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Watched the same bit ysterday also. I noticed that for Sparrow to be in the clear to kick his 3rd 1/4 goal his opponent left him to attack the ball carrier Oliver coming out of the center. Caleb Daniel.

Well said. Tmac's career highlight - delivering the coup de Grace in a highly intelligent peice of shepherding.

Hamish is a lightweight in this area, but I give him credit for this one. It was excellent for the event that had just unfolded

I think it was pre-planned . JB knew he needed a key phrase for posterity. Note that after Trac kicked the first goal in the first 1/4 - JB yells"...Petracca goes BANG..." He was warming up and the phrase was already in the back of his mind. Still it was a top call by him after oliver's goal.

Good point Durango. he also has soft hands - watch him Mark the ball on that lead to James Harmes. He caresses the ball into his palms. A beautiful thing to watch. If in doubt - watch a replay of any mark by Chris Dawes.

Fritta has always impressed me the way he took being omitted for the 2018 Prelim. When I look at the Hawks final the previous week I can see why he was dropped , but still it must have been hard. He could have dropped his bundle as a 21 year old, etc..., but didn't and stuck with the club for whatever reason. He was the player I was most pleased for because of that hardship and his ultimate 6 goal GF performance. he's now one of 23 Dees Immortal from 2021.

Dunstall was a champion footballer - That's all. Doesn't make him a rocket scientist of insight into the modern game. He may not be a fan of the Dees, but I detest his club for surviving on the backs of problem gamblers down waverely way.

As a Geelong resident I am yet to meet a local cats supporter who welcomes Scott's re appointment. But I dont hear steven wells copping it for woeful recruiting and list management over the past 6 or so years. Resting on his laurels from the excellent list build of 16 years ago. I suspect the cats hierarchy see change is needed and moved him sideways and installed andrew mackie now in the key role.

No need to apologise to anyone, esp CF, DeeZone. Your'e spot on IMO. 8 years on the Board means she was involved in all key issues of the re-build, Roos, Pert, Marketing, Goodwin extension, stability and cohesion, financil position after selling gaming venue ....etc. What on earth was easy in 2021?

She admitted in an earleir interview that after Bailey Fritsch's goal in the 3rd roved off the back of the pack, putting us 1 goal down, she leaned across the Gary Lyon who was siiitng close to her and said "... Gary, wev'e got this..." Was super confident at the time.

Some say public speaking is feared second only to dying. Then daylight. Why should Clarry be any different to most. Check out his one-on-one interview with Dylan Buckley mentioned on here recently. Its about an hour, and Clarry is insightful, articulate and showed great self-awareness. Just not in front of 1500 people - that will terrify most. On the big stage though he just lets his play do the speaking. We are blessed to be seeing this young man in red and blue and wathcing his progress at this time.

Agreed and then when you take Langdon with those to, to me it shows how valued by the match cttee is work ethic. Not saying the total top 10 don't work hard , they do, but Nibbler and Langdon , and now Tmac are just gut runners extraordinary for the team and would have contrinuted to their finishes in the B and F.

Nice refence to Tmac 58. Tmac's shepherd in 3rd quarter will go down as the most effective in the Dees history. His finest moment too, to get Sparrows goal (his finest moment also - so far) done was a GF turning point. Will be in highlights reels forever.

Classy and competent. on two points One above acknowledging Glenn Bartlett, and secondly her comment on the directors and thanking them, most have been along for the ride for much of the dark times , stating her thanks and that people don't see or hear from them, "...which is how it should be..." Pert is our spokesman and does a brilliant job at it. Take note Pies and Hawks please. Interestingly the who-ha of the Pies Board elections saw 5000 members vote out or a qualified 12,000, out of a toal memebrship of 80,000 or so. Talk about elitism. A special shout out to Nathan Jones- boy did he speak well and from the heart. The standing ovation he received was priceless.

Excellent comment on Salem. Sublime delivery and cool in a crisis. he set up finals games from the first bounce. 10 possieis in first 1/4 of a GF. Teams did not either do their homework on him, or underrated his role or just couldn't plan for him. Just a fabulous component of the best defence I have seen at the Dees in 50 years. The Dees kick over 65 points in a game - we win.

I agree he's very good. Just that there's plenty of those types around. Oliver/Trac are on another planet impact-wise which was my point. 14 Brownlow votes is about right.

Harsh but fair. Apart from Bont who is a champion and hurts the opposition with finishing, Petracca, Oliver and Viney hurt you both in setting up plays and delivery. Well ahead of Treloar, Libba and McCrae. Largely accumultors. Libba has been dealt with 2 of the 3 times we met this year. Bailey Smith has yet to really prove himself in a match consistently apart from cameos. Watch Brayshaw's mastercalss in this regard in the GF. Contest after contest after contest.... Bailey Smith on the other hand is looking around to find out who's on who, as Langdon runs away with the ball (as 1 example)

The GF call/punchline above by James Brayshaw , IMO, is now only second to the great Michael Williamson's - "...Jesaulenko you beauty..."

Goodys 3/4 time message was simple - Bang it forward no matter what. No science involved. Trac did just that ANB calmly threaded the needle after that and Sparrow's huge kick (not for him though) did the rest. But Trac won that first contest and follwed the coaches instruction.

Its a fascinating interview. Very articulate young man with huge self awarenes.

Oliver said in his recent interviw that the gather from harmes and goal by fritsch was his turning point . He said he thought we needed 1 goal to steady the nerves and with the best kick he's ever seen -fritsch - with the ball he started walking back to the centre . Certain that he would kick it. Then just get the job done with the team "...on Tracs shoulders..."

Irrelevance is not the issue. My comments were about opportunity. And the dees are bettet placed than ever and good enough to beat top team contendets and benefit from so callef 8 point games. I dont care who we play or where but rest assured many other fans will look at the draw emotionally and dread meeting the dees twice. Its an emotional thing. I'm not sure why you raised you wednesday night comment again. I didn't and i dont have a view either way. Not ideal for sure but the fixture has many component pressures and 7 will love the pies on a friday night instead of us. Personally I'll be watching Gardening Australa.

Great call 58. Negative comments on here are living in the past, understandably I concede, but have yet to make the leap that the Dees are now a Bona Fide powerhouse on and off field. (Premiers, $10M in the bank and no debt) Oppo teams will be breathing a sigh of relief if they play us only once. Other teams have double games against teams I am glad we dodged - Swans, Giants, cats, Tiges. No Sydney game. Getting Power on our home turf is a big bonus and could be our key 8 point game, ALso with Lions, both of whom are our major threats. Go Dees.

Great take on this issue Wrecker. Very relaxed. To the other 17 clubs. - Be scared - be very scared. The Dees now have fortresses everywhere.

Completely agree. I see this game as our end of year %builder and we give them a flogging on our last home turf game