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Though I detest talking football here... I'll go with state of mind. Our BRAND.. style is being decimated with withdrawal due to non availability. My mind is actually quite tempt. I don't expect much. It's often just that. It's not being.. pessimistic...not mfcss...not anything really; just realistic. We aren't complete.. We fumble through. We trip Those who know me here.. A beer on whether we make finals or not ? Takers ? I like beer by the way

We'd take two breaths ( panicking ) in last 5 m Our expertise. Losing when winning !!

It does indeed seem our way OD

The dealer is not being kind with the deal...... as to the river......do we sink or swim ?

I wonder if BBO whilst Bitter...is still Optimistic ? I'm not.

The biggest concern for me is we need to string it all together and build into the finals. We trip once...got to pick yourself up again knowing to can't trip again. Massive pressure on a developing team. Footy is mainly between the ears. Tis a big ask for a still unsettled team Go Dees

Am thinking the Sqawkers are maybe a good chance to win 3 more...maybe 4. They're finding form....and run home so-so Giants showing spirit.. Anyone who thinks we're just waltzing into finals with 13...let alone 12 might be very disappointed

we have very much over complicated what all of this NT was/is about Its called MONEY We whored ourselves..simple as. In destitute times we panhandled and took the first bus to Moneysville .......and then some bright sparks/spin monkeys tried to dress it all up as another really good idea. ( mutton dressed as lamb ) It's never been a good idea to play up there. Yes by all means camps.,..pretend games etc etc...but to go there in the real season...as a HOME game...is again....all about the money Surely we dont need this anymore and the tradeoffs far outweigh any gain these days. Common sense would dictate bringing it to an amicable end. Common sense .....hmmmmmmm its about money....nothing to do with growing memberships...nothing to do with finding our 'roots' ....its been about money.

It's now a game of 'blink'

All we need to do is channel the Dees of '87 ( Except that bit with #11 ??)

Indeed. No one dare drop the ball ..sts

Haven't seen much of Gaff...but watching the Weagles today he looked to go ok ? Is that his normal fare ?

Before our little 'run home there might be a little hill or two to climb. We can only ever play the 'other' team...where ever, but we're still a long way from certainty. In some respects it was 'only' the Doggies but I saw something encouraging I wasn't expecting to see. It wasn't the , stuffing around of the first half, nor the Footy Lesson of the 3rd QTR...not even the boxing up and ribbon tying of the last. It was that we broke the shackles of some silly idea that our footy was only ONE particular method. With this tucked under our arm we may yet make a first of the weeks to come. Can not afford to blink or stumble. Are we really relevant to September ? Go Dees

your manor isnt the boarded up pub on the corner by chance ??

I see what you did there...massaged the tone of his post.

The rest are 6 point games for me..i.e...any game we drop makes it doubly imperative to win the next. Finals is as much about momentum as it is available list. No-one who's fallen into finals has accomplished much after. There's 7 games left...best we win 5 of them.. I'm not normally optimistic at this point...and I'm not,but if we're a chance then we need Dogs..win Cats.. win Crows . ??? Suns ... Win Swans ??? Eagles ...?? Giants...must win. On the basis of the above...that's 4 plus..one of 3 maybe's That still,most likely only had us retaining our current position but with the likelihood of facing someone we've already beaten...at the G ..in the first week. It won't hurt if a few others drop the ball....but our fortune is in our hands.

I'm not sure what to take away from that game last night. Is our game against the Cats more achievable ?? or the game against the Crows more daunting ?? Talk about swings and roundabouts .

Don't get me wrong...it's absurd. Geelong supporters would ,of course end up with better than half allocated..as that's how it rolls down there. But the AFL condone this effectively.. Cats have clout

H&A is different to finals. There's been a push for whoever's the higher finisher to have 'earnt' a home final.

I don't quite understand the blatant disregard for history. The AFL is quite open to home finals for elimination finals. Geelong isn't without clout in these things...we hardly have any.

Be surprised if went anywhere.. Be MORE surprised if Uncle Jimmy's travelling circus doesn't open the cheque book. North are an embarrassment of rejection. They'll be keen.

Geelong would argue hard..and not without cause for a home final.. should we play them..and if they are above us. Would not surprise me in the slightest if Gil accommodated them

Very overrated imho

Surely the AFL.... ?? I'll stop there

Why ?