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The Essendruggos might be our biggest friend in the run home. They have found form and they play North and Collingwood the next two weeks, as well as Sydney and Hawthorn in Rounds 19 and 20, and Port in Round 23. Never thought Id say this as I despise them so much but I hope they keep up their form and win a few of those.

Sam Weideman now leads the VFL in goals per game (3.0 - 15 goals in 5 games)

We are now in the 8 only on %. We are just half a game from 10th spot. The last 11 seasons have prepared the fans for these last 9 games.. its going to be scary.

North are so lucky. And now the pull even with us on 8 wins. God thats annoying.

In - Weideman, JKH, Stretch Out - T Smith, Lewis, Tyson

Weid has kicked his 6th.. he looks like a giant among men out there (hes still 20 though).

The game is being streamed live

Spot on. This needs to happen. One or the other, not both. Its almost a third of the way through the season and their old bodies are tiring. Lewis looked like he was running in cement.

Both 50's awarded against O Mac were a joke. Just your typical interstate home ground umpiring.

That would be a monumental disaster. Would make last seasons Round 23 look like small potatoes If we won the next 3 we would be 11-5 with a % over 130. Only the Demons could miss the finals from there. Assuming we win the next 3 and are in a great position, we then have Geelong at Geelong. Thats the one we want. We need a scalp.

All eyes on Casey today. Plenty of spots open in the seniors after the last two losses. Hoping for huge games from Garlett, Petty , Weideman and Spargo. Would gladly have all 4 in vs the Saints if they dominate today.

Well we choked vs decent opposition the last two games, and now we go back to playing some teams out of the 8. vs St.Kilda at the MCG vs Fremantle in Darwin vs Western Bulldogs at the MCG Must win all three. If we drop one of these games we will find it very hard to make the finals with a very tough run home.

Changed my username after last weeks game as I was sick of Petracca and his lack of effort combined with his general softness. Unfortunately the mods changed it back. The laziest player in the comp who fumbles every ball, drops easy marks and generally looks disinterested. No sense of urgency. Thinks hes a superstar when in reality he should be at Casey.

Bunch of fumbling , deer in the headlight losers. Petracca is absolute garbage.

Dont worry too much SF, they don't have Mason Cox to tear us apart.

The ladder is frighteningly close. If we lose and drop a decent chunk of % we will be right on the edge of the 8. All the teams around us are playing bottomfeeders and are unlikely to lose.

Dangerous thing to say as we are Melbourne, but if we beat Port tonight we are 100% making finals and will have to be a massive chance to finish top 4.

Which was more than made up for by the umpires giving them a free ride and doing everything they could to get West Coast the win. Pretenders.

Team would look a lot more balanced with Garlett in it. We dont have a small forward.

Yeah true... actually North probably worse.

Was only a matter of time before the Eagles bubble burst. I have had them missing the finals in a few ladder predictor simulations. Worst 10-1 team of all time.

Port are going to destroy us.

Everyone has Pedersen being dropped, not so sure that will happen after 1 bad game when we had so many players down on form. This is a really hard game to predict the changes for, I wouldn't be surprised if there was no change but also can see Tyson and Garlett coming back in and Petty debuting. And a smokey could be JKH.

Mitch McGovern from Adelaide. One of the best contested marks in the comp, still only 23. If we added him to Gawn, Hogan, T Mac, Fritsch and Lever.. our marking power would be absurd.

You have stated before that you don't care if the team wins or loses , so why would you care if he has a bet against us?