John Demonic

He wasn't that good in the first month of the season*

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Pick 9 Pick 8 Pick 7 Pick 6 What a day!

Suns are already above them, I'm getting greedy now and want Carlton to leap frog Freo in the coming weeks.

Justin Longserviceleavemuir

It's going to suck barracking for Carlton over GCS tomorrow.

Fremantle Sloppers

Is thinking Freo will come back in the 2nd half a minor symptom of MFCSS? I lack the self-love to feel that I deserve a premiership tilt AND a high draft pick simultaneously. My therapist thinks I should stand in front of the mirror and tell myself I'm worthy

Not sure we have a leg to stand on with Kobe, Kynan, Kalani and Taj father sons

Last night was strange. Probably should've been hoping Geelong won so we'd have two teams within close distance of us to aim for that top 2 position, but I think it's better this way. We can aim for a home 2v3 final v the Pies and send them off to a bruising Port prelim, who will be minor premiers and enough momentum to get themselves into a victorian grand final where their [censored] will fall out from under them, and we can have a 15 goal victory. And Geelong can continue on their way at the lower rungs of the 8 or missing out completely. #GettingAheadOfMyself

Hope he stays in the side, his first 2-3 weeks were rock solid and he was only 'dropped' for positional purposes. May can handle himself against any forward, but his only weakness can be the odd-game where a tall ruck/forward out stretches him on 2-3 occasions. Tomlinson could be our dedicated giant killer if he gets some confidence, and it leaves the rest to their strengths and also allows us to get Petty back in the forward line to give that "experiment" a fair trial further. Joel Smith is still the perfect depth that can help us cover any future absence.

Shhhh

Fatigue? Harder opponents? More weight of pressure on each shot? Goals harder to come by in this period of the season? All I know is that my gut feeling was that we were going to kick inaccurately yesterday and that almost every set shot goal felt like a 'bonus' or a small miracle of sorts, barring ANB's snap in front. It was just one of those games, we were never going to kick accurately and blow them out by 5+ goals. Had that 2008 GF vibe about it, but we never panicked in defense and stood tall against any momentum they tried to generate, unlike the Cats on that day!

How good is it that we're still winning the Josh Kelly pick swap

That Moron has said we can't win the flag for the past month at every opportunity. Even on 3AW pre game, he went back to it. He's getting on the front foot now that his go-to hot take has been exposed to anyone paying attention. A disgrace.

Accidental Renaissance painting? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/aug/08/accidental-renaissance-photos-look-like-italian-paintings-in-pictures

Is he heartbroken?

Does Mr Chaplin have aspirations to be a senior coach one day? Will he interview for the Richmond position?

Christian Jolly (Champion Data) on the ESPN footy podcast is another great audio show that presents stat data driven trends in the game and for each team .

He's unlistenable. Speaks in a disappointed/angry dad tone about every topic. Have pretty much avoided all media with him in it this year until now. I used to enjoy Crunch Time on SEN Saturday morning. But with Huddo defecting to 3AW, they now have either David King, Mark McClure or Dermie on each week, and I've barely made it past 20 minutes. 🤮 3AW & ABC have now become far far superior. I know it's worn out topic but I had to vent!

David King saying we have to beat Collingwood to make the top 4, can you believe it? So we have to win the hardest game of the year, out of the remaining 10 or so matches to make the top 4. Even though we're in there by a game and percentage right now. Makes no sense at all.

This sounds more like the the voice over for the fox footy round intro. Lose and we'll still by in the top 4, either by percentage or by 4 points and percentage.

What's our derogatory nickname? Cheeseboards?

There is a balance though. Overlooking that they took their foot off the pedal last week, to suit a narrative, ain't it. The eye test right now suggests they are playing better, will be favourites and will beat us on the balance of probability next week. Goody in his presser even said they were the team to beat. Smash us? That's the other extreme end of the spectrum.

Beat the dumbest footy team I've seen in years by 3 goals. Will take it I suppose. Reaffirmed why I haven't bothered to watch a blues game all year.