DubDee

Season

Defining

Game

unless we lose and WC also lose. then it didnt define jack

Im tipping the saints to beat the Tigers.  they are filthy with how their season has ended and its Reiwolts last game.

all other games going to form, it would mean they play us regardless of %

2 year deal coming up for Bucks.  no doubt

if he was going to be sacked, he would have seen the writing on the wall.  he seems very calm

good news all round for us

I agree JV.

I for one will be bloody delighted when/if we make finals. I refuse to be worried about who we play and if we lose, I want to just take a moment to enjoy it and enjoy the fact that we are no longer a rabble!

although Im not actually sure how Ill react to Melb getting to finals/being successful

Collingwood's injuries are piling up, they are already planning for next year. Pendles and Wells would be playing if they were in contention.

There is also talk of Adams missing the match as he is having blurred vision from some hits. Add to that Reid being horribly out of form it would take a disaster of Melbourne-like proportions to lose this one!!

they are a bunch of kids and NQRs. Expect Buckly to be signed up for 2 years soon so no  emotion in it either aside from wanting to screw us over

• Daniel Wells (quad) 
• Henry Schade (hamstring) 
• Jordan De Goey (hip flexor) 
• Levi Greenwood (knee) 
• Adam Oxley (hip/ groin) 
• Scott Pendlebury (broken finger)
• Ben Sinclair (hamstring) 
• Travis Varcoe (elbow) 
• Tyson Goldsack
• Alex Fasolo

a couple of the above may be played this week - this is going off last weekend.  also Grundy will be back

I would expect Vince to be suspended, So...

OUT Vince, Wagner, Stretch

IN Salem, Watts, Viney

Move Angus back to HB if needed for balance

We look a lot stronger with that team! and the fwd line very potent

Seriously though.  We play a lot better when hogan isn't in the team. ?

PEEEEEEDDDDOOOO!!!

love him. What a performance. Him and hogan is quite the combo. 

Well done for perseverance.  

On a perfect sunny day we should have far to much skill and movement for the lions

jones and Lewis need to set the tone early

Fair play to him. Has worked his backside off. Is tough inside and has talent too

will only get better

Stringer has done his hammy. No redpath. And they have the wind this Q. 

Port should get it done. Dogs can't score

Is Dion injured? Haven't heard anything

Let's hope Sydney win so the tigers might drop into elimination final territory

Stretch in for the Weed

All those going on about the Lions midfield being one of the best around, where was that midfield during the:

70 pt loss to WC and 90 pt loss to Geelong, and 80 pt loss to Port?

they have 4-5 very good players, then a bunch of kids, no experienced fwds and very little depth in their worst 11 out of the 22.

no excuses

Jesse hasn't joined full training yet has he? From that video yesterday he looked very tentative. 

My guess he won't get through training tomorrow fully and will be a late out. 

Maynard for Viney 

3 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I'm heading over for this game. If Rhys Mathieson plays for frees I will consider running onto the ground and throwing pitted kalamatas at him while beating him with a baguette.

Slap him with a trout!

wake up man! and get a haircut while you're at it

Viney cannot be rested IMO.  if he is injured then he shouldnt play

but if he is 80% right and there is no chance of further damage then he should play.  he sets the tone for us in preparation and attitude and we have much less chance of lacking intensity and blowing this chance 

I hope Brisbane come out attacking and have a crack. I'm confident we can get over the top of them easily. 

The bottom teams we have struggled against has been dour defensive games. 

4 minutes ago, Dappa Dan said:

Seriously though... I've been off demonland for a little bit... Is this just usual wishful thinking or can Hogan really play this weekend?

no chance from what ive gleaned 

5 hours ago, Wrecked Owl Dees Function said:

Paul Hopgood loves a chat with the boys. Get around him

I hear he writes in the 3rd person too!

2 hours ago, SFebey said:

That would make me your twin brother!

You're not even trying to keep your anonymity bro!

54 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Can you not do a conference call rather than flying all the way there?

haha  I wish

something about building relationships? no-one has told me what im really going for.  typical corporate BS 

its 40oC plus and horribly polluted where im going so should be good!  ill bring my asthma puff

I am Matty Febey

Me and Stinga come on here a bit (all the time)

Go Dees

have to go to China soon and work have suggested the first week in September [FFS!]

current flights have me arriving back in Melb in Friday 8th - does anyone know (assuming of course we make finals which is not locked in yet) what the odds would be of the Dees playing on Thursday night?  I know there was some talk of it earlier in the thread

If I missed our first final in 11 years I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I could possible change it to the following week but you know... then I might miss the next final  **cough**   not jinxing it ***