22 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

There were some moments where most of the team ran to a player to congratulate their effort:

• Kozzie's first goal
• May after the quick-in-succession hitouts
• Sparrow tap backwards to Fritsch to goal

Its great to see them celebrate the rarer moments that help gel this team.

 

On a different note, Petty's reading of the flight of the ball and speed to react is awesome.  Saved a couple of certain goals last night.

I noticed this, too - also after Trac’s second, where Harmes’ contest created the spillage - Trac was straight over to Harmes to congratulate him.

 

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

That’s a compliment 

 

Did you borrow that from the Jeelong Football Club??????

Just now, MT64 said:

Did you borrow that from the Jeelong Football Club??????

Geelong are not even a fake Hermes let alone a real one. 

1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

This Kid has no understanding of the pains, we have all gone through. Good Luck to him

”Get out of the New World, if you can’t lend a Hand, cause the times they are a changing…”

Haha reminds me of my son telling me after we won the flag last year "I've been waiting my whole life for this!"

He is 8. 🤣

Viney was really clean and powerful in close. Best I’ve seen him for a while. 
We seemed to try and move a bit quicker than we have been off half back and turn overs in general. Seemed like there was an intent to catch them off guard and on the overlap. Whether this is a tactic we used specifically against gws or if it’s the next building block for our year I’m not sure. 
the umpires really had no feel for the game. This umpire respect nonsense has the least consistent application I’ve seen for years. One week you can jump around and shout at them, the next week you can’t even raise your arms. A rule like that has to be applied consistently because its impact is far too great for what it’s trying to be.

1 hour ago, Ben said:

We just don't have as big a supporter base and we'll probably never catch the Richmond and Collingwoods of the league. The relatively low Round 1 crowd against the Lickers highlighted this (though interesting how much more it would've got if played on a Thursday or Friday). One flag doesn't magically get us thousands more willing to show up on a Saturday where many are away for the long weekend or attending mass.

Next Sunday, ANZAC Eve, is also Orthodox Easter. Probably won't have a big bearing on Melbourne supporters but I wonder how many tigers supporters might not attend because of it (it's their home game as well).

Still on Cloud 9.

The Dees are doing things I thought I would never see.

54 minutes ago, JimmyGadson said:

Posters potting Weed have no idea. 

He's been better than T Mac for the last three weeks. His impact at contests and pressure has been much better than Tom's and Tom has given away numerous stupid free kicks. 

Watch Goodies presser. He basically says as much. 

Weed won't be going anywhere. 

He has also started clunking some marks which is what I want from him at the moment. The goals will come but just seeing him mark some contested balls is great, some more time to build confidence and synergy will have some posters with egg on their face I reckon. He is marked very very hard by many, sure he's not Plugger or Dunstall but few are.

Watching the replay eating Easter eggs. What a religious experience. 

Just savoured a replay. What stood out was the great game Spargo played - almost BOG, TMac was critical to several goals and was better than the stats suggest and Viney in and under is elite. 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Salem and Hunt both coexisted in the same team for most of last season as they both bring something quite different to the team.

That was BB (Before Bowey)

Edited April 17, 20223 yr by Dr. Gonzo

11 hours ago, Tom Dyson said:

Really could rename the second quarter Steven May vs the umpires, some diabolical calls in there. 

In all seriousness, great to finally put a team to the sword, the efficiency going forward was phenomenal.

Steven May is a veritable wall in defence, looked at his best tonight!

Umpiring was some of the worst I've seen.

Loved how far up the ground May was playing at times. Seeing him repel their efforts to get out of our own forward 50 was gold haha. 

Can anyone tell me what the free against Kozzy was for? 15:25 left in the 3rd quarter. Umpire didn't explain, just blew the whistle and said "GWS". It was just great pressure on a defender kicking the footy, wasn't late or high.

Edited April 17, 20223 yr by Dr. Gonzo

3 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Just savoured a replay. What stood out was the great game Spargo played - almost BOG, TMac was critical to several goals and was better than the stats suggest and Viney in and under is elite. 

 

 

 

Spargo was electric. Great vision and execution around the ground. And he looked fired up. Great to see, the pieces are coming back together.

23 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

I’m saying once you’re caught holding the ball you’re caught. If you then kick or handball it after the tackler has chased you down and conclusively tackled you then too bad. 

