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Free kick doggies. Rubbish

Langdon excellent so far

Picked up where we left off in perth

112-7 since Daniel’s tackled gawny

80,000 my eye. 50 max

Defensive depth will be well and truly tested tonight. Big ask to cover all of lever, petty, rivers and Hibbo .

Just spotted a doggies guernsey. Very few about

Lever out (if happens) evens up the odds imv. Big out. As long as he and maysie marshalling the defence I was confident. Now I’m not so sure. on the train heading to the game now. Great to have footy back go dees

Would have had Tomlinson over Smith but the brains trust got it right all through last year so i'll back them in regards Smith

Nothing wrong with being cocky as long as you can back it up I didn't like Caro's criticism of Kate Roffey's reference to our culture in her speech. I though her speech overall was excellent I guess this is the sort of guff people come up with when you're premiers

I understand those who caution against over-confidence. We need to be focused and disciplined to win But let's not forget the last time we played them we smashed them by 74 points. In a grand final. We are a better all round team than they are and as long as we have our minds on the job at hand we will win this game

I'm heading up to the Suns game as well. Where do the Dees supporters hang out pre and post game

Brisbane belted the pies in Qld a few weeks back so i expect them to win that final easy. The Lions in a prelim will be a very tough opponent for us. It's a 50/50 proposition notwithstanding our great home record.

Greiser for st Klida is useless

I was sure Vescio was going to win it. Deserved to lose tbh but we got there. Just

Caught holding defensively twice. Not sharp at all. Really need some composure now

We're a far better team than Carlton. Their form has been better but they've beaten nobody. We will win this game. The question is how big a factor the elements will be. Benign conditions and we will give the blue baggers a good touch up and perhaps even boost our percentage. If the Casey gale is blowing it'll even things up and make life harder for us. Making up percentage and trying to pinch top spot is a huge incentive so I think we'll carry on where we left off last week. Dees by 40 points

Sam Walsh is set to miss the first 4 games of the season. Limited preseason and a tricky injury to recover from i think he will struggle to make AA selection. Class player though

Didn't know Zanker was injured. I hope its nothing too serious The chance to play at home through finals is a huge incentive so i fully expect the ladies to go full bore tomorrow evening. Forecast is sunny with light winds (although Casey does has a micro climate all of its our) so hopefully we can pick up where we left off against Freo, post a big win and snatch top spot from the Crows Go Dees

I never want to see Hawthorn win another flag. I'm sick of them I'd like to see Essendon lose the grand final by a goal kicked after the siren. that would be hilarious

I'll stick my neck out and predict we finish top on percentage. We've had plenty of luck recently. Playing the Lions when they were coming off consecutive 4 days breaks and Freo when they were depleted definitely contributed to our wins. We'll beat Carlton. They've been better recently, winning their last 3 but we are a much better side. I reckon we'll beat them by 25-30 points. The conditions at Casey will hopefully be benign. If a gale is blowing it'll even up the contest and could scupper our top spot chances. The Crows form has tapered. They've been labored the last few weeks and aren't scoring as heavily as they were earlier in the season. The Saints have won their last 2 and almost beat the Lions on their deck recently. The Crows will win but I don;t think it'll be be a blow-out. they do play after us so have the advantage of knowing what they have to do to finish top. We have a much better chance of winning a GF here than inter-state so fingers crossed we can snatch top spot

The Crows lost 20% today. they are not scoring heavily the past couple of weeks. The trajectory is in our favor. Having said that I watched the second half of the Carlton game this evening. They are in reasonable form so we can't be complacent

The pies were down 2 rotations in the last. It made a difference Adelaide starting to splutter. Lots of grunt but polish lacking past few weeks. They were not that impressive today. There's nothing in it percentage wise. Calm conditions next week and we bring our shooting boots, we're every chance of snatching top spot.

No changes Everyone is playing well bar Shelley Scott. Would love to see her find form v the Blues. Played second ruck last night in the second half and got some touches. I'd persist and keep her in the side.

Her kicking technique is a big deficiency. Some intensive coaching from choco badly needed. Improve that aspect of her game and she'll be some player