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Absoluteley No. 1 priority. Or subbed off at half time due to ' tightness' or similiar. Dr. Laura will think of something.

Have a good hit out to half time, then cue in the rack. May subbed off, and as in the 2021 Prelim the last 10 minutes bench will consist of May, Max, Lever, Trac and Clarry. Jack viney just keeps the team going on the field. Although I wouldn't mind seeing him rested during the game also.

Does Tmac figure anywwhere?

Missed that. They too should be treated fairly. My confidenec in the AFL behaviour in this is not high.

geelong are a shadow of last year. Why isn't that the narrative in the media. ? Dogs absolutelt gettable y by anyone in the 8 in Week 1.

In your plan, both swans players and any Dees players concussed can meet 12 day break. If Thursday for us, we risk a player out. Your plan is ideal fro everyone. Good call.

I didn't want to post on that well done. Crows tanked last round of 2017 and cost us finals. Karma last week was lovely. (Yes I know we should've beaten pies that round but that's not the point)

Whately brought this up on SEN this morning. I think his words were we'd tear the house down if say Gawn, Trac etc got concussed tomorrow and missed first final due to 12 day break. Gil's got and getting a lot wrong so wouldn't surprise me, but we'll know 9.00 pm-. ish tomorrow. Whateley also reckons Friday is the best day for such a final - Pies vs Dees anyway.

This is a dead rubber and an ideal time to look at options maybe needed during a brutal finals campaign. Dees have proved them selves over last 2 months, and I'm including technically beating the Blue cheaters. Just a bit more grist for the mill for selectors.

Bashing your head into a brickwall type of fun I reckon. Perversely my favourite match now is watching in Hope for the cats to get smashed at home tonight.

Spot on. Grundy held the fort early this season after lions game.

Only technically void if both parties agree. Dee's have absolute power in this outcome. For once.

You've ruined my day sort of but I'm a big fan of Turner so you may be onto something.

I think the saints win last week was more about showing how poor the cats are now. Lions are a cut above saints and will show this shortly. If not then huge kudos to Ross

I care in a roundabout way. With all the blues inclusions I'm hoping Marchbank is an emergency or sub. Touched it my a....e.

Absolutely agree Binman. Those 2018 mcg finals were the only time the G or anywhere has had consecutive 90,000 crowds. Incalculable experience on many levels for the 2021GF imo.

What kind of "sore".????? Bruising or cork or ......?

Great call. I wondered about this, and May is the injury I fear most for Sunday.

Absolutely zero logic to this post but I'll bite anyway for fun. Why? 2 examples of evidence 1, Cue 1967: Barassi gets the Blues into the finals for the first time: Out in straight sets, . Win the flag the next year. 2. Last year Trac had a broken leg (technically). This year? Leg looks fine to me. Ergo last year vs This year comparisons invalid. (He also had 9 other mates carrying injury) David King currently loves the Dees for the flag annd he would know! Just foir fun - Cats get flogged in the 2021 prelim - win the flag next year, etc., etc. Sheeeesh.

Nice one.

Good call - I was talking specifically about the sydney types. Yes, I have a rabid swans neighbour in Melbourne, family tradition etc, and they are great.

This worries me as I hold great store in the fact that Yze was working in strategy with Clarkson in the great years. Hawks weren't necessarily the best teams but got the job done winning flags. Many contributed but Yze would have benn a key component to Clarko. I was wrapped for this reason when he came to us, (as well as being a Dees hero in playing days), and it helped us in 21 big time. Thus he's not easily replaced. I'll be thrilled for him nevertheless if he succeeds in winning the Tiges job. Who comes in to replace him will require much thought and not just knee jerk to identify known ex-coaches. Goody is a flag coach, he/we don't need star power added just for the sake of it.

Probably a bit strong. Maybe I was annoyed at the tripe on the 'what they are saying ' thread. Interestingly having many trips to Sysdney over recent years, I am always surprised just how little media coverage the Swans get in the papares especially up there. Appropriating from the movies, As Morpheous in The Matrix says - The Swans are an artifical construct. The AFL are the Bots running the Matrix. Give me a Pies fan's sincerity and passion any day.

Sydney fans are nothing more than theatre goers. Start losing and off they drop. Lowest form of life. Will always be second rate event in NRL heartland.

My understanding was that also the Dees had quietly sounded out Balme anyway .