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I want to believe Scully, don't let me down here.

Could you reveal some non-revealing reason for why you have this tidbit? eg Family member of "someone" in the coaching depth?

Someone said the same thing about Tom Rockliff last year.

I think i'd rather see us and Essendon in the finals. Why would anyone want to see WCE make it and play Port Adelaide, Sydney or Richmond? I would not even tune in. Atmosphere would be a regular season match.

Tippa wasn't a top up player. Was taken in 2015 rookie draft

Are we still tanking tomorrows match to not meet Sydney?

10 points at 3/4.

that was holding De Boer, he dived on it.

I still kind of feel the WCE/ESS games are slightly irrelevant today. If their winning took away our ability to fall in by winning 1 of Bris/Coll then so be it, what a terrible way to enter the finals. Edit: I guess the only issue is WCE percentage.

A divisive topic eh? It's not one way or the other way. Anyone telling us there's too much Political correctness or that the country is racist has no nuance at all and comes across as desperate. It's no wonder these debates become heated, because both sides have incorrect views and both sides feel the need to correct those incorrect views, over and over. And IMO, Lamumba is both a pretentious wanka and not a pretentious wanka, depending on what time of the day it is. Just like me, and everyone else. And as for Lamumba being self righteous and holier than thou, hasn't anyone ever been righteous and 'correct' in an argument with a partner? Or been a human in their 20's?

Lucky we have bye week this year, as Geel vs GWS would be another dead rubber where one team can rest one week and concede a home final and go full strength the following week while another goes full strength for both matches and burns themselves out. Also go Saints for round 23. The game that could gift us an away strip white shorts final against Richmond, if we win our games.

GOALCats (Patrick Dangerfield) Well, this is predictable.

If Freo or St K beat Richmond, then we're now in the box seat to play Richmond if we keep winning.

You can be a serious contender, and still have a bogey side. Cough Norf

We're still 30 pages off being Dion Prestia level.

The crows seemed to lose every contest in the last 5 mins. Even with the ball needing to get a goal to win, looked like they had zero chance with how unstructured and tired they were. I suspect Sydney could have won by 2 or 3 goals if they didn't switch to match saving mode.

At least the Crows won't rest against Wce now.

I always barrack for the Swans due to loving their game plan in neutral matches, but its a lot better if they lose i assume? Still good to have one game on the line and Carlton having an opportunity next week to pull something out of their asses. BUT at the same time, Adel will have #1 sewn up and can let West Coast have a bruise free win.

I guess that DL rumour of Longmire getting rid of Rohan at the end of the year and us going after him is bunk

Zorko has had a great few seasons and is a star. Would be a massive player if in Geelong or Adelaide or any other top side. I'm worried about Hipwood tbh, another gorilla (or giraffe) fwd. Our midfields will either neutralize each other, or we'll come out on top and the rest of our class across the board should shine (Jetta, Garlett, Hibbo, Petracca etc) Having TMAC back reflects this dire need to sure up our last line of defence over the next month with Frost assumedly falling our of favor. We can afford to let our mids and forwards be creative enough to create the scores, if we're willing to build an elite defensive unit and let the chips fall where they may in other areas.

As in, we need to replace garland with a defender who is depth at another club. (Not Dawson, but somone that will come cheap)

I don't know if you're joking, but if we can't get Lever then we do need to replace Garland ie Injury depth. If we can't find an elite or potentially elite defender, then we'll need to look for a supporting forward to relieve pressure on Hogan, Watts, Weed & Pedo so that TMAC can go back and our defence can be elite. If injuries hit 2 defenders then we're pretty thin and it could really dent out season next year.

Maybe they've been priming Sicily in the intercept marking role this year to offer as a trade with other picks and a midfielder.

I think you can see that he's not kicking through the ball, but is dabbing at it. Probably from the pressure on him to make the most of the one shot on goal he's having per game at AFL level currently.

Lewis has had to adapt his game due to the new third man up rule too that prevents him being as bullish in a pack as he once could have been. Just another factor for why he isnt replicating his year prior in form.