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This is a relief. I was worried that he'd miss a chunk of it given the duration.

That'll be mighty stressful, we'd need the Giants to pull saints pctge down by several % so we can leapfrog them, while not themselves lifting their own pctge by the 6% to overtake us. Imagine beating dons by a point, our % would fall fractionally - we really need a big win to maximise our chances. Perilous stuff! Come on Weid, time for your break-out 7-goal haul.

Our %ge 106.2, theirs was 100.3 before this game, but is now up to 104.4 on live ladder. If they keep this up we'll need a solid margin next week to get over them.

Yes, even if we win next week and they lose, they could still end up ahead of us on % with us both on 9 wins.

I'm sure we won't. We'll play WCE, Lions, Freo and Port twice, with our home games against Freo and Port in NT.

This is getting ugly.

Jeez the Crows are really doing a number on Carlton right now.

@Demonland This is a wonderful site, forum and community. The Gameday threads provide a lot of added entertainment and outlet during our games, and I've learned a lot about the tactical and operational sides of the game from the many discussions herein and on the Podcast. Thanks for your ongoing work.

Didn't seem to be anything specific. Looked to me like he wasn't entertaining leading questions setting any kind of press narrative. E.g towards the end was asked about Rivers' game and if we had "a find" as though it was luck, which he shot down as being due to the good work of our recruitment team. He seemed short and to the point, less meandering cliches, perhaps reflecting the team's focus on next week and the job not yet being done.

I was sold on him the minute he was touted as a good kick running out of defence. Very classy player - seems well and truly at home at this level.

Burgess described it as having "knicked a tendon" and that those were usually around 6 week injuries.

Whoever dreamed that up and whoever did the voiceover should hang their heads in shame.

Would Jacko for fritsch be an option?

Excellent point - May's leadership and his driving of standards are a huge asset. He's having a colossal impact this year.

Well played, love it!

If rivers doesn't get the rising star nom. I will break something.

Well done Spargo.

How is that not holding the man on Baker? Oh that's right, we're playing the AFL project team.

You could breathe on Fritsch and he'd lose his footing.

Towing the AFL line. It's like [censored] north Korea.

We need to sign players up on shorter deals and keep them driven to excel.

Because he.. er...*coughs* ... bleeds red and blue...?

Loved how he took a split second to balance when taking the kick, great composure.

Mumford has to get weeks for something tonight. Just whacks gawn in back of head nowhere near the ball. Coward.

Typical boganism from that dead-set drongo.