Demon17

Sorry youre' right - Age is their issue and in hindsight I suspect many will see 2022 as their last hurrah. They sneaked in under the wire. Garry Lyon was effusive last night on just how speedy Freo was compared to cats. IMO the same might be said of the Pies weakness as showed by the Dees on KB and I reckon follwed fairly closely by Carlton on Friday.

Not yet and Kochie must be sitting back thinking how clever he is. On the other hand, Ken may want to leave it all behind also. I hope we now don't get the lazy media pile-on to Ken about shaky ground etc. So unbecoming. The media story should be last years Premiers a good chance to miss finals. Everyone came after us last year. Now its the Cats turn. AT least we made the 8 with a banged up list. Cats have no excuse.

your'e more optimistic than me but correct. I can only dream of 2nd which the team will be in far better shape this year than last. Unbelievable if it comes off.

But do we want to finish 3rd.????????????????? An interstate first week QF, then possibly Pies in the Prelim.if we win week 2 (or possibly if we win Week 1) No thanks.

On AFL360 he said it was to give a little bit of protection to the arm and the scarring caused by a serious post-op infection. Probably helps him mentally as well given the serious nature of the break and the wound suffered. Impressive by him to come back as he has.

I said SOME - as demonstrated by your stat, which is meaningless unless in context. Point taken but Hunter is a preferred last kick into the leading lanes to JVR BBB etc. as demonstared in past games.

Yes that does happen. Always hunters on northern wing when we kick to punt Rd end.

Only against freo sun's etc as in past years. Cats will play Vic teams in Melbourne. Even when stand is finished it will be 40k capacity. Too small for a 70k crowd

I sit on the Lachie Hunter wing - as opposed to the southern stand Ed Langdon wing, so watch him close up. Some sublime disposals last week, always thinking steps ahead of oppo. Not afraid of approaching tacklers. Great pick up.

Taj's floating one-grab mark when the whips were cracking in the final 1/4 (or second 1/4 possibly) gets him another senior game IMO. Fantstaic effort for one so young. And the Dees can't have too many skilful players in the lineup if they are contributing.

Mandatory reading each week. Many thanks for the work. But honestly the stream of consiousness from the Tiges site youv'e put up here is moronic by a mile compared to other teams commentary .

Great pickup . At the game I noticed this and May seemed to be adjsuting his shorts, or making it look like he had to tuck in a jumper, etc. On one occaison, the Ump told him to get going he was wasting time or something similiar. The 2 I noticed in the 3rd quarter had him perfectly targetting Max near the centre circle. Fascinating. Good use of May showing versatility, but hopefully Bowey and Salem keep doing the shorter clever kick ins.

Great points Syd, but I am hoping this year being 4th, and having Pies at home in Week 1 gives us the best chance. If we win great, if not then we don't front Pies till GF if we get there, and have a week 2 home final also? Not ideal I admit. BTW - not relevant but the Tiges won the Flag from 4th in 1969. Makes me feel better at least,

Fair points but at least on kayo last night's afl360 Joe Montagna summised a way the Pies can be beaten and the Dee's showed this on KB weekend. Others like the Crows also recently even though pies won that game. King nodded away at Joe's warning against pies being a certainty Most media forget this and forget the Dee's should have won by 8 goals that day. Whately is just mainly an afl cheerleader. I guess it s understandable given their power.

I hear you, but my approach is we have a better chance to get to a GF and have a shot, if we meet the Pies early and can't meet them in a prleim. Lesser of two evils I guess.

Maybe, but my hope is we just avoid the Pies in a prelim and a GF spot will be ours at least. Thus I'm hoping we finish 4th to get rid of the Pies one way or another in Week 1.

Finishing 2nd or 3rd guarantees we meet the Pies in a Prelim if Pies finish first.. Not attractive to me.

Its more about the quality of various Journos. Negative or hyper-ventilating stories are easier to identify write and ensure more clicks. Simple. Lots of measured analysis aound, mostly on Kayo/Fox , but again due to their standard of commentary. Good luck getting anything original out of Ch 7 team - except Daisy. Too mnay written scribes scrambling for recogniton. Love him or not, Kane Cornes Friday column in The Age is mostly original and interesting. And he does have more depth of playing experience than others (Damo I'm looking at you) that illustrates many of his points.

She said it. Nearly drove off the road when I heard it. Malthouse did his best to move on form the comment.

I'm hoping for 4th so we meet Collingwood with double chance, but won't need to beat them to get into GF. Better than meetiing them in a prelim. But who knows....

And thanks to Jake and Viney is probably a good call now. I also think Swans, Suns and Giants may miss the 8 but seriously damage chances of others trying to catch the Dee's 4th or 3rd spot. (expect Round 24 that is - we win and Buddy kicks 3 would be fitting all round)

That Kick probably ensured Dess get at least 1 home final. And I admit I wanted him dragged during the game but was wrong - again. I think he stays in no matter what at the expense of Charlie probably.

Captured on Ch 7 broadcast too.

My ideal is we finish 3rd and Port 2nd. Then win or lose in first QF in Adekaide, we don't play again outside Victoria under most secanrios. Ending with a Pies prelim. 3rd also dodges Pies until Prelim week. Thats my wish for the rest of the H and A

You did. Fabulous sight !