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I’m delighted we’re playing Geelong I suggest people look at their qualifying defeat against Port. The cats wilted under the heat and intensity applied by the power. Allir Allir had a party down back. They were never in it. They made heavy weather of beating an injury ravaged GWS last night They are old and slow and past it I have no worries whatsoever about out mental state or mindset. The psychological boost from our comeback in Rd 23 can’t be underestimated. We were super focused and business like against the Lions. These are the new demons. We will turn up to play next week Heat and intensity to overwhelm the geriatrics. Dees by 6 goals

I really don;t think we should be all that worried about playing Geelong next week. They are old and slow and there for the taking

such a blatant throw by Selwood and he still has the neck to complain about getting pinged by the ump

Mummy should deck Hawkins in a ruck contest the first chance he gets

Whitfield is terrible tonight

Not sure who's going to provide the inspiration for the Giants tonight. They're looking pretty toothless so far

At least 2 Selwood throws so far

Can't decide whether to mute or not. Love Daisy but hate BT

Whitfield needs to show more awareness. Ran down twice already

The Giants suffer more injuries than any other team. They just can't consistently get all their team on the ground at the same time. I hope they are able to muster some more fight and make the cats earn it tonight. Worst case is an easy Geelong win. I want to face a tired and weary Geelong next weekend

Kate will ultimately be judged on whether she delivers a home base or not. In this regard her CV is impeccable. I don't think there is another man or woman more qualified for the job And I haven't seen her pushing a woke agenda either unless advocating for the women's team is considered woke.

I'm not against the idea of bringing Cerra in but it has to be on ours terms. We're not desperate so: Cerra has to accept a sensible salary Freo have to accept our 2nd rounder and future first. No player goes in the opposite direction (unless it's the Weid which i doubt they'll accept) The only way i see this happening is if Cerra is prepared to walk and force Freo's hand. I think his relationship with Freo is good so i doubt he would do this. Carlton still very much favorites for mine

Depends. If Geelong or GWS come out all guns blazing and beat us fair and square then i'll cop it. They are both capable teams and sometimes you get beaten by a better opponent on the day. We've had a great season no matter what. If we waste our chances and kick 8-15 on the other hand I'll be frustrated as all hell

A Bont love fest. A super player for sure but getting 3 times more votes than the second placed MVP is strange. Similar with the captaincy. He led them from first to fifth in the last 3 weeks of the season while Maxy was winning the minor premierships after a Herculean second half v the Cats When were the votes cast i wonder?

Bernie Vince was our first decent trade for an age. He won a best and fairest. We haven't had a bust since. Superb recruitment over the past few years

Is Cerra really all that? I say hold onto Brayshaw and take our picks to the draft. Taylor is on a serious roll so i'd prefer to see what kind of diamond he can unearth for us this year The only traded in player i foresee over the next 2 trade periods is a KPF. Ben King or Harry McKay my preference. Keep our cap to cover one of those two.

It's Werridee's thing. Leave him be

I was more worried about GWS than Geelong but given injuries and suspensions I can't see the Giants winning through to meet us. I think the cats are done. We struck a huge psychological blow with our big comeback and after the siren win in Rd 23. We've broken them just need to apply the final blow. Doing so in a prelim will be sweet

Good luck to him. He's going to need it.

It had to be a suspension. I don't understand how some in the media suggested a fine. They need to explain themselves

The only changes we'll make from here on in will be because of injury. Reality is we don't have alternatives for TMac. Options are the Weid or Melks but they are not playing reserve footy. Can't bring them into a PF side and expect them to perform with no match practice. TMac must contest and bring the ball to ground. If he does that we'll be ok as BB and Fritsch will take the I50 marks and kick the goals for us

He's being sent to the tribunal. assessed as intentional umpire contact. He won't play next week

Bombers kicked themselves out of it. Needed to apply scoreboard pressure when on top but couldn't do it. 6,203 days and counting......

That bloke who runs the "Number of Days since Essendon last won a final" account is still in a job

Essendon young players are mostly over-hyped but Sam Draper is going to be a very good player for them