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Parker is a necessary player who will help this team. He’s not quite at his best anymore, but we need him in the side for contested ball winning, experience in big games, leadership, and I think he has a lot of value to give as a forward as well as an on-baller. His role won’t be what it was...

It’s funny because I think actually he has tended to be a primary marketing tool of the club for the last 5 years but it seems to me that in the last 12-18 months they’ve moved to really pushing Errol, Chad, and Blakey as our biggest stars taking over from Bud and Heeney. You hear the club talk...

I agree with all of this but I do think it was the right time for a circuit breaker for him. He’s got those qualities and therefore he should be capable of more than he’s giving. I still hold the view that it’s the mental part of the game that hasn’t quite dropped yet. He seems to me like he...

You just don't see this very often where a player spends most of his time playing out of the midfield for almost 10 years at senior level only for him to become a top line midfielder. Not just a top liner, in fact, but genuinely the best player in the comp for 6 rounds now, showing no signs of...

I know who I'd trust more at this stage in a big game and it's not Campbell. Campbell would do well with some midfield minutes in the reserves to build his confidence back. He got some late minutes on Touk Miller when he came on, stood him at three centre bounces so maybe that'll lead to more...

Agreed, thought this was Lloyd's best game as a wingman so far. Looked the most comfortable out there that I've seen in his adjustment to the position. I loved that they didn't just stick him at HB again because Rampe is out of the side too and they stuck with him on a wing. That's where he's...

I'm remaining bullish on Will Edwards. I like how he moves and I think his defensive play is improving steadily. I hope he continues getting game time on the top VFL forwards from here like Sam Day and Levi Casboult yesterday because I reckon he could be a seniors defender in the next 18 months...

Looked to me he was playing a close checking role on Noah Anderson - was that what others saw? If so, Anderson had no real influence on the game so Jordon did a quality job.

5. Nick Blakey 4. Isaac Heeney 3. Brodie Grundy 2. Taylor Adams 1. Joel Amartey YPOTY: Matt Roberts

Said it a few weeks ago when he laid a cheap shot on Cunningham, but I genuinely can’t think of a more overrated, overhyped player in the league than Sam Draper.

Blakey playing on a young 200cm ruck suits me fine. Read is a very good runner but Blakey playing on him will allow him to run off and create at will. Need Fox and Wicks playing forward imo.

In the spirit of reflecting on Goodes, I met him once at a nightclub when I was around 21 and he was there with some mates. I was terrified to approach him but eventually I went up to him whilst he was waiting for a drink at the bar, told him how much of a fan I was all my life. He shook my...

And it's an appeasement based on bleating from Victorian clubs about unfair advantages as if Victorian clubs haven't won 15 of the past 17 premierships. If the Northern Academies are such an unfair advantage, it sure shows itself in a funny way.

Suns are in good form and are one of the best pressure sides in the league. They’ve played well historically at the SCG against us and their midfield stacks up about as well as ours. I won’t be surprised at all if we lose this because I think the Suns are a good team on the rise but I’m...

Funny, I thought Amartey was OK on the weekend. He's not a star and I'd love to have an upgrade over him on the list (I do think if Buller was fully fit he'd be breathing down his neck), but I actually thought he got to quite a few contests and was OK in terms of competing in the air.