GawnWithTheWind

It doesn’t feel real that our season could be over in less than 24 hours, there is so much unfinished business. All of the player interviews this week don’t feel like it’s a possibility either. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not…

Trac is playing, he would have been completely off his feet today if he was in any doubt. He’ll play. Melksham won’t be dropped, he’s had one bad game out of the last 5. Id love to see Bowey in, but I can’t see who for. The only chance I see is Trac forward, Harmes into the Center to tag and Salem to the wing. ANB makes way and Bowey goes back to HBF. I think Dunstan will be sub. Security blanket.

Harmes out hurts next week, he’s our best tagger.

There is so much doom and gloom in this thread, and I get it, we didn’t execute when we needed to last night. The swans are so well damn coached that it was never going to be a walk over, and we just couldn’t wrestle back momentum when we needed to in the last. To say that it’s the end of our own dynasty because we lost one final, when we have a double chance next week, is pathetic. Grow up. Even if this year ends up being out in straight sets, we won the flag last year and ended up second this year…. How quickly we forget the years of 2014 when I was just happy for the dees to get an inside 50. Look at our team now full of studs, it’s a bloody joy to just be up to our eyeballs in the pointy end of it all. Have a look at yourselves.

Yep; starting to look good! Just too many weeks in between of average (which is fine, just not AA standard) performance

Lingers has had an average second half of the year. No issues with him missing out

No chance of Melksham out, he’s our third most dangerous forward. Sparrow and ANB are defensive beasts, don’t get caught up in stats here. Positioning and work rate does not appear on the stats sheet. I’d say the only chance is JJ out as sub, and Salem/Bowey being the sub.

Extremely random thread (and thought), but who is the most well known passionate Dees supporter amongst our supporter base? Most well known celebrity and also non-celebrity? Celebrity? It’s cool to see Illy being a massive fan. Non-Celeb? Naughtsie from the Deebrief is pretty well known for his good stuff on his pod.

F**k Dunn. I’ll never forget how happy he was when the Pies beat the Dees a few years back and it meant we missed finals. Meant nothing for the Pies. He was dancing around like he just won the GF. All it showed was his lack of class and lack of appreciation for the club who drafted him. [censored] him.

Top 2 isn’t impossible. The Pies can easily lose the next 2, Brisbane have some hard games and the Swans aren’t guaranteed to beat both teams either. It’s still game on. Even if we only go 1-1, Top 2 or Top 4 is still very possible. Id love to get the Cats week 1. They’ve had the softest draw and love to choke in the finals.

Ins: May, Weid, Brown Outs: Petty, Brown, Jordon (sub) FB: Hibberd - May - Tomlinson HB: Rivers - Lever - Salem C: Langdon - Oliver - Brayshaw HF: ANB - Brown - Spargo FF: Pickett - Weid - McDonald R: Gawn - Trac - Viney I: Melksham - Jones - Jackson - Hunt S: Jordon

Ins: Fritsch, Harmes, Lockhart Outs: Jones, Kozzie (managed), Hibberd (managed/injured) — FB: Lockhart - May - Lever HB: Salem - McDonald - Rivers C : Tomlinson - Viney - Langdon HF: Melksham - Brown - Hannan FF: Spargo - Weid - Fritsch R: Gawn - Oliver - Trac I: Brayshaw - Harmes - Lockhart - Wagner

Who is our carry over emergency?

My saints mates are extremely confident against us, and even more so with another failure at selection for us. Its depressing that we are now behind that pathetic club. We won’t get within 30-40 points of them tonight.

My two cents. Ins: Gawn - Rivers Outs: Sparrow - TMac ---- B: Hibberd - May (Membrey) - Lockhart (Butler) HB: Salem - Tomlinson (Resting ruck) - Lever C : Langdon - Viney - Harmes (Hill) HF: Fritsch - Weid - Melksham FF: Spargo - Preuss - Pickett R: Gawn - Oliver - Trac I: Brayshaw - Hannan - Rivers - Vanders (crush Billings or someone like that) E: Jones (too slow for the saints), TMac (need to rest Gawn more fwd)