Maldonboy38

We can't change too much after such a great win. Billings is surely a definite out. So Laurie in, and Bowey into sub.

Absolutely agree. Not enough credit to Goody & co for that win. Although Geelong got heaps of flow on play through half back and wing, most of it hit our stone wall and rebounded back out. The use of Langdon & Windsor out wide made Geelong spread uncomfortably in defending, along with our repeated 15-20 metre kicks. Great method and coaching. I think they subbed Laurie in too late, but apart from that, all good.

Yes, I think so. Noticed doing well at Casey and drafted from there.

6. Lever 5. Gawn 4. May 3. Fritsch 2. Langdon 1. Oliver

Wow. Gut wrenching last quarter. Thank you Jeremy. Max - you led us to victory. Lever - the rock. Petty - welcome back Langdon - you can have a rest now. Fritsch - how the hell you were never drafted at 18yo, I will never know. You are simply brilliant.

O kozzie...

So much good footy finished with sloppy lazy goal kicking. We are very much in and they are playing as well as they can. It's about composure under pressure and composure while exhausted now. We need someone to stand up and LEAD us to a win.

Losing momentum off our own boot now. So disappointing.

I just said this exact thing. Makes sense.

2nd half of that quarter was all about exhaustion. Our defensive spread is a thing of beauty, but after endless gut running and no stoppages neither team has any fuel left to convert. Great to see JVR and Petty clunking marks. ANB and Langdon - astonishing amount of running.

Sparrow has been brilliant.

Both team showing their best, lots of running and great skills. Our foot skills tonight have been outstanding. If we continue to stall them moving through the wing with an extra player loose, we win. Umpiring is a concern. Not from a bias point of view, but over umpiring minor discrepancies, and not seeing the ball being dropped by the tackled player. Frustrating.

Cracking game of footy. Not as defensive as I thought it might be.

It is such a great feeling now, going to any game knowing we have a good chance of winning. The Premiership in 2021 changed everything - I am generally much more relaxed about footy in general. I can't see the Cats attack being as potent as it has the last 7 rounds. Our defensive organisation rarely allows teams more than 80 points, often under 65. Sparrow to run with Myers. Petty to run with Stewart. Kozzie, Chandler & Fritsch will be our major goal scorers.

Saturday morning is one of the best parts of my week. Lie in, brewed coffee and toast. All spoilt by having every media outlet (TV, social media & internet)gushing over everything Pies, Collingwood, and Daicos. Vomit inducing. Having said that, yes Daicos can be soft, but he is an absolute gun if you give him a centimetre of space and has a habit of being "lucky" late in games. No luck, simply a very good footy brain and super skills to execute in high pressure moments. And channel 7 constantly showing his dad Peter is excruciating, but he is now a channel 7 person so this is going to go on for some time. Is it wrong to want a whisky so early in the morning? I will leave the Dalmore, and maybe go the Monkey Shoulder (best budget whisky in the world). This might get me over all this Collingwood BS.

It's not a great spectacle, but very finals-like in its pressure, tackling etc. . . Lots of forward thrusts being thwarted by great defence or poor kicking. Line ball who wins from here. 3 things to note: Carlton mids throw it a LOT Maynard fuels my filth-rage like no other player. O wait, Mason cox is also on the field. I picked Carlton so want them to win, but feel like I need a bath whenever I find myself almost barracking for them. Unfortunately, modern defence based football often takes the drive and energy out of our great game, and many potentially great games are forced into a tackle fest or two half back lines playing kick to kick.

I know JHF does lots of "look at me stuff" but he and Butters are the only two Port players having a crack and chucking themselves at it. Port playing like the pretenders they are.

For a showdown, it is a 'meh' game of footy. Very few highlights, and no star player tearing the game to pieces. I would take Soligo in a heartbeat but that is not enough to keep my interest piqued.

Very difficult weekend for tipping. Most of the games look very close, while the others are open for boilovers. Crows to beat Port tonight.

I feel pretty good about our top 4 aspirations, especially based on our defensive strength. We rarely get 80 points scored against us, and we have a LOT of improvement available.

Looking at the Cats v Blues game (which is a ripper to watch) I reckon 5 teams are now positioned to be genuine contenders. Cats, Blues, Giants, Swans and Dees. I feel there is a gap after this. All 5 have shown finals winning football. It is about bringing both pressure AND skills together in a game on the day, and any of the 5 can beat the other team if they bring these two components on the day. Can't wait for us to play Blues & Cats - should be great games.

O wow - so many wrong dropping-the-ball decisions in this game. Horrendous. Clear, clear umpiring errors with 4 of them on the ground, and the officiating umpire only 10-15 metres from the play.

The Roos are unwatchable. Simple skills - tackles, spoils, defensive spread, 30m passes - all simply sub VFL standard. The Roos v Crows game is a turnover fest. Crows running at 3/4 energy, waiting for a simple mistake, kick it towards Tex, Fogarty, Rachele or Rankine. I'm going back out to the garden . . .

Agree, HBT. If Brisbane lose tonight it is very tough for them to be top 4 at the end of the home and away season. And they won't win it without that advantage.

Essendon losing it rather than Pies winning it. Lineball game, though. Can't ever barrack for Bombers put Pies loss keeps them away from top 4.