At least with diarrhoea we'll have more runs on the board

OUCh!! It's going to be an uncomfortable night in front of the TV. Hope the neighbours won't hear me screaming my tits off. Amazingly, I sat in calm disbelief at Marvel Stadium last Saturday after reaching a state of zen resignation 10 minutes into the game All I want tonight is some energy and some...

On reflection I think you're pretty close to the mark

Wellard Saint, you're a hard man to impress.

Those assessments were pretty brutal, but everyone has a right to their opinion.

On balance, I think we'd be a better team right now with most of those guys playing, but it still wouldn't make us top four material,

It's been a long wait. Makes you think what could have been in those close ones we lost. I'd happily have 7 of those guys back in the team tonight if they were match fit and available.

It's probably the best 22 we have available. King still injured. No Dow, Clark, Webster, Crouch, Wood, Hayes, or Henry You can't put in your best team in if you have 8 or 9 senior players unavailable. It's a reality we just have to accept at the moment. With luck things will get a lot better in the ...

Don't know why I got it into my head that John Blakey had played for Sydney. Was he an assistant coach there at some point?

I know he had a screw inserted with the original surgery, which then got removed about a month ago because the surgeon thought it was causing more harm than good. It has been giving him a lot of pain and he couldn't train.

A screw normally means a fracture

Nick Blakey was Father/Son

Unfortunately, things look decidedly grim for James Van Es.

More ankle surgery after more damage done. That's his season over. The club will need to be super cautious with his rehab. It worries me that he may have the kind of damage that could be career threatening

The negative noise is pointless. People who say our list isn't good enough then go off their nut when the team doesn't perform like the Harlem Globetrotters evey week. If you accept the weaknesses in the list then you have to wear it when we have the odd game when things don't work out. Currently, w...

The pitchfork mob on here are running through the village again We have a lot of senior players out We've had two five day breaks in 5 weeks We have one stinking loss, and once again the froth spews forth from their mouths in incandescent rage. Never ending anger and negativity Tiresome and predicta...

Collingwood came off a bye. Port have not had a break yet. Fresh legs won the day. A lot of Port players looked similar to our guys on Thursday.

I just hope our guys can freshen up a bit before next Friday

We lack midfield talent and on top of that we have Henry, Crouch, Dow, and Clark out to make the situation even worse. We are minimum chips in there at the moment. It's a real shame none of those guys are fit. It would have been interesting to see them in the mix week in, week out. Yes it was bad ag...

Interestingly, all the teams who had a bye in the first 6 weeks have played either West Coast, North Melbourne, or Hawthorn in that period, too. GWS got lucky with getting two of those teams Geelong have played two of those teams in 5 rounds. It just shows that a combination of the draw and injuries...

Carlton, Brisbane, Gold Coast, and GWS all had byes during that period, too. Swans and Collingwood had byes last week and will come in fresh this week.

Not all games are equal. Not all situations are equal.

Combine a host of injuries with very short turnarounds and it makes it harder. I can't believe anyone could think otherwise

Coming into Round 5, this was the number of injuries to senior players at each club. Things have changed for a few clubs. Carlton's situation just got a lot worse as did GWS. Ours got a bit worse, too Geelong 1 GWS 1 Gold Coast 1 Port Adelaide 1 Collingwood 2 Bulldogs 2 Sydney 2 Brisbane 3 Fremantle...

It was pretty obvious watching it live that the players looked fatigued. The scheduling was a factor. These guys are human, not machines. We don't have anyone to bring in.King, Crouch, Hayes, Webster, Howard, Henry, Clark, Dow, Paton and Wood all on the sidelines with no confidence that any of those...

Hill
Windhager
Steele

That's it. Nearly everyone else had stinkers

Only two players played with genuine energy and hard running and they were Hill and Windhager. We know Hill is an aerobic freak and Windhager had a rest last week. I don't think it's a coincidence. Our scheduling in the past three weeks had a lot to do with that loss. The other is the fact that we h...

Unfortunately, I was at the game tonight. It was apparent from the 8 minute mark of the first quarter that there was a real lack of energy out there. Very sluggish. Players were not getting to contests, unable to spread. For the first time under Lyon we looked disorganised. I'd like to think it's do...

Why did he not cite Nick Vlastuin's dangerous tackle on Dan Butler a couple of weeks ago? That was more dangerous than the Cameron one.

I stick to my assessment of him

Out: King
In: Garcia into the 22. Jones as sub
Sharman to replace King in forward half

Michael Christian is a spineless fool at best. At worst, he is corrupt. Get rid of him. He is an utter failure. He should have been shown the door three years ago. I think we would get better decisions made by a couple of old drunk guys at the local pub. Everyone is sick of the incompetence, the inc...