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Cue Sam Draper.

Fritsch must be AA this season after being robbed in 21. Initially sceptical about Petty holding his spot but what a cracking game. Disco just keeps getting better. So much love for Windsor.

Hawkins & Cameron combined for 0.4

Should be 16 points up.

Last time he did that was 2021 preliminary final.

It’s been a quiet year by his standards. Yes in other games he’s getting possessions but he’s no where near his damaging best.

Should be 5 goals up. But it’s us….

I like that we’re now kicking it lower and more direct into our fwd 50. Still a bit congested for my liking.

Viney gets the free, gets the ball and moves it quickly, and all our fwds are lined up like ducks and congested.

Pickett is so elusive and classy, can’t afford him to miss games.

Need to be cleaner, few players hearing footsteps.

Petracca is due for a big one.

I missed it, what did it say? Thanks

Agree but I remain hopeful.

Also would like a massive collective lift from our midfield who have been treading water of late.

From the parts of last nights game I did see, I saw two teams move the ball very quickly and Collingwood kick to an open fwd line and back their players in 1 on 1. We always seem very congested, I’d like to see that change tonight.

Every year clubs put forward their wants in terms of the draw. Most Melbourne based clubs want to play Collingwood at the MCG as their home game. Rd 2 this year St.Kilda played their home game against them at the G. Essendon play them twice this year at the G. Rd 1 2023 Geelong played their home game against the Pies at the G then come finals regardless of opponent want to play in Geelong. We should be thankful Collingwood gave us the gate takings to QB for so many years in a row because it was our highest earning game for the year.

So Xander is his son, thanks google. So all those years Queen's birthday was our home game. Numerous times he helped other clubs finding sponsorship. But I get it, a lot of people don’t like him.

Xander? I don’t get this.

Disagree, Eddie has done a lot for the game including helping struggling teams over the years including the Bulldogs and us. He’s well connected and cares about the future of the game.

Agree but how many can a competition sustain? Right now we have 3-4 on average per year.

What will our mindset be? I’d be treating the next two games with a finals like mindset. Don’t want to be that team that makes the 8 on the back of beating teams outside the 8.

Current ladder positions after 7 rounds 14th Saints 2 wins 15th Eagles 2 wins 16th Tigers 1 win 17th Hawks 1 win (against North) 18th North 0 wins Let’s revisit this after 10 rounds then again at the half way point of the season. Some of the games currently being played are sub standard. We can’t continue to dilute our product and just throw up the next tv rights deal as being the saviour of everything. An earlier post said North are just a couple of key defenders and a small fwd away from being competitive, for every 5-6 Ben McKay’s there’s 1 Steven May. It’s not that easy. If we had Hawkins and Cameron playing for us we’d be potentially looking at 4 flags in a row. 18 teams is working, just, the top 8 finals system works. Yes Tasmania deserves a team but it must come at the expense of an existing Victorian club. Whether or not you like the Giants or Suns, two teams in NSW, QLD, WA and SA makes sense. It might be popular to say every team deserves to stay and a 19th & 20th team is being inclusive. But let’s be honest, look at the game right now, it’s not going to work.

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Mitchell’s plan was to bottom out before Tasmania comes in. Still got a few years left of high end draft picks. But as we know picks aren’t everything.