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not really. leading into the game they were undoubtedly favourites and in better form.

Collingwood supporters are especially vile when they're threatened. Their cockiness is nauseating.

Third quarter. Brisbane kick their 5th goal for the quarter. My mate (a St Kilda supporter) and I head outside so he can have a vape. I've seen enough. We chat about who fills the top 8 outside of the top 3. We can't settle on list. I hear the crowd roar. "Brisbane has kicked another," I quipped. No, it was Kozzie. Another roar. "Surely that was Brisbane?" Right I was. Hipwood. And again, a roar. "Damn... Brisbane?" No: it was Gawn. "Okay... Okay. Are we on?" Roar. "Again!" Alas, a Brisbane goal. Roar. "What is going on? Who was that?" Another Petracca goal. We head inside for the final quarter. Shortly after the quarter starts, Daniher, having an annoyingly good game, kicks a goal. "You're done," my mate tells me. "Yeah, obviously," I admit. 10 minutes pass, a Pickett goal. Five more minutes, and another. I joke to my mate. "There's five minutes left. We could do a Collingwood." He laughed. "I can't see it," he says. "Me neither," I say in defeat. A stoppage... or so I thought? "Viney...Viney... VINEY!" I proceed to absolutely lose my [censored]. "GAME ON. GAME OOOOON. LET'S GOOOOOOO." My mate, now on board, is slightly more optimistic. "You need this clearance," he says. "We have time," I snap back. "We got this." Kick. Stoppage. Kick. Stoppage. Kick....MILKSHAKE! "He's got it," my mate whispers. "He's got it," I whisper back. He lines it up. Cool. Calm. Collected. A little tap. A straight kick. "LIIIIIOOOOONNNNNSS," the drunk Melbourne supporter next to me starts chanting, jeering the surrounding Lions supporters who, merely 5 minutes earlier, had prematurely started their victory chant. "It's not over yet," I calmy said. "How much? HOW MUCH?!?" My new drunk friend was suddenly anxious. "33 seconds." The remaining seconds are a blur... Lever's mark/high free kick seals it. I lost my voice in the preceding seconds as the siren rang and A Grand Old Flag rang through the speakers. Hello world. I now have a raging sore throat and no voice.

and Pickett first and last.

Unreal. Best win I've seen live.

CORRIDOR

we never use the corridor . more uncontested possessions more -40 in marks. are we loading?

Brisbane are a good team. We gave it a good shake.

The Lions have grown a lot since we pumped them in round 23. They are much better. Not the end of the world if we lose, they are a good team. And I still think we are comfortably a top 4 side either way. I'm most worried about the Bombers stealing 4th tbh. Which would be horrific for the entire football world.

I don't see why they shouldn't be confident. They are far and away the better team.

No one talks about Hibberd. I honestly can't see us winning the flag without him. Strange I know but we need him back.

Pretty disgusting we haven't heard a thing about the development yet.

I reckon there was 2k melbourne supporters there. It was a shocking turnout.

No they weren't. They all played yhe their role. Melksham did well, and McVee won most contests.

Tbh I thought we defended and attacked well. Last week was a hard slog and we still had some legs at the end which is a good sign. People put too much into numbers on the bench. If coached well it can work to your benefit. Saints threw everything at us because they all had momentum and extra time on field. Loved Woewodin's attack on ball. Same as McVee and Spargo. Pickett had the worst game of his career. Looking forward to pumping Brisbane next week.

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Saints can steal this.

Hospital handpasses this game. They are down to 2 on the bench. If we don't win we throw in the towel for the season.

Blessing in disguise this game being at Marvel tonight. It's so cold, I can see through time.

Looking forward to beating Collingwood in the Grand Final.

He's tracking thereabouts with Eddie Betts and Jeff Farmer at the same age. Similar in some areas to Cyril Rioli at the same age but Cyril did way more work around the ground and had more impact, more often. He's doing okay without setting the world on fire. But he looked great in round 1 and stifled his own momentum a bit.

I like the ins in isolation. Aside from JVR not sure who else we bring in to kick goals. Does Woey play as a roving forward?

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2019, too, don't forget.

As good as they'll get. GWS starting at almost $5 last week was rather fascinating.