Roost it far

Well it’s going to be a cracking day and if we can block up the corridor and pressure the ball carrier we should have a solid advantage if they decide to kick long up the line. I don’t care how we win just beat these [censored].

Firstly I reckon the Hawks are over rated. Secondly I think we're in reasonable form Thirdly I think they'll be coming off a little after their circle [censored] last week. Fourthly I hate em, all of them, the whole club, the supporters, the entirety. So we have to win, it's been glorious years beating them and I'd like it to continue.

This.....If the stories were true Goodwin's response would have been "I'm not going to be drawn in to discussing articles written about Clayton, I've got a strong relationship.......blah blah blah, he didn't he categorically stated the articles weren't true. I mean it's from some pretty low life click baiters. I've oscillated on Oliver over the journey. Hindsight says we probably trade him at the end of 23 when we'd have likely got 2 high picks and most of his salary covered. Now I'm in the keep him and keep building him camp. He's been through some pretty serious tumult over the last 3 years. He's clearly got the backing of his coach, captain and his team mates. He's still racking up good numbers whilst not being as damaging as he once was, although that 3rd quarter against Richmond was pretty damn good. He's only 27 so potentially has 6-7 more good years in him. He'll get fitter again this pre season and there's no reason his formline won't continue to improve over the next few years. I'm actually starting to think the club has done a phenomenal job supporting him and getting him back on the field. For all the [censored] the media has slung his and our way here's a kid fronting up to work day in day out working his backside off to help his team. It's a fair effort. You don't have to look very far to see just how badly it can turn out for stars of the game.

Viney is a big out this week, he wasn't 3 weeks ago. He's been a great tagger and that's a role he can continue to play. Oliver back will help fill the hole so we should cover that ok. Oliver just should never kick the ball, feed it out to the runners. If we get the third quarter against Richmond from him we'll be more than fine. Melksham is a tougher loss. I think Jefferson has been bought in to man Sicily. He's played a fair few games in defence at Casey and I think it's good to give the kid a focus. If he nullifies Sicily, helps create a few goals and perhaps kicks one or two then that's a massive win, looking forward to watching that contest. Because we'll be leading late Sicily will go forward where I think TMac can cover him. There's no doubt Petracca is finding his mojo again as he gets better week after week. I'm expecting a big game from him and another from Gawn. The others are all playing pretty good footy, Windsor had his best game for the year last week, Lindsay is just rolling along beautifully and Bowey is loving his footy atm. All up I'm predicting the Dee's by 40 although it could be closer if we put the queue in the rack late. Unlike Collingwood we don't have the luxury of resting our stars for whole games, we're going to have to do it during games. Don't be surprised to see Max and Tracc on the bench for the last 10 minutes after JVR kicks his 4th to take us 45 points up.

$900K is a bargain for Jackson.

I’m not sure me saying this on Demonland puts any pressure on him. My point is for us to win he needs to play a role and play it well.

Jefferson would want to play the game of his life.

They're some drastic outs. Don't like concussions, can take a player longer to get over than the week, not to mention long term.

Viney!!! Melksham!!!! This is not great

After burning Petracca on the inside for an easy handball.

We have to ramp up the pressure from the get go. Our mids and HHF's are going to need to run both ways like their lives depended on it. I actually think our defensive unit stacks up well against there smallish forwards. Lindsay, Windsor, Bowey and Rivers should be able to keep the likes of McDonald, Watson, Hardwick and Moore largely in check. TMac should easily subdue Chol and If Sicily plays forward May can cover. In the middle we've got Viney to go to Newcombe and then Peracca, Oliver and can go to work. Gawn can just keep doing what Gawn does. The million dollar question is can our forward line kick a winning score.

I was surprised just how long it took McVee to get back to playing after doing his. I thought it was a 3-4 week injury.

According to Goodwin the stories around Oliver are untrue. That makes the media truly irresponsible.

He’s clearly the best ruckman that has ever played the game. He’s on track for his 8th AA which will end the argument for good.

If you're renting it's illegal for the smoke alarm not to be hard wired....or so I believe.

Had he played on the wing prior to being drafted? He seems very much at home there. Does he see himself as an inside mid eventually as his skills point to a player who can play inside and outside. Loving his development, now get us into the finals.

JVR for Petty Their attack is small and nimble. May or TMac should easily account for Chol which means I think we cover them pretty well. Our mids should beat there's or at worst break even. That leaves our forwards, Turner and JVR to kick a 6 between them, Max to kick 2 and the Dee's to win by 21. I almost want to beat them more than I want to beat Collingwood. I think they're pretenders and very beatable.

The only way Oliver changes clubs is if he tears up the contract and starts again. He'd be lucky to get $750K right now. I think we're stuck with him which isn't a bad thing. He's a damn fine player and if he can just get that bit fitter this off season who knows.

Gerard hasn't recovered from leaving Melbourne and then playing for the swans in the Semi Final in 87 against us only to get totally pantsed. He likes the sound of his own voice, I'm yet to meet a good bloke who suffers from this affliction. In short, he's a [censored]

I tried wiping my bum with a computer screen, just wasn't the same.

For me it's a must win game. Pressure over 200, run and carry, kick straight for goal, get it done Dee's.

There's nothing stopping us saying you can go if you can negotiate a new contract with club of choice, get us a first rounder and leave us paying nothing.

Complaining about the quality of footy shows......there's a word for such things but i can't think it atm.

He doesn't like him because he shows up Jefferson's lack of intensity.