7 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Shout out to CP5...you're a beast...a beast on one leg

Get that knee sorted and you'll kick 10 one day, young man

Mmmm last week I was quite drunk on beer and disappointment and demanded that we stop holding him to such high high standards... I suspect you will be right @jumbo returns

1 hour ago, Grapeviney said:

Clarry needs to stop throwing it. Oh wait... 

 

Yes, good discussion from Goodwin and Co with umps - not sure he got pinged at all today... you can't call, what you can't see...

9 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Shout out to CP5...you're a beast...a beast on one leg

Get that knee sorted and you'll kick 10 one day, young man

Having to play forward was a blessing, he really stood up having struggled a bit in the midfield lately.

6 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

It was a win.

It was a Goodwin win

It was good to win

It wasn't a good win

Was an ugly ugly lucky win.

Joe kicks straight. We lost

Please lets not kid ourselves.

Take the points, say thankyou, prepare for the next but it was much closer than the scoreboard suggests. 

We did learn how to win an ugly contest possibly. Valuable.

 

So are you satisfied nor not? I'm confused....

3 minutes ago, Danelska said:

Mmmm last week I was quite drunk on beer and disappointment and demanded that we stop holding him to such high high standards... I suspect you will be right @jumbo returns

 

2 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Having to play forward was a blessing, he really stood up having struggled a bit in the midfield lately.

I've been hard on him for a couple of weeks now, but he was dangerous, dangerous, dangerous today

I hope he stays forward and plays deep every game

Having not seen the game, there are a lot of things I'm reading in this thread that sound very positive:

1. Vince moving into the middle worked not just for Vince, but it seems for Viney, Jones and maybe Tyson too;
2. Pedersen doing his role, and doing it well it seems;
3. Watts, Garlett and Hannan clicking as the game went on (with Hogan out indefinitely, we need to find a forward line that can work together in his absence and we scored over 100 today);
4. Hibberd playing well again;
5. a settled back six.

Let's hope Vince stays in the middle and we can find enough half-back use out of Lewis, Salem, Melksham, Hibberd and Hunt.

Just now, titan_uranus said:

Having not seen the game, there are a lot of things I'm reading in this thread that sound very positive:

1. Vince moving into the middle worked not just for Vince, but it seems for Viney, Jones and maybe Tyson too;
2. Pedersen doing his role, and doing it well it seems;
3. Watts, Garlett and Hannan clicking as the game went on (with Hogan out indefinitely, we need to find a forward line that can work together in his absence and we scored over 100 today);
4. Hibberd playing well again;
5. a settled back six.

Let's hope Vince stays in the middle and we can find enough half-back use out of Lewis, Salem, Melksham, Hibberd and Hunt.

Pretty much spot on.

Our second half was very good we kicked 13 goals and worked very hard, I had TMac in our top 5 players, he was the every where man, solid and dependable. We had over 400 possessions and a number of our players had a lot of the ball which means that other players do the hard yards but don't actually chalk up possessions. The first half was an arm wrestle and riddled with turn overs and poor kicking by both sides But having said that a 6 goal win is a good win, especially at Etihad which used to be our burial ground but not any more. I couldn't be happier and we have a number of very good players to come back in. Go Dee's!!!

8 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I've got no doubt that Vince playing in the middle is a huge factor in this.

He's a big bodied midfielder that takes a lot of pressure off the players around him.

Vince in the middle was a throwback to his 2015 days of dominance.

Is he getting too old too stay there? I'm growing a bit tired of his brain fades in defense. 

I do like how Goodwin mixes things up a lot. Against Freo, he threw Petracca on ball in the last which nearly won us the game. Today it was the old timers and it worked again.

Just now, titan_uranus said:

Having not seen the game, there are a lot of things I'm reading in this thread that sound very positive:

1. Vince moving into the middle worked not just for Vince, but it seems for Viney, Jones and maybe Tyson too;
2. Pedersen doing his role, and doing it well it seems;
3. Watts, Garlett and Hannan clicking as the game went on (with Hogan out indefinitely, we need to find a forward line that can work together in his absence and we scored over 100 today);
4. Hibberd playing well again;
5. a settled back six.

Let's hope Vince stays in the middle and we can find enough half-back use out of Lewis, Salem, Melksham, Hibberd and Hunt.

I wonder what our win loss record would be if we had started playing Pedersen three weeks ago?

5-1 but almost certainly 4-2.

1 minute ago, old dee said:

I wonder what our win loss record would be if we had started playing Pedersen three weeks ago?

5-1 but almost certainly 4-2.

Massive mistake, wasn't it!?  Let's hope we don't miss the 8 by a game or two.  Got it wrong with Weideman, who should have to kick consecutive bags of goals for a month at Casey before he displaces Pedersen.  Heck, I'd have even preferred an undersized Pedersen to Spencer!

