At the break of Gawn

Still in disbelief that we won that. 10 minutes into that last qtr I kept thinking to myself, I've seen this script before, it's going to be another honourable loss. It was a defensive masterclass and forward half dominance by Melbourne in those last 15 minutes. That will give us so much belief. I'm absolutely pumped for the Swans!

OMac a late out for Bris.

We've just drifted from $5.10 to $5.75 in 30 minutes. Any late outs?

Expecting to see 100% effort, 5 frees against and 0.3 from AJ.

Sydney are trash. Assuming no injuries for us on Sunday, I'll be very disappointed if we lose to them at the MCG given we'd pretty much have a full strength side.

As crazy as it sounds, I think the Lions are gettable. They haven't played good footy all year really. They're almost like us in 2022, good enough to always be in games and some short bursts that can blow away the opposition but their luck is running out. North really should have won last night. Ins: Petty, Melksham Outs: Jefferson, Fritsch Key match-ups I see are: Sparrow on Zorko - I think Sparrow can really influence here. Oliver on Neale Melksham on Andrews Petty on Payne JvR to try and stretch Lester McDonald on Hipwood May on Fort. It may be risky but I think Rivers can probably take Morris which could free up Turner to swing forward if we're struggling aerially.

Just finished watching the replay. We absolutely smashed them in the middle pretty much all day and our defense held up pretty well which is why I think Goody was pretty positive. Our inability to win a contest in our forward 50 is so damning. Petty was really missed I felt same with Melksham. There's no way Goody is playing JvR, Fritsch and Jefferson again in the same team. When Lever is back I honestly think a combo of Petty, Turner and Melksham is probably our best mix for the rest of the year.

Thankfully in the presser Goodwin said that the final qtrs would be a whole club review. To me that indicates that he thinks there's an issue with our high performance team.

I'm glad the media is picking up on this training schedule change too

I know I'm a broken record about this, but surely moving our main training session one day closer to game day so that it's main training, Captain's run, to game day needs to be seriously questioned. Think we're one of the only teams in the league with this same schedule.

The change in the training schedule that came from the review.

Settle down. The only top 8 side they've beaten are the Giants in Tassie. This is a team that got smashed by Port a few weeks ago

I thought the last time we had Dees radio was the 2023 SF against Carlton. I still have nightmares about that game and Viney's kick to Weitering.

None of their forwards worry me and our mids are superior. It's their intercept defenders that worry me the most.

Hawks have only beaten 1 top 8 team and that was in Tassie. They are on fraud watch for mine. This is absolutely a winnable game. They also haven't beaten us since 2018.

I've got no idea what we did to Jack Riewoldt but he absolutely hates us. The only thing I can think of he pretty much always played a stinker against us except for one game in 2017.

Dogs actually might finish top 4 this year.

Did May participate in the Captain's run yesterday?

Most of that rain will be in the morning. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a dry game by night time.

For those surprised by Fritta being left in, go and watch the small video on shout-outs following the Richmond game. Maxy called out Fritsch's efforts on stopping oppo marks in the second half so I assume that's what has kept him in.

Absolutely staggered that JvR wasn't selected. Wtf

Can't believe some are suggesting Spargo should be dropped. His tackling and pressure in the forward 50 had been excellent. There's no way Goody is dropping him. Assuming no injuries, I think it's going to be: In: JvR, Turner Out: Fullarton, Sharp Sub: Tholstrup I know Melky will be available but there's no doubt our best 23 has Fritsch in it. I think Melksham and Tholstrup are fighting for the same spot.

Just FYI the Hawks have only beaten 1 top 8 side this year and that was in Tassie. If we beat WCE next week (and we really should) then I think we'll be a red hot chance to beat the Hawks the week after at the G.

The Blues are far better than their ladder position suggests. They have the 4th best percentage in the league and 3rd for points against. Adelaide in Adelaide next week will be a really interesting game.

Turned a 60pt potential win to a 20pt meh win