Nasher

Weideman BOG so far. First rate aerial threat and super clean with the ball in play. So happy for the lad. As for me, well, we all know we (fans) can’t relax yet.

Amazing - this is the guy who spent most of his single season on the list in the VFL Dev league. Best of luck to him!

Off work today looking after sick kids. Honestly, I think I’d prefer to have gone in. The day is passing soul crushingly slow.

Is that something that happens to you often, or...?

This.

A finals shakeup that involves Hawthorn straight to a prelim isn’t exactly a shakeup is it? Next you’ll tell us you’re hoping for Carlton and Gold Coast make up the bottom 2 next year just for a bit of variety. I know the Richmond being good thing is wearing very thin, but Hawthorn... just no. Quite happy to see them get flogged a few times first, please.

How many in the last two games? Nothing like getting behind our players eh.

You’ve convinced me. Bring it on!

Can still remember the day! I was on an RDO. I was browsing Demonland and Paul Roos wasn’t the coach. Went and had a shower, came out, jumped back on to Demonland, and Paul Roos was the coach. I haven’t showered since. Saving it for Grand Final day. Seriously though, how fitting is it that the anniversary is so close to our final? Almost exactly 5 years after the journey began. We all hoped it would be the beginning of something great, but I think many of us are still struggling to comprehend that it is actually happening.

How good would it be knocking out Geelong and then delivering Hawthorn’s straight sets exit? This is the stuff of dreams.

A risk of what? That he might be unavailable for finals? We are at the pointy end. If he’s not going to play now, he may as well retire.

Bump the “is Goodwin the right coach” thread.

@Wadda We Sing

Nah, I’m pretty happy with it. Here’s how it will go down: 1) the umpires will make a number of very borderline decisions and a few blatantly wrong ones, because our game is hard to umpire and our umpires are part timers 2) there will be one or two very controversial ones that directly create goals. If they go against us, it means they’ve been orchestrated by the AFL to ensure Geelong win 3) Any free paid against us by Nicholls or one of the other high profile umps is just further proof that they hate us. 4) if we win, the umpiring will be forgotten in an instant. If we lose it’s “We’re not blaming the umpiring, but...”

Honestly couldn’t care less who the umpires are. Hope it’s Nicholls, Chamberlain and Pannell just for a bit of entertainment in seeing you all get wound up, because at the end of day it will not make a lick of difference.

I 100% did the same thing. Was pretty disappointed in the end!

Oh man, yes please. Great promo.

It’s a shame that’s what 3 years or so on the list amounted to when he seemed to have potential early on. Perhaps he had already been told he wouldn’t be renewed and threw in the towel. That’s footy I guess.

That’s the first time I’ve heard of an MFC listed player being dropped from the side when there’s no lower side for him to go to. Brutal.

I thought you automatically qualified if you got to 100 games. In my mind it’s no coincidence that he will finish on exactly 100.

Why barrack for Collingwood? Surely we’d fancy ourselves in a prelim against West Coast in Perth - we’ve already done the job once. To be honest though I’m actually beastly careless about any of the other results. They’re all tough opponents, so the relief and excitement over any win we get, or the disappointment of a loss, will pretty much swamp any other feelings or thoughts.

That sent my hatred for them from simmering to snowballing.

“One of your favourite” - in the esteemed company of Heretier Lumumba, Chris Heffernan and Mitch Clark, right?

Is he eligible to play? How does that work with finals?

I wouldn’t say no if he wants to come - it’s looking very likely at this stage that we won’t have a ruck on the list other than Max and whatever kid we might draft. It’s just the question of why the f he would want to come that has me stumped.