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Real lack of excitement on Mitch Lewis' return. I love seeing this guy play. Marbior's gonna love it too. As much as we're all excited for Dear and surprised at how well he's played - Mitch Lewis is such a massive upgrade on 5-game player.

Do these footy media morons know it's July?

He's just guessing and stitching together all sorts of random points here. He might end up at the Cats but there is nothing that these journos are saying that reveal the actual likelihood of it happening

85% - what an absolute dickhead.

Rubbish list where every player is only good because of the other players around them

Yea I agree it's a massive penalty.

Buddy's contract and standing in the game broke the model and the special conditions clause should have been considered. Buddy got a $9m contract. I think it would still be one of the league's biggest contract if it was offered today - even though it was 11 years ago with a much smaller salary...

It's wild looking back on it that he was tried as a forward pocket. His biggest weaknesses are overhead marking/reading packs. But hes a beast and a tackling machine - and very quick with his hands.

I didn't think he was that great at the giants - but how did Essendon ruin him so badly?

I agree with this The umpire obsession in football at the moment is insane. People are now remembering shitty umpiring decisions from months and years ago - more so than great goals or marks. Look at how many pages of chat on a great mark versus how many pages of chat on a contenious umpiring...

Dangerfield is a gun. He's a tosser, but he's such a powerful player. Really affects the whole area of the ground he's playing in even though he's not getting 35 touches a game anymore

Serong

Geelong are just never an easy side to play against no mater how well they're travelling. There's no version of this game that is a cruisey 4-5 goal win.

'Leading the race' does my head in. It's not a race - it's a contest. it's selection process. The prize doesn't go to the first club across a metaphorical line, or even the biggest contract. Clubs don't 'race' each other to win a premiership. Semantics - and I should not care so much.

They don't 'have' to keep it in but the rule is written expressly to encourage players to keep the football in play. I kinda like the rules that encourage this. And hawthorn is playing in a way where we tend to flick it around a bit near the goals and get it into Amon's or D'Ambrosio's hand as...

I think depth is really hard to create these days give drafts are smaller, and there's 18 teams. If a guy like Ward say, who's a high draft pick and has performed pretty well when exposed to AFL level, spends a lot of next season in the VFL he would be crazy to stick around. His career could...

We're making different points - you're tracking down the path of literal rule making. e.g. someone was within 3m. They define that as pressure. Therefore he was under pressure, therefore the free kick was incorrect. That's your point. I'm making fun of that point, by showing that the guy was...

hahaha look at the 'pressure' that was within 3m

This is a much better rule

But I think we can all agree it was pathetic play from Geelong to appeal for a free kick instead of trying to tackle the guy. Absolutely gross way to 'earn' a goal

Oh so the 9 metres is irrelevant because the free kick was based on the basis of parts B and C of the rule. (cos it says A, B, C or D = free kick). Also the intent/spirit of the rule is that the player tries to keep the ball in play, the Essendon guy ran over the line when nobody was even...

The Geelong players were facing the umpire - they weren't putting any pressure on the guy who just ran it over the line. In terms of defining what a deliberate rushed behind is - that's it. Is the 9m rule actually written anywhere?

Everything you said here is spot on. You can never please everyone with umpiring - and there's a real line now of highlighting the discontent that exists and magnifying it. Brad Scott commenting on this stuff is a real twat act.

I don't think bringing in a debutant is gonna shake the boots of any opposition coach

Just like the old 'uncharacteristic turnover' from Chris Judd.

And after the game Chris Scott said that Tom Stewart would probably be the best small forward in the comp if he played there.

He just keeps finding it huh? How many other small forwards in their first 10 games can miss a shot and think "I'll have another chance in 10 minutes or so" He sliced the first one which is an overcorrection on his big hook action. But nailed the second and it was unreal to watch

I think it might be brewing. If they lose to Collingwood then a lot of their games start looking like 50/50 games. I reckon one of Adelaide or St Kilda will have an upset win over them too.

What a bullshit season though - the 13/18 sides have winning percentage over 50. The bottom 5 sides are utter crap