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There's going to be a few upsets early in the season. I reckon the ladder at Round 10 is going to look very different to the ladder at the end of the season.

This might be a 100 point margin.

Essendon and Carlton are the biggest wannabe clubs. Carlton were only ever good because they had money. Essendon benefited from awesome zoning and a once-in-a-generation coach. They haven't won a final without Sheedy since 1968. Just horrific. It's somehow better to be a Saints support in 2025 if you were born this century.

*sigh* okay I'll read Essendon BigFooty.

I am also starting to dislike McRae. He has an arrogance about him. But you have taken him out of context. I heard it as him simply stating fact; that he would assume that it would get looked at simply for the fact it was a punch to the face and a player needed stitches. i don't think he was being smart or anything.

Some truly fascinating contests. Crows are a really smokey this year for me. Should be a good game. Port will pump Richmond but will be intriguing after last week. As for Saints and Cats... well I go for any team that plays Geelong so let's just hope St Kilda doesn't out-St Kilda itself.

There's a demons app?

The difference last night was their big bodies and experience namely Howe and Sidebottom in that last quarter. We really struggle against small quick teams, who smack us in transition. McRae is a good coach that plays Collingwood to its strengths. Voss and Goodwin could both learn a thing or two especially for close games. I saw a stat that said Collingwood is like 20 wins 4 losses in games decided by less than a goal under McRae. I checked Goodwin's stats and he is like 15 wins 20 losses in those games since 2017. Not a great record. We have always struggled in close games under Goodwin. Collingwood might have lost big against GWS but they adjusted quickly. We lost to Freo by 90 last year and never recovered. It really spooked us. So the moral of my story is that I wouldn't compare us to Collingwood. Yet.

That was an awful umpiring display.

Quite the match.

In 2016 we beat GWS by 2 points in Round 1. They went on to be a top 4 finish and home Prelim. We were still languishing in the bottom 6 teams. In 2025 GWS beats Melbourne by 1 point. ????????

Couple of really good efforts on the members wing though that set up our final shot. But he just doesn't seem to have the core strength to win a ground ball.

Pretty good overall. Great outing for our first gamers. Giants dismantled Pies last week. We had them on the ropes for most of the game.

They always have players out back now. Just better positioning right now.

Out on our feet.

Is Jefferson our new Pederson?

Alright if we kick like 5 in a row we're either gonna really love or really hate the Irish.

We've dominated across the ground and been way better with the ball but once again nothing to show for it. We need to hit the scoreboard.

This is peak 2021 Langdon we're seeing today.

Oliver's attitude and body language are so hugely improved vs last year. He just looks ready to tear a game apart.

First gamers all doing very well.

Badly missing Pickett already.

Why was that a free kick?

They are way too quick for us. Need to slow it down and play on our terms. Trying to match them for pace is a mistake.

May out 2-4 weeks apparently.