Three things you've learned finals week three 2021 v Port Adelaide

OK. Give us three.

1. Best half of footy we might have ever played.

2. Imagine how well we could’ve done if SA Health let us train

3. Schache & Hannan announced themselves tonight. They are confidence players and gee, they can go into a Grand Final confident to play well again.

4. When Bailey Smith makes good decisions and executes them, he’s fun to watch. May the trend of 1, 3 & 4 Goals continue to grow each week.

1. The strategy for the forwards was simply genius; spread the targets and trust the crumbers. Kudos to the coaches.

2. Hannan's confidence to take strong contested marks has soared; finally using his 190 cm frame.

3. Martin was absolutely crucial to our dominance; not only did he neutralise Lycett but he gave us the opportunity to win at ball-ups. Any clearance from them came off a lucky bobble.

1. Bevo is a genius. Serious genius.

2. Our midfield when on rocks. Great move having Martin in the team. Clearly allowed us to gain the upper hand.

3. Macrae is the best player in the game. Just unbelievable.

1. There's some justice in football after all. The two best teams for the year by a mile are playing in the Grand final.
2. Bailey Smith is an insanely good footballer. He's skillful, he's fast, he's smart and his work rate is phenomenal.
3. Bevo's faith in his players is his greatest strength, and that faith was repaid tonight by the likes of Hannan, Roarke Smith, Treloar, Schache and Cordy.

1. Bailey Smith is a player that can dominate in the big games.

2. Hannan looks like he belongs out there and his forward pressure was very good.

3. Schache was instrumental to negating Aliir, you gotta force interceptors to defend their direct man to blunt their impact. I hope that Schache gets the gig on Lever next week

1. This team, this Club is unstoppable whatever ridiculous hurdles are placed in our way.
2. The idiots in the SA Health actually galvanized us by taking no notice of negative tests conducted in WA 24 hours earlier, and denied us having a light run at Adelaide Oval on Friday evening.
3. The trains out of pleurisy park were packed before the start of the last quarter.........

1. We got our training run at Adelaide Oval after all.
2. That makes it clean sweep for Bevo. He's coached final wins in every state.
3. This group is mentally stronger than any other group of players I've seen from any club.

1. This footy team has enormous spirit
2. The resurrection of Shaq is almost complete. Just needs a big game in the GF.
3. Bevo is a genius

1. Martin is so important for us. His listed as 198cm and 99 kg, but he plays taller and matches with other big men in the comp. His unbelievable strong and knows how to holds his ground. Umpiring was rubbish tonight penalizing him for holding when Ports ruck were doing the same

2. This team is resilient and has immense self belief to play exciting brand of footy. Everyone wants to be in the team for the GF.
Great to see Hannan, Schache, Roarke , Gardner and Scott on the ground tonight and having an influence.
Just play out of your skins next game boyz, only 1 game to go.

3. If there is an escape room to get footy out, Libba would have to be one of the best snap shot goals in small spaces. His goal was brilliant tonight.

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Originally Posted by macca

1. Martin is so important for us. His listed as 198cm and 99 kg, but he plays taller and matches with other big men in the comp. His unbelievable strong and knows how to holds his ground. Umpiring was rubbish tonight penalizing him for holding when Ports ruck were doing the same

2. This team is resilient and has immense self belief to play exciting brand of footy. Everyone wants to be in the team for the GF.
Great to see Hannan, Schache, Roarke , Gardner and Scott on the ground tonight and having an influence.
Just play out of your skins next game boyz, only 1 game to go.

3. If there is an escape room to get footy out, Libba would have to be one of the best snap shot goals in small spaces. His goal was brilliant tonight.

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How about that tight pass to Treloar for the running goal? Or the pin point drop into Shaq's lap?

Oh while I'm at it it was good to see Shaq take a couple of marks running back with the flight of the ball after he copped a lot of heat for dropping one last week?

1. The quick tap, pass, block, shepherd, handball game from the start of the season is back, and everybody has bought in. Great to see the team REALLY geling as one

2. Bailey Smith, need I say more?

3. Hannan and Schache really showing that they deserve premiership medals around their necks.

1. An understated projection of the future, that is considered and based on evidence about your playing list is the right way to go, versus telling the world you expect to win the premiership. How's the latter course of action going for you now Ken, mate?

2. One third of the ground is irrelevant if we get the other two nailed. Our defence will always battle manfully, but if we win the middle, the contest and move the ball forward with consideration we take the pressure of our back six. Our back six has good players but it isn't star studded. Win the forward battle, suck the ball forward by considered movement around the middle of the ground and we're fine

3. Our forward mix is the most dangerous in the competition. It's genuine nightmare stuff for Melbourne. We have Naughton, Shcache, English (who battled but didn't actually do anything!!!!!), Weightman and the lowly Hannan. Melbourne are so *!*!*!*!ed next week it's not funny.

1. Harambe cannot be reanimated. I thought for a brief moment this week the another Prelim would be a test of the hypothesis that since 2016, Prelim heartache, in the Doggiest of forms might slide back on like a pair of old trackies. But that monkey is well and truly dead.

2. On an upside down world, we gave the most upside down, dominating performance. The game was won by our bottom five players. I think that might end up the magic of the story here.

3. Our best > your best, confirmed.

1. Not even the SA government could stop our run!
2. A ruck is our #1 trade target - Martin changed our entire dynamic
3. We deserve this! The two best teams of the year will showdown