Bring-Back-Powell

Hopefully we do a better job of containing Schultz (4 goals) and Lobb (3 goals and 9 marks) this time around. A lot of Freo supporters are disappointed Banfield got dropped as he can kick the clutch goal and he's tracking towards a 25 goal season. Wouldn't be surprised if he's a late in or at least the medical sub. I have absolutely no basis or information to support this but I wouldn't be surprised if Banfield is part of the Jackson trade.

Schmook must have logged onto Demonland this morning prior to editing his article.

The Dockers' round 11 win at the MCG saw Logue hold May to season lows of just six disposals and one mark (well below his 2022 averages of 19.1 and 5.2) in a big tactical win for Longmuir. https://www.afl.com.au/news/807974/does-this-dockers-defender-hold-the-key-against-dees- Apparently Griffen Logue holds the key to tonight. Some cutting edge analysis by Nathan Schmook on the AFL website. (we'll just ignore the fact that May missed the last three quarters of that game with concussion and was on track for a 24 possession game)

Essendon played down in Geelong last year in about round 16 or 17 but point well and truly taken.

Definitely not a key forward. Also too short to be a power ruck. But the answer IMO is a ruck.

Yeah the breaks are starting to have an effect on us recently. The Brisbane, Adelaide and Port games we had 10, 9 and 10 day breaks respectively and ran the game out strongly. The Geelong and Dogs games we had 5 and 6 day breaks and ran the last 10 minutes of the game on quicksand. Unfortunately this week we have back to back 6 day breaks albeit without the NT heat from the previous week. We should be fresher for the Pies and particularly the Carlton game which is an 8 day break. Lions game on a 6 day break shouldn't be much of an issue as it's a night game.

If Richmond lose to Brisbane on Sunday, we'll ostensibly be playing finals footy in 2022 even if we go 0-4 from here. The best Richmond could go in that scenario would be 12-9-1 and I simply cannot entertain the notion of St Kilda beating all of Hawthorn, Geelong (away), Brisbane or Sydney. Get you party poppers, balloons and champagne handy at 6pm Sunday.

“If they can go back-to-back, I think he’ll be content with the job that he’s done there and it will be a career move for him. “I think if they get done this year it might be a chip on the block that he wants to go again. Kind of a no loss situation for us supporters if Hamish Brayshaw is on the money with the above quote.

With regards to us missing the finals, I checked the odds on TAB and they don't have us listed in that particular market. Collingwood are the least favourite at $15.

The Gus and Gawny podcast is on the MFC website and is endorsed by the club, and Gibson who is employed by the club hosts it (or at least he did when he hosted the Bedford segment). So I think it would be fair enough to announce a potential re-signing on that forum. I'd even be happy if Andy broke the news on Demonland. Just sign GUS!

From an overall perspective - Yes, because we've (particularly Victorians) all had a choice in whether we can attend games live. We may not win the flag in 2022, but I'm thoroughly enjoying going to games again as opposed to watching them in lockdowns and putting up with overrated mistake riddled commentators such as BT. On footballing matters, I think the standards that we expect of this club are possibly too high given the unbelievable September we had. We as fans definitely took the 10-0 streak for granted I believe. The mood of this forum reflected the unconvincing wins over the likes of Essendon, Hawthorn and North. If we had our time again, we probably should've celebrated the first half season wins a little more as a collective than we actually did, given the mid-late season hiccups we've had.

Goodwin flagged in the postgame presser that BBB has a permanent knee issue. One wonders if he'll see his entire contract through?

Pressure - 18th in league. Last year 3rd. Weideman worst in league for forward line pressure BBB second worst for forward line pressure Fritsch 9th worst for forward line pressure. There's a stack of other issues but what hope do we have with those stats.

It's starting to look a like a "We'll learn from that" kind of year. Hopefully the hunger will return in 2023, because it's just not there this year. We're not digging in hard enough against the best sides. Dogs - out worked by a hungrier side. Bont willed them over the line. Who went that extra yard for us? Geelong - the ball lived in their forward half for the last 15 minutes of the game Collingwood - 6 goals to 1 last quarter Sydney - 4 goals to 1 last quarter Fremantle - Literally gave no yelp after Fristch kicked an early 3rd quarter goal.

Even if we went 0-4 and Dogs went 3-1 but overtook us on percentage, one of the following would still need to happen for us miss finals: Richmond would need to go 4-0 and beat all of Brisbane (MCG), Port (AO), Hawthorn (MCG) and Essendon. Possible I guess but would be a tall order. OR St Kilda would need beat all of Hawthorn, Geelong (GMHBA), Brisbane and Sydney. I'd have St Kilda at a 1% chance of achieving that. If we ended the season 0-5 we'd probably have very little business being in the finals in all honestly.

I have us winning 1 of the last 4 against with that win being against Carlton. Sure, we're capable of winning more but our record against the top echelon is poor. My projected top 8: Geelong 18-4 Brisbane 16-6 Sydney 16-6 Collingwood 16-6 Fremantle 15-6-1 Melbourne 14-8 WB 13-9 Carlton 13-9 Week 1 - Dogs at the G Week 2 - Travel to Sydney or Brisbane (if we win week 1) Week 3 - MCG prelim against Geelong or Pies (if we win week 2)

They’re the real deal. Time to face facts.

It’s going to be their year I’m afraid. How the heck did they pull that one out of the fire. Not to mention the 25,000 other close ones they’ve won.

Excellent comeback by the Dons in fairness.

We’ve been waiting all year for them to fall over though. This team has the defensive buy-in to make a grand final. Just like our commitment to defence last year.

It’s going to be a Geelong V Collingwood grand final. Just lock it in now.

Who can stop this team?

Nothing surer than us going 0-6-1 in the “hoping team X wins”

Walsh with an ankle injury.

Firstly, I think at worst we’ll scrounge at least one win, likely against Carlton. We played good enough footy at times last night to suggest we’re a genuine top 6 side. Secondly, I expect (and hope) Geelong’s system to hold off the Dogs at Kardinia Park.