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Gutted

Petty has a massive presence on the ground and looks imposing. I absolutely love seeing him giving it to the oppo fans and players. Saw an interview with him after the game and he looked like a little kid. Proper stoked for the guy. Long may it continue.

Smith offers way more than BBB. He competes harder and applies genuine forward pressure. Should be picked first imho.

Don't know if anyone else in this thread has mentioned it, but we had one single tackle inside our forward 50. Not good.

When we stop kicking it down the line from kick outs we look so much better. We have the skills to play that way yet we rarely do.

Smith was much better than OK today. Looking forward to seeing what he can do with a few more games under his belt.

First quarter was terrible but can’t be overly disappointed with the loss. Port are a good team and that was hostile territory. We did well to be in a winning position and they just go on top of us. Need to sort out these quarters where our mids seemingly go missing.

He's an absolute Jet. Really hope he gets more midfield minutes.

Wouldn't mind seeing us put Rivers in the middle instead of Sparrow. He has elite disposal and can find plenty of it.

You have to pinch yourself at the moment with the amount of star talent on this list. It’s hard not to disagree with some commentators when they say only one flag would be a disappointment.

McDonald looking decent again.

Bloke was a Vice Captain at the Dogs before he ran into his personal issues. Whatever has led to him falling out with the dogs surely can be rectified. You don't become a VC in a club that has just won a flag if you're a liability.

I highly rate Hunter. Would be very good having him and Langdon on either side.

I'd say this is more a RC Cola for LA Ice kinda deal.

So we trade Weid for a worser version of Weid...

Agree. We also want to be a place where players want to play and want to come to, not one that holds players over a barrel. Players move clubs, it's reality. No vibes. Saw a rumour on big footy, which likely has zero substance, but how good would he look in our forward line. I'd happily give up a first and early second rounder for him.

Would love it if we could use picks from LJ to chase a KFP like Naughton.

Not sure if it's been mentioned but I thought we looked much better without a ruck in the forward line and just traditional setup. We were actually hitting up leads and there was space for the smalls to create pressure. The previous three weeks our conversion inside was 33%, 41% and 43%. Against Lions it was 56%. Double what we had agains the pies! I'm not sure where that leaves us when Gawn comes back, but I think we need to reduce the height on the forward line if we want to convert.

I've been trying to find a similar article that's headline was "what do Melbourne stand for?" Pretty sure it was John Ralph who wrote it, but haven't been able to track it down. Was written after the dogs beat us in preseason and we had a huge amount of players out for that game.

I was just reading we'd sold something like three years worth of the stuff in the lead up and post grand final celebrations? Is that still unders?

After this season let's just let the boys enjoy themselves. If your kids won't jump on board after seeing them win the big dance in their home state, I reckon nothing will get them on.

Running at 71% accuracy this season which is crazy numbers. I was calling him "Five Chance Fritsch" at the start of the year because he was so unreliable. Really showed me.

This absolutely made my day. Love BBB.

Where is the news Sparrow is leaving?

Footscray is basically token Western Suburbs these days given the gentrification. Out here in the boonies, Melton & Bacchus Marsh WB heartland, that's where you'll find toothless/shoeless doggies fans. Doug Hawkins lives just around the corner from me and I see him regularly grabbing a coffee.