Bring-Back-Powell

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.

What are the odds of us going 0-4 on the run home and Dogs OR St Kilda and Richmond going 4-0 on the run home? We’ll miss finals if that happens. If Dogs lose next week to Geelong we’ll probably unofficially qualify regardless of us winning another game.

What are the odds of us going 0-4 on the run home and Dogs OR St Kilda and Richmond going 4-0 on the run home? We’ll miss finals if that happens. If Dogs lose next week to Geelong we’ll probably unofficially qualify regardless of us winning another game.

Carlton may end up having a comfortable win over GWS but they appear to be a rung below the Collingwoods and Sydney’s of the top 8. Our game against them in round 22 is an absolute non negotiable.

Any chance we could’ve played the safe option and chose the local boy in Hayden Young who is tracking towards being clearly one of the best players of that 2019 draft?

Freo have a joke of a round 22 and 23 fixture in WC and GWS so we’re probably going to have to win 4/5 to finish ahead of them.

I assume it was an innocent oversight by Taylor as to why he didn’t pull the trigger on this outstanding young “Victorian” talent back in late 2019.

Dogs and Saints will be celebrating Richmond’s draw but how much worse is a Freo draw than a loss for us.

Random observation: Anyone notice Daisy often laughs as she speaks even though she doesn’t find the topic funny. For example when she was talking about the unfortunate injury to McNamara (Melbourne’s women side) on SEN with Whately yesterday she broke into laughter as she was breaking the down the bad news. Not sure if it’s on air nerves or just the way she naturally talks.

Is Lobb due back next week? I’d me way more confident in beating Freo without him given what happened in our round 11 game.

Nathan Jones also cited the example of Tom Boyd whereby earning an exorbitant amount of money for a 21-22 year old can actually do more harm than good for one’s mental heath. The pressure of being the highest paid player at the club at such a young age could really be harmful to a kid’s development. Jones advised to LJ to re-consider the Freo offer by staying at MFC where he can still learn off Gawn, earn a bit less money and relieve himself of excessive scrutiny and pressure.

Nathan Jones (who played 4 games with LJ in 2020) who is more qualified than anyone else in the media to comment on Jackson had some thoughts on SEN tonight: 1) the money being bandied around is ludicrous for LJ 2) LJ is far too an inconsistent a player to warrant such money. 3) LJ coming to Freo has the potential to be a culture killer for Fremantle. Not sure if he was referring to the magnitude of money that would be going to the one player or the player himself being a culture killer.

Excellent stat. Was not aware. Port had a big win over Sydney the week after they (Swans) beat us so are capable at Adelaide Oval. But you couldn't bet against Geelong on their current form.

Any danger of Collingwood losing a game anytime before Sep 24? Carlton have been gifted a % booster with all of GWS's outs, and the fact they're pretty woeful regardless. Clearly the biggest result for us would be Port knocking off Geelong. GC over Brisbane would be fantastic but won't happen. One result that could go our way is Richmond knocking off Freo tonight for a bit of a top 4 breather for us.

What about a nibble at Paddy Dow from Carlton to fatten our midfield depth chart? The HUN reporting that Carlton are looking at off loading a former high draft pick for salary space so I can only assume it's him. Last year he almost got there as a realised talent but for whatever reason can't get a game this year (that reason being that he's probably not good enough in Voss's eye)

It would be handy if LJ can hurry up and make a call then. We all know you're heading home mate, just confirm it with everyone and move on. Gus is such an important signing IMO.

Melksham kicked one goal not two.

I don't believe the hype either and I don't agree with the purported salary he's either seeking or been offered. I certainly don't believe in the 'generational player' that gets labelled at LJ. Carey was an example of a generational player. At the same age as LJ (21st year) he won a B&F, kicked 46 goals and polled 14 brownlow votes in 1992. In the following year he was captain of the All Aust side, kicked 63 goals and was arguably the best player in the league. Aside from a rising star award (great but Lewis Taylor also won one) and a good but not amazing quarter in a grand final, what has he achieved to be warranting such a big pay day? What trajectory is he on to warrant such a big pay day? Do Freo honestly think LJ is going to have the influence of a Carey or a Buddy over the next 1-4 years?