Previously known as LITD.

I'm going early and calling this a Demon win by no less than 33 points. Max to crush the ruck and Fritta and Milk to have a busy time with four goals each. Jvr with five.

Viney had a cracking game last time we met. Tracca too but who infamously kicked four behinds no goals in a game that saw us lose it from own inaccuracy In front of goal.

Nothing major.

I used to do a fair version of this at karaoke. I'm available on Grand final day.....

Amen and Amen sister.

Agreed but I didn't think it would ever happen.

Sunnyboys could come out of recent retirement.

Surprisingly she has broad appeal amongst a lot of women But surely we can do better.y bad I'm thinking Taylor Swift but I'll give that a pass. Sadly for me it's hunters, Paul Kelly or the like.

Because such a bog ordinary team in Cwood won the flag it makes it so much harder not to revisit. It was the finals series from hell. We had the worst run of luck with a totally decimated fwd line including a revitalized Melksham going down against Sydney. And then to do all the work we did and not take our chances with our errant kicking was the s_.t on the cake. Carlton on the other hand have been the opposite in conversion and have been very disciplined and well trained in set shots. The umpires didn't help us either. If we do make finals I just hope we get to end all aspirations and chances the blues have at winning this year. And if we don't then may some other team have the glory in doing likewise.

A really good point. If we lose against Gws it's still very possible for us to make the eight but a loss may just completely destroy any shred of confidence we have after another demoralizing Freo lost. I really think our season hinges upon this weekends game against a very good team.

I think with our low percentage it's probably going to require three more wins for us to play finals. We will have to be playing our very best football for that to transpire as we will play some strong teams in good form. If we do make finals it will be a result of us finding some form at the right time and given how close the comp is any team is a chance to win their respective finals ( excluding playing the Swans at the Scg). Although to be fair Sydney have become a little unstuck at the wrong time of the year. Mathematically as of right now we are in a position that our final's birth is in our own hands and technically there is the possibility of 15 wins which may result in a top four spot. This weekend is must win. I believe if we do win this round than we will definitely be playing finals. It will be great to be back on our home turf and I hope we can shake the damage that the docker's have inflicted upon us once again. It's not going to be easy but I believe our best footy is good enough to beat any team. Let's just hope we can find and play it. Go Dees. Ps Also if do make finals it means we have been playing some very good consistent footy which in a notoriously close comp could mean quite a lot.

In Harmes way isn't bad.

We have young Brown. I like the cut of Kolts job( whatever that means). McVee Jvr Turner And I know people have been critical of AMW but I think he will end up being a very good midfielder for us one day. Yep a few more will do nicely. Another Strong mid and fwd.

Great news about young Windsor. Hope he owns that flank for years. A great emerging talent.

That's a shame chook. Obviously it used to give you enjoyment. Try and look past all the cr.p and enjoy the positive aspects. Cheers

Thanks J. Your right but I just think unless he learns he's going to destroy another players career again. But yea it's not worth the angst. Cheers.

Too risky for me. We still are a chance for finals so we can't experiment here. If we are locked out of finals against the pies then sure give Jeffo a run. Yes Fritas been hot and cold but so has the whole team. Plus he's so much better at the G. A couple of purple patches from him change games.

Nup but the three weeks dished out for a dangerous tackle the other day seems pretty harsh now.

Elbows a bloke in the throat. Just a fine. Something stinks in the Afl nowadays. Blokes untouchable. I wonder who really pays the fine.

Yeah was going to list that as a third. Break of Gawn is pretty clever.

I'm giving a shout out to Fritta and Turner. A close second to Jack Viney's anger management. Do I have too much time on my hands?

Well we won the clearances against Essendon. Oliver has been in and out of form. Tracca is injured. Viney five disposals down from last year. Max has been out. And we need a replacement for Sparrow. Rivers has stepped up at least. Hopefully Oliver will return to his best.

Last year saw twelve wins get a finals birth. Since our percentage is so low thanks to Freo twice we will need 13 wins. We need to win three of the last five games against some tough opponents. I don't think Hawks will make it because of their percentage. The dogs have some tough games including us but have two easy ones in tigers and North and they have a strong percentage so are a solid chave of sneaking in. That means if we play finals I see the Giants and power having to drop out. The cats have some easy teams to play so are safe. We also get to play three contenders so the reality is our destiny is in our own hands. The real challenge to Swans are the Lions who have found form at the right time, Freo and Carlton. Although the latter are hard to gauge. Carlton have kicked some good scores this year but in three of their games decided by a goal or less they have won all of them. ( We one won of our three). I don't see Cwood or suns making it due to percentage. Next week is a must win. Two reasons, it increases our likelihood and pushes gws out . Although mathematically we are still a chance if we lose it will be highly unlikely. It's such a close season that that Carlton game umpiring really hurts just like our percentage being demolished by Freo twice.

But it's been players like Jvr, Mcvee and Windsor who are the stand out consistent good players. For me the issue is with our more veteran players. ..in Oliver, Lever, Petty, Sparrow, Fritta and to a lesser extent Anb. Agree about the Kolt. He wasn't playing too badly but I was impressed with Billings for once. The only two youngsters that are up and down are Turner and AMW. The latter has only played a couple of games.

I think Freo have been a bit of a sleeper this year and have finally started getting it altogether at the business end of the season. But as good as they were, we were equally as bad. I think they missed a lot of early opportunities and it could have been a 100 points demolition. I appreciate your positive attitude but I think you overlooking how inconsistent we are this year. How many games have we seen where you could cal it over from just watching the first ten mins? Yesterday was another one of those. I don't know why there is such a huge difference between our best and worst. So yea sure credit to Freo but absolutely none to us. And at this stage of the season and with a finals birth on the line you would like to see that we were a fighting side. It was hard for me to take positives from that game. In an apparently close season we were absolutely demolished and it was embarrassing how slow we were. I almost felt like counting the number of Dockers players there were on the field at times because their numbers to the contest were overwhelming. I guess despite the home advantage over there and Max out, I expected to see more passion and fight. Goodness help us if we sneak through into the final 8 and have to play them again.