Sydney game now even more Vital.

[Magpie Since 1986]

Due to Sydney beating Brisbane it makes it harder for us to make the top 4. Yet easier to make the top 2.

Everything will be on the line this week. We win and we wrap up a top 4 spot and will be playing for a top 2 spot against Essendon. However if we lose we will probably miss out on the top 4 regardless of wether we beat Essendon.

This is an 8-point game if I ever saw one. Time to lift now Pies. Anyone know if Presti will be back soon? Hall is in form booting 5 goals so we need a good stopper. Ids give Clokey a go after his demolition of Wank Carey.

[Rowdy26]

exactly right.

we must win next week. win and second spot is a very real possibility going into the bombreys game - lose next week and we'll probably finish somewhere between 5 - 7.

cmon pies - we've never feared anyone yet and we certainly aint gonna start fearing teams now. go gettem!

they said on the 9 footy show this morning that presti is 2 to 3 weeks away. I hope this is not the case. It will be hard for him to get any form going into the finals if he's out for that long. He's an important part of our defence and i really hope he can get back.

[Dr. Rock]

So so true.
We must win next week simple as that!
But.. .we have to contain Goodes/olocklin/williams. Cloke for Hall is good.Perhaps Davis to come in? Any ideas as to whta we could do?
Big chance for Josh to give us first use of the ball.

[Magpie Since 1986]

With Ball out Sydney won't be able to hurt us in the ruck like a lot of teams do.
I reckon Broadie to get the job on Williams. Clement to take O'Lachlan. Goodes is a tough one. I guess Wakes can play on him if hes up forward and the ruckman (josh or maccca) will have to keep an eye on him when hes around the ground.

[creedymagpie]

We have to play man on man, they love to run Sydney and if you can break down the run they struggle, also take hall out of the game and we are on top, brisbane did not do either today and that is why they got done.

Why couldnt Brisbane play like that last week? i suppose we had alot to do about that.

I think we have to clear up crap skill errors as well, and keep the team we have in at the moment, maybe swap tex for someone, i think Scotland is a great player who should stay on!

[CQ]

saddington is out for the season too.

[GO RUPERT 10]

this is the scenario
we win 2 games we finish 2nd
we win one game we finish 5th
we lose both and we can drop to 7th meaning a final in perth

[Adz]

If we win our next two will finish 3rd. Adelaide will beat Port because the power have top spot and power will take it easy. More at stake for the crows.

[Magpie Since 1986]