Bigfooty:

Not much to report so far. 

Understandably they are preoccupied with their injuries and replacements.  There appears to be some new injury outs that haven’t been reported in the media yet.   They are expecting at least 5 and maybe 7 injured players from last week to be 'forced' changes.

I detect resignation more than doom.   There was still room for a bit of humour by a few posters.

• Well, everyone who wanted the over 30s out in lieu of playing the kids got their wish...
• If culley doesn’t get a game I’ll spew
• Lets do a Sam Mitchell Cleansing now get ready for Mid Season draft and then End of Season/Draft & Trade.
• We aren’t beating Melbourne.
• Melbourne will easily be the shortest price favorites for the round.
• What was the injury to SPS? Been real good in the two games he’s played…
  • …s**t haircut
• I have a morbid excitement to watch this weekend with the forced youth policy.
• The emotional part of me says I've well and truly had a gutful of these highly remunerated but often absent 'credits' boys and can the lot of them.
• The more rational part says if we chuck out ALL the oldies then we're asking for the pain that Hawks/Norf are currently going through and in the past Melbourne/Carlton have experienced.
• What concerns me about this week is that with no rotations in the 4th quarter last week you can bet that those that were left were being pushed in the "red zone" as the sport scientists call it. In other words being more vulnerable to injury..
• someone ******* throw this medical department out, enough is enough.
• Fritsch is the one I see causing us big problems. I don't see a good match up for him.

My favourite:

• Oh dear, playing Melbourne ...
• Waterman would be great in a good team

I'll check in again later in the week after selections.

Edited April 5, 20232 yr by Lucifers Hero

We owe this mob for 1994, 2018 and for their oversized share of the GST. 

This is probably the first episode of this where I've agreed with everything said. 

We need to put this lot away by a couple hundred points.

1 minute ago, Ugottobekidding said:

We need to put this lot away by a couple hundred points.

187 will do...😀

I really hate dancing on the graves of other clubs…. Except for clubs that have danced on ours in the past so

4 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I really hate dancing on the graves of other clubs…. Except for clubs that have danced on ours in the past so

Agreed.  Geelong, Eagles and Blues have been the guilty ones to openly gloat in recent times.

We are slowly getting our own back...

Edited April 5, 20232 yr by Lucifers Hero

Can't recall us actually deestroying an understrength team in recent times. This is the week to do it and it'd be satisfying after 2018

Edited April 5, 20232 yr by david_neitz_is_my_dad

8 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I really hate dancing on the graves of other clubs…. Except for clubs that have danced on ours in the past so

I would join in but I’m still terrified we will lose.

10 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

187 will do...😀

188 would be even better

10 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

188 would be even better

... I thought we lost by 186 to Geelong?

Either 187 or 188, I would love someone else to have the largest losing margin record - couldn't think of a better team than the Eagles.

Edited April 5, 20232 yr by Lucifers Hero

35 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I really hate dancing on the graves of other clubs…. Except for clubs that have danced on ours in the past so

We owe Hawthorn, West Coast and Essendon the most I reckon.

27 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

... I thought we lost by 186 to Geelong?

Either 187 or 188, I would love someone else to have the largest losing margin record - couldn't think of a better team than the Eagles.

You are quite right Luci.

I'm not at my sharpest until I quaff my 11am shiraz!

32 minutes ago, A F said:

We owe Hawthorn, West Coast and Essendon the most I reckon.

Geelong. Never forget.

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

I really hate dancing on the graves of other clubs…. Except for clubs that have danced on ours in the past so

Depends upon how good a dancer we are

In the past we have performed poorly in games like this. The other team has nothing to lose and we have often coasted.

I would like to see a ruthlessness that becomes the norm for us.

3 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Geelong. Never forget.

Round 23 and PF in 2021 cleansed me.

16 minutes ago, A F said:

Round 23 and PF in 2021 cleansed me.

Consider me…

…still.

4 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

You are quite right Luci.

I'm not at my sharpest until I quaff my 11am shiraz!

So the 9am and 10am shiraz's don't do it!

5 hours ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Can't recall us actually deestroying an understrength team in recent times. This is the week to do it and it'd be satisfying after 2018

Western Bulldogs, Grand Final 2021.

But seriously, GC Suns by 98 points, round 20 2021.

Here are some things these delightful people said on reddit a couple of days ago:

• Melbourne were dog[censored] in 2019 after we demolished them in the 2018 prelim
   
• God what a [censored] day that was, was almost as good as winning the grand final. I just remember all the media saying Melbourne were the favourites, they were so desperate for it to be melbournes year and for us, the team predicted to not even make finals, to absolutely blow them out of the water was just chefs kiss
   
• It was also made more delicious by them wanting to be able to beam in video of Melbourne supporters to negate our home crowd advantage. In retrospect I kind of wish they went ahead with it

 

6 minutes ago, Flower Magic said:

Western Bulldogs, Grand Final 2021.

But seriously, GC Suns by 98 points, round 20 2021.

That was a precession! We could have won by 150 but kicked really inaccurately (18.20 to 4.6). We kicked 1.6 in the final quarter. 

3 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Here are some things these delightful people said on reddit a couple of days ago:

• Melbourne were dog[censored] in 2019 after we demolished them in the 2018 prelim
   
• God what a [censored] day that was, was almost as good as winning the grand final. I just remember all the media saying Melbourne were the favourites, they were so desperate for it to be melbournes year and for us, the team predicted to not even make finals, to absolutely blow them out of the water was just chefs kiss
   
• It was also made more delicious by them wanting to be able to beam in video of Melbourne supporters to negate our home crowd advantage. In retrospect I kind of wish they went ahead with it

 

Truly Hideous Creatures 

Still have not paid any Penalties for the Rampant Drug Use of the early 2000’s

5 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

... I thought we lost by 186 to Geelong?

Either 187 or 188, I would love someone else to have the largest losing margin record - couldn't think of a better team than the Eagles.

Would it be OK to ask for a 191 point winning margin? It's embarrassing to have to point out that 186 is not our greatest losing margin ever. That (dis)honour belongs to the Melbourne team beaten by Fitzroy by 190 points in 1979. Final scores were Melbourne 6.12 48 to Fitzroy 36.22 238. 

5 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

... I thought we lost by 186 to Geelong?

Either 187 or 188, I would love someone else to have the largest losing margin record - couldn't think of a better team than the Eagles.

We lost to Fitzroy in rd 17 1979 by 190 points. I will never forget the trip home from Waverly. Devastating.