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VDB rarely noticed? Great effort. Garlett found it tough to get involved but he seemed to be playing on the wing in a tagging role a lot.

vs WC, 1998 vs Geelong, 2005 vs Essendon, 2012 vs Geelong 2015 vs Hawthorn, 2016 I wonder what the stats is for us vs 1st-placed teams (or even top 4 teams) this late in the season.

Updated.

Yes. /thread.

lel, troll

That was the win I wanted to see. We have improved.

Time left?

Well done Oli, Weeds and Viney! Weeds is smart.

Looked tired at the end there, though.

Hogan and Weeds in the same team today would've been good.

Hawthorn reciprocal home game I think.

Disposal has been very good. Poor start to the second but overall our delivery forward has been good

Three times we've centered it, three times they have cut it off

Two ducks, two frees.

They showed the Oliver hit and then Rioli's shot on goal. No idea what it was for.

Good turnout I think. Hawthorn is 1st. We're out of finals contention.

What was that for?

Yeah, didn't do much last time we played, but popped up in the last quarter and helped them over the line. Would much prefer Cyril being out as well. Hoping he's a late withdrawal.

lol

You have been critical of people say we're a chance. I see that "we need to win" and "we're a chance" have different meanings and interpretations, but you've kind of gone against your own mantra here.

LARD ASS ! LARD ASS ! LARD ASS!

Very much agreed. Would be devastating to our team structure if we lost him.

B: JETTA, FROST, O.MCDONALD HB: MELKSHAM, T.MCDONALD, HIBBERD C: HUNT, N.JONES, PRESTIA HF: BRAYSHAW, HOGAN, PETRACCA F: WATTS, FRANKLIN, KENNEDY FOLL: GAWN, DANGERFIELD, VINEY IC: CYRIL RIOLI, EDDIE BETTS, O'MEARA, TERLICH Like this

We played a fairly ravaged Saints side in 2015, got pounded for most of the game, took the lead and then lost in the dying seconds. Week after we went to Geelong and controlled the game all day. A week is a long time in football. I think a lot of people understate the importance of wins around here. It was a good win last week. GC really aren't that bad. They're no worse even with injuries than a Port or St Kilda. Things change week to week. Any team can beat any other team on any day of the week. If they bring their A-game. Lower teams have less margin for error. If we are 100% on, we still might not win a Hawks team that is 70% on. But if we go above and beyond and force them to play a different style to the one they're used to, you never know. I mean, a pretty [censored] Melbourne side beat an undefeated Essendon side in Round 10 in 2012. Granted Essendon aren't Hawthorn, but anything can happen.

We would still be paying outsider odds even if we're up at 3QT because, well, it's Hawthorn, so I'd be inclined to go against your dream and bet on the Dees.