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It's an even enough season that there's opportunities if we get going again. Better than 2004 style hitting the top of the ladder after Round 18 then not winning another game.

There was some NQR stuff said after the Adelaide game, but this lot are a different breed. It's more like an extremist political party than a footy team to some of them.

SAW also have something for people who want to see Jack Watts present the cup

Why didn't he play the Prelim then? If we're in the fortunate position to be playing for a flag there's no place for sentiment. Until it's won, then force-feed me sentiment until it causes a seizure.

Gifting somebody a game in a Grand Final when you haven't won one in 60 years is unbelievably high risk, but I'd be into the idea of him presenting the cup. Bit weird to have a serving player do it but far more relevance to this era than Barassi, Lyon and even Neitz.

Brown was very good against Sydney, kicked goals, set one up for McDonald with a delightful block. I don't understand why people want to write him off based on one average game against Carlton in conditions that didn't suit him. He went back to the VFL and had a rubbish game but is a proven commodity. If we bring him back and it doesn't work over a couple of weeks either go with one less tall, pick Mitch or reinvestigate Weid after a few reserves games, but whatever he does it will be better than what we got yesterday. Weid's confidence is shot, which is no good for him but we're trying to consolidate a top four spot we can't keep waiting for him.

Here's the current Harry Graham profile http://demonwiki.org/Harry+Graham If you want to be like Colin Carter and claim the VFA you could say he played in losses for us in his first stint (1892/1894) before concentrating on cricket. Interesting that his VFL career was so short because he went off looking for gold halfway through the season.

We desperately need a full forward, and even though she did nada this season if there's no other options available I'd be willing to take the chance.

I appreciate his effort but for once we're trying to win a flag here, can't just wait all year for his game to click. Brown was rusty against North but still kicked goals, good against the Swans, then ordinary against Carlton in conditions that didn't suit him. I'm not ruling out switching back later if Brown doesn't work but unless there's some deeper tactical element to it that my pleb brain can't fathom I want to give the proven performer a chance.

My favourite is the 2000 Qualifying Final. Five goals down late in the third quarter, hit the lead late, lose the lead, then get it back and go on to win (relatively) comfortably against a side that beat us by 98 points a few weeks earlier.

I hope the delay is due to our executive trying Mafia style tactics to get the NT government to let us in.

For the sake of $700k+ (especially if we get shafted out of Queen's Birthday) move the Round 16 GWS game there.

Weid has to start taking marks inside 50. Not going to argue with anyone marking up the ground, but it's crossing over with what McDonald and Jackson do. Also I'm not writing off Brown this quickly. He started slowly in his first game of the year, was good in his second, and had a rotten one in the wet when he and Weid shouldn't have both been playing. I'm 51% Weid at the moment but if he doesn't perform tonight I'm willing to change.

That worked well for us*, we missed playing them while they were in form and got them when they were rotten. * adjusting for already having stuffed the season up in Cairns.

We've been doing this for years - during the Roos/Goodwin development years we'd often go four goals down then try to find a way out of the hole. I can't find where it was posted but I had a list of how often we'd come back from 24 points down to get within a goal and it was ridiculously long. In 2017 it happened about three weeks in a row. Difference is now we've got a better team to overhaul deficits. Then there's last Saturday, where we got so confused at having a decent early lead that we let them kick two goals before quarter time.

This is what happens when we forget what it's like to lose.

Should have hit it towards the goals and made a behind more likely but still with the idea of winning it if possible.

Carlton fans by the looks of it. How the mighty have fallen.

I like the idea that we're elitists who enjoy skiing but would still shop at Aldi.

I don't think he needs to, just wedge an arm up the back passage of his successor and carry on like nothing's changed.

Jeff going for his own version of the prison bar jumper distraction from the team being rubbish.

If you wait until the public sale can you use a premium membership to get a general admission ticket on level four? I pay for a Redlegs membership but don't want to sit in the seats and it's painful being assigned a seat five down an aisle squashed in with randoms when there's 10,000 free seats on Level 4.

I know from our experience that journos love bringing this up to cause outrage when the club hasn't asked for anything yet, but it's a bit early to be discussing it. Who knows if their kids will improve and they'll win 4 or 5 games. I'm not against priority picks if they're no better than end of the first round, but they've also got to take some responsibility for dumping senior players and concentrating on kids.

English football manager Barry Fry took a ceremonial pish in all four corners of Birmingham's pitch to try and reverse a supposed gypsy curse. Let's see the people in this thread who think curses are a real thing load up and have a go at the same sort of exorcism.

Harris just kicked four goals in eight games for a team on the cusp of the finals, I wouldn't pay her $3.50.