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No change to cats line up. Which looks funny because psrfitt is out. Zach Guthrie was medi sub last week. In the starting line-up tgis week

Not even the second half of Q2. They kicked 5 goals in the last 5 minutes of the second quarter. Watching the replay of that quarter is surreal, becuase with 90 seconds to go you realize they still get two more goals!

I take full responsibility for that loss. Went with crew of mates - three of whom were big dees fans and one was a big bombers fans. Top of the Ponsford. We were all pretty well lubricated and i was in my most vociferous, rambunctious form - particularly as the lead grew. IIRC we kicked the first goal of the last quarter to get it out to a 46 point lead, having dominated the match up till that point. When it sailed through i yelled PERCENTAGE!!!! at the top of my lungs. Salmon proceeded to destroy us and my mates have never let forget that cry. I still yell percentage from time to time - buts it's fair to say i'm a lot more conservative in my timing.

First dees game live: TBC (subject to Demonwiki coming back on line). I'm thinking 1977? I remember in my first handful of live games was Vic park. I recall getting told off by a pies grandma for my language. Which is weird becuase i was 10 and i never swear at the footy. Or perhaps haven't since. Not dees related, but the first GF i went to was Hawks v Roos, Snake Baker v Knights 1978. Mike Willisee sat directly in front of me Worst game, by so far it is really is not funny: 1987 prelim. The 2018 prelim very distant second. Well equal second with the 188 and 200 grand finals Best game: hard to go past the last round of 1987 at the kennel. But apologies to any number of games - the first two finals in 2018, the wiz kicking 9 in the second half of a game against the pies, this years ANZAC eve game (more from the perspective of having not seen any games in 2020) - the list goes on and on

I am trying to jog my memory of my first game and of course went to Demoniwki - cant reach it. Is there a problem?

That's right. Montagna said on First crack that Salem came up to the stoppage in the first half (something you just can't see on TV - be nice if one of the 12 commentators they having calling the game actually pointed that out!). I think we have only done that once previously, so clearly Goody was trialing something. And as you say they went back to their normal set up in the second half. And i suspect they were also trialing different set ups at the center square bounces in the first half - and or the positioning of the half back flankers - which might help explain those clean clearances in the second quarter. We have given up very few such clearances this year ie where they have so much space to run into goal side - and i can't see us doing so in the prelim. On the round 23 match, i cant believe the amount of commentary suggesting it was game of two halves, the cats dominated 3/4 of it etc etc.

There is no doubting the fact that Selwood is a champion of the game. But jeez he looked slow in the last quarter of their game against GWS. And i know he had a head knock in the last quarter against us in round 23, but he had no impact in that last quarter - which is hardly ideal given he is starting mid not, say, a defensive forward or some such. And perhaps it is a bit of confirmation bias on my part, but to my eye he looks to have some of the tell tale traits of a player the game has gone past - crude tackles, throwing, milking frees, cheating a bit in terms of running patterns (eg getting forward of the ball).

Agree. And I reckon that is exactly what they will look to do. Against the Lions they were switching in the first quarter more often than they normally do (and more often than they did in the other 3 quarters) and i reckon the will do the same again. Make the cats chase and spread. It was no surprise that the Scott and players that were interviewed downplayed the significance of the round 23 loss after that game (and since really). What else were they going to say? But the bottom line is losing meant they had to play Port in Adelaide off a 6 day break. And having lost that game had to play an extra game, that surely has fatigued their aging stars - particularly given there was no pre finals bye. Not to mention having one of their young stars in Pariffit injured and Hawkins getting a massive Mummy corkie 5 minutes before the end of the game

I would have thought winning 14 of 22 last quarters for a top 4 team is actually not great. Particularly one that starts slow. And one that has the benefit of playing at Kardinia Park. Given we only won 13 last quarters the same argument might be applied to us. But our modus operandi all season has been to get a 3-5 goal lead by 3 q time, and play tempo footy in the last and maintain that lead. It is clear our record in the last q is not fitness related (except in the weeks after the bye when we're doing extra loading)

Given it is a Friday night game, am i right to assume teams get announced tonight?

That Jayden has really long fingers?

This thread has got very weird

Morris throws out that is Hibbo coming in with such certainty that many people, understandably, assume he is correct. So the options as to how he has come to name Hibbo as the definite replacement might include: Hibbo has been told he is in and he, or someone connected to him, has told Moirris The players have heard Hibbo is in and one of them, or someone connected to them, has told Morris The club has deliberately leaked that info to Morris as an act of subterfuge (eg Hunt comes instead, and for a day the cats mistakenly think it will be Hibberd) he is playing big man on campus, my intel is the best in the business and simply guessing it will be Hibberd - and if it turns to be [censored] he will never get called on it (and even if he does he will be all my information was correct at the time, cant reveal my source, blah, blah). If i apply the Occam's razor principle to the above options, i know which one i choose Given it is really only Hunt and Hibberd in the frame he has a 50% of being right. But given the match committee probably meets today there is no way he could be certain. I can play that game. My sources tell me Jordon is going to come into the team and Jones will be medi sub.

Name rings a bell. But can't place him. Google time.

I was watching our round 23 game against the cats Jimmy.

The best 5 possession, 1 mark game in the history of the AFL.

Agree on leap, but if Hibberd goes to Rohan he'll physically smash him. Legally.

I was wondering who was going to buy 2022. I hope for Smith's sake it is a better year than 2021. I bought 2021, thinking i was being clever after 2020, and it has been a disaster!

He played on danger at times against the cats in round 23. And held his own. Also took Cameron and Rohan. And held his own onthem too.

She's a sneaky chance to win the Brownlow

Would agree for most posters. But Dannyz has impeccable mail.

What is?

ANB would change the balance. Is a key player, not least because there isn't really a clear replacement for his role with his aerobic capacity

Absolutely. Which is why Smith is important against the cats becuase he can go one on one against Rohan and/or Cameron, as he did in round 23.