Pedo is a mature body, gives a contest, can play anywhere, and he's one of those battlers that is always playing for his AFL life so of course he's going to give 100%.  I wonder why Goodwin had his card marked so early?

We play Etihad pretty well these days.

4 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

There is no better feeling than beating those [censored]!!!!!

I second that! I had those stuck up *&^$ wits on the train, one bloke yelling twice go (place what ever word you choose) every time the train stopped at a station there were more and more of them.  This is one team i have hated from day one; so i was so very happy we beat them. Oh on the way home there was only one of those trolls on the train.

Anyone else notice how good Frost is at smothering? 

in all honesty they were cooked following the 5 day break from the wet anzac game. we looked cooked following the 5 1/2 day break from our wet anzac game. we weren't quite as cooked as them in the 2nd half. take the points say thank you forget the game in its entirety as it was compltere rubbish. get our [censored] together and pump the hawks next week

I thought Goody did a great job before and during this game. He got selection right and as pedo notes in his post match interview with burgs they worked on their stoppage 'craft' during the week and despite losing the tap outs convincingly won the centre clearances. He got the boys right to play in what must have been a tough week.

During the game i thought his positional moves worked. He put Oliver forward for perhaps the first time this season and it go immediate results. . Vince into the cente worked as did freeing up TMac to roam. Petraaca taking Hurley (who was brilliant i have to say) was clever. And of course getting us reset at half time and playing as we should have all game in the second half was fantastic.

Top job.

19 minutes ago, Danelska said:

So are you satisfied nor not? I'm confused....

Have no doubt you are.

Happy to take points.

Dog's breakfast of a game.

These can be mutually independent ideals.

That needs to change if we're to be serious in Sept  

6 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

We play Etihad pretty well these days.

Yeah i think it really suits Goody's game plan and style

2 minutes ago, olisik said:

Anyone else notice how good Frost is at smothering? 

I counted at least three crucial smothers today. Great desperation.

3 hours ago, Webber said:

Tell me why all the game's commentators (TV and radio) thought he had a great game? What are your thoughts? 

He had a great game.Instrumental in our break out third quarter

2 minutes ago, jako13 said:

in all honesty they were cooked following the 5 day break from the wet anzac game. we looked cooked following the 5 1/2 day break from our wet anzac game. we weren't quite as cooked as them in the 2nd half. take the points say thank you forget the game in its entirety as it was compltere rubbish. get our [censored] together and pump the hawks next week

What a load of sh... Collingwood played in the same game against Essendon and they weren't cooked .

Us on the other hand played the last half last week with 2 on the bench. 

We also didn't have the luxury of resting players and bringing in fresh legs like they did.

3 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Have no doubt you are.

Happy to take points.

Dog's breakfast of a game.

These can be mutually independent ideals.

That needs to change if we're to be serious in Sept  

Mmmm...Mostly satisfied.

Happy to take points.

Young team/injury's - consistency will come in latter half of '17.

Dissonance is nice.

Who kidding themselves?

In all honesty - it's Adelaide/GWS and then Port/us the rung below. Irrespective of win loss at the moment.

September...lets get serious

 

1 hour ago, Northern Summer said:

I'm still convinced the reason why the AFL doesn't schedule us with any home games against Essendon is because of Essendon's refusal to use a proper clash guernsey, and we fall over easily by happily using our white one (currently our Bintang one).

Surely you are not questioning Gil's ability to make a sensible decision and to enforce it. ?

21 minutes ago, Danelska said:

Yes, good discussion from Goodwin and Co with umps - not sure he got pinged at all today... you can't call, what you can't see...

?  still sponsored by OPSM. Will definitely go to some place else for my glasses if that is what OPSM offer.  

You say you can't call what you can't see ....... well, these muppets repeatedly do just that.  Can't see a throw, because it isn't, but can't believe it wasn't.  

14 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Having not seen the game, there are a lot of things I'm reading in this thread that sound very positive:

1. Vince moving into the middle worked not just for Vince, but it seems for Viney, Jones and maybe Tyson too;
2. Pedersen doing his role, and doing it well it seems;
3. Watts, Garlett and Hannan clicking as the game went on (with Hogan out indefinitely, we need to find a forward line that can work together in his absence and we scored over 100 today);
4. Hibberd playing well again;
5. a settled back six.

Let's hope Vince stays in the middle and we can find enough half-back use out of Lewis, Salem, Melksham, Hibberd and Hunt.

or, die Valkyrie who seemed to have a good comeback game at VFL this weekend. 

3 hours ago, DemonOX said:

For the love of god can someone teach TMac how to kick. 

Some of his kicks were horrific. 

And many weren't.

Also Oscar played nearly every minute of the game (99%) game time and had 14 1%ers. Had a few ah poo moments (ANB handball and being out muscled) but much more confident than he was. A good strong backline with the 6 back there.