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http://www.afl.com.au/stats/player-ratings/overall-standings I haven't checked these for ages as the rating system confused me. Last time I looked at them was a few years ago and there were no Demons in the top 100. Its a different story now. Five players in the top 50 is equal most of any club (alongside Adelaide). Max Gawn 23 Clayton Oliver 32 Nathan Jones 41 Tom McDonald 44 Christian Petracca 50 Jake Lever 94 For the record Jesse Hogan, who is now a superstar dominating games and has always been a gun , is ranked 269th.. so yeah I still have no idea how the thing works. (Maybe all his missed games last season?)... maybe the reason Viney is ranked way too low at 121.

What did you see?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-08/kane-cornes-team-of-the-week-r7-who-makes-it Four Dees in the team of the week. If we finish top 4 they could all make the AA team.

They should be talking about Hogan putting the season from hell behind him to be in career best, All Australian form. But no. Footy Classified didnt even mention the incident at all. No retraction from Lloyd. The media know they've embarrassed themselves the last 24 hours.

Our drafting from the 2012 draft onward has been superb. The only pick we really blew was Toumpas at pick 4 in 2012. Anyone know which draft was Jason Taylors first with the MFC?

Anyone still berating Jesse after the new footage came out should line up to be whacked in the throat by him to see how the react. I am guessing they wont volunteer for that though.

Will say it again, hes already a better player than Watts. And yes I will compare them as it was a direct swap and we will win it by the length of the Nullarbor

Coaches votes ST KILDA v MELBOURNE 8 Angus Brayshaw (Melb)7 Clayton Oliver (Melb)6 Jesse Hogan (Melb)5 Max Gawn (Melb)3 Michael Hibberd (Melb)1 Jack Steven (StK) LEADERBOARD 38 Nat Fyfe (Frem) 38 Tom Mitchell (Haw)34 Max Gawn (Melb) 31 Dustin Martin (Rich) 31 Steele Sidebottom (Coll)30 Rory Laird (Adel) 30 Jack Macrae (WB)28 Trent Cotchin (Rich)28 Patrick Cripps (Carl) 25 Brodie Grundy (Coll)

Oh its coming. And when the floodgates open the kid will be a star. 20 year old KPF whos now learning ruck at AFL level .... a very tough gig at a very young age but hes getting there. He was directly responsible for three straight goals in the 2nd half.. he kicked 2 in a row himself then handballed to Oliver for a goal.

The best handballer/extractor since Greg Williams (who hes now surpassed) utilizes his once in a generation gifts to dominate games and the media ask if he does it too much. We need less media, not more. They are intolerable.

It is insane. Cant believe this is the big story of the day He got hit in the throat, but Jesse is the bad guy? So pathetic

Interstate derbies Port vs Adelaide (Adelaide Oval) Freo vs West Coast (Subiaco) GSW vs Sydney (SCG or Spotless) Brisbane vs Gold Coast (Gabba or Carrara) Vic teams Geelong vs someone (Geelong) 1 game at the MCG 1 game at Etihad 1 game at Tassie (North vs Hawks?) Leaves one game between Vic clubs with no obvious place to play it.... maybe Ballarat? The Doggies played there on the weekend.

Gawn and Gus have combined for some beautiful clearances from centre bounces the last couple of weeks. We have a lot of fantastic mids but until now only Jack Viney seemed to have that telepathic connection with Maximus. It is a real gift.

Key stat leaders Clearances - Oliver 10, Brayshaw/Harmes 5 Tackles - Jones 9, Fritsch 6 Contested possessions - Oliver 20, Hogan 12 One percenters - O McDonald 8, Lever 5 Inside 50's - Brayshaw 8, Oliver/T McDonald 5 Time on ground - O McDonald 98%, Lewis 91%

Clearly didn't watch the game and only looked at the stats. Guaranteed. The first 4 were spot on though.

He needs to find another trick or two or he wont be playing senior footy much. Right now hes a sprinter playing footy, hes almost useless if he doesn't have the ball and running in a straight line.

Well we are 4-3 despite not really clicking yet and still have a bunch of players out of form. Our general Viney hasn't played a minute yet. All things considered we are in a great position to launch not just at the top 8 but at the top 4. Over to you, Melbourne.

Have the coaches told him to stop taking on the tackler every opportunity? Gets caught so often and regularly kills our momentum by not choosing the first or most obvious option. He thinks he is Dustin Martin out there trying to crash through everyone. If he played within himself and stopped trying to do things he isn't capable of doing, he would be a very good player. So frustrating.

Might be the same story against Gold Coast though,. as that will be 4 games in 17-18 days. We just need to get the win up there any way we can, nothing is ever guaranteed interstate and they are not terrible (3-4). Thankfully we then have an 8 day break before we play Carltank.

Brilliant. Must have been very hard for the Saints to watch today, even though Trac was quiet.

He is their great white hope. A tweener who is possibly the worst shot at goal in the comp. We have at least a dozen better young guns.

0 goals combined from Melksham, Hanna and Fritsch and we still kicked a decent sized score. Fritsch showed a lot today, he can impact a game without hitting the scoreboard and he can cover a lot of ground - 18 touches and 7 marks. Kid is good.

5-1 at Etihad under Goodwin. This is our ground now.

In - Viney, Salem Out - ANB, Vince (rest ) Bernie played well but he has played 3 games in 11 days, hes 32 and its a long season. We need players fresh for the back half of the season when things really heat up.

6 Angus Brayshaw (career best game, superb) 5 Jesse Hogan (dominant again, will be All Australian) 4 Clayton Oliver (28 handballs is insane - insanely good) 3 Max Gawn (AA lock, did as he pleased) 2 Michael Hibberd (back in form the last few weeks, carved them up) 1 Nathan Jones (a typical Jones game)