Bring-Back-Powell

Not prepared to commit to it but for some reason I think Carlton could get some revenge on Collingwood and they finally have a game where it all clicks. The other potential upset is Freo beating Geelong at home if Geelong don’t get anyone back aside from the suspended Close.

Would’ve preferred that Essendon beat Brisbane given Brisbane are a genuine top 2 chance.

Compare that to Collingwood who have played Geelong, Port, Brisbane and St Kilda.

Kozi kicked 4 on us last year.

Are you sure about that. Freo getting the job done as per my prediction. Not sure why people were so confident in Sydney winning. The are drosh this year.

I can’t for the life me fathom how West Coast don’t finish last this year. For starters, they play Hawthorn down in Tassie soon which would be a near certain win for the Hawks.

Just a gut feel. And I’ve mentioned it earlier in the week in the Freo thread. Sometimes a club needs an early kill to turn their season and confidence around. This may have happened last week to Richmond. Sydney aren’t flying either and don’t deserve the heavy favouritism they hold. I’m going to look like a genius or a fool either way.

A bonus loss for Geelong as far as we’re concerned given the opposition. They will probably have to go 11-3 to go top 4, which is highly possible for Geelong, big still a tall order. Those early losses may end up costing them dearly.

A few people here are being harsh on West Coast. West Coast have about 26 players able to train throughout the week. Is it any surprise they any get within 7 goals of literally anyone these days? I’d shudder to think how we’d performed with 8 of our best 22 out.

Get on Freo at $3.30 Vs Sydney tomorrow let alone next week. Freo are more than a sneaky chance to roll Sydney on the road.

I don't boo anyone and that included Scully in peak 2012/2013 days and I certainly won't be booing Frost. Our supporter base has certainly booed Frost though. I will be amazed if Jackson doesn't get the rounds of the table in a couple of weeks.

With all the booing debate, will be interesting if Frost gets booed this week by us fans. He certainly has in our recent meetings.

Carlton did precisely that by resting Charlie Curnow after he won his appeal in 2018. Alas for Carlton, we beat them by 18 goals.

Does the appeals board have the discretion to downgrade it to 1 week? Would like him available for Port.

If Sydney are out of finals contention by late July/early August then I don't think it's a fait accompli that we'll be playing Sydney on a Friday night in round 24. Essendon V Collingwood and Brisbane V St Kilda could be Friday night contenders for round 24.

If our Brisbane game is Friday night, then the St Kilda game will be on a Saturday night due to us already having had a 5 day break this year. The competition for Friday night games for round 18 are: Melbourne V Brisbane (MCG) Carlton V Port (Marvel) Collingwood V Freo (MCG) (just because it's Collingwood) Sydney V Bulldogs -(SCG) Geelong V Essendon - GMHBA If the AFL go for one of the other 4 options for Friday night, we could be Saturday night or Sunday 3:20 Vs' Brisbane. That would give the AFL flexibility to schedule us for a Sunday or Saturday night against St Kilda the week before.

Any speculation on what time slots were getting for the St Kilda and Brisbane games? Hopefully Adelaide and Hawthorn are Saturday games, for those that love the traditional timeslot.

If I recall, Powell was on our draft radar a few years back.

Will Powell, defender from Gold Coast. Quietly putting together a good season. I don't think what he said was too inflammatory to be honest. He was asked the question and he gave his opinion. Not everyone has to have the same opinion.

Does anyone know if JVR has to attend and face the music again in the appeal? Not the greatest preparation for the young fella from a head space point of view.

Freo are beating Sydney this week (IMO) on the way to an 11-12 season, and can blame their poor start on missing the finals. They're too good a side to be hanging around the bottom 5 and if Jackson plays more games like last week then their forward line will start to be a bit more potent and consistent.

Didn’t Adrian Anderson get Fritsch off in 2021?

The Chol hit on Bowey has never been a reportable offence in the history of footy. Hopefully the same logic and common sense prevails tonight for JVR.

2 weeks at Casey and back in for the Carlton game would be the most sensible option. McVee will need a rest by then.

The gurus at Expected Scores had us losing the game by 1 point - 78.9 to 77.7 I don't know how they worked that out given we had 5 more scoring shots. https://twitter.com/AFLxScore?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author They also had GWS beating the Dogs on expected scores.