Little Richard

I seem to remember a 4th gamer in Jesse Hogan rinsing multiple AA fullback Alex Rance.

By the sounds of it, one of McDonald or JVR is going to play tomorrow IMO. Goody was a little cagey, but very firm that nothing would be announced until later today about those guys.

*If Franklin wasn't such a masterful flopper.

Does anyone else feel like we're just about to shift into another gear and steamroll through to the GF like last year?

A big highlight for me though was Trac's first quarter goal out of congestion in the pocket, that was freakish.

Our forward line was such a shambles. And what the hell is with continually kicking it to the same congested pocket, every bloody time? Needs to be sorted out ASAP. Collingwood's forwards were consistently marking 20m out, no angle... and not just after a coast to coast break.

I've really enjoyed watching Larkey for a while now and really have just assumed he's untouchable, as a real generational key forward that North can build their forward line on. However, what would it take to get it done? He'd be huge for us.

Why not? It's their Grand Final after all!

Still sends shivers down the spine!

Tonight we'll continue to build on last week and show the competition how good we really are.

JVR in for Weid.

Or if you want extreme nuff try the Junction in Preston.

In my mind a lot of those (young) guys played out of their skin in their first couple of years and so a lack of growth this year probably follows the natural progression. Next year I'd really expect Sparrow and Rivers especially to come on, Jordon to step up to be a regular fixture alongside Oliver and Trac, and a high-quality recruit to bolster the ranks.

Okay my bad then, thanks for clarifying. I still think it was dumb though, he literally grabbed it and ran into the midst of like three Doggies players... and with the umpiring as it was anything could have happened.

That's the rule isn't it? Soon as he grabbed the ball he opened himself up to being pinged, we just needed to get it forward at all costs. It was stupid.

As close as they'll get right now.

What TF was Gawn thinking grabbing the ball out of the ruck on the flank... dumb, dumb, dumb. Too many stupid errors made to have won that. On the other hand, would have been a great game to watch for neutral fans and Jamarra's goal at the end was epic.

Thank god for that

Because this worked for them last year 😂

Season defining day for us, got a good feeling!

But what are they saying in Shelbyville?

I was just taking a look - Majak has been dominant in the ruck when he has played but has missed a number of games... not up to speed with the VFL but assuming he's been injured?

Bugger, shattered for Gawn and Turner, rotten debut for Disco. This will be the making of Dogga.

I feel like I remember Hibberd nailing a couple from outside 50. Could be wrong though...

I do agree with most of that, but Tomlinson is a quality player - people forget how well he was playing last year before he went down. I think it's just a matter of him rediscovering that form. If that does happen and Lever doesn't improve, we could end up with May, Petter and Tommo playing together. FWIW I think Smith was playing well before he went down too.