CHF

I have a lot of confidence when I see Gawn, Harmes, Oliver and Brayshaw walking together towards the center square bounce having a chat. It also gives me confidence that we have a lot of quality rotations that can more through there. Jones Tyson, Petracca, Viney plus a few others.

Add Viney to those three and the holy trinity become the Four Horsemen.

For me it will be interesting to,see,the first few contests around the ruck. We will need to work out very quickly the tactics Geelong intend to use. They will know that Max will dominate the taps and will need a tactic to shark them to win the clearances. We will need to be super aware and react quickly.

So,after,12years we get to play another final. I had forgotten that feeling of win you play next week.....lose and you are done for the season. Interesting to get the head around. Off to bed soon a bit of a,sleep.... breakfast. A bit of work and watch live over lunch. looking,forward to this with a clear mind that we will win and win well. go Dees

I will celebrate too much.

Well done Max, having a great year. i love the visual on the games when, after a goal, Max walks back to the center for the bounce and is with Oliver, Brayshaw and Harmes. Such a good strong unit. They are obviously chatting about where to place the ball.

No change for me but it will be interesting to see who they carry over as emergency. Bugg?

Just a great feeling to see the win in Perth and to look forward to a crack at the finals. What makes it even more noteworthy is that we got the win without our best key forward, our best key defender and one of our most critical midfielders. Of those three only Viney looks a chance to return for the first week of finals. The way we played on Sunday in the absence of these three players and with other depth players also out injured shows me that we have the critical depth to take on a challenge any team in the finals. Go Dees!

I like the selection this week. It looks as if they may have started with a blank sheet of paper and a list of available players and sorted it out from scratch. Good to see Hibberd and Melksham back I believe they will give us more drive from defence and better quality F50 entries. Will be interested to see how Kent and Weidman go. Personally I think Weideman should have been in last week. Hannan needs to have a good one. might have been a toss up between he and Garlett.

I will be interested to see how Pedersen is used by Goodwin in his match as he does bring a lot of flexibility to the team. I could see three uses for him. If the defence needs bolstering he can slot in there to be a cut out for Frost on Franklin. He can also relieve in the ruck to make sure that Tmac is still in the forward line at all times. I could see that if Franklin is cutting loose I hen he could rotate into the forward line and free up Tmac to have a crack at Buddy. will be interesting to watch.

Good to see that Hogan finally found a way to remove Chris Dawes brick gloves.

Hibberd and Hannan out J. Smith and Tyson in

Disappointing game. We were half a pace behind most of the day and looked flat. It is a concern that for te second week in a row we were killed in clearances, the difference this week was that this team had the firepower to take advantage of their position. they out pressured us around the ball and therefore the midfield could not give cover to an under performing defence. Good thing there is a break as it will give us a chance to re-charge and re-set for the second half of the season.

Off to sleep now in my part of the world. 7.20am game time for me. I will watch the first half and then shower and get breakfast ready during the half time break. Dees by a lot.

Interchange selection will be interesting. with the Casey game on tomorrow we should get a clear idea of the bench. I would go with ANB, Pedo, J. Smith, Hannan/Garlett depending on Hannan's fitness. Stretch as emergency.

Mayby at half time.

Good morning. Awake...check. iPad....check. Hangover....check Hope.....check.

Just ending up a dinner with friends where I am. Good food, wine and friends. A little sleep and wake early to the Dees live win the 6th in a row. May have a small headache.

The Casey game is on Sunday so I would think that any of the emergencies that do not play in the first team on Saturday will play a full game at Casey.

Unchanged winning team for the second week on the trot and almost a full list to select from. Good position to be in. For Casey we have a number of senior team experienced players running around and a number of developing players. Frost, Wagner Hunt, J. Smith, Bugg, Garlett, Pedersen, Weideman, Tyson, Stretch - that is 10 good experienced players that could slot into roles in the senior team. Excellent depth. add to that Kent who is 2 weeks from resuming and AVB who is a month away and that is very healthy. The developing players are Petty, Keilty, Baker, Balic, King and Filipovic. Not sure Johnstone or JK-H will develop much more McKenna and Maynard are injuried but seem to be on track to resume full training in the not too distant future. Looks rosy at the moment.

Emergencies: Billy Stretch, Cameron Pedersen, Tom Bugg, Joel Smith

I have watched replays of the last few games a couple of times and the thing that strikes me is that we are hunting the ball and the players near the ball in a structured pack. Much like a wolf pack. There is a trust that the player contesting the ball will win it. If he falters then the next one takes a turn and so on until they are successful. further away from the ball the players are making position to make sure they either present options for the ball winner or to be in position for the next contest. The players that have come into the team have also given the rest of the team confidence. Go the Demon Wolf Pack.

The team as named with Sunday extras; B: Michael Hibberd, Oscar McDonald, Neville Jetta HB: Bernie Vince, Jake Lever, Jordan Lewis ? Nathan Jones, Jack Viney, Angus Brayshaw HF: Alex Neal-Bullen, Jesse Hogan, Jake Melksham F: Tom McDonald, Tim Smith, Christian Petracca Foll: Max Gawn, Christian Salem, Clayton Oliver I/C (from): James Harmes, Charlie Spargo, Dom Tyson, Mitch Hannan, Cameron Pedersen, Jayden Hunt, Bayley Fritsch, Jeff Garlett In: Tyson, Pedersen, Hunt, Garlett Out: – Assuming that Tom gets up who is on the bench and who is the travelling emergency? Harmes, Hannan and Ftich wouls all be there if it was up to me and probably Spargo if he is not fatigued. Pedersen as emergency?

Good solid selection on the basis of the last couple of games and who is available. Looking at our list is interesting at the moment. We have the 22 that have been selected this week and the 4 emergencies, Wagner, Garlett, Hunt and Tim Smith. Any of those 4 could step into the team and fill a role without weakening the team to a great extent. If you add to that Viney about to become available and Bugg, Pedersen, Stretch and Frost playing solid Casey footy we have a good depth of ready players to use in any round. There is also Kent that can more than fill a role when fit. Of the rest of the list, we have Baker, king, Petty, Maynard, J. Smith, Keilty and Filipovic developing. VDB, JKH, Balic, Johnstone and Mc Kenna we have not really sighted through injury and form to be able to make a judgement.

Oliver not only has quick hands but has the quickness of thought to make sure that what he is doing is a good option. I believe that at sometime in the future we will look back and say that he was responsible for taking delivery by hand to a new level that an awful lot of footballers with try to emulate. I can see some of his team mates already trying different things. A jump into a tackle with a twis of the body to get away and effective handball is one I have seen happening more often. His kicking game will develop but, like Goodwin, I will enjoy watching him knock out his handballs.