Demon Jack

You can't understate how impressive that win is. Swans were playing for a home final and had the emotional motivation of Buddy's farewell behind them. They were all over us in that third quarter and we slowly worked our way back into the match. Full credit to our leaders in Petracca, Gawn and Viney who kickstarted the fightback. Gotta mention Laurie as well. Had some important touches when he came on for Melk.

We looked much better in that last 5 minutes. Laurie having an immediate impact.

Love Chandler but he's having an absolute shocker.

Port running away with this now. Fourth spot and a match up against Collingwood in week 1 of finals looks all but confirmed. EDIT: Dusty goal brings the margin back to two goals...

Gee, Tex is so good to watch when he's on. 9.4 tonight takes him to 76 goals for the season. Sam Taylor has a big job on Curnow tomorrow.

At the MCG today to show some visiting international friends our great game but most importantly, the joy of death riding. Go Hawks!

In: Fritsch Out: Schache Laurie sub. Thought he showed some good signs today. Smith stays forward with Tomlinson playing in defence. Undecided on whether TMac gets a run or not.

6. Lever 5. Rivers 4. Melksham 3. Brayshaw 2. Sparrow 1. ANB

Brayshaw starting forward. Interesting.

Looking forward to seeing Laurie get a full game. Been very consistent in the VFL over the last couple months. I like the Schache sub choice. Gives us some added flexibility forward.

Great flashback to game number 1. Think this was Jeremy Howe's first game to from memory. Dennis Cometti at 2:13 😄 "Oooookay..."

One last roll of the dice for 'Gawndy'?

He looks like someone who hasn't played a game of football for three months. In all seriousness, he's competed ok in the air and ruck. Our inside 50's haven't helped.

Can he play as a key forward?

Beautiful coast to coast play. Mark and goal to 'Starship' Jefferson.

We have forward depth, but it's not Goody's fault that we've been decimated with injury issues in that part of the ground. TMac, Fritsch, Brown and Petty have all spent time on the sidelines this season. JVR and Jefferson are still raw but have promising futures.

Adams has been impressive

Ned Cahill with a Kingsley like performance so far with four goals for the half. Nice piece of play from Jefferson who bullets a pass to Buntine who brings it back to 14 points.

Harmes caught holding the ball in the centre and the Blues with an opportunistic goal.

Seems completely devoid of confidence at the moment.

Spargo involved all over the ground. Kicking goals, linking up in the midfield and spoiling opposition forwards at the moment.

Kynan Brown drops a sitter but recovers well. Spargo opens Casey's account for the day after taking a nice mark.

I know everyone's talking about the score review, but what about Salem's miss minutes earlier? He should've slotted that with no issue.

First game that I'll be in attendance since ANZAC Eve. Excited!

From what I've seen in the VFL so far this season, 'Starship' has a good pair of hands, a big leap and a reliable set shot. However, physicality and defensive pressure is definitely something he'll be working on during the off season which is nothing to be ashamed about considering his inexperience. Still, he's kicked 21.14 from 16 VFL games so far this season which is a decent effort for a first year tall forward. Pending improvement and opportunity, I could definitely see a Woewodin type situation where he's given a taste of senior action for 3-4 weeks sometime next season before he hopefully pushes for regular senior selection in '25.