Bring-Back-Powell

I thought he looked 7 weeks off in the brief video clip. But great to see him on the track.

Not a chance we were our standard home strip in an Alice Springs game.

Yeah, anyone else and I'd say no way, but Clarry strikes me as a player that would hate to miss a game. We need to prepare for him to be out, but part of me thinks he'll be there. A 10 day break should really help him here.

Unlikely I would've thought.

Agree that whilst is hasn’t aged well, our defensive intent that night would’ve beaten every club. Any danger Collingwood can lose a game anytime soon? At this rate they’re going to make the grand final. They just simply find a way to win regardless of whether the opposition is excellent or poor.

North winning today would go someway towards making up for Thursday.

Does it count that he extended his contract for one year, with that year being 2022?

I can’t be sure, but the only noticeable tactic we employed compared to pre the Brisbane win was the use of one less key forward. There didn’t seem to be too much distance from the status quo. The narrow wings probably didn’t help our structures but that was largely out of our control.

If Goodwin and Co were supremely confident we’d go 5-1 to finish the season (despite a loss last night) and hence a certainty to finish top 2, then the answer to your question is no.

Laurie currently 22 and 2 gls. A chance to replace one of our small forwards?

Hard to believe this break into the Port game is the same length as our mid season break. In - Weid, Rivers, Dunstan Out - Bedford , Bowey, Oliver, Hunt (sub) Haven’t totally written off Clarry due to the long break.

And at the same time potentially costing ourselves a top 2 spot and thus the most efficient route to the Gf? If it was round 23 and we had our exact finals spot confirmed then sure, show them nothing tactically, but it was essentially an 8 point game last night. I would’ve thought we were playing for sheep stations and all chips were in from a tactical point of view.

Round 18 2016 Vs Gold Coast. MCG. The early Sunday game. We won by 2 points with Tom Lynch failing to make the distance after the siren to snatch the win. Vanders had a big 3rd with 3 goals. He’s been so durable. Goodwin won’t know what to do with himself without Oliver in his lineup.

If Mark Thompson was still coaching Geelong he’d be blaming Oliver’s thumb for trying to break Selwood’s foot. Hopefully it’s just the one week and we can adequately cover him for the Port game. A shame he has to break his 130 game streak due to a reasonably careless kick from Selwood.

Is he going to do a Tim Kelly? ”I’m desperately homesick, all my family and support network are in WA. I can only see myself playing in WA” ”Oh and by the way, I am only willing to play for West Coast”

Viney’s heading towards an extremely high finish in the Bluey.

We will make finals because we only need one more to qualify (13 wins) And that win should come next week vs Port. However to beat one of Freo, Collingwood, Carlton, Or Brisbane we’re going to need to step up our game in all sorts of areas.

6) Viney 5) Petracca 4) Brayshaw 3) Oliver 2) Lever 1) Hibberd Special dishonorable mention to Max and the $1.5 million man who took 1 mark between them while their much less heralded counterpart ruck combination in Stanley and Blicvas managed 5.

FYI - Nick Dal Santo gave Viney 2 votes on SEN postgame. (3-2-1 system)

Even in 2020 when we avoided them in Geelong, we were actually originally scheduled down there for a late season Saturday twilight game until they had to rip up the original fixture. We clearly have to play them down there every year to pick up the slack as they simply won’t fixture Hawthorn, Collingwood or Richmond down there. Either spread the load or play 11 home games down there.

He wouldn’t cope well in the MLB. On Monday you could be playing for the Boston Red Sox. By Tuesday you could be traded and uprooted to the San Diego Padres (the furthest thing from Boston) and then suiting up for the Padres by Thursday.

The big question now is what will be the level of booing and angst that young Luke will receive at the G next year when Freo come to town: Peter Walsh 0/10 “happy that he found a new club” level Sam Frost 5/10 “we’re ok that you found a new home but you’re entitled to an obligatory boo” level Jeremy Howe/James Frawley - 7.5/10 “you traitor” level Tom Scully - 11/10

Sitting in the MFC area in the HFF on the outer side, the missed tackles by us were extremely noticeable that resulted in Geelong scores. This has been a recurring theme in our losses this year and either demonstrate a lack of hunger or lack of fitness. This just didn’t happen nearly as much last year. Geelong were just too good for us and wouldn’t let us breath all night, aside from a few 5 minute cameos of “Melbourne” football. A few MFC supporter are gettIng ahead themselves if they merely think we can rock up to the G against them in finals and get an easy win. Disappointing result, we’ve lost more games this time than last year and we’re making a top 2 finish hard on ourselves. Really hoping that magnificent Brisbane effort will be the norm in the coming weeks rather than a once in 6 week event.

That's probably a net profit for Geelong. De Koning and Stengle have been influential additions to their side. Henderson was on his last legs and Ratagalea has minimal influence in most games. JK and O'Connor are useful soldiers to their side so net each other out.

The hype around Jackson – burnished by excessive praise for his grand final ruck work in the third quarter – is a further sign of a footy culture in which players are often paid or purchased on perceived potential rather than proven performance; Jake Niall - July 6, 2022