Bring-Back-Powell

We’re not very good at semi finals. 1-4 from the 2002 Adelaide final onwards. The last time we won a home semi final (ie the higher ranked team) was 1998 V St Kilda.

Trac's potential high possession 3 vote games in our wins: Sydney - round 3 West Coast - round 4 North - round 7 Carlton - round 12 St Kilda - round 17 Brisbane - round 18 North - round 21 Sydney - round 24 I don't think he quite gets over the line this year. Would need to vote well in his lower possession games and pull off some 2's and 3's in losses.

Exactly my thoughts. Jake reeks of captaincy material and will be our skipper in 2025 IMO. The recent 4 year contract extension he signed all but confirms that I reckon. Outside of Max he’s essentially the face of the club with all the media he provides.

Could easily be only 3 wins if Milne got a better bounce or extra time was brought in for 2010.

Collingwood losing another grand final by under a goal would be the equivalent satisfaction and happiness of us beating North or West Coast by 8 goals. Hopefully the (long range) forecast holds up and the pies struggle in the heat.

After two weeks of absolutely gut punching soul destroying losses, I honestly couldn’t care less that Collingwood won last night. Not worth the emotional energy. Assuming Brisbane make the GF, they may have a massive advantage if the weather forecast holds up. Mid to high 20’s. In 2001 Brisbane overrun Essendon on a 28 degree day. Maybe history repeats itself. Can Collingwood’s manic defence hold up on very warm day?

Carlton I’ll give you. Absolutely should’ve won that game. Collingwood beat us fair and square on the night. We were asleep at the wheel in the first quarter and they started the game at finals intensity and grabbed a match winning lead at qtr time. Then in the third quarter they had all the answers by way of competent goal kicking.

So what you’re telling me is a Collingwood V Carlton grand final will sell out but a Collingwood V Brisbane will not sell out?

I think his season has been slightly over hyped. 12.17 for the season. If he did that at Melbourne he’d be lynched by all and sundry.

Interesting that in the post game presser Kingsley basically had a go at the stringent concussion rules which saw one of better players in Daniels go off in the final minutes for an HIA and subsequently pass with flying colours. However last week you had Waitering who looked like he went 15 rounds with Mike Tyson and was about to collapse in front of 95,000 people, only for the AFL to come out and congratulate Carlton’s medical team on their handling of the matter. Makes perfect sense I guess….

Bedford’s been a bit overrated this year if you ask me. Kicked 12.17 for the year and missed a crucial goal early in the 3rd qtr tonight which would’ve given GWS some much needed confidence and ascendancy.

Tracs round 24 game V Sydney was brilliant. He essentially turned the game off his own boot. Im expecting that game will get him within 1-2 votes of the winner.

I will be attending the Grand Final as an AFL member and if Carlton beat Collingwood then I’ll reluctantly take it.

At the game tonight. The silence at half time is akin to watching an MFC practice match at Casey, at half time. The pies supporters are rattled. They assumed that 2023 was their god given right to win a flag after their prelim heart break last year. May it continue into the second half.

Go the Giants. Please do the state of Victoria a favour and punt the filth out of another finals series.

Would be around the $650K mark at a guess. I would assume the club and player will come to a financial settlement and he retires in the coming weeks. Not sure the club will be keen on nursing him for the third time in four years, albeit did get a significant pay off in 2021.

Heading to the game tonight. Hopefully the atmosphere will be flatter than a funeral at 10:30pm tonight. That's the only consolation I'll take out of this disastrous September campaign.

Putting his previous off field issues and current injury issues aside, I’m in total agreement. Absolute pure football talent is Liam Ryan and can actually kick the prune. However I can’t see him wanting to move and I can’t see why WC would want to move one of their rare forward talents

Which is what Kozzie managed this year. Id happily take 35-40 goals from McAdam if he plays a full season.

Agree that we were the better side last week aside from our conversion. Even Carlton supporters will concede we were the better side. However the Pies were the better side on the night of the QUAL final, certainly for 3 quarters, and held a 3-5 goal lead for almost the entire night. Yes it was a golden opportunity but the Pies were ultimately too good for us when the game was up for grabs early.

Are people expecting a glowing critique of our 2023 finals series? If yes, then I'd suggest those people ignore the media for the next week or 2.

Can anyone provide further details on this?

Joel Smith doesn't seem too phased by the set shot pressure. I don't think he missed one since Kings Bday. 11.4 for the season and consideration needs to be made for him to retain his position in the forward line next year. A Carlton supporter I spoke to post game seriously rated his performance last week.

Our suspensions let us down this year in marginal losses the following week: 1) Kozzie round 1 - lose to Brisbane in round 2 by a margin that Kozzie could've pegged back on his own. 2) Sparrow round 9 - lose to Port in round 10 3) Hunter round 10 - lose to Freo in round 11 4) JVR QF - lose to Carlton in SF 5) Kozzie SF - round 1 2024?? (and would have depleted our forward line even more if we got through to the prelim)

As stated yesterday, the Adelaide V Sydney goal umpiring howler would have had to be the AFL's lowest moment since the competition changed its name in 1990. Cost a side a finals series. Do people really think they would have made the most unforced howler 4 weeks later by incorrectly overturning a goal that should not have been overturned. I think not. They clearly had conclusive evidence that wasn't available for the broadcaster to show the viewers.