Are we a sneaky chance of a win here? Maybe 
Possible early changes I’d go;-
OUT: Shiel, Menzie, Laul
IN: Langford, Unwin, Johnson
Team:
Nguyen Lav McGrath
Redman Blaki Johnson
Roberts Merrett Duursma
Perkins Langford Guelfi
2MP McMahon Kako
Goldy Durham Gresham
Bench: Clarke Hobbs Prior May
SUB: Unwin
We haven’t won since the Tigers in May - it would be great if the boys could do it here..!!
Out: Merrett, Goldstein, Shiel
In: Unwin, Vigo, Johnson
I’d be making sure we aren’t in a position to accidentally win.
I’d prefer to fark Carlton guilt free.
Slowest forward line possible
Another competitive loss please.
Don’t make us sit through this shitful season only to win a meaningless consolation game at the end to potentially jeopardise draft/trade position.
We’re not moving from15th if the saints win todau
We can still possibly drop to 16th, even 17th.
Unlikely, I know, but a win would wipe out that chance.
This is the winning kind of thinking I’m on board with. Adjust your sites folks, beating the Saints would be a lick of salty sugar. The kids are okay, they’re not getting demoralised every week, they’re getting to play at the elite level. We need to be as much of a chance at the best kids in the draft as possible.
Yeah, if St.Kilda win today, the odds of finishing 16/17 are very small, so we can all enjoy any (albeit unlikely) win we have in the last three games. I don’t think we win any FWIW.
It would take NM beating Adelaide or Richmond beating Geelong, and I don’t see either of those happening.
I also vote to bring in Unwin. He should be the theme for the game.
Even if st kilda lose today we can still win next week and not move on the ladder.
We have 1 more win up our sleeve if we want it.
I think it’ll probably happen v St Kilda.
A reminder on why, despite a couple of competitive losses, we’re not winning again this year no matter the opponent:
And that’s not counting the inevitable injury or two we will pick up this week.
I have a bad feeling that we’re going to something stupid, like beat this mob or fark carlton
Yep, the usual late season meaningless win that puts us out of draft range for the superstar that we need.
If St Kilda win today, we are not going down a ladder spot, ain’t happening. Our losses the past two weeks have been too close to drop below Richmond on percentage (and they got belted). So there is a prospect of a guilt free win in there somewhere.
BUT - we also have to keep an eye on Melbourne’s position particularly vis a vis Carlton given TDK. So a win against one of st Kilda or Carlton could move Melbourne up.
So we are probs best continuing on the competitive loss path.
Yup. We need St Kilda to finish on top of Melbourne
It would be a disaster for our rebuild, and very Essington.
In what way?
The feel good win to make so many content and happy about the state of the club and the “rebuild”. The usual journey into the false sense of security. The justification that we’re “not too far away!”.
This club and team deserve a massive losing streak to end the season as a reality check of the club’s situation. The supporters? Clearly not. But too bad.
I had to re-check the ladder and I’m not quite right - it won’t mean as much as I thought, but I could see us beating Saints and Carlton and costing ourselves draft picks, or just Saints and costing us (via Melbourne) a spot.
