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Don’t know if others have noticed but what is with the Lions coaches box? It looks like it is on a corporate box kitchen.

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    Does anyone who has mastered the ladder predictor have a view on whether it's better for us for Port to beat GWS or vice versa. 

    I'd assume top 4 is gone for us and Port will be in the 8, so keeping GWS out is best (if unlikely).  Or is there a likely scenario where we and GWS are in the 8 regardless of today's match so I shouldn't care if GWS beats Port, or even welcome it if it takes the pressure off R23 for them?

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    Blues scoreless in first QTR

    Bolton has to go surely

     

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    Port must beat GWS tonight, will keep us in 6th spot on the ladder, where we started the round.

    Also the Blues need to be euthanized. 

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    4 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

    Port must beat GWS tonight, will keep us in 6th spot on the ladder, where we started the round.

    Also the Blues need to be euthanized. 

    Correct, Port win is really important now

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    Well done Blues. You managed to lower Hawthorn’s percentage by 0.7 that quarter. 

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    Press Red for Ed just stated AFL headquarters are looking to move the Richmond v Collingwood next week to the Saturday night. Did I hear right? 

    Unlikely to happen but they are seriously considering the logistics. Waffled on how good the build up would be for the night game and it would attract 98k plus. Surely they can’t do this. 

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    3 minutes ago, Mr Steve said:

    GWS win. Still believe we can finish top four. 

    If they do win Geelong go 9th. Better than a kick up the backside i guess.

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    GWS has a relatively easy run home from here (St Kilda, Carlton, Adelaide at home, Sydney at home, us). If they lose today they might still win their next four, which get them to 13.5. That probably puts them in finals even without beating us, or Port.

    Port have the Dogs, Adelaide, West Coast, Collingwood and Essendon. They should beat the Dogs but they could lose the three after that (although West Coast is in Adelaide). If they do end up losing the three after the Dogs, that's 12 wins without GWS or Essendon. 

    So something tells me we're better off accepting GWS is going to play finals and then trying to get Port to slip down the ladder. We only need to catch Port by one game to overtake them as they have the worst percentage of the top 8. 

    Either way, none of this matters if we can't win 3 of the last 5, which means we're going to have to win one of the Adelaide or West Coast games or, if we lose both of those, beat both Sydney sides at the G.

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    Not sure how it will end up after the roller coaster that the next 5 weeks will be, but I think that it is becoming clearer that richmond and eagles are the likely gf if they finish 1-2, but collingwood and gws are the danger. I think we are the next best, and the clearest risk to the above 4 - if we can make the 8. Port have seriously loaded up to have a go this year, but are kidding themselves and will fall short, and Geelong are squeezing the last drops out of their top end talent before the inevitable slide that hawthorn have undertaken. Sydney are beaten up, and can’t be carried by their kids (like we can). Let’s hope the hawks get Tom Lynch so they have more years of mediocrity until they bottom out - the pies and Richmond are going to be hard enough for us to beat in the next few years 

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    What a quiet crowd.  7 can't even find a GWS supporter to point their effects mike at. Has GWS even managed to get a cheer squad there?

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    To me Sydney look very vulnerable to miss the 8.

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    11 minutes ago, sue said:

    What a quiet crowd.  7 can't even find a GWS supporter to point their effects mike at. Has GWS even managed to get a cheer squad there?

    They have a few at the northern end.

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    Last 2 goals for port caused by umpires - crowd now up, intensity up. Where have I seen this before?

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    Make that the last 4 goals. Gws have gone from being in control to in the headlights. Seems like it’s not just us. 

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    We would be 4th.

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    18 minutes ago, spalding said:

    Make that the last 4 goals. Gws have gone from being in control to in the headlights. Seems like it’s not just us. 

    Seems they dodged the truck ?

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    Fancy that, a team leading by 20 odd points to start the last quarter holding onto that lead and winning the game. Guess it's not rocket science for some coaches about what moves to make in such a scenario.

    Hopefully the geniuses in our coaching department are paying attention, even the players.

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    May have been different if Port could kick straight in the last.

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    So is this a good result or a bad one for us?  I feel as though Port have a tougher run home, so them losing could be a better outcome as GWS have some easier games to come (and no, I don't include us in that).

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