Against supporters Cee Kay….

they asked if I’d play loose man in the forward
line…!

i said I’m good for a quarter or so…but after that
they may have to pull me off…!


kindest regards tommi






what….?

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You’ll last a whole quarter? Thought you would have been blowing hard after 10 mins


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Hey Jay Ho…

you’d be surprised man…but i can sit in my
wheelchair for ages…!


kindest regards tommi









and don’t call me a blow hard please…!

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I’m cautiously optimistic. Very cautiously, because there has been some red flags over the past few weeks that we can’t ignore. Plus we’re playing against a team with much more finals experience.

B: Newman Weitering Kemp
HB: Saad McGovern Docherty
C: Acres Cripps Hollands
HF: Walsh Charlie Cunningham
F: Owies Harry Martin

R: Pittonet Hewitt Cerra
Inter: Cincotta, Cottrell, Motlop, TDK
Sub: Dow

In- Cripps, Docherty, Motlop, Pittonet
Out- Durdin, Fisher, Fogarty, Marchbank

If Acres doesn’t come up, Fisher (or Boyd) to HB and Docherty to the wing.

I think Durdin, Fogarty & Motlop are competing for one spot. I’ve gone for Motlop (assuming fit) based on a gut feeling. Fogarty unlucky.

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Swans game is winnable and a watch out given their relative experience. Our clearance game should get us a win against the bloods.

However, our significant reliance on clearance is a little worry. Guys that support quick transition are really important going into the finals. Hopefully Walsh and cerra’s availability helps address our relative weakness.

My heart is worried…
My head is confident - on performance, the Swans are really the 12th ranked team (they won on technicalities against the Crows and against the Kangaroos). We should be much better than them.


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Good to hear from you ABNS
I agree with your ins Fogarty very unlucky though

Hope acres gets up but not sure
Motlop must come in

Despite that I thought Durdin was ok after not playing in the seniors for 12 weeks
He like hollands motlop kemp cincotta are all very promising

Thanks Frank. I agree that Durdin was OK (aside from shanking a soda late!) considering how much footy he has missed, but I have him behind Owies & Motlop in the pecking order at the moment. Hopefully he has an injury free preseason and comes back better next year.

If Pittonet isn’t fit, let’s pray that Silvagni is. Harry is not the answer as 2nd ruck this finals series.

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The numbers don't lie ... well, not this metric. Wow.

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Music to my ear.

Imagine Chugga going full steam into an opponent on Grand Final day, in the first 5 mins. Sets the tone.

Cripps will just go for ball, and rip into it. The rest will be following, including opponents.

Those two in the middle are a scary, powerful unit. I hope we are planning long term with Kennedy.

I have a man crush on Hewett, pound for pound, dollar for dollar.

How do we fit them all in? We have to.

Walsh, Cerra, Docherty.

All the above played in our loss to Swans at the SCG. Was not their doing.
The midfield provided enough scoring opportunity and defended well. The KPF's were off target.

We are a different team now.

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Motlop and Owies both have to play
Owies 25 goals for the season and missed a few games
Motlop mercurial and another goal kicker has upped defensive efforts immeasurably since being dropped early in the year

Cincotta hasnt been good the last couple of weeks -been good before that -but I think we will need his pace against Sydney

Don’t quite trust the tackle counts - not sure how they are measured as I feel I see loads of tackles and then will look about the stats and it seems only 1 or 2 are listed. Is it only the clean 1-1 tackles that are counted?

Don’t quite trust the tackle counts - not sure how they are measured as I feel I see loads of tackles and then will look about the stats and it seems only 1 or 2 are listed. Is it only the clean 1-1 tackles that are counted?

I'm not. You can only kick so many goals in a game and if we get them from clearances then it means less in other ways. We have no issue kicking goal either way. If we play committed footy we win. We've pumped better sides in our run. Plus we have won having to play so many different ways and stood up. Melbourne tested us in so many ways and we stood up in the hardest game ever. Swans fell apart against them.

Like Frank said , always great to see your stuff " Sue". Reckon your side is just about right ..................... bottom line for me is our forward line shits all over there forward line . Thats the clincher .

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Yup….

shame that Durdin didn’t have a good run
into it after the Bye…!

Motlop and Owies have to play ahead you guys
are right…but shame…because as we know…a flying
Durdin is tough…!

having said that…it’s good to have him playing
again…!

kindest regards tommi







SO glad Crippa and Doc have had an
extra week off…!

they’ll be chomping at the bit…!

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Thanks Mick. I reckon limiting their scores from turnovers will be the key.

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Yeah, not overcommitting with the forward press and getting burned out the back. That is STILL our Achilles heel and it was in full swing on Sunday


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https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-2023-predicted-teams-for-week-one-of-finals/news-story/b7d290f2ae5d331ffaac61aa846786fe

Most teams guessed by media and posters believe there are 2 rucks and only differ with their choice of sub. Dow/Fisher

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If Acres if fit, I think Hollands could miss so we can play Fogarty and Cunningham

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