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Yes l think this kid is real quality. One of the best kicks l have seen for someone so young, regularly roosts it on target more than 60m, a real attacking weapon in both the front and back half. Could be a real asset in the business end of the season. Good size too....

Yes I rate Dermie, along with Billy Brownless, as the dumbest footy commentators we are subject to each week. You can put Tony Jones in there as well. But then again, Channel Nine always goes to the lowest common denominator.....

Yes he is all quality that kid.

To me Viney is an automatic inclusion when fit, l would say for Melsham. But l must add isn’t it great that we have such quality backups. I would dare say Sparrow and Brown would be automatic inclusions in any other side in the AFL. Hadn’t realised until l saw him play over the last couple of weeks what an outstanding kick Sparrow is. The longest and straightest at the club l would guess. Great to see such talent.....

Yes Viney is ready..

AFL website works perfectly, especially as l watch it through my APPLE TV device using my ipad. Great trick!

The Adelaide loss, although unfair, may have been the reset we needed for the second half of the year. Goodwin dismissed any “crying over spilt milk” immediately after the game, and the team against the Dogs was as motivated and switched on as any this year. It may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

All of us on here have debated our optimal team for 2021 given our embarrassment of riches. We need to know what works best in various environments. Given our advantageous position on the ladder, we should have the flexibility to experiment with what is optimal in various conditions come September. Specifically, the one that is debated the most is how tall should we go? I am one that thinks in September we should consider playing Gawn, Jackson, Weideman, Brown, McDonald in the same team, playing Jackson on the wing to start. In the good weather in September, that could be deadly, but we need to test it to find out. I suggest the best game begin to experiment with this could be Queens Birthday against the Pies. Obviously it would not work in wet grounds, but a fine June day could tell us a lot. Subsequent weeks we could test in other combinations in other weather conditions. Let’s start with a team which looks like this: FB Hibberd May Petty HB: Hunt Lever Salem CC: Langdon Petracca Jackson HF: Spargo Weideman Pickett FF: McDonald Brown Neil-Bullen FOLL: Gawn Oliver Viney INTER: Jordon Brayshaw Rivers Harmes Sub: Melsham Pretty good side l reckon. What do others think?

May well be a smart move by selectors. Weideman has all the attributes to develop into an A-grade key forward, but has let himself down in the past by not applying enough gameday pressure. This might be a condition of letting him play this week ie demonstrate he is capable of pressure football in return for a continuing place in the side. One of the continuing advantages of our fabulous start to the season is that we can afford to experiment with selections to find our best combinations, and we always have BBB waiting in the wings anyway. I suggest there will be a few more such experiments in the coming mid year rounds, although after this Saturday we have a month of very difficult games when we will have to be at our best. We will do well to come out of it 2-2. If BBB can demonstrate gameday pressure and kick bags of goals at Casey, l have no doubt a spot will be found for him, especially as the weather improves as we move towards Finals.

After the bye....

Yes, Kennett so often behaves like a spoilt child when it comes to the Hawks, not least with AFLW. The likes of hawthorn, Sydney chose not to join the AFLW when it was formed, largely for chauvinistic reasons, and objections about distracting resources away from the men’s competition. Now of course it is becoming successful beyond anyone’s wildest dreams they are screeching about how unfair it all is that they are not let in for fear of being left behind, from an image and financial perspective. Leaving them out in the cold for a couple more years they only have themselves to blame. It couldn’t happen to more deserving [censored].

How did we win then???

There is, but there was also against the Tigers and the Cats. If we bring our “A” game there is no reason why we are not competitive, even superior, and in all cases this year and that has proven to be. We need fear no-one!!!. Remember, we beat the Tigers comfortably when they were supposed to be unbeatable, then they came out and beat the unbeatable Dogs. Our reputation, and fear factor is building rapidly. We should be, and are, using it to our advantage...

I remember very similar posts going up in the week before the Tigers game. Everything seemed gloom and doom to some but we still go that big game done. We are building an ability to lift when need be, which hasn’t been the case in decades. This is a seriously resilient team, which we all should appreciate, and well coached as well. We will go ok against the Doggies!

I was 12 years old in 1964, and sat up on the second tier of the Olympic stand next to the old mezzanine bar with my demon fanatic father and elder brother. it was a warm spring day with a lively crowd. I vividly remember after Neil Compton kicked the winning goal looking along the row we were sitting in and seeing Murray Weideman sitting at one end, chain smoking and his hand shaking life a leaf. We all had a good laugh when l pointed it out to my brother and dad. Unfortunately my brother has since turned himself into a One eyed Swans supporter, so at least one of us should be happy at the end of today.

Yes, for some reason l am more worried about this match than any of the others this season. We have a history of being rolled by the Swans when they are supposedly in poor form. Today they sit in the eight, so that just makes it worse. I do not however think they are going to have a stand out season - just beat us as per usual. Let’s hope not!

Yes, Jacko to the ruck for the majority of the time in the third quarter was a master stroke and shows our superiority in the strategic side of coaching. We could easily have lost on Sunday, but instead we asserted our superiority this year. All power to our recruiting staff. The arrival of Jacko, Kossie in one year by trading pics was pure genius, and has set us up for a dominant next 5-10 years. The fact that nearly all of our young stars are contractually committing to long term contracts with us just shows their commitment, and what a bright future we have over that period. It also shows what a superior administration we have. If you doubt that, look at the Pies, the Hawks, the Cats and the Eagles. I know where l would rather be...

I think you are forgetting what a brilliant game Jackson had when Max was monstered last week. The fact that so much attention was on him ( Max), freed us up to let loose the brilliance of Jackson. Get used to it AFL teams, there is very little you can do about it with such a brilliant combination.

He played initially for the Dees and then the Swans. He refers all things Melbourne to Gary Lyon On the Couch, who makes no secret of his support for the Dees. Healy never expresses emotions about the MFC, but does so regularly for the Swans. Let’s see tomorrow night...

Don't forget Healy is a fanatical Swans supporter, so judge him after next week’s game. If we lose, watch out!

I think you can put this game down to a performance we had to have. We should all be thankful it happened against one of the weaker sides in the competition, hence we still came away with the four points. It has also been a historic grave yard for us ie playing norf in Tasmania. Hopefully we should be much better at the “G”, although our record against the Swans has been pretty abysmal as well. Very much a danger game for us next Saturday, particularly as the Swans seem to be hitting a purple patch. I also think B. Brown will be much better at the “g”. He would need to be as today’s performance was well below par.

Yes, our for and against in today’s scores in percentage terms was less than our current percentage of 150, hence the adjustment

We are 7, not 6!

Sorry, forgot about our star recruit. Just show what quality we now have.

I agree with this. I hope that is the position we will end up in as we move to finals and play the last 6 or 7 H&H games for the year which will be testers, and will most likely reflect our finals plans. I see no reason why BB, Weid, Tmac should not play in the same side. Indeed it would make the strongest we have had in decades. Let’s bring it on...