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That's it. We're doomed on Saturday. Game over. I reckon if Daicos can get votes for being subbed off with 15 possessions, I should be able to get a vote for falling asleep on the couch whilst watching the game.

Steady on, we all know how well its gone for Carlton.

Damn well hope so. That loss has been gnawing away at me and messing up my sleep for 125 years now.

Yes, get rid of them and play every game at the MCG.

Our best is better than Port's best. So, if we show up, we should win. We may get a bit of help from Craig McRae's ump/crowd "affirmation" factor (or does that only apply at the MCG) as I can't see too many Port fans travelling. Though at $207 for a ticket, some of our recent bandwagon fans may...

Or a Swans-GWS Grand Final. A bit more likely to be honest. All this fluff about how important it is the play the GF at the MCG forever when 2/3 of the people in the ground on the day don't actually support either team. At least most of the people at the Semi tonight and the SCG Prelim next week...

Might be something to do with the coaching that turned this motley crew of picks and the GWS old guard (Toby, Coniglio, Kelly, Whitfield, Ward etc) into such a good team. Credit where credit is due.

Yep, we fell over the line in the Prelim in 22 and were spent come GF day. Just like GWS in 2019 after they won that Prelim. It happens.

Credit where credit is due. Every now and again a great player lifts himself to another level and drags the rest of the team along with him and they all lift. Heeney in the last quarter was incredible. Even McRae said he'd never seen anything like it. Though I'm sure Pendles and Daicos have...

I'm not sure why McRae got so worked up about the Ginnivan booing at the SCG, because it certainly didn't seem to bother Ginnivan. He was sitting on the bench laughing about it. Then the big screen at the ground showed him smirking about the booing and that got some of the SCG crowd even more...

On top of this if you look at the footage they were both running at the ball. Is it even humanely possible for McCartin to stop dead at the exact point McStay marked the ball. No of course it's not. McCartin pulled up and then headed back to the mark as McStay pointed to the mark. He actually...

Yep, I wish we got 15 or 16 games a year at the SCG and the GF was played there every year. Regardless of whether McRae was having a whine or an attack of honesty, we've all seen it a million times. Umpires going with the flow and paying free kicks responding to tens of thousands of fans baying...

It's a metal cup these days. When you go back for another beer, they take your cup and give you another one. After the game you put your cup in these special recycling bins they have for them. Seems like a reasonable way of doing it. Their pies are way better than the SCG ones and they have...

As you say GWS match up very well against the Cats. GWS' away record is pretty good these days, I think last year they won at seven or eight different away grounds. It took some heroics at the end (Toby's goal, Leek's brilliant mark) but they got it done.

Yes, I always admired the way back in 2014 all the players got around Buddy (a guy they'd never met) from Day 1 and to a man they all signed over the Cola top up cheques they received from the AFL to the Budster. Some of the rookies even hand delivered their cheques to Bud's mansion in Rose Bay...

I would have said there were around 8,000 to 10,000 people there yesterday, and about 5% to 10% of them were North supporters judging by the Blue & White they were wearing. This criticism of the GWS crowd is so lame. They are just people going to watch a game of footy, same as anywhere. Sure...

Exactly. Most players know it's unlikely they'll ever win a flag. It's mostly about the money and enjoying the week-to-week of being a footballer. Same as any job really.

I think a lot of Australian Rules followers from the southern states discount the fact that rugby league is actually a pretty good game both live and on the TV. Most of my long time Swans supporting family and friends also follow league to an extent. League is very hard to avoid in Sydney. It...

The NRL has embraced 20 somethings big time with cheaper ticket prices and an almost rock concert atmosphere at games. Swans supporters in Sydney are almost exclusively an Anglo crowd largely from the Eastern and Inner West suburbs. GWS supporters are mostly from the West and there are 1,500 or...

The weird thing is that when the Whatever It Takes practitioners are actually successful in achieving what they want (in this case 4 flags in 8 years in a so-called even comp with 18 teams) so many people get so offended when it's suggested there were some casualties along the way. They cling to...

Hell hath no fury like a successful, entitled football coach criticised.

I'm not sure this is such a good idea. What happens if Mr Hi Vis over there is not so good at maths and messes up what he's been told are the SCG dimensions. And what happens if the posts at the SCG have different logos on the padding. This could really mess up some of the Collingwood players...

The reality is if the Swans organization wanted to play the Prelim at Accor they would have found a way, but they don't. The vast majority of Swans members prefer the SCG. It's closer to where they live and easier to get to. Most do not like what they consider to be the "soulessness" of Accor...

Yes, the effect over the clubs of Covid will vary. They all have slightly different cost structures. But once again the distributions to the clubs from the AFL have been shown to not be as varied as a lot of people think.

So NSW is at 54% of the population over 16, and 43% of the total population fully vaccinated. Victoria is at 45% of the population over 16, and 37% of the total population fully vaccinated. The UK is at 63% of the total population fully vaccinated. So right now both are a fair way behind the UK...

The police and the protestors, two groups of boofheads fighting each other. What could go wrong?

OK, can you explain precisely how COLA was a "complete debacle".

Just as long as he doesn't jump up on the premiership dais and start waving the cup around should Melbourne win.

I think the issue will be getting to 80% (of 16 and overs). That translates into around 64% of the total population. Very few countries around the world have actually reached that. NSW is ahead of Victoria now but I'd expect the gap to close as the case/death numbers in Vic increase. But when...

Unless it's raining of course.