Bring-Back-Powell

It will be so 2020 if Fritsch or one of our other serial offenders hits the post after the siren to miss the finals by 0.01%.

I'm not feeling the desperation, anxiety and excitement that I had in the week leading into round 23 2017 due to lockdown and being disconnected from AFL this year. With that being said, this year will be easier to stomach if we miss out (assuming we beat Essendon) because we would've held our end of the bargain in round 23 compared to 2017 when we threw our spot away by losing to Collingwood. I think the Dogs will be too professional for Freo and St Kilda will either beat GWS or have a small loss, leaving us at 9th place.

Thankfully that ain’t happening. Well done Hawks - pegged it back to a 23 pt margin, early last qtr.

60-33. Much better by Hawthorn, and suddenly I’m not stressing about percentage.

My thoughts too. A trip to Perth in finals week 1 doesn’t excite me one bit.

And another! 21-48. Feel dirty barracking for Hawk, but that’s what happens when destiny is out of our hands.

HAWKS goal! 14-48

Might be the only way in for us. A 5 goal win by GWS will make things interesting.

This is one of the worst performances of any side this year thus far - by Hawthron.

My oath it does. And they’ll overtake us by half time at this rate.

Geez the Dogs are annoying me at the moment. Firstly, they play the game of their season against us. Secondly, they upset WC which was the game that will come back to haunt us. Thirdly, unlike us they look switched on against a bottom side and are likely heading for a 10 goal win.

14/22 got a fail mark according to you in a very good win. Interesting.

Will celebrate long and hard until I realise we’re off to Optus Stadium in week 1. The Dogs beating WC last week was so costly in terms of our finals chances (as well as our stuff ups)

Unless Bennell has had his kicking foot amputated since the Adelaide game, he should’ve got a game this weekend. I’m damn well sick of the atrocious kicking and decision making of this side at the moment.

I don’t care if the games are reduced to 2 minute quarters next year, I just want to see footy back in Victoria for 2021.

A couple of 20 point wins for the Dees and a 20 point St Kilda loss would see us play finals. Time for Goodwin to pull out a coaching master class over the last fortnight.

Extraordinarily poor loss by St Kilda. Were gifted the win at the selection table with all those West Coast outs, AND McGovern pulling a hammy before half time. St Kilda, Essendon and Melbourne kind of remind me of each other.

Kent - 1 handball in 3 qtrs of footy.

I hate the shorter quarters too but at least 18 minute quarters are an improvement on this year. (I assume the proposal is 18 minutes + time on)

I was confident WC would beat St Kilda until I found out West Coast were missing their entire 2018 premiership midfield.

The Dogs beating West Coast was the major set back IMO. I was surprised Demonlanders didn't make a song and dance about it, and a couple were here were even happy they won. Knowing us we'll beat GWS and then be down by 7 goals at qtr time against Essendon.

The club needs to take a deep breath with selections, stop out smarting themselves and pick a best 22 on paper. That means: No Wagners, Bedfords, Bakers or ANB's. They are not good enough to take us anywhere. No Preuss if Gawn is in the side. I thought Goodwin and Co get paid enough to realise that this hasn't worked in the 5 or 6 times they've played together. This is entry level selection that a 12 year old could see. Get rid of Joel Smith. We have a 1-4 record when he's in the side and our defence doesn't seem to gel when he's in the side. Play T Mac who is a professional goal kicker in a team that's crying out for one. Play Lockhart or Jetta. We have been absolutely destroyed by small forwards this year. Play Harmes if he's available and give him a big job.

100% spot on. We drew the short straw because we hadn't yet played Sydney and Freo. It's all to do with bad luck with respect to the scheduling. But we can't blame the AFL for the slop we've dished in Cairns. As you said, in a perfect world we would've stayed in Manly and played our home games at Giants Stadium where we played very well in July. Goody made it clear that the club was happy in Manly, prior to being shipped out again after only 2 weeks. I'm done with this season. Let me know when the games are proper length and most of us around here can actually attend the games.

That is absolutely incorrect from Pert. Unless he considers St Kilda or an injury depleted Collingwood a top side?

If the most unskilled club in the league can't fit in a highly talented (albeit not at peak fitness) player such as Bennell this week, then I suspect that club and player have unofficially parted ways.