Our line-up: B: [32] Matthew Carroll [23] Jacob Weitering [11] Mitch McGovern HB: [13] Blake Acres [26] Nick Haynes [42] Adam Saad C: [20] Elijah Hollands [9] Patrick Cripps [4] Oliver Hollands HF: [18] Sam Walsh [10] Harry McKay [3] Jesse Motlop F: [8] Lachie Fogarty [30] Charlie Curnow [33] Lewis Young R: [12] Tom De Koning [5] Adam Cerra [29] George Hewett Int: [19] Corey Durdin [38] Will White [36] Cooper Lord [15] Sam Docherty [2] Lachlan Cowan
Em: [44] Francis Evans [25] Jaxon Binns [27] Marc Pittonet
I wonder what Frankie Evans knows that keeps him in the picture? I can't see any other reason that he's that close to a game. Binns: I guess he deserves a try. Pitto: Yeah, he has to be close.
I think Evans had a high tackle count in the last game and maybe is seen as someone who can play a run with role as he seemed to spend a lot of time up the ground rather than down forward.
Neo-nazis wearing crude Hasidic Jew costumes turned up at pre-polling station in Kew and handed out pamphlets with a manipulated Liberal Party logo and anti-Semitic messages. The pamphlets were also widely distributed to homes across Caulfield. Election billboards for both Labor and Liberal candidates were defaced with red Stars of David. The pamphlets are authorised by Joel Davis, a prominent neo-nazi who incited violence against Jewish people from the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House and who is out on bail in South Australia for displaying a Nazi symbol.
While it is unlikely that the pamphlets and pre-polling station antics will have any bearing on the election, State Liberal MP David Southwick is spot on with his statement; “Let me be crystal clear: this is not politics. This is hate. And it has no place in our community.”
In other news, on Tuesday, witnesses reported a man in a Collingwood jumper lobbing an estimated half-dozen eggs at the One Nation candidate and his supporters as they handed out how-to-vote cards at the Wills pre-polling station in Brunswick. Sitting Labor member for Wills, Peter Khalil, has had his posters defaced with "Zio Dog", "Fully Cooked" and other slogans. Activists are unhappy with Khalil for what they say is his lack of action on climate change and the conflict in Gaza. Khalil could lose his seat to the Greens and, in this case, the vandalism and pre-polling station tensions could impact the outcome.
Finally, activists have gone to a lot of trouble to vandalise a Clive Palmer billboard in Brunswick. It now reads "Vote 0 Rump Riot”, with cartoon buttocks pasted over Palmer’s face, and "nonsense solutions to reduce the living."
All of these incidents are corroborated by several sources and backed up by photographs and video.
We are at the stage we need security at likely trouble spot polling booths. Had enough of these neo Nazi types and Gaza protesters too. We are way too soft on these clowns and I'd be finding a home for them at Port Philip. Had the misfortune to be in Stkilda the other night picking up a family member from a work function and it was like being in Frankfurt or Crackfurt as it's known with scary zombie like people smacked out on the footpaths and kids roaming streets. Victoria has become a wasteland for crime, gangs, extreme political groups and now even voting at polling booths is being affected. Had to put up with years of corruption with Andrews running the State and now Jacinta Allan has lost control of law and order. None of these politicians are worth voting for and we just have to sit back and watch the state and country descend into a mini America or Euro ghetto country.
I think Young might play....don't trust Haynes either on any of those physical type forwards.Walker would get my best defender. Saad on Keays from memory hasn't worked out too well either...prefer Saad on Rankine I'd be hoping our mids dominate and supply is minimal to the Crows forward line.
Rankine plays more midfield and Saad wont play there. Keays dines out on us, pencil him in for 4 goals now irrespective of who plays on him. Thilthorpe is there best and biggest fwd hence Weiters. They were saying on Fox Gov seems to do better agains the taller quicker more mobile fwds, dont know whether you'd call Fogarty to Walker quick and mobile. I 100% trust Haynes (now) to do a defensive job on either. Young is too flaky to play on Thilthorpe IMO.
Not sold on Haynes as a defender or his kicking, prefer Weitering on Walker. Thilthorpe has a hand injury which might negate his marking and help a player like Young who has the height to match him. Fogarty will be an interesting watch given his shoulder will be sore still and I'd be testing it out. Going to miss Jack and the Crows are a more difficult matchup for us than most teams and I think this game will be tougher than the Cats and a win will be a convincing sign we are a serious finals contender.
Maybe. I would assume it wont be Young who comes in Weiters - Thilthorpe Gov - Fogarty Haynes - Walker Saad - Keays Carroll - Rachele
I think Young might play....don't trust Haynes either on any of those physical type forwards.Walker would get my best defender. Saad on Keays from memory hasn't worked out too well either...prefer Saad on Rankine I'd be hoping our mids dominate and supply is minimal to the Crows forward line.
Far out, where is Dangers hit on Saad on the list? How dare we knock off the Cats... They are the most protected species in the AFL Geelong. You beat them on field, and they make sure you get rogered off it.
