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I was the one suggested that Alex might get dropped not because of what he can do or cant do, but simply for team balance which is where the initial post came from.

I look at our defense, and although he performed really well, I thought he got a lot of help from our mids who slowed Sydney's forward thrusts, and our other defenders which gave him very little space to work with resulting in Buddy really going up the ground to get posessions.  Not to mention between Plowman, Marchbank (both can mind talls and smalls) Rowe, White (better on your medium, and talls) and Macreadie might come back as he looked sore, but not injured 2 weeks ago and Weitering who is potentially our best key defender (who is currently moonlighting as a forward IMHO) may see him surplus to requirements.

At the end of the day, its a great headache to have, and likewise, I dont think its highly likely he'll miss, but this is my thinking behind Alex missing if he does.

No one would blame the club if that occurred either.

I think we are going a bit overboard on Alex Silvagni, 50 games in 7 years with Freo then delisted, and Franklin had 19 touches on the weekend after all.
If one of our key forwards had that much of the ball we'd have him pencilled in for a Brownlow.
Good luck to him and he seems like a solid citizen, but easy on the hype.

Until they beat Geelong their form was very average, it's 50/50 in my book.

The Ox made an interesting point this arvo; throughout his career he generally lost games that were followed by a celebratory function.  Buckley may have his work cut out getting his players to focus on the game and not the birthday party.

The Ox reckons that we'll carve them up if they're not fully focused.

I reckon we're a good chance with or without the party.

We pumped them on their 100th anniversary, may as well ruin their 125th as well.

Until they beat Geelong their form was very average, it's 50/50 in my book.

I can't say I've watched every game, but I paid enough attention to know that almost every match they have played this season was winnable for them with poor execution being the difference between winning and losing for them.

That doesn't mean we can't beat them, but I'm not sure they're as bad as people assume based solely on results.

They are doing much better than I expected them to, but thankfully haven't been winning much.

“Eddie (McGuire) hates Carlton. He hates them with a passion and there would be nothing better than to see Eddie’s face look like he’s been sucking on a lemon at time-on in the last quarter,’’ he said.

“It would be a bit like that face he had when Juddy (Chris Judd) beat Swanny (Dane Swan) for the Brownlow that night (in 2011).

“We might parade our 16 cups and they can’t match that. Collingwood has always been the one to beat for me, you want to beat them no matter where you are on the ladder.”

David Rhys-Jones; what a legend!