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ABC this morning reported its a $5000 fine and an additonal week suspension, taking it to 3 weeks. Thus missing first final if they make it. Hence the "...huge gamble..." they are taking. Silly strategy IMO

Sympathy for you Action and Iv'e had non-pysical pile ons from pies supporters this week also but chose not to engage. Merely repiled with what Kane Cornes has said. "... Until they win something they haven't done anything,..." and I added the Dees just went home and polished their current Premiership medallions. Those comments sent some apoplectic. It was hilarious to watch. We'll beat them now in September if it come to tht and the Swans will open them up this weekend. Go Dees.

Exactly. So frustrating last week. And the Pies had Howe and Moore to defend the incoming ball with ease. With Ed left to fix the problem coming out the other side often without help. If nothing changes this week I fear for the rest of the seson and will start to query just what's happening in the box or in planning meetings during the week. I had great trust in Yze coming in with his strategy background with Clarkson. Time will tell in the next month.

Does Jeremy see how stupid HE looks now. Thanks to the above, guess what goes on the Dees whiteboard in the finals. Nice one Jeremy. 32 years old and still no Premeirship medal, and unlikely to have one with father time closing n. What a waste of a career - as Travis Boak said to TMAC in the Power game last year - another 'speaking too soon ' type.. Our Ed got one at 25 and a half.

Over the past 10 years, to 2012, Both grand finalists have never had a % under 115% except once by the Tiges in 2019 The majority have been over 125% And having a % above 130 % and more does not guarantee a win in the GF either. e.g. Cats in 2019 136% Loss Hawks in 2012 155% Loss Dogs 2021 133% Loss Crows 2017 136% Loss. Prelim Finals the same magnitude rule also applies. For the last 5 years no Prelim Final team has had a % under 113% and that was the Tiges with 113.7% in 2019. Majority by a long way were all mostly above 120% and much higher. Pies will be absolute outliers to make the PF in 2022 on the above. Doesn't mean they can't but there's reasons why this is so.

And 4 on QB this year. Its why I think Ed is on the money - we just need a stopper on a few - we surely know the issue by now with the Pies. A great news Grundy is out for the year. It means we have Mason Cox in for the finals, a boon to any Pies Oppo.

As Kane Cornes said last night, the Pies have done nothing to celebrate this year like they do until they get it done in September. Sure we have some issues, but I see steady improvement line from the Brisbane game, and a few slip ups but the trajectory is in the right direction to get to a Prelim. Oliver and Viney won't let the Blues game slip like last Friday night.

Absolutely he did, and you can never question his effort or will to win. But we felt on the night he wasn't hurting the oppositon. Lots of big kicks without specfic targetting, as opposed to many Pies inbound kicks to targets. Elliot beat us last time, and did it again on Friday.

He got a cowardly tackle and pile on by 4 pies players. Didn't deserve that but he DID deserve in full his premiership medallion. Howe shows he's a mental lightweight with the above comment.

Luke Beveridge broke glass yesterday and played young sam Darcy. Needed height down back. Posters on here rave about jvr. As good as darcy? Jason taylor may think so. Worth a shot on the G nect saturday imo. We've got to be at Break glass time also given forward performances

I posted this in mid-May after Round 9 , and there was a well deserved pile-on for some errors and language. However, this season has now shown to be an outlier with 4 new teams making the 8, as opposed to the avergae over 30 years of 2.8. Who would have thought that the Pies , at 17 last year, were the ones to spoil that stat by even being a top 2 possibility. They got there by Round 12 so were on the rise evn then. Otherwise, 7 of the 8 teams in the 8 this season at Round 9 are now overwhelmingly likely to be Top 8 at round 23. The Dogs missing are the fascinating ones for me as last year's Grand Finalists.

My key concern. too. Our best even with Tmac out beats anyone this year. But the missed goals all would have been kicked by Jamie Elliot on Friday. Not us. Salem smiling after a missed sitter on the first 1/4 siren , same with Max , was the major alarm bell for me. A few needed tweaks sure, but zero Inside 50 tackles put the defence under huge pressure. Lazy, satisified ? - time will tell but next week against the Blues is the 'Line in Sand' game for the team if they want to be considered serious this year.

Me too. Best chance of getting a home prelim if we are good enough to beat the Cats. Yes, its a BIG if. But it means no Cats in the PF. If Pies finish second we must finish 3rd of rthe same reason, and hence beat the Lions last game

What about "...Duck L'orange is Ed's favourite meal..." or Ed's favourite movie? ".. Duck Soup..." by the Marx bros. Ginnivan's favourite move on the field? "...Ducking, of course..."

Great post. The confected outrage here is just that. Dees home game, so the Marketing dept. may well have written this script for Ed. And what a gift to the media for today and maybe a few more days. Only Ed could deliver it with such aplomb. Well done all round.

I'm taking my tin of Brasso to the game tonight with a clean rag. Win, lose or draw I'm passing to Ed as he walks of the ground so he can go home tonight and give his Premeirship Medal a quick polish.

As someone elae replied "minor premiers" In fact I reckon the Cats should be nominated minor premiers each year to save us all the trouble. Then they get taken down in September. Although this year, its up to the dees or the Pies to make sure that happens IMO. And maybe the swans.

Why Not. After all he's sporting the same haircut as the last great Dees Decoy Full Forward. Norm Smith

Good point. Solid insurance against that scenario?

You summarise beautifully what's wrong with the shallow pundits around the AFL. Ross Lyon on Wed analysed the last game and what Freo did to win. Top of his list was Lobb(I think) vs May and May being beaten on the night. As you point out he was concussed early.Pretty hard to play when your not on the ground. Lyon should get a please explain and hand his appearance fee back for the lousy preparation he did for the show. Chalk and Cheese is how i would describe last game and tonight. Wer'e not great, but should have dealt with the Dogs last week and that Freo are off the boil Will be interesting

Only Thursday night game team are announced Wednesday. Rest all Thursday, squads finalised Friday night for weekend games

Amusing Layzie, buy maybe an element of truth????

Exactky what kane Cornes thinks also. Again this week he said LJ is NOT what Freo needs. He's not a forward, has no forward craft, he's a No.1 ruck. They have Darcy, a 24 year old star, why do they want Luke.?

Nicely put. The two comments this week from Gus that were aligned was the SEN interview when he talked about being a defender and he loved the group, but then again today he said the same but named most of them, May lever Salem and Hibberd, as being a '...team within a team...". and how he loved that concept. The second version seemed heartfelt and was at odds with speculation he wanted more midfield time etc. He also said he loved his coaches, and I wonder what his thoughts were after the Rutten meeting. Did he realise the strength of the team we have, Goody, Yze, Williams, Chaplin etc? would be fascinating to know. This decision, along with his 3rd quarter heroics in the Gf puts him right up there historically IMO

yes for sure. IMO the dynasty is now intact.