Bring-Back-Powell

A few points. The umpires had a poor game on Saturday. People have rightly pointed out their mistakes. Umpires have been having poor games since 1897. The umpires on Saturday will be penalised in terms of finals chances and even demotion for next week. Can someone point me out to the rule that states that the free kick count has to be even? The umpiring had no material effect on the result on Saturday. The umpiring had a material effect on the result in last year's round 10 game at Adelaide Oval. Can't quite understand the heavy reaction to the umpiring from last weekend. It was bad, but "let's move on" bad I would've thought.

Cerra was absolutely out of contract last year. When an out of contract player nominates his club of choice, the out of contract player gets to his club of choice. It's when the on-contract wantaway players such as Papley try to move clubs. That doesn't always proceed.

The days of finals at Marvel Stadium are long gone IMO. The writing was on the wall when the AFL refused a Marvel final for the Dogs against Adelaide in 2015.

Any news on Kozzie’s strike? If they grade it as medium and intentional then he’s cooked for next week.

That’s my concern too. He’s not exactly a spring chicken either.

Agreed. Certainly a different side to the one they put out in the first half of the season. Both in personnel and attitude.

Eagles only down by 17 despite 3 more scoring shots late in 3rd qtr. WC could kill off Richmond’s top 4 chances.

How accurate Richmond: 14.4 and 3 of their behinds have been rushed. Tom Lynch the only Richmond player to have kicked a behind. Accuracy is literally the difference in this one.

Stoked to hear that Gawn’s back. He absolute owned Geelong in the 3 games last year. If the MRO assesses Kozzie as intentional and medium impact then he’ll miss next week. His opponent went off briefly to recover from the hit. Hoping they assess it as low rather than medium.

Brilliant pic and banner WCW. Hope you enjoyed the game.

They’re top 2 material if you ask me. They’re only a game and percentage below Geelong and have a laughable 4 weeks coming up.

I put a sneaky shekel on when the pies v Cats GF was paying $71 just after QBday. Suspect the odds would be much lower now.

Depends how we go against them in round 21. There’d have to be some slight concerns if we play Collingwood in a qualifying final and the Pies have a potential 6-1 record over us since round 23 2017.

The majority of you can feel free to sook about the umpires. Meanwhile all I can think about is getting the 4 points without a recognised ruckman and watched 3 midfielders at the absolute top of their game. Brilliant result tonight.

Agreed. The sooking on this thread has been an embarrassment tonight. We’ve resembled a bunch of Essendon and Collingwood supporters. We won the game without a ruckman and got a critical 4 points in the bank. And yet all we’re interested in doing is bagging the umpires that quite frankly had an immaterial impact on the result.

He’s first since round 9

And no G Lyon either. He did this game last year.

I think it’s fair to say Sydney aren’t a premiership threat despite beating us. Far too inconsistent.

Any intel if Gawn is back next week V's Geelong? We might get away with it tomorrow, but Sam Weideman as our number 1 ruck isn't going to work for more than 1 week you wouldn't think. Does he have the endurance to go 75%-80% in the middle?

I still can't get my ahead around why people think Andrew Brayshaw is an option in return for LJ. Freo absolutely love the guy, he's going to be the future captain and face of the club and is their best player. Freo will say thanks but no thanks and move onto another trade target if Melbourne demand Andrew Brayshaw or nothing. Serong might be a more realistic target, but once again, Freo will be desperate to keep him and clubs approaching their premiership window such as Freo are buyers not sellers. I expect we'll get draft capital in return rather than A grade players and it may involve a third party.

He hasn't missed a game since round 20 2016 when we had that amazing win over the Hawks. Something like 127 consecutive till now. I was surprised that he wasn't in the seniors for 6 weeks in a row in 2016, his first year.

I don't know about others but I was starting to take wins for granted, and this came to a head in the Hawks win as well as the WC/North fortnight. Definitely won't be taking this win for granted given how tight the ladder is and the fact they beat us last year. Hopefully last year's loss will sharpen their attitudes going into Saturday.

I think Collingwood at 10-5 (if they win) are worth serious top 4 consideration. And if that’s the case, there would be other clubs I’d rather play in a qualifying final then the Pies. Dogs are St Kilda are sneaky chances this week despite being underdogs.

If T Mac doesn't make it back in time for finals, I think it will be last Thursday night's team with the slight adjustment: IN - Gawn Out - Bedford to sub. Hunt from sub to nothing. I think Weideman will stay in as the club has been on record as stating that they want two key forwards and a resting ruck in their forward setup. However, the ball is in Weid's court and if he doesn't perform over the next couple of weeks then we'll have no choice but to go smaller i.e. - Bedford. I think everyone else is a lock.

I can handle Jackson playing a year or 2 at North if it means we have to decline Peter Bell's inevitable final offer of a second round draft pick and Ethan Hughes thrown in as a sweetener for LJ. He's going to be horrid to deal with if history is any guide.