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I think he's damaging because he can take a ball that 99% of the competition would allow to be locked in or couldn't hope to get clear and not only get it clear but get it to our advantage. He's unbelievable in close and clearly elite in this area. On this basis I think he should be in the side for what he is, an inside beast because no other inside mid has matched him as that role player

Kane Kornes is on a twitter rampage trying to defend claytons non selection saying he isn't damaging enough.

He has a lot of time in close and he's strong over the ball but his kicking hasn't improved. I actually think he's genuinely okay kicking wise but he makes awful decisions at times. I wouldn't be against dangling him as trade bait. If we could get a good outside midfielder in return it might be a win-win

Giants needed to win to go to top spot. Failed.

Lions have put pick 1. Up for trade. I wonder if it'd be worth having a dip?

Pre season focus = unconditional effort to improve consistency Ball use

I'm concerned we are overpaying lever based on the offers being reported. I'd put tom McDonald, dom Tyson and Christian Salem and jack watts on the trade table. The first two can't kick. And the later two aren't ruthless enough. We need to put serious work into the mentally fragile minds at the club. If you can't bring basic effort week to week and beat bottom sides we'll go absolutely nowhere. 2017 is officially a failure and we have no one to blame but ourselves

Yes. Unless we develop a ruthless nature to put teams to the sword and bring effort every single week we will continue to be irrelevant we have to many players who ( and I know this for a fact) view AFL footy as a job and don't invest the way they need to for us to really be successful. I hope goody shows the same courage at the trade table as he has with some of our positional changes

Absolutely copping it from Collingwood supporters. You'd think the morons had made the 8 the way they're carrying on. [censored] you melbourne. If I had any sense I'd support another team

I won't lie, I will be shamelessly happy about it. But I don't like our chances of being there past the first week in any case

13th was probably higher than either finished as Melbourne players...

It'll be a team effort with lever and co, they'll be fine. Who crows still have a far more dangerous forward line. I can't see them scoring less than 100 points so the eagles will need minimum 121 to overtake us. Its not just about winning. Beating the top side by four goals is a big ask. Sydney couldn't do it with talia off for a big chunk of the game and tex having absolutely no impact

Just leaves Sloane, Jacobs, both crouch brothers, lever, betts, Jenkins, lynch, McGovern, Douglas, smith, laird, Atkins, Cameron and so on. They have some scary depth.

Crows won't risk entering a finals series on the back of two losses. Momentum is going to be the difference in this finals series and right now they have it, they won't want to lose it. Still a very strong side on paper and the eagles have been less than convincing yet somehow being talked about as though they're a top 4 side

Well it depends. Most take a couple of weeks to get right. They still have a very strong side on paper and three guys come in determined to hold their spots. Eagles never handle pressure and now they just have to beat the top side by 4 goals to get a finals spot. A side that even without walker is capable of scoring very quickly and ripping the eagles web apart. Not only do the crows win but I reckon they do it quite easily

Still backing Adelaide. They're in good form and the eagles have been average for a while. Crows will want to hit finals with momentum

If we make it... are we a better side without gawn in it? He was a liability today. As was tom McDonald thanks to his kicking.

the umpiring was disgusting. Some of the worst I've seen.

Tom McDonald's kicking in that last quarter was a disaster. Not sure we can afford him down back. He offers a lot more up forward damage was done in the first quarter and the maggots did all they could to get them across the line

I can confirm from various credible sources that the MFC have entered into multi million dollar negotiations with a rival player. That player is Zac Dawson. Nathan jones has expressed that he will happily set aside and allow Dawson to be outright captain of the club. The deal is expected to be 15 years and 45 million dollars and the AFL has allowed some exceptions to the salary cap rules to allow this, in the name of equilisation. The likely trade would be Clayton Oliver, Jesse hogan and Christian petracca as well as our 2017/2018 first round picks. I still honestly believe this is a steal given the quality of Zac Dawson. Given this news the bookies have installed the MFC as premiership favourite for the next 15 years

I'd argue that without Roos Goodwin would likely be coaching the crows. But I do agree with your point

Based on the interview with peter Jackson when asked about lever he refused to confirm our interest but said " it's exciting that players want to come to the mfc, it's our goal to be a destination club" reading between the lines I think he's ours if we can satisfy a trade for he crows

I want to see watts breathing fire. After all he's copped and the team has copped. Beating the pies the team who attacked him to lock up finals if jack can't find motivation to rip a game apart today, he never will

Dees by 30 points. Harmes, petracca, hogan all kick 3 nathan jones guides us home with 35 touches and 2 goals

If (when we land ) lever does tom McDonald become a forward again? I honestly think he offers more up that end of the ground