At the break of Gawn

I remember looking at some stats earlier in the year and the Lions are easier to beat in Aug-Sept timeframe due to the fact the humidity is much lower and the games are a lot less slippery up there. We absolutely killed them in round 23 last year.

My dream run would be if we finished second. QF: Port @ the MCG. Get the monkey off the back of losing our last two finals with a dominant win over Port. PF: Collingwood @ the MCG. My reasoning for this is that it’d be hilarious if they lost their first final and I’d rather play them in a prelim than in a GF. GF: Brisbane @ the MCG. Much larger home ground advantage and crowd advantage as opposed to playing Collingwood who will dominate ticket sales and will be insufferable. I also think Brisbane is a team that would [censored] the bed in a GF.

Very proud of our ability to just fight back on multiple occasions. We never had this in us in ‘22 but we did it beautifully in ‘21 and we’re doing it again. Just watching the replay after going to the game, and had anyone else noticed Trac’s been getting into little spats with the opposition a lot lately? Happened with Collingwood, Brisbane and now Richmond. Not sure if it’s sledging related, but as long as it doesn’t impact his game I suppose.

Harmes just killing us. Hasn’t had an effective disposal and missed two sitters. Surely this is his last game

Harmes just killing us. Hasn’t had an effective disposal and missed two sitters. Surely this is his last game

Kudos to @binman for predicting that the Crows would roll Port on the DL podcast.

Thank god for Tex. keeping Port at arms distance here.

Tomorrow afternoon becomes so important now. Even a close win is fine if we belt North next week.

This is awesome by the Suns. Hope they can keep it up

King getting on the board early is awesome for the Suns.

Weather forecast has become worse. Looks like it will be a wet or slippery game once the ball is bounced. Petty is definitely a better option than Browb in wet conditions.

Huge out for them. He’s very handy

I think it’s going to land as: In: Petty, Hibberd Out: Brown, Sparrow Hibberd will come in to play on Dusty. I wonder if Ryan will come in for Richmond since how we have the 3 tall defenders?

Agree. I was really critical of him last week but he redeemed himself yesterday with one of his best performances of the year.

If it’s not too late, my question is: Is Schache near the cusp of selection? I’m just not sure we can carry someone like Brown for much longer if he’s not hitting the scoreboard. I also think Schache could play the second ruck which would leave JvR as a stay at home forward.

I agree that they weren’t above us, but I could see where he was coming from after we had just lost two in a row. Goodwin even lauded Freo as a team on the rise in his post match presser after that game.

Had a few costly turnovers in the last qtr.

To be fair, Freo had just won something like 3 or 4 in a row (including the Cats) and were playing really good footy. Since Darcy’s injury they haven’t been the same. What grinds my gears more is the whole “Collingwood were rife with illness”narrative around our win against them. Kingy mentioned it today when saying how the MCG was a fortress to Collingwood and he had to use an excuse for them losing to us.

I think the extra tall forward such as Brown is doing wonders for our forward line. He goes on long leads and his height and stretch worries the opposition. My main issue with Brown is that he’s terrible once the ball hits the ground. Schache is better at the ground level stuff and is a better field kick but I think the coaches really value Brown’s craft and experience which is what Grundy and Schache do not have.

Adelaide are the second best offensive side in the comp and have a very healthy percentage. It was amazing that we let them only kick 6 goals in the first 3 qtrs. Once the shackles came off and with some costly turnovers, they did kick some easy ones, but overall I think beating the two best offensive sides back to back is a great relief. I think we’ll defend Richmond much better next week given their lack of tall targets. All we need to do is win 2 of our next 5 and top 4 is guaranteed. It’s unbelievable how well we’ve done without Oliver. One other thing, Chin over Spargo any day. He has so much more depth to his kicks.

Adelaide’s pressure has been very good. They know their season is on the line.

A side sitting 4th shouldn’t be losing to a side sitting 13th who probably aren’t going to make finals. I expect a solid win. Dees by 30

Expected Score: Port: 88.7 Pies: 56.9 Another lucky escape for Collingwood.

31% of Curnow’s 61 goals has come against the Eagles. Makes you wonder about the equality of this year’s Coleman medal.

Are we going for Geelong or Brisbane? I don’t want Geelong stealing 4th spot but at the same time 3rd spot is appealing.