Straight Sets Simon

Centre clearances aren’t important.

Cripps is so good. I can’t believe how many people wrote him off, he’s been playing injured for so long.

That’s so dumb, a player should be allowed to go and stand the mark no matter when.

Carlton fans booing what was clearly high contact to Riewoldt is hilarious.

Martin and now Cripps have talked back to umpires for no penalty.

Tom being a pickle and Beveridge being a pickle are two separate issues.

Can you hear that? That’s the sound of every footy journalist frantically trying to delete all their chat history.

The HTB against Petracca that lead to their first goal was awful, but the no talking back rule is great.

He looked fit, I guess finally being able to do a pre-season has helped.

This will sound weird but that win vindicated our premiership to me. Hard to explain, it just made it all feel real.

Gawn is an all-time great but some of his taps leave a lot to be desired.

Repeating myself here but this is the thread for it. The funniest thing is Beveridge saying Tom Morris has a “conflict of interest” by being a Melbourne supporter after he used his platform on the club’s official podcast to get inside information for his stories.

6. Petracca 5. Brown 4. Langdon 3. Fritsch 2. Brayshaw 1. Smith

Did he rip into any journos as well?

I hope Bedford keeps his spot (as the substitute if nothing else), he was very composed and neat. Played his role perfectly.

I can’t stand Tom Morris (mentioned already but he described Salem as a soft half-back flanker which shows how little he knows about the game) but that was totally uncalled for and unprofessional by Beveridge.

The funniest thing is Beveridge saying Tom Morris has a “conflict of interest” by being a Melbourne supporter after he used his platform on the club’s official podcast to get inside information for his stories.

Still prefer to win the clearances, that’s when the Bulldogs were on top they were dominating the ball in the middle. Clearances and conversions, two most important stats in football and simply backs up what the eye test shows.

I assume the Bulldogs are now going to blast out a rendition of “We Are the Champions” in the rooms after this game.

Can we stop gifting Treloar late goals please.

Hope that doesn’t come back to bite us.

This game is far from over.

Solid Harmes.

Love to hit a target in the forward 50.

Here we go.