Demon17

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.

Got it and well made. Was it a convoluted method by Christian to avoid the suspension but appear to be 'doing something', which was likely to be challenged by the tiges and redacted following a successful appeal due to to type of action. Maybe?

Fair point but when the Bont kicked his first goal after 1/2 time he was fed a handball out away from the pack and was in the open by miles. No tagger or Goody was let down by the appointed role player. I know which I believe. I guess this week we'll see if the players are right to go on instructions

It was an open hand. Move on. Lynch is now a proven recidivist so will get his come uppance eventually. And Dimma is wrecking the Tiges brand of inclusion and enlightenment carefully nutured by Gale, , Paggy O'neil and the Board by his reversion to type when under pressure.

I assume being 'up at 1/2 time' means on the scoreboard only and luckily as another poster said here entirely due to Steven May saving the day. TheDees midfield was being creamed in the first half and it was a matter of time unless Goody dealt with the Dogs run and the Bont. He didn't and it was over 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter

I agree with the above but think back to the GWS/Dogs final last year where Cameron unveiled the strategy to deal with Bontimpelli. Ignore history at your peril - as Goodwin did last Saturday. This is the big weakness in game day work. Its not shuffling players around, its the coaches box actually earning their pay. The Bont is far superior to any of our midfield and a main key to the Dogs. Have a plan to deal with him for God's sake. A 243 page and counting thread on Goodwin 'being the right guy' says it all IMO - and Bont gets 9 coaches votes as a result. And I consider Ratten a far superior coach to Cameron - scary for this week.

On a slightly related matter, the article describeded Muir's disgraceful treatment at Vic park by the crowd and cheer squad in particular. A friend of mine is a former multiple VFL/AFL Grand Final Umpire and he tells me the story that when umpires were asked where they were appointed each round, if it was to a Collingwood game at Victoria park - they would usuallly just say to each other inside the umpiring fratenity, in short hand, that they were umpiring at the Zoo this Saturday. It wasn't meant to be funny. More of trepidation. My friend was routinely abused and spat upon each time after a game there when walking back to the rooms and up the umpires race.