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The captivating thing about sport is ... it can be unpredictable.  What's that saying again? Something about counting and chickens and before they've hatched?

I am feeling some aggregious nail biting MFCSS about Sunday's game. Head says all good - this is a new mature composed hardened Dees team; we've got this. Heart has PTSD.

25 minutes ago, chookrat said:

So when do Casey play v North? With the AFL match in Hobart I wouldn't mind getting along to the VFL.

Last night. 

Lynch and Reiwoldt. Would it be possible to be spearheaded by two greater flogs?

Shouldn't the question be would Casey want him?

Sitting 6-0, having just humiliated the reigning premier and benchmark team of the last 4 years.  Up against the most irrelevant of the clubs having a VFL lineage.  We simply MUST smash them.  Clinical, emotionally detached ruthlessness.  No pity, no empathy, no quarter given.  We've been on the receiving end from the peak Geelong and Hawthorn teams of the past decade or so, not to mention Essendon and even North themselves.  Let's do our bit towards consigning that insipid lurching organisation into the dustbin of history.

2 hours ago, one_demon said:

That was the headline on the back of The Herald- Sun.  Will this crack at us ever die?

I wouldn't wipe.my ar$e with that tabloid low-brow populist rag. 

Salem - was vital when the pressure was genuinely on

Petracca - extraordinarily powerful display by the best player in the game

Oliver - creates something from nothing. So good. And just great to see the love between him and Trac, etc. 

Rivers - loved those efforts at ground level to get a hand on the ball and get it clear. Big part of our defence.

Tmac - critical goals

Jacko - just got better and better throughout. I had my reservations with his drafting but his upside is stratospheric. 

Yeah I think Trac might come out of this game on top of the vaunted Dusty-Trac face off!

Absolutely LOVING our pressure. Such team first play and contribution across the teamsheet. One qtr to go. Keep it up!

2 minutes ago, DeeSince73 said:

Deliberate my fat a r s e. 

Such bollocks. A 50-odd metre kick out of defence with half a dozen teammates in that direction. Umpires trying to manufacture a Richmond comeback.

Frittata!!!

Trac is a stupendous talent. Fantastic effort and smarts. Great start to 2nd half!

Salem 21 disposals half way through 2nd quarter. Skills spun from pure silk.

That bump on Oliver has to come under scrutiny. If Dangerfield copped weeks that surely has to too.

1 minute ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Jeez Richmond applied some serious heat - we stood up pretty well in the end

Hoping our fitness can see us going the distance. They really seemed to have a lot at contest after contest that quarter.

Feels a bit like the 200 GF at the moment. Coming up against a tougher, rougher seasoned opponent.

Did that Richmond grub just punch Kozzie in the groin?

Doing a good job of clawing back into this the last few mins.

How late are the Tigers forwards with the arm in the back of a defender's head?

[censored] where is the high tackle on lever ffs

Need to steady here. We can go the distance let's get these nerves out of the way.

Excellent excellent work by spargo.

Jonesey gets to take the coin toss. Nice. 

F$*%&s sake Kayo!!! What am I paying you for???  One of the biggest and most poignant fixtures of the season and I'm watching some Brisbane Carlton [censored] minutes before the game kicks off?????

5 hours ago, PaulRB said:

A fascinating sub-plot tonight for me is how Pickett, Jackson and Rivers perform on the big stage in a big occassion game against the best opposition... 

Go boys, reputations are built on nights like tonight.

Kozzy has seemed to really love playing in front of crowds these early rounds after last year's situation. I reckon we might be in for a treat tonight.