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Yep. I reckon selection was bold. I think it would have been “safe” to keep Melksham and Hibberd and drop Sparrow and Smith - in fact it’s what I suggested in the changes thread. Goody is all in, hopefully the team is too.

I just want to finish on top. I know it’s meaningless, it’s not the goal, rah rah. I just think it’s a nice little nod for consistently being the best team across the season. Then we can move on to working towards the bigger and better prize.

Winner finishes top and play Bulldogs or Brisbane at “home”, loser finishes third and goes to Adelaide to meet Port. Massive, massive stakes here, but I reckon we’re up for it. Can’t wait til tonight.

Name them. I’ll buy a ticket with them and report back.

Doesn’t Viney have another week? Edit: nope.

Out: Smith, Jordon, Sparrow In: May, McDonald, Viney

Loved that. Wasn’t pretty, but ticked all the boxes IMO. Kicked goals against the run of play in the first, weathered the challenge in the third and buried them when they put up the white flag in the last. Very content with that performance. Did what we had to. Bring on the minor premiership battle next week.

Pretty confusing stat, certainly not helped by the misuse of the word “lost” where they really mean “missed”. I thought it meant “lost” as the opposite of “won”, which was pretty darn confusing initially.

If it wasn’t captured on video it would be hard to prosecute this. At face value though it looks identical to what Viney was hanged for.

Absolutely love this. Adam Tomlinson Back Running

Brien O’Reilly?

@Pollyannahas been sitting on that one for about 10 years 😂

This is arguing about which player keeps the spot warm for the few we’ve got out. And this week it’ll probably be neither of them.

Let’s not be too harsh on Sam Blease. Not his fault he was drafted in to a basket case. Don’t think any of the kids of that era stood much chance, honestly. But yes, Bowey did make me think back to Blease. Probably just the red hair though. Blease was a bit bigger and had a fair bit more toe from memory. Love that turn out of traffic though. Great agility, burst of speed, and the guts to try it in the first place.

It’s so disheartening that every time we lift the lid on racism, scumbags start coming out of the woodwork. We have such a long way to go.

I honestly spent half the telecast thinking Leppitsch was Tim Watson, ergo I ignored everything he said. They sound exactly the same.

Now that the adrenaline has worn off, I’m feeling super content with last night’s match. The post-lightning play has all but been erased from my memory. That is an exceptional circumstance that will probably never happen again that was an absolute gift for our opposition, in fact Adam Simpson described it as divine intervention. Before the break we absolutely had our foot on their throats. We have heavily relied on superior fitness all year and West Coast looked dead on their feet. It was always going to be extremely difficult to keep the boys “up” for half an hour, and a 30 minute break during the last quarter meant our chief advantage was lost. West Coast are a good team and threw caution to the wind. We’re in an exciting place. The third quarter and pre-break last quarter were pure dominance, against a good side, in extremely hostile conditions. If it wasn’t for a one in ten year freak event, we’d be talking about one of the greatest wins we’ve seen in our lives.

He’s an absolute jet. For a small fella he’s tough, too. Wasn’t expecting him to just slot in and deliver from debut, but he has. Great stuff Jake.

To be assessed on return to Melbourne with scans. I infer that to mean he’ll miss - ie it’s proper injured and not just precautionary.

Agree. Vanders, Jordon, Sparrow and Melksham are the only players in the team whose positions are unstable IMO. Everyone else you could pretty much lock in for the rest of the year.

Agree with this.

Returning the favour from us yesterday. Now let us give each other a knowing nod and never speak of it again.

Thanks for the heart attack. Every minute of that break and what happened after was stressful to the max. Likelihood of me sleeping properly now: zero. Hell yes though. Back on top and now can’t get knocked out of the 4. Very happy.

Yeah I know that, but that’s less important than being locked in the top 4, it’s just a nice bonus. Obviously would go a long way to finishing top after round 23 though.

If we win tonight, we can’t fall out of the top 4. I’ve been pretty chill before most games this year but I’m crapping myself about this one, there’s so much at stake. Let’s go Dees!