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For the past 2 weeks he's spent most or all of the last 1/4 on the bench. So th team has palyed with 3 rotations , assuming no injuries in the most important time of the match. Again, not Nathans fault.

Its not Nathan's fault here. The club should never have given him a new deal and wer'e reaping the outfall of that.

Needs to hand back the keys to the ferrari (to borrow a phrase from Hutchy re: Leon Cameron).

I don't necessarily agree. They got close but lacked class and their system was rubbish c.f.the eagles who seemed to be on autopilot at times. And no Kennedy and no Shuey.

This is a brilliant idea if crowds in Brisbane are limited. Good call TU. Low humidity and conditons if at night.

Laughingly this morning on SEN Kane Corness admitted the umpire was in a perfect psootion and then went on "...but from where I was sitting it looked touched to me..." From his couch in his Adelaide loungeroom. This has to win some sort of media quote award this year surely?

Tassie Johnson perhaps?

Dees will be well into the 8 in your scenario, as if all teams win the next two matches then % rankings should probably staty the same with GWS in 9th spot. A 10% gap can't be made up in low scoring and shorter games . Apart from us, no 60 point blowouts to worry about. Saints may well win but only a 2% gap between them and Dees which could be made up and put the saints lowre than us. In additon, as a possible early Christmas bonus, if the Lions beat the Pies next week, as I suspect, then Pies next have a bye and could drop out of thge 8 altogether by end of next two rounds.

Dees will be well into the 8 in your scenario, as if all teams win the next two matches then % rankings should probably staty the same with GWS in 9th spot. A 10% gap can't be made up in low scoring and shorter games . Apart from us, no 60 point blowouts to worry about. Saints may well win but only a 2% gap between them and Dees which could be made up and put the saints lowre than us. In additon, as a possible early Christmas bonus, if the Lions beat the Pies next week, as I suspect, then Pies next have a bye and could drop out of thge 8 altogether by end of next two rounds.

IMO - it helps in that in now knocks Blues out of finals race, and Collingwood are still catchable by Dees . They were less than impressive today and they have a tough draw, one less game and I would rather meet them if we make finals than Blues. One less contender. I think the Saints could also well be worried with their run home. Dees have to win nevertheless.

Same also. But in those last 2 minutes what I noticed was the unbelievebale effort of Jack Viney laying 3 tackles (2 on Jack Steele) and giving out a critical handball in traffic. Not bad for 120 seconds of football. Well done Jack

Nailed it. On all counts.

As you say - " perfect position" as opposed to Kane - sitting on the couch 2000km away with only 2 useless camera angles, neither of which was remotely useful. I don't mind Cornes but this time he's a spud. " Gee, how can I get people talking about me today and remain relevant to my new-found media career?"

Just ignorance . Night time in the alice is great footy playing weather this time of year. It will help us acclimatise for the warmer weather at finals time too.

And increased our leadership stocks big time.

Great observation. If any team can run out a game this year the dees can. Statistically the best last 1/4 team over past 8 weeks

And just how good was Chris Scotts game day coaching. masterclass in mid-game issues management

I reckon you might have something here. He is too talented to be out long .

Once again our destiny is back in our own hands.

Agreed. The pies could well win only 1 more game v the suns. Dogs deserve a finals spot and if we beat saints i think we make it at pies expense. Lose to daints and over deservedly. Win tomorrow anf back on track. Having said that looking possible now cats might pull this one out of the fire through brilliant system play.

Not if he was going to kick 2. 4 or similiar. The Eagles analysis shows they won 8 or 9 straight by being the most accurate team, kicking low numbers of points, and goals from everywhere. But last night hey lost that accuracy kicking 9.7 - and lost. Fristche's innaccuracy lately is too risky on this must win game and he needed the message. I support this particular change

AND THE CHANGES, APART FROM BIG MAX, WON'T MATTER IF THE MIDFIELD DON'T TURN UP AS LIKE LAST ROUND. iF mAX AND THE MIDS CAN PLAY THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES WE'RE A CHANCE imo. iF NOT THE CHANGES GENERALLY DON'T ADD MUCH.

yes, and plus he had a huge engine as a runner.

I would take Hogan back in a heartbeat, trusting the club to nuture him. He was the closest to an A grader we had pre-max and Clayton's arrival and can be again. Hogan/Weideman/Jackson - scary IMO

Out of interest. Is this heresay or first hand testimony.