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I feel tonight may be the most defining moment in the last 25 years for our footy club. A mountain that we haven't been able to climb recently against a club who has bullied us & has just gotten the best of us. I feel a change coming & it starts tonight.

im predicting over 95k this week much like Pies vs Cats in 07. Some people are building this up as 1 of the biggest prelims EVER with the rivalry, the curse, the quality of the games & it being the only prelim in Melbourne so lots of footy purists im sure will attend. Going to be a cracker

The clowns on the Cats board are throwing up the idea of bringing in Kerstin lol as Chappys replacement. Clearly didn't see the demolition job our backs did on Sydneys forwards who are better than Geelings for mine. I hope they load up down there, we'll waltz the ball out comfortably as the ball...

So you want to load up your forward line with 4 talls? 1 of which is at probably 60% fitness, Pods who cant seem to get going at all currently, an injury prone youngster in Vardy who yes, shows promise but hasn't delivered & a debutant?? Clearly you didn't see what we did to Sydney 2 weeks ago...

Wouldn't think we'll lose much if Smith misses and Savage comes in. Savage to sub & Simpkin starting. Then the mandatory sub of Bailey/Hale half way through the 3rd quarter. The tall forwards worry me as I think Stratton should go to LeCras which leaves us a tall down & after Rowe took Burgoyne...

Rioil had a ankle sprain, hardly a serious injury. Ankles get rolled everyday mate.

Finally some sort of idea if Lake & Cyril will play. Both will surely be named Thursday but we probably wont really no until they run out. As mentioned above Schoey to chase Hawkins up the ground

Id be happy for West to play. The bloke is a plodder, he is a classic number 2 ruckman. The only reason Cats fans are hoping he plays is because it will be embarassing for Blicavs to play. Poor kid would get destroyed. If West ends up playing round 1 i feel this is great news for our rucks/mids...

Shit, forgot about Gunston. He will play definetly. Savage out, Simpkin as sub i guess. Gunston to interchange. Nice problem to have, so many knocking on the door.

Righto, now that all the mickey mouse games are over & we've seen the majority of our list, ill have a crack at my team. B- Gibson Lake Guerra HB- Dureya Schoenmakers Birchall C- Hill Mitchell Smith HF- Lewis Franklin Rioli FF- Bruest Roughead Puopolo R- Hale Sewell Burgoyne Int-Shiels...

Hey lads sorry to intrude, just wondering which players will be under injury cloud for the cats in round 1? Is West likely to get up? Whats wrong with Chapman? Any other of your players touch & go? Looking forward to another pearler in a fortnight, cant wait good luck boys.

So if Haley misses round 1, do we go Bailey or Grimley? id be inclined to play Grimley as the Cats rucks will be undermanned. Grimley looks like he could be anything, raw but we have a gem. Vardy is injury prone & overated, taking a punt on Grimley could be a great choice.

Im pretty concerned about Lake, he will probably have the big Hawkins gig round 1 with half a game in February under his belt. The club may play Schoey on Hawkins now & shift Lake over to Pods. If he even gets up. Cyril is different as i feel he will just come in & be his normal self in round 1...

All the talk about Hawthorns mids being in decline is based purely on our slow start to the year, being our NAB losses. If we had of won all our games & were flying there wouldnt be any talk about Hawthorn's window closing or being shut. I think we need our second tier players like Bruest...

Take Burgoyne out from back pocket & put Guerra in. Why people think Goo wont play is beyond me. Probs 1 of first picked every week. Hodge to HF until match fit (if he plays rnd 1) Birchall to half back flank & Lewis to a wing & id say thats bang on. If Hodge doesnt play Simpkin will. Unsure on...

Crows vs Essendon 32 points 46k Eagles vs Dockers 19 points sold out, whatever Subiaco holds Blues vs Tigers 2 points 80k Lions vs Dogs 45 points 21k Swans vs Giants 48 points 45k Suns vs Saints 3 points 18k Demons vs Power 21 points 24k Magpies vs Roos 17 points 54k sell out Hawks vs Cats 9...

Agree again, if Blicavs plays, along with Walker likely, S.Johnson & Kelly out, a loss could & will be devastating. More on the line for Hawhorn than Geelong. Win to you guys & Hawthorn internally must be wondering what it will take to beat you mob. A win to us and Geelong can just put it down...

I tend to agree, if Blicavs plays it could get very ugly come round 1

No senior players to be risked this week!! Play those who Clarko is unsure if they will play round 1 ie, Simpkin, Hill,Anderson, Spang but please please no senior players. North in Cragieburn means NOTHING, Geelong at the G is a vital game.

Hill & Simpkin are ready and Simpkin MUST play round 1 vs Geelong. Hard body which the Cats have more of & will be chomping at the bit to prove his old mob wrong given they delisted him. Dureya is a good chance to play also has he was close last year.

We have found a player in Jed Anderson, reminds a little of Joel Selwood with his attck on the ball. Clarko loves him aswell. Hill & Simpkin will both play round 1 id say also & Span is gonna provide good KP depth.

This is the most pointless thread in a while. You need to factor in free agency, drafting,trading, young players coming from rookie list, injuries. Oh and Geelong have as many if not more players over the hill than Hawthorn so take ya Geelong goggles off & look at the big picture.

are tix already available? no need for me as ive got a mship but wondering for a mate?

3-1 with a tightly contested come from behind 2 point win over Geelong. A 2 goal or less loss to WC but playing well, running out of legs due to the criminal 6 day break compared to a 15 day break! A 6 goal plus win over Coll who's measure we have. Young to get DESTROYED by Brad Hill on a wing...

A improvement in skills & intensity is required this week against Richmond who are much better than our previous 3 opponents in NAB series thus far. Geelong look switched on & up for round 1. We must be ready coz i feel they'll come out & hit with everything they've got early on like the...

We really needed to pick up a mature aged ruck/forward IMO... We did- Ceglar! Our ruck division will be ok, whilst we have never had the best ruck division they have always been servicable, our mids are also used to sharking off of the opposition ruckman. Whilst other posters are potting Max...

We need to play better next week against Richmond. Hardwick stated that the Tigers will go into NAB 3 & 4 at nearly full strength so even a good showing against the Tigers is probably the aim next week. Depending on who returns next week it will be interesting to see how we shape up against...

I agree, whilst ive watched the games & become frustrated at poor disposal, bad umpiring etc its only March, no 4 points available & you wonder if the senior players minds are really on the Dogs at Etihad in front of 8 thousand or the Cats easter monday in front of 85 thousand. Exactly let...

Article in todays Sun says that Cats rookie Blicavs may go into the game as number 1 ruck due to the injuries to West, Vardy,McIntosh. If this is the case & whilst they have definetly Kelly, S.Johnson & maybe Chapman out due to quad injury yesterday we must dominate the midfield battle & give...

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