Bring-Back-Powell

I can see why we want him. Last night wasn’t his best but how good were two or three of his passes going inside 50. Weights the ball beautifully for his forwards.

If Port winning is not a disaster, it’s by far not a good result for us. If Carlton held or built on their 5 goal lead and we won by a few goals tonight, then guess who replaces Port in the 8?

Terrible result for us. It’s probably only Essendon that are looking vulnerable to miss the 8, and thus only 1 team we could replace. (although GWS could be in trouble if we were to beat them)

Jayden Hunt would be in our back 7 each week. Having a far better season than Salem and Bowey.

@WalkingCivilWar would you kindly mention how Max trained this morning, assuming he trained on site?

They certainly are doing something right in the accuracy department but they can't rely on kicking 16.6 in each final and expect to win a flag. They could very well continue their supreme accuracy on Saturday night but law of averages suggest it won't last much longer.

My requests: Carlton to beat Port. North to beat Geelong Brisbane to beat GC St Kilda to beat Essendon WC to beat Freo Richmond to beat Collingwood Sydney to beat Dog Adelaide to beat Hawthorn I expect just 3 of those to salute.

The Tackle on Fox Footy last night.

Lachie Hunter rumoured to come back in next week to play his 200th against his old mob.

He’s expected to command two first rounders which is pricey. But in a vacuum, he’d be an excellent acquisition, and we have Brayshaw cap money to spend.

Is is just me or Bowey's late 2021 AFL games better than what he's produced in subsequent years. He was a joy to watch in that period. BBB playing a big role post round 16 2021 was worth the price of admission alone. Can't really complain about his subsequent years.

The one thing going for us is that 3 out of our last 5 games are at the G where we have an 8-3 record and we only have to travel once. Our heavy lifting in terms of travel has been done. I'm not sure what's happened to our interstate record but that used to be one of Goodwin's strengths - the ability to regularly win on the road. Saturday night will prove whether there's any life left in the season.

Absolutely. In early 2022 when we couldn't lose a game even if we tried, we got 20K on a warm April night against GWS. I doubt we get anymore than 22K on Saturday night.

A minor win with Coniglio out. In the old days if GWS were missing Kelly and Coniglio they'd be no chance. I reckon if Max is right on the border line, then they might leave him out this week due to the wet weather predicted. Saturday has more rain predicted then what was predicted for the Dons game 2 weeks ago. The problem is Briggs will get 90 hit outs, but the onus is on our midfield to step up from last week, and GWS supposedly have a clearance problem.

Is he a chance to miss this week? Was getting treatment during the Freo game and looked completely out of sorts by his standards.