🎯 So what’s the most likely outcome?
✅ Most likely: Controlled de-escalation (70–80%)
A messy, unofficial path to stopping:
Continued strikes for a short period (days–weeks)
Backchannel diplomacy ramps up (via Oman, Qatar, etc.)
Gradual reduction in intensity
Each side declares “victory” domestically
End state:
Iran weakened but intact
No regime change
Ongoing proxy tensions
Sanctions + hostility continue
👉 Basically: “war ends, conflict doesn’t”
Nth very undermanned in the ruck so Id expect it to be very different to last game with no ruckman of the quality of Gawn to deal with and you would presume Darling will have to ruck as a part timer.
Im giving Cripps and his troops one more chance and tipping us to win as Nth even though they have won two games dont play a great brand and were nearly equally as horrible to watch as Essendon last game.
I like our inclusions and i think we can rebound and hang on for a win more based on Nth being terrible than us being brilliant and Id expect a few of our more notable players like Harry, Cripps, Hewett and Smith to have good games.
Walsh will probably get the heavy tag from OSullivan and Weitering might have his hands full with Larkey but Id expect our stoppage game with Pittonet controlling the ruck to prevail and propel us to victory.
So the war is won according to Trump
but.....Quote"We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks," he said.
"We are going to hit them back to the Stone Age where they belong.
"We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks," he said.
"We are going to hit them back to the Stone Age where they belong.
http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1986405
Newman, Cerra, Boyd and Derksen in, Dean & Williams unavailable, Chesser and HOK omitted.