We aren't dumb enough to lose to Gold Coast are we??

[mjp]

When you lose a few games, losing another doesn't matter.

When you WIN a few...losing REALLY HURTS.

We are in a pack of 6- that has broken away from the rest on the ladder. Geez I hope everyone involved at the club realises that our fantastic work over the past 8-weeks has delivered an opportunity to our doorstep...and a poor effort vs the Suns will really undo a lot of it.

When you are 'up the top' (think 2021) losing stupid games to stupid teams (Hawthorn, Essendon!) really cost us. Let's not be doing that again.

BEAT THE SUNS.

[Happy Days]

Does feel a bit stiff to be 7-3 and only be in 6th place.

I also think it would be better to win this game than to lose it.

[MrMahatma]

It’s certainly a very losable winnable match.

I’m equal parts fear and hope.

[ledge]

But it’s our MO to lose this one .

[GVGjr]

I'm not sure if I would regard this as a danger game but the conditions will be difficult and GC have a lot of leg speed and athleticism which demands some respect.

[Danny the snakeman]

Well now you mention it.

[Bulldog Joe]

We certainly need to be switched on for this game.

There needs to be no hint that the conditions will provide an excuse for a sub par performance.

We have good history in the Northern Latitudes and we need to maintain that.

Bring our pressure to this game and we win.

[Ozza]

I think it is a good time to be travelling as a group. You've won 5 in a row - but hop on a plane and do something different. Think that could keep our sharpness.

[Sedat]

Does feel a bit stiff to be 7-3 and only be in 6th place.

I also think it would be better to win this game than to lose it.

When there are 2-3 utter rubbish teams it creates a logjam at the higher end of the ladder, which is what is happening this year.

Not dissimilar to 2016 when we finished 7th with a 15-7 record, and even if we had beaten Freo in the last round we would still have finished 7th with a 16-6 record.

[Flamethrower]

Someone at AFL House has a wicked sense of humor sending us to the arctic conditions of Ballarat one week and the tropics of Darwin the next.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

When there are 2-3 utter rubbish teams it creates a logjam at the higher end of the ladder, which is what is happening this year.

Not dissimilar to 2016 when we finished 7th with a 15-7 record, and even if we had beaten Freo in the last round we would still have finished 7th with a 16-6 record.

Typically good enough for top 4 most years.

BuT tHeY fLuKeD it FrOm 7th

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Someone at AFL House has a wicked sense of humor sending us to the arctic conditions of Ballarat one week and the tropics of Darwin the next.

Yeah. Could this be the greatest temperature disparity for a team to play in successive rounds?

Was freezing in Canberra 2 weeks earlier. Played in torrential rain multiple times. We've faced the elements thisbseason that's for sure. Along with constant travel. The 2nd half of the season is much more gentle.

[Happy Days]

When there are 2-3 utter rubbish teams it creates a logjam at the higher end of the ladder, which is what is happening this year.

Not dissimilar to 2016 when we finished 7th with a 15-7 record, and even if we had beaten Freo in the last round we would still have finished 7th with a 16-6 record.

I’m sure you wouldn’t have missed Essendon getting to play West Coast and North a combined four times in the remaining 13 games.

[Sedat]

I’m sure you wouldn’t have missed Essendon getting to play West Coast and North a combined four times in the remaining 13 games.

Yep. Although don't underestimate the ability of Essendon to screw up.

On a side note, can anybody explain how the hell West Coke managed to beat Collingwood at the MCG last year? That is one batshit crazy result.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

I’m sure you wouldn’t have missed Essendon getting to play West Coast and North a combined four times in the remaining 13 games.

The saints also play hawks and north twice.

Essendons easy schedule puts them in contention for the 8.

The uneven fixture is really a blight on the competition and is highlighted even moreso right now with 3 absolute garbage teams.