The only way that could have been better was if both teams had been disqualified.

(Or, maybe if they'd both scored 0.18 AND been disqualified.)

12 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

Yep and it would be weekend after weekend of disappointment.

Thank [censored] those days are gone and gone for good!

Yes it's hard to see our team falling away with all the young talent we have on the list (and experienced talent of course)

The template is there now and we just need those within the club to remain hungry (ravenous) whilst endeavouring to stay ahead of the game making smart moves

Our best beats both of the teams tonight but we were not always at our best in the 2nd half of last year

Recruit well and keep extending the window

32 minutes ago, YearOfTheDees said:

Three Brownlow votes for Cripps tonight, didn't do anything but thats never stopped the Umps before.

I always turn the sound off when Nathan Brown (🐅 broken leg version) starts up about “the odds”!  
Did he quite a “3 Downlow votes for tonight odds market?

4 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Jon Ralph calls it a cracking game. 
 

it was awful 

Wreck it Ralphy 

Doesn't deserve a thread of it's own, but I'm watching the post game press conference and I can't help but ask:

Any chance in 2023 we can get some room microphones to be able to actually hear the journalists questions?

So the Blues, with 3 talls, struggled all night to keep the ball in their F50. Gives us a taste of Sat night. As long as the Doggies talls arnt  clunking it, they’ll struggle to keep it in their  forward half. 

9 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Jon Ralph calls it a cracking game. 

it was awful 

Think he meant 'crappy'

Well another successful Thursday night footy in the books. See you at work tomorrow!

25 years of mediocrity

 

Aside from the score that was a pretty crappy underwhelmimg game from where i sat.

Waited 6 months for that?

the old dark navy chokers

wonderful, i'll sleep like a baby tonight

and curnow got his 2 regulation jake the snake goals

14 minutes ago, Demonland said:

25 years of mediocrity

 

What a surprising statement from Voss

I would be furious 

10 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

What a surprising statement from Voss

I would be furious 

Their supporters would not be happy with that statement. Very David Teague. 

If they were to miss finals again on the back of a few more chokes like that the knives will be out. 

18 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

What a surprising statement from Voss

I would be furious 

Never mind Vossy’s statement, I’m furious about that typo. The word “chargers” should be “charges” 😁

11 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Their supporters would not be happy with that statement. Very David Teague. 

If they were to miss finals again on the back of a few more chokes like that the knives will be out. 

Hope so. I vividly remember Carlton between 1970-95

No Sympathy at all. Let them burn for eternity 

 

2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Wow. Very exciting end to a very meh game. 

I watched it on Kayo which had the 4 wise monkeys as quarter and half time commentators, Buckley's gem for the night was; "they need to put the gas to the peddle". Truly BT worthy, the other 3 just kept going like nothing had happened. No wonder he confused the Collingwood players.

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

25 years of mediocrity

 

Yep. They’ve got some catching up to do if they want challenge our own ilk!

went to bed after watching 3 quarters. I slept like a baby.

5 hours ago, McQueen said:

Yep. They’ve got some catching up to do if they want challenge our own ilk!

I would welcome another quarter century of mediocrity from them. 

 

Honestly I had the tigers making the 8 and they might, Carlton for me finish 9-10 depending on port. What a [censored] show last night was. People can argue it’s only rd 1, but for Carlton who we’ve been told “are coming” since 2009 that was garbage. For me the only highlights of the game were the  Bolton mark, 2 goals from Lynch (one from the pocket and one to level it) and the Curnow goal from the pocket. I’m going to find out what they paid for hopper because GWS would be laughing. Taranto gets a lot of it but can’t kick. Based on that only a 4/5 teams are in the hunt this year. Jack and Dusty are past it. Dynasty well and truly over. Teams want to get of to a good start, there will be games this week when a team will lose but they would have played a brand of footy where people will say “they’re going to be hard to beat this season”. You’d be [censored] if your club loses to either of those two teams last night. The game must now go to someone else, if not last years GF, then the 2 teams that lost the preliminary, so last night would be Pies v Lions.

Another example why 19 teams won’t work. 

9 hours ago, picket fence said:

Yeah beautiful wasnt it

A few takes

1 Crypts Loved by umps

2 Saad one way runner and NEVER picks up a man the other way and as for Jack Martin... what a dud

3 Shai Boltin should be dropped on that pathetic shot on goal

4 Both teams very avg but Rich very unlucky to lose

1.5M a year between 'em. Amazing. Throw in McGovern and you have the price of a bedsitter in the back streets of Bondi Beach.