Dee-tonator

Only three scenarios this weekend: Big win - season still alive. Narrow win: season on life support. Defeat: season over.

Jack Viney wouldn't even be scared against a steamroller.

Points to ponder: 1. Forward structure still a major problem. Could Melksham's return make any difference? 2. Last quarter showed how much we have been missing Lever's calm defending. 3. North showing definite signs of improvement. 4. Tholstrup one to watch for the future. 5. But for Kynan Brown's never-say-die chase and tackle we would probably have lost. 6. Kozzie still an enigma. Cameos of absolute brilliance, then invisible for longish stretches. 7. Big worry that Goodwin seemed clueless as the tide turned in the final quarter. 8. Will Oliver ever fully regain his dominant pre-troubles form?

6 Viney - contest work outstanding. 5 Rivers - classy performance. 4 Sparrow - lifted his game. 3 May - won key battles. 2 Gawn - another solid outing. 1 Tholstrup - looks a real prospect. Special award: Brown - what a chase and tackle!

Does anyone know whether Petty prefers playing as a forward or in defence? Lately he is performing like a man who would rather be on a beach in Honolulu than playing AFL football. Maybe he and Goodwin are on different wavelengths.