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The Brereton/Yeates hit needs to be put in the context of Brereton taking Yeates out 10m off the ball at a boundary throw in on the city side wing at Princes Park early in the year. The hit in the GF was the square up.

So Mullin is fine??????

We would be stupid to trade Knevitt. Tall for a mid, can take a mark and good tank. He has been very good in the VFL this year and was excellent in a losing final on the weekend. No role for him at present but next year and the year after there will be. He has a lot of upside, just needs a...

Lot of guys seem to be getting concussed from heads hitting the ground. Surely the firm and dry surfaces that the big stadiums have is contributing to this. Years back before small fortunes were spent on drainage, grounds got soft and even muddy, probably enough give in the surface that at...

OH isn't a winger. If we need another winger (and Clark isn't one either) then pick Knevitt. Fitting all those forwards in isn't a matter of moving one or more out of their preferred position. The correct answer is to drop the one who is surplus to requirements (either Rohan or OH, my...

Edwards flying below the radar in this conversation. Two more preseasons and a few extra kilos and he has the potential to be something pretty special.

The AFL likely couldn't care less if there were 33,000 or 38,000 at the Hawks game if 40,000 seats had been sold. We play two home games at the G so the AFL can meet it's commitment to the MCC. The AFL like to have "record" attendances and Geelong playing Collingwood or Carlton at the G adds...

That table is a bit like software, doesn't really work until v3......

I don't think Hawk plays again and if that is the case then he likely he announces his retirement sometime around the Adelaide game and the club announces a major farewell for him at KP for the Eagles game. He deserves to say goodbye to the faithful at home and a ton of fuss and carry-on not...

The point is we sell more seats as a percentage of capacity than almost every other stadium in the AFL. If it's cold and wet and a few thousand people who have paid for the seats don't turn up then the AFL wouldn't care. The Hawks played at Geelong this year not because the stadium sold out...

Fair enough, I got the numbers from a listing of the capacity of all the AFL grounds. Seems the MCG one was wrong. Fixed the errors.

That's what the MCC claim it to be.

Team Games Average HG Capacity Collingwood Magpies 8 62,374 100,000 Carlton Blues 7 61,755 53,000 Essendon Bombers 7 60,233 53,000 Richmond Tigers 9 50,873 100,000 Fremantle Dockers 8 45,888 60,000 West Coast Eagles 9 43,242 60,000 Adelaide Crows 9 42,390...

No, it is nonsense. If there was only 50k at the MCG for a Hawks v Geelong game would it mean that both games should be played at Geelong the following season because the G was half full? Oh and that would be half sold, not sold out and only 50k turning up. The AFL cares about tickets sold...

What a nonsense argument. So the game moves to the Hawks home ground and we get 60,000 with a capacity of 104,000. What a waste of the billions in taxes the state government has poured into the MCG. Roos pull 25k to Marvel and capacity is 52k. Disgrace their home game should go to Gold Coast.

Atkins starts rather than being the sub so a direct swap for Parfitt in terms of inside mid. Clark is another to run through the middle. MOC being rested suggests that we don't intend to tag.

Seems we should have been pinged for holding the ball 187 times but sadly none of the Carlton supporters seemed to see Cripps two handed throwing it most of the night.

Shark has been good this year and was really good on Sunday. He is hard at it, tackles well, runs hard and is surprisingly good overhead.

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Lock in a trip interstate post bye.

At the start of the 2007 Brereton did a season preview for one of the papers. Had us last because we had no A grade talent. Turns out we had half the All Australian side. Point is that it is less about what the next generation is now and more about what they could become. None of us had Gaz...

They are going to have some serious salary cap issues in 4 or 5 years

The injuries have hurt but the lack of continuity has been a bigger issue. You get continuity and suddenly the system works better, we defend better, we are more efficient going forward. We need to get guys back but need to get a couple of weeks in a row where we are unchanged or have minor...

It's going to be wet. Can't see them playing 3 talls up forward if the forecast is right. They have played 5 games out of seven at Adelaide Oval, we have played one at GMHBA. Danger, Atkins and Blitz around the ball will be too big and too strong for them. Jez due for a big one.

As bad as this sounds, I'm just happy it's his head and not a leg injury.

There is a reason there are new stadiums in Adelaide and Perth. Besides the amenity for the locals, it drags plenty of people and their money from interstate. When there is a Tassie side playing out of the new stadium you can guarantee that literally thousands of Cat fans will make the journey...

I'm not sure living in Hobart would be as hard a sell as people think. Yep it's smaller than Melbourne but Geelong have shown that not being Melbourne can be a selling point. The lure of the big city doesn't seem to help the Giants retain players. It will come down to how well the club is run...

Taranto has butchered it all season. It's hard to be clean in close but he seems to just drop it on the boot without even looking. They are looking like Hawthorn at the end of Clarko's run.

SDK has had that knee strapped since the first preseason game and hasn't moved anywhere near as well as he did last year. Might be a good idea to get it fixed and not just try and get him to play through it.

I like the fact that he seems to have a little bit of angry in him. Couple of times he's been shoved or pushed in the pre-season and it's obvious he isn't going to take any of that nonsense.