Bring-Back-Powell

Agree with this. I can't see literally one AFL coach getting the sack this year because of COVID. Furthermore, Goodwin has won too many games this year to be in the sacking territory. However, if we miss final next year I'd say Goodwin, his assistants and Mahoney will all be gone. Can see a massive overhaul and an admission that Goodwin was a failure of a hiring. 1 finals series out of 5 years is a failure. To suggest otherwise would be akin to putting lipstick on a pig.

Others may differ but I liked this finals win better than the Hawthorn one.

I trust us to win 4 elimination finals in a row....

The fact that we're still fiddling around with our forward line in the 3rd last game of the year tells me we're not a finals side. And playing Gawn and Preuss in the same side in a tropical city makes little sense.

Yep, every result went against us this week. I reckon Dogs will take St Kilda’s spot in the finals. Dogs have a laughable last 2 games while St Kilda have GWS and West Coast.

It seems that literally every result is going against us since our shocking loss to Sydney. Getting what we deserve. The dogs winning absolutely ends any hope of us making the finals with 9 wins.

Congrats and has been a joy to watch this year. Hopefully his 200th won’t be played in a QLD hub.

We could possibly make it with 9 wins if the Saints have a couple of solid losses against quality sides and the Dogs lose tonight. St Kilda are actually vulnerable given their tough run home.

Those late 2 St Kilda goals were very costly. The only way we’re playing finals is if we can chase down St Kilda’s percentage assuming they lose their last 2 games, and the Dogs lose tonight.

Hawks 19-2. Would be a dream result if this holds up, but doubt it will.

I liked the bit where Slobbo urged us to give L Hodge a call over the next couple of months.

Glad Hibberd’s available.

Is it just me or is scheduling just the one game of footy on a Saturday, and that one game being 1st v 17th is woefully crap scheduling by the AFL.

“Don’t think it was us rising - more the Dees being flat as a tack. I haven’t seen a lower-pressure opposition this season” - some Swans bloke on bigfooty, 5-9-2020

Fritsch will get dropped. What a garbage response after getting disciplined the week before.

Can someone explain to me why Sydney have played absolutely brilliantly against us 2 years in a row, despite being a bottom 4 side with bugger all to play for in both years. We were dog diarrhoea yesterday but I’m giving all the credit to Sydney. They attacked us from minute 1 when they ran down Salem after Petracca stupidly handed him the hot potato. What did Sydney have to gain out of yesterday aside from a bit of pride and the loss of a top 3 draft pick? I don’t get it?

Just checked the weather and it’s going to be just as windy for this game as it was yesterday. Lets hope we can adapt to the conditions for once.

I liked the bit where they had to play at him full forward just to stay out of the way.

I think I've seen that movie before.

A tiny part of me would laugh if these two were responsible for the season being ripped up.

Agreed. Finishing 9th and 10th will give this mob a bit of fire in the belly. At least this year we were motivated enough to jump up the ladder a fair bit which is something to hold our hats on. But as you said, we're too far easily satisfied and get way ahead of ourselves. We can somehow make finals with 9 wins if Saints cop beltings to West Coast and GWS and have a narrow win over Hawthorn, meanwhile we have big wins over Freo and Essendon. And ofcourse Dogs don't beat WC on Sunday. But it's a massive long shot. Last night stuffed our season and confirmed that we're not a finals side. End of story. Unsure whether we can take the next step next year under Goodwin.

As soon as I saw the weather report I knew we’d get done. As soon as there’s a slight breeze we fall to pieces.

Another reason why I can’t take this season seriously (Oh and the minor fact that the length of games are shorter than junior footy) I knew we’d lose one of these two Cairns games because of the scheduling and preparation, and raised this concern in the selections thread. Meanwhile Bulldogs and North are playing about their 15th straight game in Surfers this weekend.

You know you’ve stuffed up selections when O Mac gets sent to full forward just to stay out of the way. Bad night for Sydney to pull out their best performance for the year.

Carbon copy of that Friday night game we played last year. Actually this ones worse