SaberFang

Rewarding them for their own incompetence. Getting ready of Lyons is one of the worst list management decisions in living memory. Maybe if they had a competent group of people working at the club, they wouldn't be the rabble they are now? Umpires are blind, missed an obvious high tackle on Christensen, paid a reversal for Grimes after he staged, didn't pay HTB against Astbury when he was fairly tackled. All 3 directly in front of Brisbane's goal and all 3 ignored by umpires. Meanwhile, Richmond getting paid some very dubious free kicks that resulted in goals.

This is a cracking match now the umpires have [censored] off and stopped trying to ruin things.

Oh, everyone will be relieved to know that genius umpire Nicholls was the one who gifted Richmond their BS first goal thanks to that insane HTB against Rich (where he had all of 0.2 seconds to dispose of the ball before being tackled).

Grimes should be suspended for that blatant staging. Disgusting, cost Brisbane a direct shot on goal as well.

Riewoldt is such a pathetic sook, horrible look for the game.

A new low for Channel 7. Jobs for convicted drug cheats, plus nepotism as the icing on the cake. Maybe they can hire Lance Armstrong to commentate their cycling coverage?

3 dud blow-outs to start the finals, capped off with a half-empty stadium. How good is this year's finals series?

If the Giants were accurate this would be all over. Leaving the door wide open for the Dogs to get into this game, despite scoring 8 times more than them.

Thanks for gifting the Magpies a ticket to the Prelim, Hawks. [censored] [censored].

Hahahaha Hawkins and that miss. Delicious.

Good riddance, drug cheats. Now [censored] off back to Tullamarine.

Worked out great sacrificing Kelly for Salem and two blokes that aren't even at the club anymore.

These two new clubs already spent years disrupting the availability of talent for the other 16 clubs with all the concessions they were given at inception. At some point the club needs to own their poor management and stand on their own legs. Trading Pick 2 for Lachie Weller? Delisting Jarryd Lyons? Clubs making idiotic decisions like this don't deserve priority access to elite talent. What their club actually needs is experience, senior players, mentors like Hodge at Brisbane, and maybe temporary salary cap relief to retain their young talent. Just throwing them another 18 year old for free will achieve nothing; they'll just pack their bags and leave in 12 months anyway. Create a culture where talent can develop and thrive, and the success will come.

Our blokes are probably already on the [censored].

Amusingly, our tight win against Hawthorn cost them finals. ?

There's a lot of permutations yet to play out. If Brisbane [censored] Richmond, they would end up 5th which means an MCG elimination final with whoever finishes 8th (Essendon or Hawks, depending on the Bulldogs result). Really want the Drug Cheats to end up facing the Eagles in Perth, but 2 results need to go our way (Richmond and Bulldogs both need to win). Port v Fremantle is basically a dead rubber because Port won't make up the percentage required to overtake Hawthorn (assuming Adelaide win).

Hate almost every team in the top 8, this is just a disaster right now. The only thing that would make me feel better is Essendon having to go to Perth for their first final and getting blown away by 100+ points. Collingwood getting a double chance after playing like [censored] for half the season is about as frustrating as it gets. The Hawks could make finals with 11 wins! ELEVEN!

Just watch Hawthorn win this and lock Collingwood into the top 4, rather than forcing them into an elimination final. FFS! The Bulldogs aren't losing tomorrow, look at the bigger picture here. ?

This side is in the top 4 right now. Putrid stuff. Is that the quality of the competition right now?

It's like neither team is trying to win this. Constant misses this quarter.

Doggies hitting form at the right time. They've just about stitched up the final spot in the 8 with this win, barring an upset next week vs Adelaide. Hawks/Port/Crows will all be hoping the Dogs lose that one.

As the live ladder stands, Bulldogs, Adelaide, Hawks & Port are all tied on 10 wins, meaning whoever wins + finishes with a higher percentage next week gets the 8th and final place in the finals. Bulldogs play the Crows next week, Hawks play the Eagles, and Port finish the round vs Fremantle at AO. Currently, less than 2% separates all 4 teams. Going to be an epic final round, even if we're not part of it.

Two blatant deliberates against Richmond went ignored in the dying minutes. Not that I mind them winning given the state of the ladder, but still.

Two years ago, every conceivable result conspired against us to ensure we missed finals. This year, every conceivable result has conspired to ensure Essendon make the finals. [censored] get me the vomit bag.

The peahearts wearing our jumper last night could learn a thing or two about pride watching Saints and Blues players in that game. Nothing to play for except respect and neither team gave an inch, all the way to the final siren. Will our club ever show this much ticker?