NON MFC: Round 10

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,207]

The constant booing by Port supporters is so annoying. Same as West Coast supporters.

The remind me of the Blue Oyster Cult song "The Subhuman".

Edited August 3, 2020 by bingers

[The heart beats true 18,088]

19 minutes ago, P-man said:

Well there you have it. 3/4 time and Port’s pressure rating has been elite.

Officially no excuses for the turd sandwich served up last week.

This!

I’m really glad for the Port’s pressure. It leaves us with less than zero excuses.

[Forest Demon 4,681]

13 minutes ago, bingers said:

The constant booing by Port supporters is so annoying. Same as West Coast supporters.

The remind me of the Blue Oyster Cult song "The Subhuman".

Usually yes, but I’m personally loving hearing any noise at the footy this year

[Hellofatime 84]

The Bulldogs in front of a hostile home crowd put in a very brave performance.

Last week against the same side we did exactly the opposite.

When do we get to look forward to regular top performances?

Since 1964 the suffering continues.

Why us?

[Pickett2Jackson 3,904]

6 hours ago, Hellofatime said:

The Bulldogs in front of a hostile home crowd put in a very brave performance.

Last week against the same side we did exactly the opposite.

 

 

We beat Carlton by a few points.   The Dogs lost to them by 9 goals.

Almost as if footy is an unpredictable sport   (except for Melbourne sucking since 1964, agreed there).

[spirit of norm smith 16,198]

Still can’t believe we picked Toumpas over Wines.  It haunts us.
 

And again last night to see Jackson Macrae (who is an absolute star) deliver a 28 possessions game at 85% efficiency.  He was at pick 6. His under 18 year was exceptional where he showed his skill, evasiveness, goalkicking and ability to win the footy.  

[Radar Detector 1,347]

15 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Still can’t believe we picked Toumpas over Wines.  It haunts us.
 

And again last night to see Jackson Macrae (who is an absolute star) deliver a 28 possessions game at 85% efficiency.  He was at pick 6. His under 18 year was exceptional where he showed his skill, evasiveness, goalkicking and ability to win the footy.  

Wines is exactly the type of player we don’t need. We have half a dozen of his type. And a month ago he was in a rut, just like Clarry is now. Clarry’s disposal has been terrible but it’s not a career problem, I suspect it’s mental. A bit of confidence and we’ll see him back to his best. 

And as a side note, what we recruited Toumpas to be is exactly the type of player we still need. Someone to play on the opposite wing to Langdon and perform consistently. We botched the pick on the wrong player but hindsight is 20:20.

[whatwhat say what 22,573]

deliberate out of bounds is clearly the rule of the week

[sue 9,096]

Kicking skills of both teams pretty woeful 

[Watts the matter 1,235]

Jackson Payne and Sam Skinner really hurting Brisbane. Swap them for Mcstay and Adams and the game would be going very differently.

[loges 6,767]

Hipwood one of the softest players in the comp.

[Elwood 3184 1,298]

Brisbane 3.16.34. If only they kicked that poorly 2 weeks ago. 

[Demon Disciple 12,011]

What are peoples thoughts on Witherden?

 

[spirit of norm smith 16,198]

Tigers kicking skills are ELITE 

Tigers pressure and tackling is ELITE

Tigers concentration and intensity is ELITE 

Not sure how someone like Goodwin could see that and not question his ability to coach and the Dees players pathetic skills.  

[titan_uranus 24,963]

Two thoughts come to mind following that game.

The first is maybe that 4 day breaks are a factor: Brisbane was off a 4 day break, Richmond had 6. Although to counter that, Brisbane generated plenty of scoring shots, so it wasn't all one-way traffic.

The second is that the comp remains very even. Brisbane were pretty poor in most facets after quarter time. Pretty much every side has had a stinker of a loss so far this year. Indeed, every club except GWS has lost at least one game by 30+ points this year (side note: a week ago, there were three other clubs who with GWS had not lost a game by 30+ points. They were Brisbane, Carlton and...wait for it...us). 

[Watts the matter 1,235]

9 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

What are peoples thoughts on Witherden?

 

A very dangerous player to have on your team, thinks he is an elite kick and often fails to pull it off. Don't rate him.

[Demon Disciple 12,011]

50 minutes ago, Watts the matter said:

A very dangerous player to have on your team, thinks he is an elite kick and often fails to pull it off. Don't rate him.

Noticed he had 19 touches, all kicks, with DE of 73.7%. Didn't catch the game, so curious as to his foot skills.

[John Demonic 5,710]

8 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

Two thoughts come to mind following that game.

The first is maybe that 4 day breaks are a factor: Brisbane was off a 4 day break, Richmond had 6. Although to counter that, Brisbane generated plenty of scoring shots, so it wasn't all one-way traffic.

The second is that the comp remains very even. Brisbane were pretty poor in most facets after quarter time. Pretty much every side has had a stinker of a loss so far this year. Indeed, every club except GWS has lost at least one game by 30+ points this year (side note: a week ago, there were three other clubs who with GWS had not lost a game by 30+ points. They were Brisbane, Carlton and...wait for it...us). 

I know it's easy to be swept up in week to week knee jerking, but the quality of that Richmond win signalled a clear division between them and the rest, perhaps only West Coast on there day. 

I think we still are in that 2018-2019 period and the newcomers (Bris, Port, StK) are a clear rung (or 2) behind, which to me feels like almost the signing death warrant for holding my interest over the next few months. Stuff watching a smarmy Cotchin winning again, change the channel!

 

Edited August 4, 2020 by John Demonic

[Pickett2Jackson 3,904]

Not looking forward to the inevitable Richmond vs West Coast grand final.

[Pates 9,653]

9 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Tigers kicking skills are ELITE 

Tigers pressure and tackling is ELITE

Tigers concentration and intensity is ELITE 

Not sure how someone like Goodwin could see that and not question his ability to coach and the Dees players pathetic skills.  

They're missing players as well, that's a club that knows how to perform almost every week. No excuses.

[BW511 2,624]

Richmond have very clear expectations on players that come in and their ability to convey the message across the whole playing group is exceptional.

Every single player on their list can come in and play their role. You can't help but tip your hat to them, they have raised the bar

[Kent 2,905]

On 8/3/2020 at 8:54 AM, Demonland said:

Who are you tipping this week?

It will be interesting to see how the Power perform after a 4 day break. Was the Dees performance off a 4 day break just an aberration?

The Dees are an aberration

No excuses for what they dished up

[Clintosaurus 7,808]

Ben Brown just hurt his knee

[whatwhat say what 22,573]

11 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

Ben Brown just hurt his knee

looked pretty bad too

however, north look better without him down there

[dees189227 12,361]

I expect the cats to win this. All I want to see this week is the giants smash the bummers.