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Huge five minutes coming up here. I'd take no goals to either side and go in with a real sniff in the last term.

[censored] the umps love the Tigers. Martin drops the ball... play on. Friggen terrible.

Classic Dom Tyson disposal there.

Typical goal to give up there. Always going to happen. Having said that, the non-deliberate call in our forward line was one of the worst of the season.

How the [censored] was that not deliberate?

[censored] IT!

Another goal for us here would make things REALLY interesting. Just have to put this momentum on the scoreboard.

Oliver very unlucky for that to be touched. What a goal it would have been!

Kent out for the night with a hammy. Poor bloke can't take a trick.

C'mon Dees!

Can always rely on you for an honest, balanced assessment, Doc. Cheers. The centre clearances are a real issue as it looks as though Gawn is dominating in the ruck and we are not taking advantage of that at all. Going simply by stats it also looks like Harmes, ANB, Brayshaw etc are giving us next to nothing at the moment which just isn't good enough. Hopefully something clicks and we turn the corner in the second half.

I saw enough. I figured the same issues from last week have been rearing their ugly heads again. Has our defence been any better?

I'm ignoring this thread as I can't watch the game, I'm only going by stats. Could someone who is sound of mind give me, and others in the same boat, a brief run down of the half. It seems like we're having a dip but running into the same problems.

Keep up the pressure for another 3 quarters and we can win this game of footy. Easier said than done, but we can do it. Impressed with Weideman in the first term. Really positive start to the night.

I'm not. Oscar has been fantastic this year.

I can't argue against the fact that he isn't in great form, but I don't see Jetta allowing it to go on for too long. He's quick enough and strong enough to compete with him down forward, but at the same time, Dusty could carve up most players he matches up on, so whoever get the job will need some support.

I'm backing the Weid to kick 2-3 goals tonight. I'd love him to step up and show that he belongs at this level. Him doing this gives us not only another tall target up forward, but also takes the pressure off others and gives us greater flexibility through the midfield in terms of giving Hogan and Petracca more minutes in there. I think this will be a really close, hard fought contest that will go right down to the wire. I'm praying to the football gods that we're the ones to be in front when the final siren rings. Go Dees!

I'd go with Jetta.

So one minute he is never in the box, the next minute he does both during games...? Why anybody listens to a thing you say or backs you up in anything is totally beyond me.

Just do it on Richmond supporter if you have to.

Before we start jumping off the West Gate, again, let's wait and hear from a trusted source about issue first. Right now all we know, from a rumour, is McCartney will be on the bench instead of the coaches box. We know nothing else, regardless of what someone like Tom Morris (who has come up with some absolute shite this year) has to say on the matter.

I'm interested to see how this plays out tomorrow night. We all know that the Tigers have an excellent defence, and while we've been able to generate a bucket load of inside 50s, we've blazed away more often than not. With Weideman coming in, does this give us the extra, leading target we've been craving? At the very least the Weid can provide a contest and bring the ball to ground, even in a two on one situation. Our mosquito fleet will need to be buzzing for 120 minutes to ensure that they don't get too many easy rebounds off half back. At the other end we all know how poorly our defence has functioned as a unit in the first month of the season, and I like that we've dropped Frost to accommodate the fact that the Tigers play pretty small up forward. Will that allow us to play Oscar on Riewoldt which frees up Lever to play the second man up? Will we be able to release someone like Hibberd into the rebounding role he plays so well? Can Jetta find some form and play a lock down role on one of their small forwards like Castagna or Butler? I'm looking forward to how we respond tomorrow night and I think, on paper at least, we match up quite well against the Tigers. We all know that doesn't get us very far and we'll need every player to give 100% to their role in the side tomorrow night. Go Dees!

I like the changes this week. Weidmann gets a chance which is great, which gives us the second ruckman we need and a taller player to complement Hogan, especially when he pushes up the ground. Tyson coming in adds a good, solid mid to the mix and allows us to potentially play Oliver forward a little more. Stretch and Hunt give us some outside run which is something we have lacked a little of. I'd love the get a win this week and I think this team gives us a shot at it.

Bugg played today, as did Hannan and Pedersen. The ones who didn't who were named on the Casey interchange on Friday were Hunt, Wagner, Fritsch, Garlett, Vince and Weideman. I think I've got that right. You would expect that Tyson is one inclusion while a few of the ones who didn't play today would be held over as emergencies for Tuesday night.

Was that you clapping on the half forward flank when Bugg hobbled off with a corkie?