hells bells

It would be good for Ch7 to have BT and JB on one channel and Jason Bennett/Hamish on the other channel. Let the people vote.

I dread the thought of having to listen to BT and JB in the biggest game in 21 years. Does anyone have any tips on how to synch the Broadcast on TV to the radio, digital or otherwise? I'm thinking SEN with Gerard and Huddo. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Which Bulldogs players do you consider to be “tough” or play with a bit of “mongrel”? Conversely, which of the Dees are tough? Trying to establish which team has mongrel advantage. I reckon the 2016 Bulldogs were far tougher than the 2021 version.

Jack sets the tone. He is critical in the first 10 mins of the game. I expect he may maim one or two Bulldogs players in the first quarter.

Also Stevic umpired the 2016 Swans v Dogs GF which I still think was one of the worst displays of umpiring I've ever seen. That was a +12 in favour of the Dogs.

This isn't great for us. I went through the stats... I know there are 3 umpires each game, I don't have access to individual decisions to go deeper. If the FF/FA difference was less than 3 I called that EVEN/NEUTRAL. FOR THE DEMONS Mollison has umpired us 5 times this year. These games were mostly neutral (1 negative with Stevic). We've had Rosebury only once this year for a -8 count (R12 v Lions) We've had Stevic twice for a -7 (R18 v Hawks) and a -6 (R23 v Cats) So one neutral, two negative. FOR THE BULLDOGS Mollison umpired them only once for a neutral count (R6) Rosebury has umpired them 8 times this year and it's not pretty. Even, +9, +3, +10, +13, +3, +8 and a -6 (prelim) Stevic has umpired them 3 times this year for a -3, +9 and -6 (prelim). So one very positive, two neutral. SUMMARY Rosebury has been involved in a lot of games for the dogs this year where they have had a very good run. The only game he umpired us wasn't in our favour. Stevic has had two games this year adjudicating our games and neither were in our favour. Mollison has been involved in mostly neutral games.

I'm sick of hearing about how brave the underdog Bulldogs have been to get this far. And how they've had to travel from Tassie to Brisbane to Adelaide and now to Perth. No one has gone back and reminded them that it was self inflicted and that had they not lost the last game despite leading by 15 points late in the last quarter they would have had the same "trip" that the Demons have had. But it doesn't suit Bevo's narrative of us against them. I just wish someone would bring it up at a press conference.

Nervous about Vandenberg’s involvement in the warm up tbh. 😬

I find playing Lego with the kids quite calming. Maybe I should do that for a couple of hours.

Things I want. 1. a reasonable run with the umpires 2. to kick accurately for goal

Is it televised on the AFL website tonight?

Minus 14

Surely Clarry picks up 10 in the final game. Anyone know when this award is announced?

Anyone know when the Rising Star award is announced?

This is 100%

Didn’t make it sorry team. Industrial strength hangover got the better of me.

I’ll try to get there and provide a report.

Would Weed offer more or less to the team than Melksham at the moment?

Pieces are in place. Now just go and win a flag Demons ?

This is what I want to see. that being said I just reckon this will be the game we drop. We’d need a huge lift on what we displayed last week and the Swans seem to be a bogey side.

The thing I thought through that game was how much better we are in the back half than the dogs. May, Lever, Tomlinson >>> Keath, Cordy, ??

Michael West is a gun. Exposes a lot of dodgy [censored]

If we’re serious the coach should challenge the players to win each quarter by 4 plus goals.

Does anyone know what happened to Lockhart? Was he a mystery casualty during the week?

TMac to the wing to play on McIntosh Melksham out, M Brown out