3 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

Oh ffs Gawn?! Again the brain farts are not AFL level players! That goodness Lynch missed the resultant shot on goal. 

What?  Are you saying Gawn is not AFL level?  Really!!!

The Macs are pretty good today.  Righto Dee's you have warmed up now - come out and smash the suns!

Just now, Wiseblood said:

Barely sighted in the second term.  Injured, or being tagged out of the game?

was on the bench a bit wasnt he? Carrying something.

People are going to be down on Hogan's game but he's one of few forwards we have who marks the ball - 7 for the game, two more than any other player on the ground, with the two Macs with 5.

 

Those two brothers are so frustrating to watch.

 

I think Kennedy gives us more than Garlett at the moment. VandenBerg needs to have confidence to kick it.

4 minutes ago, Nasher said:

That last 5 minutes of cohesion was very welcome after what has to be one of the worst halves of football I've seen all year.  It's definitely been a race to the bottom so far.

Brayshaw and Petracca looking in really good nick.  Hopefully after this game I can update my avatar with a pic with both of them in footy jumpers, finally.

Gus and Truck are class. How was the decision-making from Truck passing to Kent when he could have blazed away. Brilliant.

I am just glad the hot dogs on sale are really good so the first hour or so wasn't a waste   hopefully Roos will get the on switch in lock position during the break

Special mention to Billy Stretch so far as well.  Love the run he gives us from a wing and he always looks so composed with the ball in his hands.  Rarely makes a bad decision.  Very impressed with his development this year.

I rate Hogans game. He has worked hard and done the team thing a number of times. I think most people have noticed that

Oscar has playes a really good game. In fact he has been alot better then his older brother.

Why do we continually not get real benefits from ruck dominance?

It is not a new failing.... perhaps ruckmen really are the dinosaurs of the modern AFL game

anyone else think OMAC is killing it?

Little bit better quater but Gold Coast played badly. Tom Mc  has the worst brain fades when kicking across the ground. It is mind numbing.

Love to know watts going on with Garlett, shadow of his early season form.

Currently we have 3 players in our team with elite kicking skills- Stretch, Watts and Trac

One kid who  is very underrated and playing a classy game is Billy Stretch. He just rarely fumbles and is so clean while others around him are sloppy.

Imagine playing on Petracca in under age footy...

If there is a more frustrating player to watch than TMac, I'd love to know who it is.

Very obvious what they're doing.

2 extra defenders. Given up trying to beat us on the run and in a shootout because they won't win the ball enough. They're conjesting the pill and winning the contested pill in our forward line and banking on going forward for a Lynch mark. We are playing into their hands. We overuse the ball and give them a chance to flood. We are allowing them to play the game on their terms.

We need to run harder and attack their weakness. Miller is beating Jones. Gawn's ruck dominance isn't enough. Our mids are letting us down around stoppages. 

Jones getting beaten by Touk Miller

8 minutes ago, AdamFphlebeb said:

Tyson best player on the ground by quite a way. Well done, Dom. Showing good leadership.

Ya reckon? Geeze he was poor in the first quarter. Much better in the second.

Stats sheet is deceiving. Harmes has had 14 touches but so many kicks have gone to payer's feet and so many poor decisions.

Well done to Vanders kicking two goals but he owed them. He's been largely awful aside from those two moments.

The players standing out to me are Petracca, Watts, Stretch and Frost.

5 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Why do we continually not get real benefits from ruck dominance?

It is not a new failing.... perhaps ruckmen really are the dinosaurs of the modern AFL game

Our mids aren't working hard enough. Getting beaten by a second-tier outfit. Complacency. It's the Essendon game 2.0.

I want to see Gawn belt the ball forward once every ten hit outs or just know when to do it and have a player ready. Codeword pls

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1 minute ago, P-man said:

Ya reckon? Geeze he was poor in the first quarter. Much better in the second.

Stats sheet is deceiving. Harmes has had 14 touches but so many kicks have gone to payer's feet and so many poor decisions.

Well done to Vanders kicking two goals but he owed them. He's been largely awful aside from those two moments.

The players standing out to me are Petracca, Watts, Stretch and Frost.

It shows why he was picked.  He had been, as you say, largely awful, but his 2 goals were classic AVB - a great contested mark and a long bomb from 50.  It was great to watch.

Three free kicks in a half of football.

Just now, praha said:

Very obvious what they're doing.

2 extra defenders.

Yep. There is a theme here... We've been vulnerable to extras back for a few years. We get killed on the spread, think St Kilda.

 

Not sure if the answer is to go one on one, cos that congests things up more. We may have to just kick it around a bit, but our disposal can really hurt us.

 

We should win this well

 

9 minutes ago, 93dee said:

anyone else think OMAC is killing it?

He's been good, especially when he gets free and into some space.