On 6/10/2017 at 0:09 AM, Nasher said:

They gang tackled him and he got a free for in the back, so he got up off the ground and kicked the footy.  Pendlebury's take on it (in the interview with Jones) was that all it achieved was giving away his first touch.  

Not disputing that they went after him.  Just disputing any assertion that it did them any good.

If anyone's to blame it was the Melbourne player who gave him the hospital handball.

48 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Any chance Spencer plays?

Even I've abandoned this idea now! ?

I'd hoped Goodwin was foxing, but Spencer played the full match in the VFL yesterday. I think the dream of having a ruckman for this match is officially over.

11 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Even I've abandoned this idea now! ?

I'd hoped Goodwin was foxing, but Spencer played the full match in the VFL yesterday. I think the dream of having a ruckman for this match is officially over.

Yeah I watched him in the game yesterday. Didn't do as well as I hoped. Weeds and Wagner did alright. Kent was disappointing

19 minutes ago, low flying Robbo said:

Yeah I watched him in the game yesterday. Didn't do as well as I hoped. Weeds and Wagner did alright. Kent was disappointing

I thought Wagner was outstanding - a class well above VFL IMHO.

21 minutes ago, Dees2014 said:

I thought Wagner was outstanding - a class well above VFL IMHO.

I like him as a player. Clever. Reads the play really well. Hes kicking hasnt been as good this year for some reason but he is a good kick. Love that he is a lefty

I read some have different views.

My view is that this is the most important games for us since 2006 semi final. If we win we turn at 6 and 5 in 6th place. With Gawn, Hogan (our two most important players) shortly back we set ourselves up not just for finals but a tilt at a top 4 finish.

Shall we lose, we again fail when favourites, this time coming off a 16 day break. Our opponents have played twice since we beat Gold Coast and have lost 3 of their best players in last weekends stirling victory over Carlton. This will be hard for them to cover.  We will be 5 and 6 in 11th place, with mental issues that will be difficult to overcome this season. It will be highly unlikely we make finals. 

Confidence is everything in this game. As its been said it is indeed 90% between the ears.

This is a game we must win!

Edited June 11, 20178 yr by Grand New Flag

Predicting a 44 disposal, 11 clearance, 12 tackle, 2 goal masterclass from Clayton Oliver tomorrow in a 47 point Demon win.

10 hours ago, stevethemanjordan said:

We'll be sitting equal 5th if we win tomorrow, one game out of the top 4. What an opportunity.

I think the advantage this year like last is finishing in the bottom half of the 8.

Top 4 to me is a disadvantage.

They will close this loophole at the end of this season.

With the weeks break leading up to finals top 4 teams lose momentum when they can least afford it.

Edited June 11, 20178 yr by rjay

I'm not confident at all. 

Gawn was huge the last 3 times against them. No Gawn plus Grundy's big step up in improvement will hurt. 

And Bernie has killed them both ways. He's not the player he was, and hasn't been playing that role, can't see him being that damaging again. 

Both teams have played some god awful footy at times this year, if it comes down best footy v best footy we win, but I haven't seen us do it enough to have any faith in it showing up tomorrow. 

 

(If this post doesn't get us the win, nothing will)

Whatever the outcome, I hope 'Lizzie' is up early to watch it.

3 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

I'm not confident at all. 

Gawn was huge the last 3 times against them. No Gawn plus Grundy's big step up in improvement will hurt. 

And Bernie has killed them both ways. He's not the player he was, and hasn't been playing that role, can't see him being that damaging again. 

Both teams have played some god awful footy at times this year, if it comes down best footy v best footy we win, but I haven't seen us do it enough to have any faith in it showing up tomorrow. 

 

(If this post doesn't get us the win, nothing will)

True, but equally a number of the younger players that are influential this year had little impact. Oliver was quiet both times against them. Hunt debuted first time around and had little impact both games. Salem didn't play QB.

Tracc only played QB, but did have a good game.

11 hours ago, Thrice said:

Tracc only played QB, but did have a good game.

These are the sort of games he's made for, he's that sort of a player that can go up a gear in front of the big crowds. 

Hope we see him pull out his strut after his 5th goal!

4 hours ago, Pates said:

These are the sort of games he's made for, he's that sort of a player that can go up a gear in front of the big crowds. 

Hope we see him pull out his strut after his 5th goal!

I'll let him pull out his strut after his 3rd at the 21 minute mark of the first quarter puts us 6 goals up!