Bring-Back-Powell

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.

It's getting to the point where I'll be genuinely shocked if they don't make the grand final.

Off memory we avoided Kardinia Park in 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2017 and 2020 (only because of the COVID amended fixture). The only way we can avoid Geelong down there is if we play them once and we're the home team.

Went to the Pies V Swans game and there must have been at least 6 reviews. Some of them were so obvious you could tell from sitting on level 4 of the southern stand. It's as if the goal umpires aren't even trying anymore to make a decision when there's a close call, which completely defeats the purpose of selecting the best goal umpires in the country.

There's speculation the remaining time slots to round 23 will be announced next week. Given North are a bottom team I'd expect this game to be on Saturday afternoon or early Sunday 1:10pm.

If last year was any indication, it's a hard no from me. Should play 2 to 3 Casey games and then come into the seniors.

In - BBB, Hibberd Out - JVR, Turner Thought Turner settled well after a shaky start and was a bit stiff to be subbed. However I assume he was warming the seat for Hibberd. Spargo would have to be extremely close but you couldn't drop Chandler off one quiet game. Maybe JJ goes out for Spargo, with the former being on the edge of selection all year. Glad we have Hawthorn this week rather than Port (which will be a early-mid season litmus test/audit for us). The weekend was a taxing game and 4 interstate trips in 8 weeks is a lot for a VIC side. Compare that to St Kilda who have travelled just once, and that one game was at a neutral venue against Collingwood.

Damien Barrett was campaigning for it. Might give BBB the pathway back to AFL.

I reckon 13 with a poor percentage.

Very fair call. It’s just that their inability to play 4 quarters cost them in the finals last year and it seems to be continuing this year.

Our win over Richmond was far poorer than today given Richmond were seriously depleted. My two points. 1) Unlike North last week GC’s pressure wouldn’t allow us to play the game on our terms. We did pretty well to establish a reasonable lead on many occasions, we just couldn’t break them. 2) Collingwood have played like [censored] for 2 quarters in each of their last 2 wins over middle of the road sides like GC - would you say they were poor wins as well? With that being said, it certainly wasn’t a good performance and I’d be concerned if Goodwin wasn’t concerned with elements of the game and the team structure.

Interesting that when Collingwood fall over the line against middle of the road signs like Essendon and Adelaide- the media, the players and supporters celebrate like they’ve won a flag and give the impression that they’re this special side that captures the hearts of the media and most football supporters. But, when we win a close game against a middle of the road side interstate in challenging conditions, it’s considered a poor win by some despite leading for 99% of the game, something that Collingwood are incapable of doing in many of their games. This win wasn’t as poor as some are making it out to be. We got lucky with some umpire calls as well as McPherson missing that very late goal, but we beat an inform side who are playing hard footy at the moment and asked a lot of question of us today.

Suns pressure was finals quality after the first 20 minutes. Really hard to play against tonight, and wouldn’t let us take a commanding lead at any stage. Full credit to them. They would’ve beaten a lot of sides tonight. A lot. Stoked to get the 4 points but heaps to work on.

C’mon fox footy, 5 minutes to game time and we’re listening to Prestia talk about a meh win over West Coast.

That would rely on Hawks losing to a WAFL side down in Launceston in a couple of weeks. That would be the ultimate tank job.

5 points up against a WAFL team 8 minutes to go in 3rd qtr. Didn’t realise how bad Richmond actually are and I didn’t rate our win on Anzac eve as much as others.

It’s hard not to get seduced by the way Brisbane play their footy when their up and about and they have a very talented midfield and forward line. But, can anyone see them knocking off a Geelong or Collingwood at the MCG in a qual, prelim or GF?

Harry Sharp for Brisbane kicks his first goal in league footy. 2 blokes come up to him for half hearted congratulations. JVR kicks his his first goal and 58 of his teammates come from all directions to celebrate and embrace the moment.

You'd imagine the Dees V Brisbane game will be Friday night unless we play the Sunday the week before. That game clearly looks the most enticing of round 18. The Carlton V Dees game in round 22 will be overshadowed by the Pies V Cats game, the latter taking the Friday night slot you would imagine. The Adelaide, Richmond and Hawthorn MCG games could well be afternoon games which would please a number of fans.

Fremantle are also changing their name to Walyalup and I believe we’re playing them during that period. Be interesting to see who else jumps on board next year.