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the first half wasn't pretty to watch but thank the heavens for Steven May and Jake Lever intercepting and marking everything. with the exception of one poor turnover kick by TMAC which cost us he has been fantastic as the third tall in defence.

big benny brown will probably be rested this week . who do we bring in for him ? i would like to see koltin replace kozzi

fantastic reporting once again @george_on_the_outer

was that the most putrid umpiring performance in a Dees game for a long time ?

6 neal-bullen 5 gawn 4 lever 3 petracca 2 brown 1 tmac

shoutout to our defense and in particular Lever and tommy mac who held it all together without steven may and under a barrage of huge pressure from 20 more inside 50s than the Dees had

one smart bit of play that the Dees implemented in the last quarter was a bit of tempo footy to slow things down a bit .we were chipping it around . supporters around me we getting a bit agitated with this because we weren't going for the juggular and trying to win by 70 plus points . but there weren't seeing the larger picture . we were a man down with a healthy lead . we have brown and petty and also tmac who we are trying to nurse through a hectic schedule over the next 3 weeks leading into the bye without 2 key figures in defence now . slowing the play down late in the game was smart and meant we weren't going to overtax some of these players by playing quick footy and possibly forcing turnovers when the game was done and dusted . what do you guys think ? do you think this was an intentional strategy by goody and the footy department given the developments of the day and keeping in mind the next few weeks ?

not many negatives this week with the exception of some sloppy disposal and some fumbling of the footy early on . couple of players had howlers today in sparrow , lever (although he took some good marks later on) and salem (although he made up for it later on with the goal .

6. oliver 5. gawn 4. may 3. billings 2. mcdonald 1. chandler

massive loss for the hawks . sicily can't seem to stay out of trouble for long no matter how many articles they write about him shedding his bad boy behaviour and becoming captain . can't imagine we'll wield too many, if any, changes but I too wouldn't mind seeing the Kolt unleashed on the G .

welcome back to premiership heroes Tmac and benny brown . so good to see clarrie tearing up the mcg once again . the bullies are our bunnies .

how do we cover the loss of kozzy for this match ?

great to see the boys live and even though it was a praccy match it was nice to leave with the win. havent been to princess park since the nineties

kozzy isn’t available for our match against the Swans in opening round . how will we cover his loss in the forward line and who takes his place ? I haven’t been overly impressed with any of our small forwards in the 2 praccy matches with the exception of kynan brown but he wasn't given much of a chance to put his hand against the blues .

any chance that Clarrie might play a quarter or two ?

thanks for all of your efforts this season boys . i only found this podcast midway through the year but it became a staple for me each and every week . i'm a little bit concerned about our straight sets exits over the past two seasons and i'm a little bit worried if we are still genuine contenders for the flag and i just hope we don't drop away from the pack . are we still in the premiership window and are we in any danger of dropping out of finals contention in 2024 ?

the 10 billion dollar questions this week is does tmac come in to replace the injured Melk ?

the Melksham injury was devastating . he has been a huge part of keeping our decimated forward line together in the absence of Fritsch, Brown, McDonald & Petty and i just feel gutted for him even more so given he missed out of 2021 . given the recovery time and his age i can't help think he may now hang up the boots . just a week ago he would have been a lock to go around again next season .

one of my favourite players is young Jakey Bowey but I can’t help think he’s a little bit down on form and confidence in the past few weeks . his usually a great disposer of the ball but has been panicky and turned the ball over a few times which is very uncharacteristic of him . one such instance was at the beginning of the last when his handball missed the mark resulting in the Hawks first goal just seconds into the quarter bringing them back to within 2 goals . in the 3rd he showed indecision and a complete lack awareness resulting in getting tackled and pinged resulting in another score for the Hawks . by no means am I calling for him to be dropped , rested or replaced but something is NQR . Love the poddie . Thank you to you wonderful people for providing a respite for us Dees fans from the bleating sheep in the mainstream media .

what is it with the Dees and wet weather footy ? Lost 5 out of 5 this season on a wet slippery deck .

kudos to our small forwards this week . they really lifted this week and got us back into the match when needed . 3 goals a piece to kozzy, chin and nibbler was just what the Hobart doctor ordered .

6 Petracca 5. Pickett 4. Gawn 3. Brayshaw 2. Viney 1. Hunter

6. Gawn 5. Petty 4. Viney 3. Petracca 2. van Rooyen 1. Melksham