Straight Sets Simon

Petty has been more than an adequate replacement.

Yes, Swamp has since corrected it.

EDIT: That should be 5 All Australian selections.

I was just going through an old text thread with some mates and on October 22, 2015 I wrote: “I kinda like that Lance Whitnall junior guy. Something about him.”

Never heard of Coaches Best Young Player award.

Commentators and media people love reminding our players of how bad things were in the past.

The irony of 2019 being an awful season (after the high of 2018) is we were able to land these three.

This is the most even finals series I can remember in that every team has a genuine chance in the first week. From memory, the last time we played Brisbane they got on top around the ball and gave their two key forwards first use which was hard to stop. We need to control the centre and as always control clearances as that will ultimately dictate if we can get on top and more importantly stay on top.

Using the below finals predictor, post your results here: https://predictor.squiggle.com.au/ This is mine: I’ve said it since the start of the year, but I think Sydney are a huge chance and along with Geelong are the biggest threats to us.

Not sure if mentioned, but Hamish McLachlan’s call at the end of the game was brilliant.

Seasons when team is bad, Demonland is negative. Seasons when team is good, Demonland is positive.

Sparrow made me look silly (not for the first time). He plays a slightly different role to Jordon but they do seem to be competing for the same position.

That’s pretty obvious isn’t it? Of the four 2018 preliminary finalists we are the only team to be playing finals this year.

Yuck.

Essendon can make the finals only having won 10 games today (if they lose). That’s insane.

Lift Fremantle.

I think that the Brownlow will have a similar top three.

There is zero chance Weideman comes into the team unless there are major injuries.

I like Hunt but I’m taking Bowey over him every day.

What about the deliberate call against May in the first quarter which resulted in a Geelong goal? A half-volley bounces off his chest and they said it was deliberate.

I left him out of my votes from last night but I regret it, his three goals were pivotal.

I think we play better at Adelaide Oval than the MCG so I’m not complaining.

I thought the exact same thing. Both left footers running down the left flank too.

Just to reiterate how insane this round has been for the Bulldogs, the difference between them finishing 1st and 5th in the last round: 1) 2 point loss after leading all game 2) McCarthy scraping through a behind against West Coast (ignore Cameron’s after siren goal for a moment) 3) Max Gawn kicking an after the siren goal (something he has missed before against same opposition) after his team was 44 points down I cannot remember a better round for football ever.

Not exactly relevant to the topic but in the last quarter when we were kicking all those goals our players weren’t getting too excited and over celebrating. I liked it, it was just business as usual.