Dangerfield has more accidents than a Mumbai bus driver and its remarkable for such a skilled player how unco he can apparently get on a football field and have so many collisions where he escapes unscathed yet his victims are rendered injured or concussed. His attack on Sam Walsh last season where he drove his head into the ground was brutal, dangerous and he argued successfully it was the safe way to do it? Curtis from Nth did the same thing this round and copped three weeks......
happy with the win but we still seem to kick straight to the opposition and for us to take the next step we have to be better and Hollands E ,like to see him fitter and stronger to really go to another level.( i am not a fan of EH,but i hope he proves me wrong )
All teams kick straight to the opposition but we did it much less than Geelong; 99 uncontested marks to 61 and 14 marks inside 50 to 9. Disposal efficiency is a bit of a dodgy statistic but we were 76% to Geelong’s 67%.
I think that Lij’s time away from the club has got him a couple of weeks behind most of his teammates, but our forward line seems to work better when he’s out there.
Im a fan of EH and think he is important for the balance of our team and we dont have a replacement for him when he is unavailable. Players who can kicks goals as well as run on the ball have been hard to find over the years and he is one of those laconic types who can look a bit unfit but to me its just lack of hard match fitness and Id be expecting improvement from him each week and hopefully his off field issues are behind him.
A win this week gets our season back square at 4-4. It will also be a win on the road, against a form side with a multi pronged attack and at a ground we dont do so well on. This will be huge in the context of our season if we can get it done.
Agree....Id see this game as tougher than Geelong given the Crows will be on the rebound and they always look quick around the ball and dangerous down forward where Weitering usually finds Tex Walker to be a more difficult opponent than most. Down back is where I think the Crows are vulnerable and Charlie and Harry seem to be working into form and thats where I think we can win the game if they get decent supply.
I really don't think shopping people are the least bit concerned about the individual prices of things like eggs, milk bread etc As a shopper I really don't pay that much attention. What does concern them is what they pay at the checkout... and that's gone up.
Many of those things are determined by supply and brand choice. Things like fruit and vegetables are all over the shop and there can be dollar jumps or drops overnight. If weather conditions or storms affect a specific crop then the prices will go up. Last week's price bears no resemblance to this weeks price...or next weeks.
Go to the supermarket and have a look at a specifc section and you'll find a whole range of prices depending on brand. Now go to Aldi and you'll probably pay less for the same product. Drop around to IGA and you may pay more.
I think in poorer electorates where there are more pensioners, high mortgage stress and folk doing it tough they will know the prices of staples and have a different view of Dutton's lack of knowledge of the basics of life. These are probably pro ALP working mans areas where Dutton doesnt care anyway because he has little chance of taking the seat so its probably no big deal to him. I must be old school as I make it my business to know what I am paying with my hard earned and dont like getting ripped off as the total price you pay at the checkout is made up of all the items you buy. I digress....Eggs have been in short supply in Melbourne during March in particular and the price has gone up due to Chicken Flu that has hit farms and it doesnt matter which supermarket you buy at the prices are about the same. Cage produced eggs are being phased out which will also be putting up prices, I think people forget too that eggs are a major source of Protein and that often poorer folk have to substitute them for expensive sources like meat etc. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-28/egg-prices-likely-to-remain-high-shortage-may-last-until-2028/104993728
Prices of staples is a stupid, lazy question and is not related to reality for politicians. Doesn't mean they're out of touch. When it is policy related, that is different.
When they tell me that I will save $1500 a year on fuel excise, I am suspicious: 2 cars. One takes ~45 litres, the other 55. Fill them every 3rd week or so. 100 litres @ $0.25 = $25 saving both tanks. Times 17 weeks = $425. Or: if petrol prices are $1.80 for 91, do they only go down to $1.70, because private companies don't pass on the 25c? And as many enquiries have found out, there are few controls gov has on petrol prices.
Fuel excise cuts will have inflationary effects and not help the reserve banks demeanour about cutting rates. It's a short term sugar hit and Dutton has failed to explain what he is doing with truckies who already get a cut.
The price of eggs reminded me of the GST on a baked cake that haunted John Hewson and will splash all over the newspapers etc ...not great from Dutton as well as the Nuclear energy path also seems a turn off for voters. It's not that Albanese is offering anything new tonight or being impressive more about Dutton probably alienating some voters and I gave the win to Albanese by default.
Unless you do any shopping, how would you know the price of anything? Then there are numpties like me who do some of the shopping and still couldn't tell you the prices of stuff.
Eggs are a staple like bread and milk so I think a lot of working class folk know the prices and will find that disturbing and Dutton out of touch. It will be highlighted in the media like Hewsons cake fiasco when he couldnt explain his GST and it cost him the election imo.
Hoping Thilthorpe and Fogarty don't play. We might be a chance too if someone can actually play on Ben Keays and not be 100 yards off him so he cant sneak out the back for his usual quota of joe the goose goals.
The price of eggs reminded me of the GST on a baked cake that haunted John Hewson and will splash all over the newspapers etc ...not great from Dutton as well as the Nuclear energy path also seems a turn off for voters. It's not that Albanese is offering anything new tonight or being impressive more about Dutton probably alienating some voters and I gave the win to Albanese by default.
Curtis from Nth did the same thing this round and copped three weeks......