{"id":29515,"date":"2017-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/grant-thomas-says-this-year-s-afl-premiership-has-been-decided\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T00:00:00","slug":"grant-thomas-says-this-year-s-afl-premiership-has-been-decided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/grant-thomas-says-this-year-s-afl-premiership-has-been-decided\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Thomas says this year\u2019s AFL premiership has been decided"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Forget about it &#8212; the 2017 premiership is already won, says former Saints coach Grant Thomas.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Giants win it in a canter, there\u2019s no doubt about that,\u201d Grant told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA. \u201cThere is no competition around it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s all over. I can\u2019t see what everyone\u2019s talking about, this even competition and all the rest of the garbage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/328150589&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe only games they\u2019ve lost has been through probably complacency and maybe not elite coaching, which Camo will get there one day, probably, but just hasn\u2019t got enough experience,\u201d Grant said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve got too much talent and too much depth. Their midfield is very, very good and their running skill is tremendous. They\u2019ve got 22 or 23 first round draft picks, and they\u2019re all coming of age. 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