The bench are waiting to hear back from the interchange staff if they can sub-in Trengove. Cruel.

2 minutes ago, The Stigga said:

He's 32

Sam Mitchell had 38. What's age got to do with it

disappointing game, no defence at all

I just saw Trengove come onto the field

Just now, Leoncelli_36 said:

Sam Mitchell had 38. What's age got to do with it

Not much, other than he's no Sam Mitchell... 

Good news .Trengove has made it on to the ground.

Overall the effort was great tonight, but the execution was poor.  There's no denying that.  The Eagles made us pay for it and it won them the game.  I felt as though we matched them around the ground but we exposed our backline which we simply cannot do.  It's not talented enough right now to stand on it's own two feet and our midfield and half forward line need to support it better by eliminating the turnovers.

Lots of positives, though.  Oliver was super and will only get better.  Hunt and Salem are primed for big years, Spencer gave us something, Lewis was a cool head under pressure and Brayshaw is another who is getting better each week.

Lots of our better players were down today as well - Tyson had a mare, Benire turned it over and Maxy didn't exert his usual influence.  When you factor in that, as well as the turnovers, then a 4 goal loss is a fair reflection.

We are a big chance to roll the Saints in a fortnight's time, and if we add a couple of pure small forwards, add Jetta and Hibberd to the mix and make the right selections re: tall forwards then there is no reason why we can't win in Round 1.

honestly if 4/5 goal losses against top 6 teams are going to be our "pathetic" games then its probably going to be a pretty good year

So pre-season's over and we still have room for improvement!

Bring on the Saints and Season 2017!

1 minute ago, olisik said:

I just saw Trengove come onto the field

So did I 

Just now, DemonOX said:

Just cause u dont give a [censored] doesn't mean the rest of us don't. 

I didn't realise it needed to be brought up all night.  Check the Trengove thread, I care about his role in the side, I just don't care about his role in this game tonight being analysed with every second post.

we won two quarters & lost two...

 

5 minutes ago, Forest Demon said:

Still feels like we are way to easy to score against when we inevitably turn it over. The work around the ball is good though.

The way West Coast have run and scored so easily is the exact way St Kilda tear us up every time, which is the worrying part for round 1.

This.

Too many turnovers but we did run out the game well. 

Set shots disappointing in the last qtr could have really turned the screws 

Anyone else see Trengove storm off on his own in the rooms afterwards?

1 minute ago, BrisbaneDemon said:

99% of supporters give a [censored] about Trengove.

And I'm part of that 99%.  I'm talking about this game and his role in it which was brought up ad nauseum every 30 seconds, or are you too slow to work that out?

Pettacca is a real enigma ,all the talent in the world but finds it hard to find the footy at times

Eagles top 2.

Demons top 8.

1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

I didn't realise it needed to be brought up all night.  Check the Trengove thread, I care about his role in the side, I just don't care about his role in this game tonight being analysed with every second post.

Why not? He was taken over so why it let him have a run. 

I can't understand the logic behind it. 

We were not that far off, some serious over reaction from some on here. Poor execution into and out of 50 cost us. Oliver fantastic and pretty even over the whole game. Pencil the only one on the fence who consolidated a round 1 spot. How Trengove can't get a crack when Harmes can is beyond me. Our whole backline, Hunt aside, was a disappointment.

Has anyone mentioned Trengove?

Trengove stormed off on his own in the rooms to the right of screens while rest of the team went into the back room. Anyone else see this?

If there has been improvent Goodwin is hiding it well. We saw SFA indication of anything tonight. 

Haha...good ol Demonland....tearing strips off each other after a practice match! Love it