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2nd round AFL picks will be pick 40+ !!! So II hope we match any offer forcing a trade with better results. Having said that I wouldn't want to see them go. There is so much distortion of the first round of the draft it makes a mockery of 2nd round and later picks.

Talking of byes. We have defied the odds! Our last two op have had 2 weeks rest and we won both convincingly. Our fitness levels must be through the roof! btw, King has an unblemished record at the G. May it become our fortress!

In one of the prediction threads I wrote we would make finals (ie top 8); prediction was made before the wild card round was announced. I still think we can make the top 8. We play Ess and Rich twice. Yet to play Eagles, Pies, GWS, North, Port and GCS again. I'm not putting those down as wins but on current form the odds are on our side that we win the majority of those and perhaps steal a couple of wins from the top teams. I think we will drop a few games mid year as we don't get our bye until round 16 and have a few i/state games around mid year. But post bye most of our games are in Vic. Am still going with a top 8 finish and with luck top 6.

An update. Again no tickets at all in the app. I found two, unrequested GA guest passes in my Ticketmaster account. Saved them to Google Wallet and took screenshots. As a test run I entered the ground with the screenshot but took my card to enter the Redlegs area. Worked a treat! Called the club last week. No update at all. Just got "i can't help you". Usually, I'm full of praise for the membership team but it is very disappointing they aren't keeping us informed or keeping track of the problem, particularly as it isn't possible to send a ticket to someone else - can't snail a mail card .... !!! 🙄🙅🏻‍♀️

Pity Ess showed some grit in the second half last night. They will take that and their record in Gather Round as a confidence boost next week. We will still win!

Agreed. It was only when their big chequered flag waved that we knew. Even players weren't weren't very animated. Not a lot of encouragement for each other after the first quarter.

I'm going to brag od. I tipped us in the Game Day thread and took a bit of flak for my optimism; all good-naturedly. But I wasn't optimistic enough predicting a win by only 7 points!

Another comment on crowd noise. I haven't been a fan of player songs after a goal but love it at the ground especially when the crowd can sing along. Sweet Caroline gets quite a rendition so it is great when Sharp goals. Adds terrific atmosphere.

Talking of crowd noise. There was zilch for GCS in play or after goals at least that is how it seemed from the Southern Stand and their Temu cheer squad was at the city end. I watched a few minutes of the replay to see how it sounded on tv. The broadcasters are doing thier covid thing of inserting fake crowd cheering/noise. No wonder they have a poor track record interstate - their is no-one cheering for them and they have to endure the roar of op fans. It will cost them games 😁 and yesterday it cost them momentum but not the game!

It was fascinating especially in last quarter: gcs player running to space to mark or collect loose ball dees player gives chase but is a meter or more away dees fans roar like there is no tomorrow hearing the roar gws player gets nervous and fumbles hearing the roar demon player closes in and pounces demon fans roar even louder ball up or free implied pressure intensifies the dees crowd was amazing and suspect it will be bigger in future and our wins bode well for membership numbers

As predicted their midfield was ordinary today 😁 And the predicted win was awesome!

We got into their heads! In the last quarter their skills and composure abandoned them ... the perceived pressure as much as the physical pressure got to them.

Good points. Rowell's hand injury has meant he hasn't done much training with ball in hand for over a month so hoping his hand-ball and ball drop timings are a bit off 😄 My favourite part of Game Day, is imagining all the reasons we will win ... then optimism waxes and wanes as the game progresses 🙅🏻‍♀️

Not sure Roy and HG know much about Aussie Rules. It is Butters not Rowell.

Well they are this week. No Petracca or Humphrey. ? on Rowell recovery from injury. His goals are usually directly from CB. Curb that part of his game and we slow their momentum. Who ever plays on him must stay goal side! Anderson and Miller are excellent players but imv aren't enough to cover the absentees - their midfield depth is fairly shallow Our one wood is Kozzie - how will they stop him when in the middle. So I'm not expecting them to dominate at CB/stoppages especially with Max's new found ability to place the ball at will to our advantage.

Are GCS really that good! Huge wins vs Cats, Eagles and Tigers. Yesterday's results say it all about the last two. Cats were missing Danger, Stengle and Cameron and the game was played in hot humid weather. So nothing to rave about for them so far. Their midfield this week is rather ordinary. Neutralise the injured Rowell and we will win!!! We can either have Kolt shadow him for the day or have Steele guard him at CB and Howes pick him up when he goes forward. Sure they still have Anderson and Miller but that won't be enough. Maybe sacrifice JvR or Melk's game to lead Collins away from our targets. Dees by a heart-stopping 7 points. See you at the G D'lamders ❤️💙

Nothing wrong with it per se if that is all it was. The club apologised if it caused distress; hard to imagine how a welcome meeting might cause distress. Given Guerra, Richardson and King reportedly all spoke to the 'May' situation indicates a prior intent for it to be more than a welcome. Sorry Red, for mine it doesn't pass the pub test; and my 'spidey sense' is twitching 🙂

Thanks Ghosty. I lost confidence in him over the last few years. No idea how he has survived.

This is bizarre as it just invites speculation from media et al Should have just put him on the injury list from the get go which is what every other club does when they want to buy time. Ensures if there are other issues it is kept in house. I can see King being asked at every press conf. He doesn't need the noise or distraction.

I hope not. A player isn't responsible for what his partner does or says. Even if a player acted on his partner's behalf he is entitled to support her. And if there was a 'leak' it was most probably a player as a partner is unlikely to directly approach the club or the AFLPA. I would be horrified if the club sanctioned a player in such circumstances.

Regardless of the content the mere concept of such a call is next level stupid. Much better to relay any message minus personal info, to players to discuss with their partners. As to the reported content - if correct, I have no words for that level of stupidity and ignorance.

I haven't seen a replay or slow mo. The raising the ball by Hewitt was obvious to me. The main thing is the umpire saw it in real time.

Hewitt raised the ball to shoulder height with both hands. Even tho it was a split second that action made it 'prior opportunity' as he could have hand balled unimpeded while raising the ball as the tackle was about hip height. Evans did a fend off type action first which is prior then ducked into the tackle.

Kozzie magic! Season defining win !!!

That reminds me of Paul Roos' veil of negativity ...commonly known as mfcss🙂❤️💙 I also enjoy the Ess spiral - karma be damned!