9 minutes ago, DV8 said:

Tiges have gone a little bit too far the other way. Marking is key.

Tiges pace punched holes, but they just don't have enough marking power.  And they are off a little, from 2017

 

A great team effort from Crows.   Can they maintain that level?

If the Crows can keep their best team on the park they will be hard to beat. 

Yes they lost Lever and Cameron but Gibbs was a great get for them.

Edited March 30, 20187 yr by Bombay Airconditioning

From Bigfooty -

'Sick kids who were given a rare chance to go watch the football have reportedly requested to leave early and go back to hospital.'

Harsh but fair.

If we lose to either North or Saints this year I don’t think I can go on. Watching them play today, they are both absolutely diabolical and an embarrassment to the league.

6 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

If the Crows can keep their best team on the park they will be hard to beat. 

Yes they lost Lever and Cameron but Gibbs was a great get for them.

Gibbs looked better than I remember him; he must 'ave matured under Malthus.

Brown or toby g for unlikeable face?

Surely Frost in next week for Brown. Punch able head but when he gets his tail up he can do damage. No way Lever or McDonald has what it takes to go with him

15 points up ... surely that’s a match wining lead given the state of this game 

22 minutes ago, Goffer said:

Transport both teams to Van Diemens Land one way. This is an abortion of a game. 

Either that, or the Roos back to the VFA. reform the VFA.

What a ripping kick from young Long to Jed Anderson.

I see that the Roos engaged Maxy to give the lads some kicking practice during the week.

34 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Surely Frost in next week for Brown. Punch able head but when he gets his tail up he can do damage. No way Lever or McDonald has what it takes to go with him

Certainly no confidence in levers speed as yet.

The Saints have been absolutely awful, and it's down to the fact that North are the masters at bringing teams down to their level.  They flood back, pick the ball off and go.  It's nothing more than that.  They put on some pressure but, seriously, they are a nothing side and when they are treated as such they can easily make you play some horrid footy.  Today is a prime example.

We will need to play smart footy next week to ensure we beat them.  Bombing it long to a contest won't work.

Ben Brown will destroy us next week as per usual.

1 hour ago, Goffer said:

Transport both teams to Van Diemens Land one way. This is an abortion of a game. 

We don’t want them. I reckon they’d struggle to get a win in our failing state league. 

The McCartin experiment is over, he’s not going to make it. St Kilda are horseshite. We need an actual plan to stop Ben Brown for next weekend. 

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1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

The McCartin experiment is over, he’s not going to make it. St Kilda are horseshite. 

I feel for him with his diabetes, cannot be easy at all.

Having said that, when we said we would have taken him if St Kilda took Petracca I died a little.

11 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

The Saints have been absolutely awful, and it's down to the fact that North are the masters at bringing teams down to their level.  They flood back, pick the ball off and go.  It's nothing more than that.  They put on some pressure but, seriously, they are a nothing side and when they are treated as such they can easily make you play some horrid footy.  Today is a prime example.

We will need to play smart footy next week to ensure we beat them.  Bombing it long to a contest won't work.

Good analysis but its worked against us every bloody year. How I yearn to beat these serial pretenders.

1 minute ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Ben Brown will destroy us next week as per usual.

Yeah always does.  Very worried about tomorrow and next week.  If its 0 3   I mean bloody hell.   Hoping and praying for 2 wins in a row.  Thanks to the saints for playing north into form for next week (Not)      Trying to be positive  we will put both North and Lions away  ( I hope)

Just now, gregdemon said:

Yeah always does.  Very worried about tomorrow and next week.  If its 0 3   I mean bloody hell.   Hoping and praying for 2 wins in a row.  Thanks to the saints for playing north into form for next week (Not)      Trying to be positive  we will put both North and Lions away  ( I hope)

stil have nightmares re north  twice last year.

4 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

The McCartin experiment is over, he’s not going to make it. St Kilda are horseshite. We need an actual plan to stop Ben Brown for next weekend. 

Give Tonya Harding a call

7 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Good analysis but its worked against us every bloody year. How I yearn to beat these serial pretenders.

True.  We will need to come prepared, not with the stubborness of 'if we try this enough it should work at some point'.

The two off the back of the square could be a diabolical move as North's defence are terrific at picking off the long kicks to a contest and getting numbers around the ball when it hits the deck.  If they can run it out of our forward half without too much pressure from us then Ben Brown will have a day out.

7 minutes ago, small but forward said:

Give Tonya Harding a call

We go up.to Brisbane on a 6-day break, then come back to Melbourne to play North, who we haven't beaten in a decade, on less than 7 days break, while they'll be 9-days fresh coming off a big win.

Standard.

16 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Ben Brown will destroy us next week as per usual.

He's the one the get under control

23 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Ben Brown will destroy us next week as per usual.

Yep. As will Cunnington and you can pretty much guarantee that Billy Hartung will kick a few too