Bring-Back-Powell

Prefer Collingwood over Brisbane if we don’t finish top 2. Brisbane don’t lose at the GABBA.

Must be a pretty bad calf injury given that Sydney are still in the hunt for finals.

Hopefully they organise a lap of honour and all the ceremonial stuff for their next SCG game against GC rather than our game.

Not against this.

Grundy’s served his purpose by keeping Gawn fresh and firing at the business end of the year. I think it’s more than fair that we grant him a trade so he can seek the number 1 ruck role elsewhere next year.

In the pre game thread I hoped Petty would kick 2 goals and take 4 contested marks. Will have to watch the replay to assess whether he met expectations.

Hopefully we’ll be saying the same thing at 6pm tonight. We can still finish second and lose a game provided: 1) We make a mess of North and catch Brisbane on percentage by seasons end, provided they lose to Collingwood at Marvel. 2) Port go 2-2 for the rest of the year. They would need a serious reversal in recent form to go any better than that. Port losing last night actually increases the danger zone of us finishing 3rd and playing Brisbane in Brisbane. No thanks.

That 2019 was a home game (was thinking we never play Richmond in an away game that isn’t Anzac Eve) but goes to show we hardly ever play Richmond twice in a season because of Anzac eve, and very unusual to play them this late in the season. Hoping for a good professional win and Petty answers some questions up forward.

First time we’ve played Richmond in an away game that isn’t Anzac Eve since 2014. We won that 2014 game.

GWS only one win (and a massive amount of percentage) behind us. How did that happen 🤔

When your best player in Stewart kicks into the man in the mark 7 points down late the game, then you ain’t winning this thing.

Geelong $3.20 to win the game as of now. 5 mins left.

Own up fellas, who went to the game?

We definitely have to win 3 more games to finish above Carlton, should Carlton win their remaining games. Did not budget for them beating Collingwood and Port.

Carlton V Dees is shaping up as a blockbuster. Can’t wait.

I hope that wasn’t Binman.

Carlton could have both of Walsh and Cerra out when we play them.

Doesn't help matters for Grundy when the minute he was dropped, Gawn started doing Gawn things again.

Would be great if we can get 4 contested clunks and 2 goals from Petty as a forward. Round 20 and we're still exploring our best forward line. In fairness Collingwood are too with Cox, Frampton and Johnson competing for 1 or 2 spots.

Good news with Short out. He's the type of bloke that can kick three 50 metre goals in a game while playing half back flank. Richmond have a 5 day break into next Friday night so the club may have deemed that the break was too Short to play him on Sunday and the player in question may have been Short of a gallop.

I would've gone Dunstan as well but given Harmes is on the extended bench he may be the replacement for Sparrow.

Hope the midfield doesn’t miss Sparrow too much. We’ve lost the only game he’s missed V Port. Harmes to replace him if we’re going like for like, although his senior appearances have been terrible this year. But as they say if you throw a bunch of darts at a board, one is eventually going to land. Glad Tomlinson got another game. We’ve won our last 14 games in a row with the May/Lever/Tomo combo dating back to the last 2 games of 2020. I know the boys on the DL podcast say that May and Lever prefer Petty over Tomo but the raw win/loss stat suggests that this combo works.

Happy with that option. However the AFL love to create an exciting final round Sunday so they might leave Carlton V GWS for Sunday. Agreed that St Kilda should not be on Friday night, and my choice was contingent on them still being relevant by round 24. The networks would like Brisbane on Friday night due to their offensive brand of footy (most weeks). Perhaps Dons V Pies for Friday night, especially if Essendon are still relevant. And yep, there's no timeslot bad enough to show the WCE v Adel game.

Here is my round 24 crack. Friday night 7:50pm Brisbane V St Kilda - Prime time Friday night with St Kilda possibly facing a "win and in" Saturday 1:45pm games (Saturday games have become a bit of a grave yard slot so I'll put the inconsequential games here) Hawthorn V Fremantle North V Gold Coast Saturday 4:05/4:35pm Port V Richmond - Stand alone game with Richmond possibly facing a "win and in" Saturday night - 7:25pm Geelong V Bulldogs - home finals or top 8 at stake for these two sides demand Ch 7 prime time. Sydney V Melbourne - Would have made this ch 7 prime time but it's now uncertain if this is Buddy's SCG farewell. Sunday 12:40 Essendon V Collingwood - Something a bit different. If Essendon are out of business then I'm putting this game on Foxtel. The crowds will still flock for an early arvo game and I want Carlton V GWS to be stand alone. Sunday 3:20 Carlton V GWS - prime time Sunday arvo Ch 7 time slot for what appears to be a "win and in" game for either side. What an exciting finale. Sunday 6:10/4:10 West Coast V Adelaide - Likely to be inconsequential so happy to have this as a late game to give Carlton V GWS all the attention. Still early enough for Perth locals at 4:10pm.

I don't know how rock solid Drew Jones (Fox Sports) is as a journo but he was adamant on SEN last night that the round 24 game against Sydney will be Saturday night.