Chook

Week singular, which would be enough. Can't wait for him to have no case to answer.

So you're saying Smith has a chance?

Ratagolea great mark.

Cameron throws the GWS player to the ground and doesn't get a finger on the ball. Play on.

Both these sides are at least 2 levels below Melbourne. Possibly 3. For reference, the Lions were a level below last week and would be up by 30 right now.

Giants back in it cos the cats insist on playing slow when they're absolutely dominating and the umps are just bursting to pay them a free any time they get it inside 50.

Not sure how that was a 50 against Hawkins but I'll take it.

Giants needed that goal to say the least. Both sides putrid though.

Giants should put Mumford at full forward and bomb it to him. At least they'll have something to go to.

Imagine Toby Green in this game. Absolutely different makeup to their forward line, even with Hogan out. What a costly thing for him to have done.

Cats will win this comfortably. Harmes needs to follow Tuohy all night next week IMO.

Giants might not score a goal. They look absolutely limp going forward.

"Kicks the first game of this final" — BT Took so long to get a goal that Brian forgot what they're called.

Looks like a game between two bottom 8 sides right now.

Looks like a game between two bottom 8 sides right now. No way we lose to either of these sides. Have to win it all from here.

Eat it Cameron (the post that is). I know who I'm going for now.

Danger with the oil again. What a figjam. Hope it doesn't drip on your boots cause you can't kick straight at the best of times mate.

You've got to question their conditioning regime at this point. Even collision injuries have an element of preventability - high game awareness and good judgment.

I'm feeling the same way. Let's see if we're both feeling that in 10 minutes time. I thought Essendon would boil over the Doggies last week, so I'm not trusting my instincts.

Barely a Giants fan in the stadium (probably normal really), so yet another reason to want the Giants to get up, as the support will then be stacked for the Dees next week. C'mon Giants.

Exercise is the key. It doesn't matter what's going on in my life, if I'm not exercising regularly I'm not happy. At least COVID hasn't taken that from me. The Demons playing well helps too.

It would take until the finals series of 2022* for me to get over not making a grand final this year. If we made the grand final but lost, it would take until we won one for me to get over that. * (featuring the Demons)

It's Friday night. The weekend is ahead and your footy team is safely into a Preliminary final. There's a game on tonight, two sides battling for the privilege of facing yours. You've had a hard week's work, and met a big deadline. You've just come home from a long run, and there's cold beer and warm chicken. You've just had a nice warm shower. Your playlist has shuffled its way through to "These Days" by Powderfinger. Life is ok sometimes.

If Jones doesn't get a farewell game, there's a very strong likelihood the following 10 players will have played more finals than Jones in his entire career by the end of this finals series: Brayshaw, Gawn, Harmes, McDonald, Neal-Bullen, Oliver, Petracca, Salem, Spargo, Viney

The only name on that list that jumps out at you as not long for this footy world is Tom McDonald (maybe Ben Brown too), and even that is based more on the past than the future. Good spot to be in.