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Geelong simply must win the flag in 2021.
Quite impressively, they’ve taken the necessary steps to validate the title of premiership favourites, recently bestowed upon them after two crushing performances against Fremantle and Richmond.
So far, the season has played out just how coach Chris Scott would’ve liked. They have conceded the fewest points through 19 rounds and have lost on just four occasions, with three of those games coming in their first seven.
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Jordan Clark, Charlie Constable and Quinton Narkle may need to leave Geelong to further their AFL careers.
Clark â who is contracted until the end of 2022 â continues to be linked with a move home to Western Australia, while Constable and Narkle are both coming out of contract at seasonâs end.
The Cats trio were all overlooked for Saturdayâs match against Carlton with Shaun Higgins, Max Holmes, Mark OâConnor and Esava Ratugolea getting the nod at selection.
Speaking on
SEN Breakfast, Sam Edmund and David King discussed whether the opportunity-starved youngsters will be at Geelong next season.
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A backline that has virtually been decimated. A precarious spot on the edge of the eight. Is it time to finally pull the pin on the Tigers’ flag hopes this season?
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson discuss the race for the eight and which teams should be premiership favourites. Will the Leigh Matthews philosophy – that you only have to be the best team in September – come into play in 2021?
The Tigers have a good run home in the race for the eight and they are better than other contenders. The Swans and Giants will surely be affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in NSW. Will West Coast also struggle due to border restrictions? And could the Bombers sneak in, with their good percentage?
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