Bring-Back-Powell

Jackson’s been outstanding this qtr after my calls to rest or drop him. Awesome set shot from 50. Sparrow needs to go back to Auskick to learn what a handball is.

Silver lining is that they’ve scrapped the nonsense finals bye. The only team that likes the pre finals bye is the Dogs because we all know they wouldn’t have won the 16GF without it.

Now that we’re flying home, any chance West Coast stick around for another week to play us in VIC? Footy in WA is in the too hard basket IMO.

Doubt it. Wouldn’t they have to also isolate for 7 days before playing? I’d say we’ll be playing GC in the pre finals bye if indeed we’re headed to Perth as we speak.

This is why WA doesn’t deserve a grand final. They’ve made it so hard on the AFL and it’s clubs during this pandemic .

Why wouldn’t we be returning to VIC and GC Suns heading on a plane to VIC to play tomorrow, as opposed to heading to Perth and having a game to catch up on before finals?

Reports that a snap lockdown in SE Qld is imminent, or Brisbane at the least.

Can see one of Port or Sydney getting done but not confident. Brisbane will simply beat Hawthorn. We’re the only top 6 club that’s battling to beat a bottom side this late in the season. North’s outs this week will preclude them from being largely competitive against Geelong.

JT would’ve been the greatest recruiter of all time had he selected a Coleman medalist and a probable top 3 Brownlow medalist in the same first round’s draft.

Knowing McGowan he’ll call a lockdown with 8 minutes notice.

Actually prefer to play on the Saturday for this one. We need a good 7 or 8 day break ahead of our the last 2 games in VIC after 2 big weeks on the road.

Most of Carlton’s set shots have been elementary and Walsh has snapped a few beautys. McKay snagged a set shot from outside 50 on the flank that none of our blokes could pull off. Meanwhile we take all our set shots from sharp angles.

Anyone know what Taylor saw in Weideman to justify picking him over Harry McKay?

Fox Sports - Channel 503, 3:10pm start. No free to air coverage unless in living in QLD.

He coached pretty damn well 2 weeks ago against a 13-3-1 side. His list management ideas in order to hang onto top 8 relevance might suggest you’re onto something though.

Honestly forgot that his Dad played for the Hawks. Just assumed he was a casual Hawks fan growing up like the Ox was. Still raised an eyebrow for someone who is so publicly a Melbourne man.

The next 2 months will provide an indication on whether Goodwin is an ordinary to good coach or a fantastic coach that is on the brink of achieving greatness for this club. If it’s looking like the former over the next 4 game, then we’ve got a bit of work to do and there’s someone fantastic available to steer a talented list to the promise land.

Watching the pre game fox footy show tonight and a quote from Gary Lyon in reference to the events today: ”I love the Hawthorn footy club. No I seriously do” Interesting thing to say from Mr Melbourne himself.

He seems way too upbeat in his press conference to suggest that he hasn't got a head job next year.

I have that exact thought over my head (except for the 25 year old bit ?) But as stated earlier, I can't see a "no jab no entry policy" into the footy until there is sufficient supply of vaccine.

Oh well at least everyone's second team in the Doggies got to pick up their NGA talent (Ugle-Hagen) last year with a minimum of fuss. We should all be happy about that....

If cases behave themselves, we should finally get back to the G with 25,000 capacity. If Andrews has designs on keeping the 2021 grand final, he's going to have to let crowds in by the second last round of the year or the AFL's going to Perth. Pure and simple.

If we don't get to where we want to this year, we can directly blame that night against the Hawks. They were ripe for a thrashing. They had 10 of their best 22 out, put in a listless performance the week before Vs Freo and of course had this coaching turmoil to deal with. We drew against an $8.50 side.

*secretly hopes Goodwin loses the plot over the next 6 weeks* Jokes...

Tom Browne's tweet is unclear. Is he saying the AFL could prioritise entry for vaccinated spectators in this year's finals series? Or from 2022 onwards? After listening to the interview with Neil Mitchell and Pakula, both were emphatic that the no jab no entry policy should not and won't be implemented for the grand final.