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".........A year later, the Demons knocked the Hawks out of the finals race thanks to a miraculous late goal from “Hassa” Mann in the penultimate round before going on to win their twelfth and last most recent premiership. " You make it sound like we will never win one again. :-)

His intensity especially in the last month or so has set the standard and is why we are still very much in it. Still, there will always be a few posters who prefer to highlight the negatives. I was going to use the well work "glass half full" expression, but seriously some who have a glass 95% full would prefer to complain about the missing 5%.

That sounds more like Rod Grinter style, Bazz

Gutless Christian - still there was no way the love child would be penalised.

Some say that it was drool or spit ..... surely it is tears ???

Given that they won’t have the guts to make a stand whilst their love child GW$ is still in the finals, they must make a stand in the off season. Hell, they are so bloody keen on making absurd rule changes - goal rectangle and 666 for starters - how about making it very clear that the foot is for contacting the ball and nothing else. “Fending off” with the foot -> mandatory suspension, yes, even for members of franchise clubs.

All over. Was the gamble of bringing back 3 injured players just too big a gamble? Haven't yet seen a cross the the Eddie clan.

What was Goldsack thinking? Or, what ... was Goldsack thinking? Looks al over now. So FRIDAY HAWKS V MELBOURNE SATURDAY COLLINGWOOD V GW$$

Seeing two shots of Eddie has almost made me change my mind re Collingwood winning.

That Kennedy low mark was definitely NOT there. Equilibrium being reestablished a propos umpiring in WA.

It is a sign of growing maturity in our list that despite our being unable to goal, we did not give up and continued to apply incredible pressure on the opposition, then break clear. Only a couple of months ago we would have involuted and been run over. Definite progress, despite the agonising frustration of wasted opportunities. And it was amusing to hear the Cats' fans gloating over their two runaway wins in the final two rounds: just shows that easy games coming into the finals is in fact NOT good preparation. We had two pressure games, that we won: far better preparation.

How was that not a reversal after the late retaliation?

Mmmm. A very familiar pattern that we saw far too often especially up until about 4 weeks ago. But wouldn't be far sweeter for us to beat them than just beating the Eagles .... not many over here to gloat over.

Of course he makes mistakes - everyone does especially if they get heavily involved. Christian Salem shows poise, skills, judgement and courage. One of our best and most consistent.

He has just had a week off in case you weren't aware.

So would WCE out in straight sets. Pity we cant have both. They must have a death wish. I am 100% certain that the intimidators will prevail as the game wears on. Those barrier fences look fairly flimsy and the umpires will be aware of this.

Yes - nice dilemma to have. "no selwood staging charges? i'm surprised - really?" No surprise whatsoever for me. How about letting them worry about us? I would be concerned were we to get over negative. As the higher end of season finisher I think it will be WhoreThorn's home game. Still, no clash that I could envisage so hopefully we will be wearing our real jumpers.

And the subject has a more positive career thereafter

Contest and aggression — exactly what is required especially in finals.

Fending off with the foot must be outlawed immediately So dangerous and, as Gillon might say, not good for “the image of the game”.

OMG that song ? Surely more than sufficient reason that they should never ever play a GF. Blloody awful.

Frankenstein really relies on great delivery. Cut out their mids and he is bloody near useless. How many more years on his 99 year lease? Looks past it really, and not particularly interested.

WTF incident was that? Trust is vital in finals .... so no Jeffy for me. Were Kent to be available they would at least have to look at Spargo.

Failed scoreboard pressure when we dominated early. Thankfully the ? did not take advantage yesterday