second half of this years earlier meeting - worked well for them that day Aish did a good job and was certainly one of their few good players Friday night

Howe played this week ?

Well if Max was confident he was going he wouldn't be stupid enough to say those things he would just say nothing - sounds like he hasn't made a decision to me Does not mean he will want an extension but it suggests to me he hasn't made a clear decision either way yet

Exactly and why wouldn't any young aspiring ruck want to stick with him - and for that matter why would you give up the opportunity to play alongside Trac, Clarry and Gus (amongst others) every week I've said it before but so far LJ has said zero about his intentions - it is the feral media (BT is the absolute worst - what a complete [censored] of a human being he is) that keep suggesting he wants to go back to Perth Until I hear it from Luke I still don't know why he'd do that - a lot of people on here might look a bit silly buying into the speculation (a bit like the Gus situation)

I would love it if he just said I'm staying put because I love the MFC and the great mates I've made who can bring home more flags

Interesting from Max Gawn tips Jackson to ink new Dees AFL deal (msn.com)

Joel looked a bit rusty in the first half but definitely better in the second half as you’d expect He may need another run at Casey to build some match fitness

Smith got better as the game wore on - bit rusty early as you’d expect but he did some nice things in the second half and some good marks It was a difficult day for talls given the windy conditions so not really ideal for him or M Brown Howes was ok but didn’t get much of it and turned the ball over a couple of times with poor disposal - again probably couldn’t expect much given a long time out - needs a big summer in the gym IMO

No he’s not a shadow of LJ

Thought he went to Perth as an emergency- is he playing today?

Hope it’s more 40 than 60 and LJ stays put where he belongs with his mates at MFC - length of the Flemington straight more value than a washed up Grundy IMHO

Lucky Milkshake couldn’t throw a left hook I’d say

Jackson rucked well and jumped over his opponent consistently - hope he sees that the Dees are the team to stick with Dockers are real pretenders

Jack Viney - he’s the man that sets the standard - outstanding Great team effort well done Dees No Luke Jackson singing the song after the game - wtf is that about

Very very good footballer - under rated by many IMO