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Next year is all or nothing. If it blows up, we take our medicine for a few seasons and go again in 2025/26 when Bont is the elder statesmen cruising across the half back line and...

That Maynard tackle on Neal Bullen in the last was just a thing of beauty.

*!*!*!*! he looks like his dad.

I wonder if he now agrees with the club’s approach to Rhylee’s development or still thinks he was hard done by?

Nice to see Westy participate, he must have cooled down after his social media meltdown now that Rhylee is playing well.

Clarko made the classic mistake of trying to prop up a declining list and keep reaching for a flag rather than accurately assessing where they were at and taking his medicine.

Not easy to do...

Asking a lot of Jones but if he and Keath were able to recapture their 2021 form, and Lobb has a similar year to this year, we should by all rights be a top 4 side. My biggest concern with our...

I’m fine, this is fine.

Reckon it is going to be slim pickings for a decent root this weekend. Bit like my own life ;)

Yeah, we’d squash Collingwood. Carlton’s big forwards would worry me.

I like the balance right now. We’ll definitely find a spot for Treloar but I don’t want him in the forward half, I much prefer terrier types like West, Garcia and McNeil getting those roles. Wing/mid...

Where does that leave Hannan and Treloar?

If everyone was magically fit next week, what’s our best defensive 6 + 1 on bench?

Add on the games at that narrow dumpster of a home ground and they should really never miss finals any year.

The cushiest draw of all time.

I would much prefer Garcia and West playing forward than Treloar and McComb for example, much better suited to those roles and it’s no surprise we feel more balanced and potent.

West and Garcia add some grunt and tenacity we’ve been sorely lacking. Need to keep playing them both at every opportunity.

Garcia gives off big Clay Smith vibes.

The game itself wasn’t a classic but the last 5 minutes of Johnno’s 300th was just pure ridiculous entertainment.

Pleeeeeease let us sneak into the 8 and play Collingwood in week 1.

I’ll take Bont. Watching that one, I finally felt some hope that we wouldn’t be shit forever after we’d suffered some pretty dismal years.

In 2016, my old man and I decided on a whim to fly up to Sydney for the day to watch us play the Swans. Ended up being an absolute banger of a finish with JJ slotting one from a long range set shot...

This planet is billions of years old and will be around for billions more after we’re all gone, yet we were here at the very same time Bont blessed us with his presence. I think about that often.

Now we’re talking.

It shows clearances mean very little and why our ranking has no reflection on the effectiveness of our ruck set up. I’d like to see the stat for goals generated via D50 turn over after losing the...

I wouldn’t begrudge us at all if we went balls to the wall this off season for a proper tilt at the flag and it didn’t work. I’d rather try than sit on our hands when we know we have pieces missing....

We’re a decent chance of getting 5 or 6 go our way. Also a decent chance that none do! The joys of rooting.

Nick Daicos will probably be AA next year. Ridiculous he wasn’t bid on at 1 last year, clearly the best player in the pool and Collingwood were never not matching a bid.

When Timmy English kicks an important goal and looks like he is trying really hard to fire up and show some exuberance when it’s really not in his nature.

You are made for this thread!

It’s antithesis to Bevo’s philosophy but for a specific role like ruck, if you can’t have an elite type like Gawn who can do it all, I am happy to eschew versatility and just select a physical,...

Yep, very lucky. On a different time line they lose all of them and are bottom 4 material. Will be mince meat in the finals.

I’ve been a bit of a doomer this year and the general vibe around the side has been pretty negative (though justified given expectations). That being said, there are moments each week which regularly...

Not sure if Bailey Dale is just being coy with the media and doesn’t want to make Bevo angry by spilling the beans on his private themes or he’s actually a bit of an air head. Either way, god damn...

Keath does that thing where he falls over rather than keep his feet so his lack of pace isn’t exposed.

2 is multi year isn’t it? ;)

Tough ask to beat Richmond but don’t be surprised if they get that dead cat bounce this week.

I hope we’re searching far and wide for viable defensive options. I also hope Walker isn’t one of them :D

Maybe the players knew an announcement was coming? He’d clearly lost the group a while ago, was just a matter time.

Good suggestion. If there’s a bloke that would empathise with Bevo and the relentless pressure of coaching, it would be Noble.

Nice that Brian and Rocket did it together.

Would have been some dicey moments back in the day between those two when Brian would go full space cadet, but on the flip side, he was an absolute...