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I’d love to snuff out any chance of the Filth making finals. This is our Grand Final now.

Understand that he potentially is upset with how the club is traveling, the direction, the handling of his injury etc (we all are). I’ll also concede that it’s not certain he has asked to be traded and it could just be a media beat up/storm in a teacup but would it hurt for Trac to come out and say “I’m not [censored] leaving” a’la Wolf of Wall Street.

Now that finals are out of our reach do we bite the bullet and play whatever kids we have in the 2s and give them a taste of seniors before next season? Surely we have salvage something out of this season for next season and finish as low as possible to get a better draft hand and fixture in 2025.

I'm not convinced Max was 100% fit. We obviously rushed him back due to the predicament that we find ourselves in but Max clearly was not over his injury and it showed.

I have grave concerns about the efforts of Bayley Fritsch. He goes missing for large chunks of the game. Plays behind his man. Doesn’t chase. Isn’t providing a target. He’s not the only culprit.

Surely the Petty up forward experiment is over. Swap him with TMac. Leave TMac forward and either send Petty down back or send him to Casey to work on his forward craft.

Terrific podcast guys.

A welcome return to JVR this week. We really missed him last week. Our forward line functions so much better with him in it. I really wish he didn't have to do so much relief rucking on top of it.

@binman you've been telling us for a long time that our one wood is scores from turnovers. I don't have the final stats in front of me front of me but at half time we hadn't scored from turnover. Any thoughts on why we struggled in this area this week?

Umpires absolutely murdered us in the first half. 11-3. Frees evened up throughout the rest of the match but the were some horrible non-decisions that killed us.

Any thoughts on who could be the sub based on training today?

Was that story true? Did you have an encounter with the Derm?

I listen to the podcast in chunks. Some of it on my commute to work and the rest of it when I walk the dog. The more Dees content that I can consume the better. It could be an hour longer in my books.

Love it.

Just can't see how we're going to pull this one off. I guess you don't know unless you try. Will be a miracle if he runs out on the G on Thursday night.

What a peanut.🥜

Another excellent um podcast.

There is no way he escapes with a fine. He will get a week. It may be low impact but it's the lifting of the elbow for mine. No way he gets off. Was a silly thing for him to do. I like his toughness and hardness but that aspect of his game needs to go in the bin. We can't afford to have him missing for massive games like the one coming up.

The Pod has gone to another level this season gents. How magnificent & gusty was Steven May in the first quarter with those 3 intercept marks? Were you a little worried after the first one or two when he pulled up a little gingerly? I really hope we didn't bring him back in too soon from what looks like a painful injury and it potentially has long term implications.

Kozzy will definitely get a week and I'd like to see Kolt be given a call up. I don't think that role should go to Woey or Laurie.

Possibly one of the worst umpired games I have seen in a Dees game in a long time. All my non-Dees work colleagues this morning agreed that we were absolutely robbed. Happy to take away the W from both games particularly in the 2nd one off a 5 day break. We looked flat at times but rallied when the game needed to be put to bed.

6. Petracca 5. McVee 4. Gawn 3. May 2. Sparrow 1. Fritsch

Saw this post on Twitter after the game. It reads: So big shoutout to Jason Taylor. He really can find diamonds in the rough.

The injuries to May and Lever can be somewhat covered in the short term. The spanner that these injuries throw into the works is in our forward line. We obviously had a plan with playing Petty in the forward line to give Ben Brown a chop out in the next few weeks especially with the 5 day break between the Port and Crows games. What happens to the plans to manage and nurse Ben Brown through the next few weeks with Petty going down back? Do we bring Fullarton in? Does Tommo come in and either Petty or TMac go forward? Interesting times. Hopefully everyone is well drilled in the systems for there to be minimal disruptions during this crisis.