Free v Geelong

[Wardy]

I hope our back line are ready to put that little dung Beatle Bsllantyne in his place next week - he got under Scarlett's skin and he decked him and will get a few weeks for it. Let's all hope he gets the bad prawn sandwich on the plane over. Cracker of a game though. And he has taken over from Milne as the serial pest

[Cheer Squad]

I hope our back line are ready to put that little dung Beatle Bsllantyne in his place next week - he got under Scarlett's skin and he decked him and will get a few weeks for it. Let's all hope he gets the bad prawn sandwich on the plane over. Cracker of a game though. And he has taken over from Milne as the serial pest

We're going to have our work cut out for us next week.

[R-1]

Coming off a week off and an unspiring training run against the Giants last week, and the Dockers with a bit of match fitness after tonight, we're going to have to start very well. I'm worried.

[neilfws]

he got under Scarlett's skin and he decked him and will get a few weeks for it

If you're going to punch him in the face, at least do a proper job of it and take him out of the game.

Whole bunch of great games this weekend; made our effort last week look very ordinary. Maybe we can legally subdue Ballantyne next week; arrange for him to run at speed into Mumford or something.

[Big Al]

Rd1 is always pretty good because sides set themselves for a great start and have a long time to prepare. With due respect to GWS, i think you'll find the Swans have been eyeing off the Freo game for some time. You'll see a different intensity from the Swans than you saw last week. Early prediction but I think we'll win by 4-5 goals.

[Lucky Knickers]

Not endorsing Scarlett however looked like a bit of world class acting included.
Hope there is some vision of Ballantyne's hit on Chappie and he gets a week.

[dimelb]

Not endorsing Scarlett however looked like a bit of world class acting included.
Hope there is some vision of Ballantyne's hit on Chappie and he gets a week.

It looked to me as if he paused for a fraction of a second and thought,"I'll go down."

[Jewels]

It looked to me as if he paused for a fraction of a second and thought,"I'll go down."

Come on Di, as if a sporting gentleman like Haydn would do that! Perish the thought

Didn't see the earlier incident with Chappie but I hope the little p###k gets a week also, if only for the fact that we then don't have to worry about one of our boys doing to him what Scarlett did.

[mcs]

God i hate that little twat Ballatyne. If I ever run into him in the street, it would take a lot of restraint not to deck him. He is an ultimate pest.

What a good game of footy it was though - thoroughly enjoyed it. We will have to improve substantially on how we played last week to get close to them. Sandipants looked like he was sore towards the end of the game, we could use him being out!

[Big Al]

They're saying Scarlett will get 3 weeks. I presume there's an added penalty because Ballantyne actually got up.

[wolftone57]

What is interesting is that the Dockers only won by a small margin. It is a long way to travel and if the home teams are in reasonable form very hard to win at Pattersons. From the highlights it seemed to be a very good, high standard game. I think we have to step up a gear but in saying that we normally do in big games. So we haven't beaten them at the SCG in two seasons! We can and will do it if we have the right personnel in the side and that means some specialist forwards and Seabs.

[cruiser]

Ballantyne is fast becoming my most hated player. I wish Scarlett had broken his jaw.

[wolftone57]

Ballantyne is fast becoming my most hated player. I wish Scarlett had broken his jaw.

Please don't wish that sort of thing on a player no matter how hated. I know what it is like having a bruised jaw and a broken nose, bloody painful! I am sure during the week the coaches will be looking at ways to combat the little brat. Maybe Mummy could accidentally step on him, he would be like a jelly baby on the bottom of Mummy's boot.

I think worrying about Ballantyne is not going to do much good as there are 21 other players to deal with. How do we combat the influence of Sandilands, Clarke (who took the Cats Backs apart when resting), Pavlich, McPharlin, Moribitto etc. Their midfield is as good as the best in the comp on a good day and they have a very strong spine. We now have genuine pace so we are not going to be slower than the Dockers at least. We need to use that pace and I wish Rohan would be shifted out of the Forwardline onto either the back flank or the ball.

[Big Al]

Please don't wish that sort of thing on a player no matter how hated.

Normally I'd agree but there is a small group of players where the image of them drinking a T-Bone steak through a straw does bring a smile to the face. That little germ Ballantyne certainly qualifies for that group.