Go watch old tapes from the 80’s, if a player had prior opportunity and was tackled that was it. Holding the ball. Done. Now the umpires wait to see what happens and it leads to sling tackles and concussions. 

Well you are being consistent if you apply it to all sorts of tackles. I thought you were singling out run-down tackles and that you'd have to give a run down tackle special status compared to other tackles.  And if you did, then you are introducing yet another grey area into the umpiring in deciding whether a tackle is rundown or merely a bit of a separation before the tackle.  

My memory isn't great, but I don't recall there has ever been a time when prior opportunity has been so rigourously applied as you suggest in the 80's. Seems to me you were always allowed to dispose of it, though maybe 360 degree rotations were penalised more. 

 

1 hour ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Salem and Hunt both coexisted in the same team for most of last season as they both bring something quite different to the team.

With a near full fitness list there's probably half the side that will be need to right on their game and fighting to keep their spots.  The real beauty of how we are playing is that all those players see playing team first footy as the way to keep their spot, not being the superstar.

That’s true, but who else would make way? Jordon’s doing really well on a wing IMO, and I reckon Brayshaw’s now really settled in defence. 

59 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

There were some moments where most of the team ran to a player to congratulate their effort:

• Kozzie's first goal
• May after the quick-in-succession hitouts
• Sparrow tap backwards to Fritsch to goal

Its great to see them celebrate the rarer moments that help gel this team.

 

On a different note, Petty's reading of the flight of the ball and speed to react is awesome.  Saved a couple of certain goals last night.

Agree on all counts.

These were some of my favourite moments. The boys getting around Sparrow after his tap was the best to see. Rewarding team and the 1%ers.

Cannot wait for the “what they’re saying down at Punt Road” thread.

13 minutes ago, Beetle said:

Cannot wait for the “what they’re saying down at Punt Road” thread.

Its a bit early to open that thread as they are still discussing  yesterday's game.  This is a taste of what is to come:

• I didn't see the game yesterday so have no idea.  Except to say God help us against the Dees.
• It's a toss up whether I'll watch the grass grow or the paint dry.  Melbourne will be a formidable opponent to combat. It could get ugly for Richmond.

Three weeks in a row the ops fans are scared.  With good reason.  It is a joy to witness.

I'll wait until Tuesday as by then there should be enough on their forums to open that thread.

Edited April 17, 20223 yr by Lucifers Hero

3 hours ago, Hellaintabadplacetobe said:

I stopped parking years ago OD, but I do often see people in cars not moving when walking to station post match

I drove last night because my experience of catching trains on weekend nights is not good. That is the only reason I will do it again. To me night games are a disincentive to going. Having said that I enjoyed a game live. In fact I loved it. 

Surprise surprise we got 20k members last night. Easter, night game and playing an interstate team. Similar to a game on mother's Day against an interstate side. 

Fun fact: 3 of 7 GWS goals were from frees. 2 were quite controversial ones too. You could argue the 50m penalty against Harmes if there was a bigger crowd😂

13 minutes ago, CYB said:

Fun fact: 3 of 7 GWS goals were from frees. 2 were quite controversial ones too. You could argue the 50m penalty against Harmes if there was a bigger crowd😂

The 50 was probably fair enough but I couldn’t see the initial high contact at all. Given Harmes made the tackle I can see why he then took what he thought was advantage and played on. That’s a big issue with the 50 for continuing to play

1 hour ago, JimmyGadson said:

Posters potting Weed have no idea. 

He's been better than T Mac for the last three weeks. His impact at contests and pressure has been much better than Tom's and Tom has given away numerous stupid free kicks. 

Watch Goodies presser. He basically says as much. 

Weed won't be going anywhere. 

Two good games three and a half years apart sums it up for me.

26 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Its a bit early to open that thread as they are still discussing  yesterday's game.  This is a taste of what is to come:

• I didn't see the game yesterday so have no idea.  Except to say God help us against the Dees.
• It's a toss up whether I'll watch the grass grow or the paint dry.  Melbourne will be a formidable opponent to combat. It could get ugly for Richmond.

Three weeks in a row the ops fans are scared.  With good reason.  It is a joy to witness.

I'll wait until Tuesday as by then there should be enough on their forums to open that thread.

Out of all the recient 'dynasty' teams, at this point, Richmond are dropping off the biggest cliff.  They could become pretty irrelevant again quite quickly if it continues at the present rate.