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Does anyone have any concrete mail on a supposed fight between Hoges and Milkshake at a dinner that required them to be physically separated?

Geelong Collingwood 09 Collingwood Geelong 10 Syd Nth 14

I’m in section 146 too - row G

I’ll be there! My plane lands at 9.30 so timing works out really well.

A really gritty and tough finals performance. No passengers. So many huge moments, you couldn’t help but be emotional. You could grizzle at the conversion and some wasted opportunities but that happens in finals. We put scoreboard pressure on early and didn’t ever let up. I got the feeling that of the 91,000 there (sorry OldDee you were about 36,000 off) 65,000 of them were Dees. The roar when Chunk kicked the winner was spine tingling. On to next week and a much different challenge - can we break the Hawks possession game with our running power? Can’t wait!

Great - I’m in the middle of row G.

I guess we don’t have too long to wait to find out. I haven’t been through the previous 31 pages but anyone else in N14?

I have an Asahi open to celebrate our AA participants. Hard to predict the weather but if its a night like tonight there will certainly be 80k+. You’re forgetting that at least 10k of neutrals will turn up.

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It might sound silly but I thought West Coast hitting the front as ‘early’ as they did was helpful. It refocused and galvanised us. So incredibly proud of all of the players. A fantastic effort over there. Shout out to the recruiting staff. What did we give up for Hibberd & Melksham? Where were Tom McDonald, Hannan, Harmes, Jetta and Fritsch drafted? What a day. Let’s all get to the G next week and bring back a home final.

As bad a side as I can remember seeing us play. Got the job done - really strong performance aside from some third quarter inaccuracy. We need now to bring that same effort next Sunday.

15 minutes before bounce and there’s literally 47 GC supporters here.

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Crows - average yes particularly with Sloane and Walker out - subsequent form bears that out. North - hadn't really got its season going when we played them.

Great post. Certainly happy with 8-4 at the bye. My only issue is that apart from the Geelong game we haven't been close to beating an above average side. We need to establish some credibility - no better place to start than on the road against a top 8 team on Friday week.

A true 4 quarter performance with no passengers. Thought they got a little bit handball happy in the last quarter trying to share it around but only a very minor criticism. Having bounced back over the last month and beaten 4 objectively inferior teams comprehensively, the challenge now is to bring that standard against a team who played in last year's grand final and whom the football world would consider our equals.

1. Speed of ball movement and risk taking was excellent. With Viney back our midfield will be elite for 5+ years. And we have the best ruckman in the competition. 2. Pushed a hardened top 4 team in a milestone game to within a kick even with 6-8 below average performances. 3. Oscar's ongoing development.

Then you could also say that our loss was Fritsch's fault. His smothered kick, by not going back over the mark properly, led to the ball being kicked to the 50:50 contest, which led to the free kick, the 50m and the goal. Attributing the loss to one specific event is so difficult. That being said, agree that you want your leaders to show passion - in the right way. Vince in the 3rd term in a contest was a good example - Lewis not so much.

1. GWS 2. Geelong 3. Sydney 4. Adelaide 5. Richmond 6. Melbourne 7. Port Adelaide 8. Western Bulldogs 9. Essendon 10. Hawthorn 11. West Coast 12. Collingwood 13. St. Kilda 14. Fremantle 15. Brisbane 16. Carlton 17. North Melbourne 18. Gold Coast