Bring-Back-Powell

No. If no cases in regional VIC for 2 weeks, then they might let in 6,000 odd.

31-0 Can’t see Geelong winking this.

Yeah, Saints have got this one in the bag.

Bit of a chance. If WC lose both their games and Essendon lose once than they’re in (assuming they beat Geelong and Freo at Marvel next week)

Sounds like the 2018 finals series.

Are you assuming St Kilda are beating Geelong or Dogs are beating Port next week?

I have it engrained in my mind that we simply lose to Geelong in Geelong. Whether it’s Zac Thuoey kicking a goal after a siren or losing by 100 pints 2 games after a prelim appearance. Bad things happens down there to Melbourne. Be delighted to be proven wrong. Port could most certainly beat the Dogs.

Dogs losing doesn’t really help us if: Port win twice Geelong win twice. If that’s the case we’ll all be booking flights for Adelaide for the qualifying final.

Clayton Oliver or Max Gawn having a shot for goal from 20 mtrs out directly in front to win the grand final after the siren would be pretty cruel. Or Spargo anywhere from outside 35.

Not surprised with that stat. We’ve had our best run with injury in decades.

Clarko’s parting gift to the Hawks - get as high up the ladder after some late season meaningless wins and cost themselves a mint draft pick after a mostly lousy year.

Not exactly the tastiest of menus today in terms of what’s on offer. Geelong V St Kilda the pick of the bunch, but that game could go south in a hurry if the “bad” St Kilda rocks up.

Beers on you this weekend with those odds?

BT querying as to why Dustin Martin has to do 14 days quarantine in Melbourne when he’s just came out of a QLD hospital… Umm, pretty sure he’s been out of hospital since late July. https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.afl.com.au/news/654025/dusty-out-of-hospital-but-not-heading-home-yet/amp

All things being equal I’ve got us beating Adelaide and losing to Geelong - hence finishing 3rd and getting on GWS’s side of the draw in week 2, in the event we lose week 1.

It’s a massive IF mate. And I’m not expecting it to happen. Just pointing out that GWS are carrying some brilliant form and could very well beat Sydney in week 1. Meanwhile we’ll be playing a high quality side in week 1.

Any chance Gws can extend the margin past 90? 89 was the margin of the 2019 GF.

We’re so playing GWS in the semis if things go south in week 1 finals.

We’ll be well and truly cooked if that happens. Has the potential to derail our premiership dream. Remember in rounds 12-15 of 2017 we went Monday-Sunday-Saturday-Friday night. Sure we one the first of those 3 games but didn’t have anything to give in that Friday night game Vs Sydney.

Geelong V Melbourne almost a certainty a to be Saturday night. Back to back 6 day breaks. If we finish top 2, Pert wants the qualifying final at the MCG, even in front of nobody.

Port are winning that game I reckon.

Anyone concerned about the removal of the pre finals bye? Our players aren’t robots, and after the insane amount of travel and quarantine and 60 minute quarters, the boys needs a physical and mental refresh week off IMO. We’re not Geelong who pretty much haven’t left their house for 3 weeks.

Yeah I agree with that as all members will be catered for after the corporate fat cats are catered for first. However I can’t see the members allocation being anywhere near taken up due to draconian border rules and thus plenty of GA will be available.

I must say there were a couple of games on the run home that year (WC, Dogs and Saints) when we we had a lead in the last Qtr or had all the momentum only to be run over. I’m not giving your tanking claim any credence (unless you were joking) but we certainly flushed some potential wins down the toilet in late 2019.

Unless 50,000 tickets go to corporates, I wouldn’t be surprised if the game is open up to the general public at Optus after members have been catered for. Normally in a grand final each club gets about a 15-17% allocation of club members. So at the very least that’s about 9,000 MFC members that will be catered for. But here’s the thing - how many MFC members reside in Perth to go toward that 9,000. And with the border closures, how many more are coming from interstate to get to that 9,000. Then throw in the oppositions 9,000 allocation and you’d have much the same scenario. Furthermore, 40% of the GF allocation go to AFL and MCC members, which obviously won’t be happening at a Perth GF. So I’d say the tickets will go to the general public.