Roost it far

A win for the ages. Today we’ll show the competition why they don’t want us in the finals. Dees by 21, JVR to take his first steps to form and Petracca to be BOG.

I think he’s a mid who replaces Viney. I was actually thinking they might give him a [censored] down role on one of 4 pies. I guess we’ll never know if that worked. In my universe he made life so tough for Josh Daicos that Josh tapped out with 6 possessions late in the third. Culley went on to kick 3 final quarter goals and we won by 42 points. I then took my winnings and went to dinner before heading home to watch it all again in my home theatre prior to flying off to Italy till after the bye.

I imagine Tholstrup will be the sub. What’s Howes going to be doing?

Who says he wants to be a Docker? There’s some who believe that and you could just as easily write a story headlined “Koz loves the Dee’s and staying put for the foreseeable future”

Agreed, he plays to hurt Gawn. They’ll be looking at the weather as well I’d say. Extra talks on a cold, rainy day probably aren’t the go.

That would explain Culley.

I’d like to see Culley get 4 quarters with Sharp as the sub JVR for AJ, he’s ahead of Jeffo because he can cover Max

No wonder people think Melbourne supporters are wnakers.

You got to the truth in the end.

That’s simply not worth watching

Maybe they’ve got the report!

It’s 4.31

I was there with my brother who worked for the club back then. I was still yelling and talking in Capitals 3 days later! (It's why I understand Picket Fence)

What time is the report arriving?

Pressure and contest aren't really a game style, they're a prerequisite to disarming the opposition. Watch our game against Brisbane, we literally wore them out which is exactly what we have to do on Monday.

I think he has rethought his approach, we're playing quite differently to the last few years. You have to remember that he's learning as well. He's likely a much better coach now than he was in 2020. If you want to win finals it's all about pressure and contest. Our plan is clearly still forward half based but with better transition from turnover, something that's been clearly apparent in our wins. Is it time for a change of coach?......Possibly as everyone has a use by date. I still think he'll be with us next year and hopefully we can add some talent at the end of the season and be cherry ripe for 2026. If we lose 2-3 out of the next few weeks I'd be getting games into Adam's, JVR and Jefferson and setting ourselves for a monster preseason. Get any surgeries done early and build for 2026. If of course we start winning then we may as well push for the flag this year as well.

I was at the Whitten Oval the day he broke Terry Wallace's jaw. You heard the smack, the ball did just leave the area but it was poor judgement on Grinter's behalf and something I reckon he's no proud of. As for Brereton he was of an incredibly talented player who loved getting in the face of the opposition. I liked him and wished he played for us.

Brereton wasn’t a thug like Matthews. Matthews was a cowardly thug.

Oh that’s sad.

Have we got a team yet?

You’ve still got to have a body that can go up. Imagine Gawn gets injured and there’s no coverage.

No need to embarrass the Pies just yet

I think we’ll win and if we do get beat it’ll be less than 4 goals, 2 of them late.

On form Jefferson gets a game but we need a back up ruckman so I think JVR will get the nod. I’d be surprised if they are both bought in. Personally I’d be bringing in TMac for Lever but that’s unlikely.