Demonland

I’ve got PTSD seeing umpire Nichols

Correct. In that scenario we’d almost prefer to lose both. Although you really don’t want to go into finals losing 2 on the trot.

Only if Bulldogs beat Port next week.

It’s not a Bradbury when you’re already on top. 😜

That would be the absolute worst. Rather Port win TBH.

Only noticed him in the last.

How good would a Saints win be.

Probably game 2 goals ago. Top 2 is ours to lose.

Why is Clarkson being given the flick?

How was that not 50 against Daniel?

Clarkson has a fair win rate at UTAS. 74% win rate from 62 games.

Five minutes in and 2 holding the ball decisions against Bontempelli. The umpires have been possessed by aliens!

ROUND 19 SCHEDULE (VENUES, DATES AND TIMES TO BE DETERMINED) Frankston v Werribee Williamstown v Northern Bullants Port Melbourne v Coburg Essendon v GWS Giants Sandringham v Geelong Richmond v Box Hill Hawks Footscray v Collingwood North Melbourne v Sydney Carlton v Casey Demons Brisbane Lions v Southport Gold Coast v Aspley (Still in finals contention) Postscript: Round 19 cancelled due to ongoing lockdown in Victoria

UPDATED 2021 VFL LADDER P W L D % MR 1 Footscray 10 10 0 0 169.7 100 2 Southport 10 9 1 0 180.7 90 3 Box Hill Hawks 10 8 2 0 167.7 80 4 Geelong 9 7 2 0 167.3 78 5 Casey Demons 9 7 2 0 166.6 78 6 Williamstown 9 6 2 1 136.4 72 7 Collingwood 9 6 3 0 92.5 67 8 GWS 11 7 4 0 94.4 64 9 Werribee 9 5 4 0 147.5 56 10 Frankston 11 6 5 0 103.8 55 11 Richmond 10 4 5 1 103.4 45 12 Carlton 9 4 5 0 101.3 44 13 Sandringham 9 4 5 0 94.3 44 14 Gold Coast 10 4 6 0 76.9 40 15 North Melbourne 10 4 6 0 57.0 40 16 Coburg 10 3 7 0 95.1 30 17 Brisbane Lions 10 3 7 0 65.7 30 18 Northern Bullants 10 3 7 0 62.6 30 19 Sydney 10 2 8 0 88.9 20 20 Essendon 10 2 8 0 64.5 20 21 Port Melbourne 9 1 8 0 67.3 11 22 Aspley 10 1 9 0 73.0 10 witter.com/CaseyDemonsFC/status/1426083171192369159?s=20

The Herald Sun understands Western Bulldogs-Port Adelaide will be the Friday night clash of Round 23. But with no bye, clubs playing on the Sunday of Round 23 could have six-day breaks leading into the finals. So Geelong-Melbourne shapes as a likely Saturday night clash given their ladder standing, with Brisbane-West Coast the other Saturday night clash at the Gabba. Sydney could take on Gold Coast in an afternoon or twilight clash on Saturday, maximising the Swans’ chances of a seven-day break. Hopes of a Darwin clash for Brisbane and West Coast in Round 23 are dwindling, and the Eagles would need a 14-day quarantine period if they returned from the Gabba after visiting Queensland. So there is every likelihood they will play at the Gabba and then remain out of Perth for the early weeks of the finals if they keep winning. Fremantle take on St Kilda in Round 23 in Melbourne and would also likely remain out of Perth if they qualified for finals. While clubs can play off seven days of hotel quarantine in Perth, they need a full 14 days before they are allowed out into the community. So the league could still use its bye week after the preliminary finals if it eventually shifted the last two weeks of the the finals to Perth. Teams could play the preliminary finals in hotel quarantine and then spend another week in quarantine before being released on the weekend of the bye. It would allow them into the community to enjoy Grand Final week without quarantine.

That’s an interesting question. If pre-finals bye is scrapped then no it would be on the 18th unless things are looking good COVID-Wise (although how can you be sure where COVID is concerned) and they institute a pre-GF bye.

Jon Ralph on Fox Footy saying that there will most likely be no pre-finals bye so likely teams in Top 6 will play early in the round. Bulldogs vs Port on Friday night. Cats vs Dees on Saturday night.

Looks like we’ll be playing the Cats on Saturday night next week.

There haven’t been many of them but I’d hate to lose a game or a final because of it.