Diamond_Jim

yep... our second half draw is horrendous... on the upside we will certainly deserve our place if we make it

A big thanks RGRS. It is definitely on my bucket list and I will avail myself of your kind offer for next year's game. Frankly I am surprised it is not better marketed to MFC fans but then again as an independent traveller I am always suspicious of the world of package tours. Also as part of indigenous round it should be given a hell of a lot more prominence back in the southern markets. I could back the game under the stars or similar as a destinational national blockbuster... sorry I don't love Darwin.

Looking like a very wet and cold weekend in Melbourne. If I was Viney I would be pushing to play in Brisbane.

Here's the link: http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2018/7/stk-v-melb

It was then and now considered a dive. Perception is more important than reality in the mass media.

nah... this is a popular vote award... will be won by a player who plays for the big clubs Bit of a joke actually having such an award ... worse than the Gold Logie

perhaps a little OOT to sue for defamation RGS but I suspect if it was one of Eddie's players we would see some push back. We should have been shaping the story last night... by inserting doubt the debate would have been about.." was it a dive".. Now it is accepted in the media that it was.

Just wondering is there any other team that plays 3 talls in their forward line. We also play Fritsch who has a strong overhead marking ability. WCE, Adelaide and GWS certainly play two talls that immediately spring to mind but I cannot think of any that play three recognised talls.

6. Brayshaw 5. Hogan 4. Oliver 3. Gawn 2. Hibberd 1. Jones The first three could be bracketed together as could the second three. HM to Spargo for his ability to harass the ball carrier and cause some turnovers as well as a very solid game.

I think what many people are saying that while his handballing is fantastic imagine what he might achieve by increasing his kick numbers. Close analysis of Sunday's games shows there were at least a couple of times when he could have kicked to advantage but he chose instinctively to handball to no advantage. He could be an absolute star of the game rather than the very very good player he is at present.

That is high praise... not sure that I agree he is at that level yet and I certainly don't think he achieved that ability at VFL level. Interesting that no one has mentioned his reluctance/inability to run repeated leads.

now you are talking .... I would pay extra for crowd noise only not to mention the ability to access different camera angles. The hyped up commentary is really jarring ... to me at least

Is that not Tom Macs primary role? Not disagreeing by the way but just trying to understand how we rank his success or otherwise as a role player. He is listed as having zero hitouts for yesterday's game. Not sure how much time he spent in the ruck.

Very reasonable opinion but Tom Mac is so more powerful as a marking forward than the Weid at present. Would you be prepared to reduce Tom Mac's goal scoring?

The radio comments were also rather disparaging at a personal level. Have no difficulty with the club getting on the front foot about this one. Oliver was sacrificed to the powers that be.. let's not see it happen again.

Weid has now had two games and undoubtedly he will play the next two. Interested in hearing from the experts what is the Weid's role in a team including McDonald and Hogan. Simply relieving in the ruck is not adequate and if it is we need to start ranking his hit out efficiency. Is he a decoy forward or a linkman perhaps? This post is not meant to be a criticism of the Weid or for that matter a case for the inclusion of Pederson ( he would face the same problem of finding a defined role).

the run to the bye has always been the key to our success. Turning at 7-4 is a minimum as 6 wins in the second half of the season will be great. 13 wins gets you 7-8 We can still turn at 8-3 and ride our luck with say 7 wins and maybe push for top 4. Today and the next two games is the softest part of our draw. Adelaide up north is a very big game as is the QB match.

Agree and listening to Viney being interviewed pre game it's a real possibility. Add his length out of the game with the fact that it is a road trip to play in what I thought would be warm conditions but I see the forecast is only for 22 ... my head says return for the Carlton game. With next week being a road game and a short turn around there may be an argument to rest someone and return Garlett. Wagner might also bob up... Interesting but good problems for the selection committee this week

nah.... Pies fill the media again this week

In the third quarter he was streaming into goal and handpasses at about 65-70 out.... the handpass puts the receiver under pressure ... Oliver plays a blinder to recover the ball and handballs again... the receiver fluffs the kick and Saints take the ball away. Oliver had two very good chances to kick the ball to the 20 metre mark where there were marking players available together with crumbers.... His goal in the last quarter came after he tried to handball but couldn't give it off. Great problem to have but he needs to balance the kick to handball ratio if he is going to be the star that all of us believe he is capable of becoming.

Thoroughly enjoyable afternoon at the Footy. Nice to know that feeling of smugness that Hawthorn supporters have had for so long. Now for the Suns !!

There was the first one

A real team effort. Brayshaw BOG Welcome back

We are all over them. The ground is a disgrace. Impossible to bounce the ball on the run. 50 points up at 3/4 time please

Tom MC in the forward line is so pleasant. Great goal