At the break of Gawn

Surely the 10 ticket limit will be restricted come PF week? If we're playing someone like the Pies then it really should be 1 ticket per 1 membership.

I wanted 4 Cat 3 level 4 seats that was lowish in the stands. All exhausted so chose Sydney Members and there were plenty available.

I think Cripps might get it if he’s named as a starting mid, but if not, surely Max. Witts has had a better pure Ruck season but Gawn’s around the ground stuff places him well above him.

Unless we have some unforeseen injury or Covid issue, I’m almost certain it’s going to be: Out: Bowey In: Salem Sub: JJ Key matchups: Buddy vs May Mcdonald/Reid vs Petty Hayward vs Lever Papley vs Hunt Heeney vs Hibberd. Sydney have won 7 in a row and I reckon we’ve got them at the perfect time. They’ve had some really soft kills lately and their last game at the G was against Essendon which they lost. I’m not giving any weight to the round 12 game. We didn’t have May, Petty got injured half way through, Sam Reid played the game of his life and we got killed by the umps. There’s no way that happens again.

That’s stuffed.

Geez even the Umps are trying for an SCG final.

Say what you will about Richmond, but they definitely can put a big score on you.

Swans at the MCG is the ideal scenario. Our home crowd advantage will really help and I think we match up better with them. We really should have won that round 12 game.

I think you’re also missing the North v Swans game at Marvel recently which was 88-126. That won’t get the job done for them.

Saints biggest loss this year at Marvel has been 41pts (to Freo) and have won most of their games at Marvel this year. I’m pretty confident this won’t be a blow out.

The Saints defence has actually been pretty decent the last 5 weeks. Only conceded 100 pts to Geelong and surely you think they score at least 70 at Marvel. The 9 goal margin will be in the heads of the Swans and I actually think because it’s so large it’ll distract them.

I think about 10 goals

True, but a lot of those games were at familiar grounds. Adelaide Oval, Optus stadium etc. The Gabba is a different beast, as is the SCG which we don’t have a good record at.

Harmes and he kicked 2 goals himself. I think bringing Harmes in for Sparrow is a decent move (Sparrow becomes the sub) but the fact Harmes will only have a 5 day break has really sabotaged that idea.

I still find it laughable that people entertain the idea of dropping Fritsch. He's our leading goal kicker (by far) and the only player in the AFL this season to kick a goal in every game.

According to the “best analyst in the game”, David King, we’ve become very conservative/boring with our ball movement (from d50 to f50) and champion data has us ranked 17th for it since round 16. We were 1st in the comp from rounds 1-7 (and basically 1st all year last year) What has been the catalyst for this change? We’ve always been a strong defensive side so it’s not like we were leaking goals and now need to play conservative so it’s a head scratcher for mine.

Considering we beat them by 10 goals last time I’m surprised we’re not favourites. They were 1st on the ladder when we played them and were playing better football at the time.

I know at times Brown provided a decent contest but he ran too far under the ball time after time last night. If Weid didn’t get pushed around so easily at times the spot would be his.

I think Friday night will define our premiership chances. If we get top 4 I can almost see us making a prelim and anything can happen. If we lose and finish 6th, I can easily see Richmond rolling us week 1. Their game is in top shape.

I really hope this win bonds the team together to really kick start our finals run. If you go back to last year, it was the Geelong game which pretty much gave this team the belief we can win any game of football even when you’re down. To be down by 2 kicks with 2 mins remaining and end up winning the game will do wonders for the belief. I can appreciate how the belief of Collingwood is sky high with all these close wins.

I’m not as negative about the result as others. I thought Carlton played really well and it was a tough, contested game. We won the game and we played a good forward half game for most of it. We’re the best travelling side in the comp and we’ve had the wood over the Lions over the last couple of years. Bring on top 4.

Can see us losing from here. Terrible in the last qtr.

I’d just go all chips in on Weid for the last few weeks. Brown isn’t the answer. Him making a contest but winning the ground ball is mutually exclusive. Never seen a worser a player when the ball hits the ground.

That Fisher goal was Brayshaw’s. Could have given the handball and instead kicks it out on the full

A bit nervous about tonight. My MFCSS is in full swing. Blues got nothing to lose, Cripps playing, backs against the wall, statement game to claim “The blues are back”. We’re a better side, and we just need to get the job done tonight. Our fan base hasn’t seen a victory against a big Melbourne club since Anzac Eve. As a club we need to win tonight as it’s winning these games which makes our supporter base want to show up rather than get out numbered in the crowd and beaten. Give our supporters a reason to walk out after the game heads held high with a victory.