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He’s been such a wonderful servant of the club, Darling. Maligned, sure, but you can never fault his work ethic or the impact he has on the side when he is up and about. Takes a lot of heat off our other key forwards by always being a threat. Truly deserves our #2 goalkicking spot. He has had...

5. Waterman (so comfortable with the ball in his hand these days) 4. Yeo (only midfielder that can really say they weren’t beaten today) 3. Hough (Reid aside, just about my favourite eagle these days. Developing nicely) 2. Gov 1. H. Edwards HM: Petch, Duggan

It would be nice to have our rebuild assisted with highly rated academy boys that only you have access to. Not Gold Coasts fault of course; that’s the rules that the AFL have allowed. When they learn how to win away from home they are going to be a helluva side.

Effort was good. Just lacked the skills and the maturity to work through what the GC system off ball. Carrying a few which became obvious when GC hit in the 3rd. Williams well beaten, as was our midfield bar Yeo. reverse score line to the bulldogs game, which makes a lot of difference but...

Really happy to see Darcy Jones play well. Rough first year doing his knee, but he looks electric. Giants just in cruise control. Lions seem unable to run to defend.

Saints look like a team in limbo. Good enough to be middle of table but not good enough to seriously challenge. Where does the improvement come from? Lots of solid role players and decent footballers but little genuine A graders. Ross has them playing a structure but they really looked out of...

There was a part of me that thought Ryan went to HB to get some extra miles in the legs without the real temptation to contest up forward. He’s such an X factor though- if he’s close to fitness I think he plays and Maric maybe goes back for a full run. Freo are strong defensively and we will...

I think judging by Yeo’s comments yesterday I think a few of the players thought like we did that he was robbed. In fairness I’m happier to see him get it in a win and Darcy was also a well deserving nominee last week. That North win against Gold Coast from last year is truly a gift that just...

At this point I don’t really care about the song. Just so long as they keep playing it at the end of games I’ll be happy to be sick of it. Could it be improved? Yes, sure. Reckon most of us would get down to eagle rock, over our current song. But think like a lot of things of late the club...

Older than me, actually haha. But I am legal enough now so age is just a number ;)

I think the positive about our midfield right now - all of them can break tackles. All have the power to burst through. It’s something that set Judd, Kerr & Cousins apart as a midfield group and it’s something that is becoming a trait in our younger boys, backed up by Yeo and Kelly who already...

I legit said the exact same thing to my wife this evening. It’s that pure knowledge you are witnessing the early days of a legitimate champion. Win lose or draw I just want to see what happens next.

I think the thing with English is that he will make us a better side, so I have no issues us going after him. He’s an excellent 2 way runner and link up player and I think something that often is overlooked is how much he does off the ball to support his defenders, a need we will start to have...

I remember Masten was a small inside midfielder pre-draft and inevitably ended up on a wing. See some similar traits in that clip with Jagga Smith. Granted, I’ve only seen highlights so this is not based on anything other than that but to me he moves a bit like Lachie Ash. Wouldn’t be...

Im not upset having Gaff back, he’s at least gone back to WAFL and picked up a bit of ball over the last couple of weeks. If he’s named he will have my full support as all the boys do. He’s not useful as a sub, though IMO. His strength is his running and I’d much rather we use that on the role...

A sneak peak on the Reid v Martin match up for Sunday.

Oh I meant Sam Maclure is aspiring to be Kane Cornes, just lacks all of the things that Kane actually does bring. I agree with this for the most part. Kane does usually bring a fair bit of insight. He gets on his high horse a bit too much in some respects but usually he brings an opinion that...

Sam Maclure probably just guaranteed that his Harley Reid comments will never ever die, now.. Kane doesn’t like us either but even he was trying to distance himself from that argument Sam was making. He seems like he is aspiring to be Kane Cornes, just without the credibility or ability to...

although I think that some of the pile on for Kelli is partly due to her gender, I didn’t think anyone here is saying that they don’t like Kelli because of her gender. If you don’t like them you don’t like them. Us losing consistently probably doesn’t help, either. I couldn’t stand Bruce...

To be fair to Kelli, it has felt like a decade since we last won a quarter. I don’t mind her so much. Luke Darcy and Cameron ling on the other hand… give me Kelli over them any day.

I think with Ginbey it is starting to click a little bit- was it round one he burst out of a pack and no one could keep up with him? He shanked the kick terribly, but I think that was partly due to the fact he thought he was under pressure when in reality he was in the clear and could have kept...

5. Yeo: how good is it to see him attack the ball like the Yeo of old. Automatically makes us better when he’s like this 4. Gov. In AA form. Very on brand of him to hand a tooth to a trainer and keep playing. He’s ridiculously tough and puts his body on the line every week for us. 3. Reid. Wow...

I think the thing I like the most is how calm he is, even after breaking the tackle he’s not looking to rush - he shakes them off, then still has the composure to make the right decision. We know he isn’t going to be the complete package yet, all you want in these early days is to see the...

Didn’t expect the win. But could see we made Sydney work for the win. Finally won a quarter, but really we didn’t give up all day. Defended Sydney’s ball movement really well at times. They just had too much run and polish in the end. Gov, Yeo very good. Nice goal from Kelly in the last...

Best Midfield Trios in the league Port: JHF, Butters, Rozee Melbourne: Oliver, Petracca, Viney WC: Reid

I am surprised Rotham had come over as had heard he wasn’t 100% ready but glad he’s in, actually. I think our backline has a better balance with him in it. Although a defensive role on Blakey is an intriguing matchup. He could be a useful forward too. What id really like to see tomorrow. -...

Also, is it just me but every time I see the bombers I don’t think we made a mistake overlooking Hobbs. He seems very one paced, kicking suspect. Still young of course but even in a midfield crying out for a bigger body he’s relegated to a flank. We’d have eaten him alive.

Essendon still lacking a genuine big bodied midfielder and a defensive midfielder. Port Adelaide were able to get into full flat track bully mode and they never pass up that opportunity. Really struggled to move the ball and really weren’t prepared as a midfield group to defend for long...

I am always one to think that it’s never as good or as bad as it seems, especially when it comes to footy. But I think last year was significantly worse. We haven’t properly given up like we did last year. Yesterday we won clearances, and evened up the inside 50 count. How many times can we...

Effort is consistent, which I feel is a definitive plus on last year. We know it’s going to be a long year, so enjoying seeing our future come through. We’ve got to be better at taking our chances when we get them. But that comes with skills which should get better as our fitness increases...