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A slightly smarter side would have beaten the Dogs tonight. Never mind.

So much chatter (most of it from Tony Cochrane) about how quickly the game is growing on the GC but where are they all ? Metricon is always 3/4 empty and most of the people that do turn up follow the opposition team.

Not only have Brisbane lost their last two but they've dropped around 10% as well. If we get up tomorrow it's hard to see us playing interstate in September, covid not withstanding of course.

Let's hope they've got a little more in the tank for next week. Then they can fall in a heap.

Hi Forkie. Tigers were wavering until Bolton scored in the third I think and that gave them a sniff. Now that they've been able to score two in the last whilst simultaneously burning 8 minutes off the clock I think they've probably got this one now.

Tigers far from their best but they started to get hold of Brisbane at around the same time St Kilda did the other week. Either way Hardwick is going to burst a blood vessel if he carries on like this.

Fair play to them. This is probably the only reason it would be better for us to finish above them as a heavily reduced attendance could see them ask again come finals time. Then again there is probably some contractual agreement the AFL have with the MCC to play a certain amount of games at the MCG.

Probably a good move too for for the neutral supporter. Despite the chasm in ladder places between us and the Hawks you can just about guarantee we'll keep them in with a sniff until early in the last quarter before motoring away to a four goal win.

I've seen morris dancers look more threatening than Fremantle. Deary me.

Freo stinking up prime time big time. Not much more than a training run for the Cats.

Is the spin off in having prime time viewing slots being able to attract club sponsors or is there some sort of a direct monetary correlation ? I'd guess that both those games would now be the free to air Channel 7 matches with those time slots. Thankfully I'll be at the second one and won't have to listen to BT & Brayshaw.

Geez, just saw the highlights of the game last night on kayo. What a great win for the roos. Could've easily folded after the coasters hit the front early in the last quarter. I hope Maxy is still playing as well as Goldie at that age.

Hi GYM. I hear what you're saying and I'm all for selling three game packages (assuming they'll even get entry to the ground with covid restrictions) but they shouldn't then be classed as members in order to doctor the figures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWZDzTTptdU.

Just saw that membership promotion. Does this mean that anyone belatedly looking to clamber aboard the D-Train at the 11th hour now that we're finals bound gets three free games next year?

Meanwhile north of the border....

Right, time to turn Kayo off before that crud called Bounce starts.

Tigers debuild formally underway. I'm giving it five years before the next Save our Skins campaign.

How good is this. Tigers playing for their season next week against Brisbane. Will have to add some popcorn to the shopping list this week for next Friday night.

Might have to get on the Tiger train next Friday. If they can beat Brisbane and we get over the line against the Hawks it's hard to see us travelling interstate again after we play in Perth in round 21.

Dogs have now lost to us, Geelong, Richmond & Sydney in the eight.

Docklands seems far less soulless with the roof open I think. Perhaps the key is to pencil in all daytime games for the 3.20pm time slot when the sun is lower in the sky to negate the so called glare problem.

Yeah, that's right. He used to cop so much [censored] from opposition fans sitting behind the goals.

The first time the dogs kicked it deep I was half expecting to see Rod Carter take a mark in the goal square.

Swans wearing South Melbourne guernseys. Nice touch. Just remembered that I walked past the old Brunswick Street Oval at lunchtime today and there was a junior girls game on with one side wearing the old Fitzroy guernseys.