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No evidence to show we will be able to beat Brisbane away. We have hit some form so it will be interesting to see where we are at. I suspect a close game at times but the bears will be too good and win by 2-3 goals our season is far from over if we lose. North and crows to come shortly after

Maybe we got too excited last week? Hawks are rubbish. guess we’ll find out tomorrow night

Hardwick out coaching Leon at the moment. GWS just can’t get it past the centre. 111 disposals and only 9 inside 50s. tigers 90 disposals and 24 inside 50s

Playing your best fit team is by far the best approach. if players don’t pull up then they rest. But planning for rests is fraught with risk

If wet I’d keep Jackson in over T Mac. mcdonald is poor below his knees.

On the extended bench. I like Gus but he is an enigma. He is worth persevering with. He is trying hard, puts his body on the line. Hopefully just going through a maturing phase.

For T Mac or just having Weed as lone fwd you reckon?

Gawn will be break ‘big O’ in two

Dogs giants blues hawks port bombers WC bears csts hoping the Suns/crows/Freo can cause some upsets however!! Not to mention the demons

What is this ‘pub’ you speak of? triggers a distant memory

Aside from the first few, not a great list of leaders. especially when you compare to other teams. Some Great players though.

if you think we've been well-served in the area of captains over the past 30 years, I'm not sure I can help you We've been desperately lacking strong leadership over the years. Hopefully now with Gawn and Viney, things will turn

Well done to Burgess / Goody etc for being so professional, having already practised and prepared for the 4 day breaks during the COVID down time. We have a young team, so aside from Bennell, Jones, Jetta etc. I would expect the best 22 to play each week. we could do some damage this year.

T Mac in for Vanders. Jackson play HFF / 2nd uck

Geelong will surely drop down the table during the remainder of the season. No Ablett or Selwood along with Stewart and Clark etc. An ageing list that will need rotation. Not a lot of depth. There will be no excuses if we don't make finals, we are in a good position to go on a good run with a young fit, deep list.

Good fixture. Prime time on thurs and then Wednesday. If we were bottom 4 no way we get Thursday night against the top team. two top 4 teams two bottom 4 teams. We play away regardless so a bit of travel is no big deal. Good thing we don’t have to go Perth and back. enough whinging. We are in good form and have a fit list. Lets smash the bears and port!

Fair post. But they are in Adelaide this week and they have one 4 day break. hope they [censored] over later in the fixture

Agree. Mental toughness and onfield leadership have been massive issues for us over the years. We play better with Vanders in the team

That does make it difficult. However not talking about it at all is not working. #1 killer in young males. If it can be discussed without the details of how it was done perhaps that would not prompt an increase. My mate from work committed suicide around a year ago and its just hard to take. 32yo, bright, seemingly happy guy, long term partner, good career. his partner or family had no idea why he did it and no known history of mental illness. one chat could have saved him

So sad, The a Project is the only program I have seen where the issue was broached. Something like a 25% increase in suicides since covid started. Which means the increase is more people dying than from covid itself it should be talked about more

I agree T Mac in for Melksham play LJ as HF hitting wings lots of marking targets

Gawn will poll votes but not many others will takes 2 or 3s. Trac is eye catching. He kicks goals and dominates the middle. Best player in the league at the moment

Did I hear correctly that Doedee is captain this week for the crows? He has played 21 games. they are in MFC 2013 type trouble. the crouch brothers, walker etc all playing

Project manager yeah?

3-3 and we’ve played 3 of the top 5 from last year. The season is alive! thank Christ coz we all need it at the moment Gawn and Trac are the two best players I’ve seen play in a MFC jumper for at least 15 years. Trac turned 24 years old this year! The next 150 games will be awesome