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We'll be 2 points ahead of 9th after today's results. I thought I was pessimistic when I had us finishing 7th or 8th given so many others were dreaming of top 4. It might have actually been optimistic because we're a serious chance of completely missing the 8. I think we'll still end up...

To be relevant is to be a premiership contender. Winning an elimination final from the bottom part of the 8 is nice but ultimately meaningless if that's your ceiling.

How about putting your fist through a wall when you're beating a top 4 team by 16 points at 1/4 time?

Lack of physicality is definitely a concern. Sort of just buzzes around without really wanting to impact. Hopefully it comes with time/experience and some added size.

Kinda shows how far we still have to go. A serious football club makes tough calls at the selection table. It's not even a particularly tough call except for the fact it's Anzac Day and Draper is a popular figure at the club.

Are Norf any better than they were under Noble? What are they paying Clarko half their annual revenue for?

Wet weather footy is almost unwatchable if the match doesn't have high stakes (e.g. knockout final). I'd rather watch two shit teams play in perfect conditions than 1v2 on a wet day in the regular season. The skill level is just embarrassing to watch because the ball is too difficult to handle...

I'd feel a lot more guilty if we didn't dominate 75% of the match. It was criminal we were only 5 points up at half time. It was absolutely HTB though. You need to make a genuine attempt to get rid of the ball in a situation like that. Very relieved. We were an umpire bottling it away from...

Because it's more important to create a winning culture. That was the argument anyway. I don't buy it because Gold Coast were playing for nothing under a caretaker coach in front of about 5 fans down in Tassie. They didn't give a shit and were already on their off-season trips in spirit. You...

lol @ Owies stubbing his toe with the chance to seal the match.

And coaches should be held to an even higher standard. IMO a coach abusing an opposition player should be an automatic suspension even if it's not racist/sexist/homophobic. The NRL suspended Ricky Stuart for calling a player a weak dog a couple of years ago.

Exactly what I was thinking listening to that. He thinks those in the footy community shouldn't be overly critical of one another. Ironically underlining why people like Kane Cornes are needed in the industry even if you disagree with half the shit he says. He thought Cornes was deliberately...

It's not even simply touched. It's more like partially smothered.

That late free kick against Papley will be difficult to beat for worst decision of the year.

Gradually worked our way into it and then were completely dominant by the end. Felt like St Kilda barely got the ball in their forward half in that final quarter. Deserved win.

I can't believe he's still there. It should've been the easiest mutual parting of ways ever. They've had more losses by 100 points than total wins in their last 50 matches. Not sure you start over with a stale 10+ year coach who has overseen an alarming drop in standards. They need a fresh...

Brad also gave him a clip in the press conference after that match. 7:55 to 9:20.

https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/8-4-million-australians-watched-the-afl-grand-final 8.4m people aged 18+ watched the 2017 GF according to a Roy Morgan survey. The official TV ratings had 3.5m viewers.

There was genuine debate amongst WCE fans whether Priddis was even a net positive for their team during his career. No scoreboard impact, slow and a really poor kick. Darcy Parish is arguably a better player and he's obviously not in the top echelon either.

I remember people thinking the same thing in 2015. The weather was supposed to favour West Coast against Hawthorn. It was the hottest GF day on record and Hawthorn blew them away.

GWS with a bit of a Melbourne impersonation at times. Bombing and burning teammates going forward. Fatigue potentially a factor as their decision making seemed to get worse the longer the match went.

I don't think he's anywhere near that bad. Bruce was so bad at the end it made me question whether nostalgia was the only reason I had ever liked him in the first place. I'd still have Huddo in my ideal commentary team for a GF despite the annoying habits that have crept into his calls.

He missed the 2019 PF for a similar act.

Glad the Dogs are out. You don't deserve to play finals if you lose to West Coast with your season on the line.

This is why you don't sugarcoat falling over the line against two of the worst teams in modern history. Form wise we're the 3rd worst team in the competition over the last 5-6 weeks. We've fallen away alarmingly since the Adelaide match for some reason. The only positive I can think of is going...

Geelong win both and they make it now. Sydney beat Adelaide or Melbourne and they're probably in as well. 1963 to remain the last time both grand finalists missed finals the following year.

This would be a fair enough comment if we were playing anyone other than North and West Coast.

Not sure we're that bad yet. Richmond missed the finals in 28/30 seasons between 1983-2012. They made 3 elimination finals in a row 2013-2015 but lost them all. 2 finals wins and 5 finals appearances in 33 years. They were also bottom 4 regularly whereas we've been mostly middle of the road in...

I don't see Collingwood over the last 2 seasons as anything more than a decent team playing with shitloads of confidence/belief. They've trailed at 3/4 time in nearly half (21/45) of all matches coached by McRae. Outstanding teams simply don't put themselves in losing positions with such regularity.

I'd take that weird feeling over the way I'll feel watching another one of these. 2021 EF - Western Bulldogs 85 def Essendon 36 2019 EF - West Coast 116 def Essendon 61 2017 EF - Sydney 121 def Essendon 56 2011 EF - Carlton 149 def Essendon 87 2009 EF - Adelaide 166 def Essendon 70