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Underlines what a strong team effort it was last Sunday. That said, Gawn was a bit stiff to miss out.

#freekickeagles giving #freekickhawthorn a run for its money.

However, should he end up playing for a Perth based club, then every second week he’d be guaranteed plenty of goals.

6 Harmes 6 Gawn 4 Melksham 3 Oliver 2 Brayshaw 1 Jetta

Pretty sure he's playing sore. Anyway, this thread's discussion may be better served by ignoring yesterday's horror show.

I think Shiel is contracted until the end of 2019.

Yes, we generally-speaking have an on-field leadership vacuum, that much I agree with. However, in this instance Lewis, made a very good decision. He set us up to have possession in a part of the ground where we had options to go down the line, middle, or switch. Sadly, Max and Angus got in each others way and stuffed it up.

Now just wait a minute. This thread is based on a falsehood , it was much longer than a minute to go. When Lewis kicked that we were 8 points behind, with 4 minutes on the clock. He kicked it to near the 50 meter arc in the direction of the point of the centre square - a good place to attack from. Gawn and Brayshaw got in each others way and messed it up. Lewis took the right option and executed his kick well.

Because we lack leg-speed and polish.

Whether you agree or disagree with the OP, this is a scenario that deserves discussion. I believe our squad lacks both the leg-speed and the polish to perform deep into September. How do we get it? Maybe, just maybe, we can snag Gaff as a RFA. Or a Hall type. Otherwise we're going to have to trade for the picks that can then be on-traded for ready-made players with the attributes we need to balance our list. Whose got currency? Hogan. You'd want a lot in return, but he's not untouchable.

6 Harmes 5 Oliver 4 Salem 3 Brayshaw 2 Frost 1 Tyson

That’s the spirit. Get the job done!

One of those being a 'thumping win'.

6. Oliver 5. Brayshaw 4. Hogan 3. Salem 2. Garlett 1. Harmes

One of the lessons learnt from last year is that we can beat the Eagles in WA.

It was intense TU. You’ll see some good footy in the 3rd quarter when you watch the replay.

6 Gawn 5 Oliver 4 Brayshaw 3 T Mac 2 Harmes 1 Lewis

It’s always deeply concerned me that we handed the reigns to a person with a documented gambling problem. Match committee selections and game day tactics have done nothing to allay those fears.

Disappointing is an understatement. However we can, and should, able to beat the crows, sunscreen and swans to lock in a finals appearance.

6 Oliver 5 Petracca 4 T Mac 3 Lewis 2 Harmes 1 Fritsch

Look, to be fair, not everyone follows the junior cricket development pathways.

Why is he persona non grata at the suns?

Make no mistake, we were robbed! How we didn’t win a Logie is beyond me. Our reality show, “the Melbourne Makeover”, which involves implementing a game plan that makes mediocre opposition look a million dollars, perhaps didn’t poll as well as expected due to a lack of free to air coverage?

6. Gawn 5. Fritsch 4. Hibberd 3. Salem

Last week yes, this week no. We lost this through poor selection, game plan and skills deficiencies.