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Let's do it. Clean by hand and foot and get to that break and a prelim. A must win. Go girls do it

How's the weather down there today?

It's a horrible game to watch, but it's footy and the Eagles are at least hanging in there. It would be great to see them roll the blues.

Well this keeps us rolling with the theme of the season in delivering against the odds as we lose one good player after another to injury. Geez we're well and truly underdogs now. Hopefully the lions will be overconfident now and we hit them hard early. I'd never back this team out. Demon Spirit

It will hurt us not having Goldy this weekend. She's had a bumpy season. We'll really miss her run. Thought she'd be back in this week. I hope her eye is coming good

Drop an email to PG perhaps? Our clib can do better. Training sessions could be a small section that's updated regularly with a quick status update if things are changing. It's not fair on you or the other track watchers to try and guess when and where traing will be. It would be a 5 minute update for someone to make to a website or even a social media post. Thanks to all the track watchers for their updates over both teams. As an interstate member, I really appreciate it.

It wasn't the prettiest at times but I thought the game against the lions last week was close to the best AFLW game I've watched. Fantastic pressure from both sides

Let em know Ghosty. They can do better than that for the fans

Gee we've had some injuries and challenges this year. A great effort to lock down a top 2 finish. I'm not super confident, but if we can put 4 quarters of our best footy together, we can roll anyone. A great third quarter. Really liked the way Mick rolled Harris I to defence at the end of each quarter to hold us steady. Go Dees, let's steal this flag from Norf

Pressure!

Great burn off and pass by Macklin

Yep and our midfield are well held. Need Hore and Hanks to really break free We can do this.

Gillard! What a ripper

Thanks for all the info and updates @Ghostwriter you're a gem. Pumped for the game tonight

Ghosty you probably understand the coaching structure and capacity of the club much better than I do from afar. I'd never want to see him step away from the Women's team, I just wonder from a culture and strategy point of view, he could potentially help the blokes while still undertaking his Womens coaching role once their season ends? He is incredibly strong in both aspects. Both culture (team first), where we seem to have had problems with the blokes and game strategy and game day changes where Goody and his team also seemed to struggle. He just seems to have built something so solid, why wouldn't we leverage his expertise. Maybe in a consultancy type role with the men's team perhaps? Another example could be where Mick could have been used in selecting our new coach (nothing against Kingys selection). I don't know his capacity over the whole footy year or his renumeration. Is there capacity for him to work with Kingy early in 2026? Before the women return for their season? I'd love to see him more recognised and utilised by this club so that we as a club get the most out of a very talented and capable person. I'd be gutted if he got poached by another club if he did look to develop his coaching career and credentials in the future. Anyways, I'd be keen to hear what you think about capacity and capability for someone like Mick to actually do some work for both teams.

I know I bang on about it but Mick is a huge asset for our club and I wish he was used in some capacity as part of the men's team. He's built a fantastic culture with the Ws

This sums it up so we'll. Just making the game more and more complex. I feel for umpires and players at all levels of the game. Another gift to Rugba league and soccer. Clowns

How frikking awesome GW! Love this team

Is it a different person running the women's team media? Seems to be a heap more fun than the blokes has been for the last year or two.

Just watched the replay. What an absolute epic battle. We're right in the mix as long as we get the job done next week. Probably the most physical game from Tayla Harris I've seen. Will she gets pinged for the late bump?

I agree with lots above @binman I wonder about the venues though. There's a problem with Places like Docklands though. They're just devoid of atmosphere. It's a balancing act between having grounds that have that fantastic suburban footy vibe and look more populated and interesting on TV versus well sheltered grounds that don't have the atmosphere. It's a balancing act I suppose. It's great to have grounds where kids can go and kick a footy around and get really close to the players etc. We definitely have an advantage when the wind howls down at Casey as we now know how to attack with the breeze and then defend against it. Doesn't always lead to the best skills though as you say

Should be a great test next week before the finals. Should also lock in 2nd spot if we win yeah?

Great that we didn't take the foot off the pedal in the last although we didn't convert. A few thought last week that North have this season in the bag. I reckon Stinnear and the team are coming good at the right time as our game evovles. So many contributors. Hore, Macca, Zanker. Our second tier players such as Fitzy and Wotherspoon are massive contributors in taking the pressure off our forwards. Our backline looked great with the likes of Gillard and Chaplin as well. Great win by a team growing in stature and confidence as the finals loom

Loved the way we held on to the footy under pressure and didn't release until we had the option to go to. No hacked kicks, we kept possession and moved it forward really well

I can't remember a player recking up so many possies in one QTR. It could be record breaking. She's just everywhere