Bring-Back-Powell

Whilst I expect Pickett to remain in the side, I wouldn't be shocked if he's dropped on Thursday night as a mini wake up call and then start the game as sub. Might be the circuit breaker he needs, in terms of sitting out the first 2 or so quarters out and then come on fresh and do some damage in the last quarter against a tired Brisbane defence or midfield. But I assume he remains in the side for one more week.

Agree that if we win 5 of our last 7 then we will make top 4 (unless one of Bulldogs, Essendon or Geelong win out which they won't) Interestingly that since 2012 (when we first had an 18 team comp) no team has made the top 4 with 8 losses, and we'll have 8 losses assuming we go 5-2 and make the top 4. A good year for there to be a bunch of good-ordinary sides from 5th downwards.

Our three major threats for top 4 are Essendon, Bulldogs and Geelong. I have Essendon going 13-10 with losses to Geelong, Dogs and Collingwood. Therefore we need to go 3-4 to finish above them. Very achievable. I have Geelong going 14-8-1 and only losing to Brisbane, while beating Port at home and even beating Collingwood in a revenge game from round 1. Therefore we need to go 5-2 to finish above them. Tough proposition. (maybe I rate Geelong higher than others but they are the reigning premiers and should be respected as such) I have Bulldogs going 14-9 with losses only to Geelong in Geelong and a loss to one of Sydney away or Richmond at Marvel. They have a pretty soft draw. Therefore we need to go 4-3 to finish above them. Achievable. At the end of the day, we need to improve significantly in our front half if we end up finishing top 4 and are to beat Port or Collingwood in week 1. Therefore I don't see a massive difference at the moment in finishing 4th or 5th. Either scenario will most likely land us into a semi final IMO.

The one game he didn’t play we kicked 17 goals on the Dogs in round 1.

I mentioned this in another thread about the Giants. Their 7-8 record flatters them. Sydney, Geelong and us all kicked themselves out of the contest against them and they were supremely accurate in all those games. Not sure if that’s sustainable.

Was that Jayden Hunt’s first goal as a Budgie?

Lions 44-0 with 4 minutes left to qtr time. Hopefully this is West Coast’s best quarter of the day.

Trac to lead the minors with 5.

I’d be absolutely staggered if the Pies don’t make the GF. Would be one of the biggest chokes of all time, even by Collingwood standards.

BBB 18 goals in his last 5 Docklands assignments.

What part of their footballing are you not impressed with?

I would’ve picked DeGoey and Howe as your two favs.

Dogs need some goal kicking contribution from their midfield. Their goals have come from only JUH, Naughton and Weightman.

The poor fella couldn’t organise a corporate box tonight and appears to be sitting with the riff raff.

Nick Daicos is out of control good. Hopefully Taj has got some Brownlow medal DNA in him.

They’re enjoyable to watch on the rare occasion you want Collingwood to win.

I reckon he’d be a good bloke OFF the field. OFF being the operative word.

Meanwhile the Doga have been outstanding in their forward conversion and connection since 3 quarter time of last week.

The one week you want/need Collingwood to do you a favour 😬 Pies need to ditch Ash Johnson before he single-handedly loses them a final. Not the smartest of players.

I'd entertain the option if you've got the liquidity now. You'll absolutely get reimbursed (in theory) if Collingwood make it. Not that I encourage scalping as it's illegal, but grand final tickets are going to be the most in demand in the history of the AFL/VFL due to Collingwood's phenomenal crowd pulling factor. Collingwood supporters who don't have GF guarantee will have only dreamt of paying $1,500 in July, as people will be willing to fork out astronomical amounts during grand final week.

Entertaining football sells memberships. The casual arm chair supporter isn't going to take out a membership and subsequently attend our remaining home games if we're going to continue to kick 6 to 8 goals a game.

I'd have a very poor attitude if I was dropped after being a key member and contributor towards our big statement win of the season in replacement for a player that wasn't ready for AFL footy. Tomlinson needs to leave the club for his own sake.

Can someone with far more knowledge about footy and tactics than I explain to me why Tomlinson isn’t in the side to assist May and Lever down back in order to send Petty forward to partner up with BBB…. rather than relying on Gawn or Grundy who don’t have an ounce of forward craft between them.

Clearly we hope Richmond V Melbourne ain’t a wet day in round 20.

Higgins, Battle and Hill are handy outs. Higgins is the sort of player that will either kick 5.0 or 0.5.