Where and when: 3:20pm at the MCG
What it means for the Demons: It means 4-0 and second place on the ladder. THey can’t win and be in third ‘cause thor % is already above the Swans. They could, in theory, open a Bulldog style can of whoop-ass on the Cats, but I think a win by enough to catch the Dogs is very unlikely.
What it means for the Cats: Win and they are somewhere between 3rd and 6th, probably 5th or 6th, since they % is underwater right now. But, that’s far better than 8th-10th, which is where they will be if they lose.
Supercoach Watch:
Demons: Jordan, Oliver, Petracca, and of course the Great Bearded One
Cats: Tom Stewart. Adn, well…Hawkins? With Danger out, still not a lot of SC relevant Cats. Guthrie I guess? Oh! Atkins. Good call on him, Atkins owners.
Father Dougal’s Watch: May. Yeah, May, because I own him and he has been oddly out of formo for two weeks. I really want to try and see if my Rowell replacement is really a spud or just had a rough patch. For everyone else, I think Jordan Clark is the big one, since his job feels always on the line, and his score this round will have a big impact on his price.
Father Dougal’s Tip: I feel like the Demons are going to edge this one out. Melbourne by 6
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need a score from gawny today
Started Atkins and pretty happy . Makes up for my bad call on Philips and jury still out on hunter Clark.
I’m nervous about the big C on gawn. How’s the weather in melb?
13°C
Precipitation: 10%
Humidity: 61%
Wind: 31 km/h
Mostly cloudy
im in adelaide so not sure but i also have gawn captained
LATE CHANGES
Melbourne: Nil
Geelong: Brandan Parfitt replaced by Quinton Narkle
MEDICAL SUBS
Melbourne: Tom Sparrow
Geelong: Max Holmes
hopefully holmes only gets 5 mins on ground today & we get to pick him up for 80 k next week
Oliver most likely gets tagged again today…
hopefully handles it better then last week.
Yep, resigned myself to O’Connor going to him like a vice. I could handle a 70.
……Which is why I’m concerned about Gawny’s stats.
What’s the weather in Perth?
…whether I Capt Brayshaw…..LOL
weather is crap – heavy rain
Oliver loves these arctic winters days
watch him go 150 today
O’Connor gone to petracca start of 2nd
He got close
Went 130 not 150
J Clark running up front … why would you play a player that has great speed and stamina and a defender forward and waste his skills / talent?? Seriously Scott …
gawn playing fwd
no he’s not. He may have a quick spell there, but he’s playing his normal role.
may gone for the day
May ruled out – concussion – elbow from the Hawk – opened him up too.
accidental? not watching at the moment – fighting with my dad over afl or nrl telecast lol
well, it’s as “accidental” as they can be called at times … certainly Hawk will say it was … he was being tackled and flung his arm back … the fact that May is ruled out of the game will be interesting to see how it is called by MRO
Gees Macca, it was completely accidental. He was being flung and started to put his arm back to protect himself from the floor. Happens 1000 times a game, someone just happened to be there and Hawkins is a tank.
nah – he was still standing and not pulled to ground … yes, he’s being tackled, but you cannot tell me you do not know the man is there (he is the one tackling you after all) … I’ve known plenty of players who “accidentally” throw the arm / elbow out.
The Hawk has also done similar before … will see how it is ruled in the end … and as my post said “accidental as it can be called”
Fair enough, agree to disagree. But I think you’re dreaming. 😀
May certainly is *wink*!!
Actually, in all seriousness, Dermie was saying on the coverage it could be a fractured eye socket .. lets hope not for May’s sake.
Half time scores – Demons leading the Cats 44 -21 – Tracca kicks one right on the HT siren.
Melbourne Demons: 6.8.44
Christian Petracca* 88
Max Gawn 83
Jack Viney 70
Tom McDonald 59
Bayley Fritsch 58
Ed Langdon 52
Alex Neal-Bullen 45
Jake Lever 45
Jayden Hunt 44
Clayton Oliver 43
Angus Brayshaw 36
Kysaiah Pickett 35
Christian Salem 35
Jake Melksham 31
Charlie Spargo 30
Neville Jetta 22
Luke Jackson 21
Adam Tomlinson 21
Trent Rivers 20
Nathan Jones 15
James Jordon 12
Steven May 10
Tom Sparrow 9
Geelong Cats: 3.3.21
Jake Kolodjashnij 62
Tom Atkins 59
Tom Stewart 57
Joel Selwood 48
Mitch Duncan 48
Luke Dahlhaus 43
Cameron Guthrie 43
Bradley Close 40
Quinton Narkle 38
Zach Tuohy 37
Jordan Clark 36
Sam Menegola 35
Mark Blicavs 35
Rhys Stanley 33
Gryan Miers 32
Lachie Henderson 28
Jack Henry 24
Zach Guthrie 23
Tom Hawkins 22
Mark O’Connor 22
Isaac Smith 20
Jed Bews 20
adjustments still occurring.
O’connor not really tagging Oliver … picks him up when near him but drops off him to also sometimes pick up Petracca – certainly not a hard tag on either … but Cats probably need to tag Tracca
Jordon with only 58% TOG :/
Ends up with 56% TOG for the game. It won’t surprise me if he is removed from the team next week
Lift Jordan please