Amidst all the excitement of last night, Stewie Dew quietly stinks it up again. You've got to admire how he goes about it. The supporter must surely be frustrated by now.

11 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Touk Miller. Love his determination but so wasteful and turnovers killing his team. No look kicks or handballs are surprising for a player of his experience. 

A team with skilled players, but misfiring, can look terrible. One metre handpasses to feet, handpasses to players about to get cannoned into the ground, etc.

Imagine what this guy could do in a better midfield in a team with better system.

 

11 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Does anyone honestly still think 19 or 20 teams is right way to go for the good of our competition?

We need to start thinking about first and second division, with promotion and relegation, as RL and RU die and their juniors switch to our game.

 

8 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

St Kilda have looked more impressive than Carlton and yet Carlton are 3rd favourites to win the flag.

Aside from Sam Walsh, Carlton aren’t getting any better while the Saints have got some big guns to come back.

If St Kilda beat Collingwood next week, I’m declaring them a premiership chance. It’s not as if they’ve fallen over the line in their 4 games, they’ve completely blown their opponents away by the final siren.

 

What you've described is exactly why Carlton are 3rd favourites. They've not played particularly convincingly and are 3 wins and a draw from a reasonably tough opening month. 

Good maturing teams stack wins when they aren't humming, and the Blues are showing some good signs of maturing.

They were easily top 4 on quality last year...as odd as it was for Collingwood to win all those close ones it was equally as odd for Carlton to lose as many close ones as they did. 

They'll be top 4 this year and a serious serious chance. I would not want to play them in a final. If they Breakeven in the middle, Charlie and Harry win them games and pretty much no team can mark them both. Their flanker types are developing around them, and their defence is very good with Weitering and Young taking the next step. 

They have every piece in place IMO and just need to manage their year, manage their timing and find momentum at the right time. Easier said than done but they will be absolutely thrilled to be unbeaten with very little fanfare or noise.  

Swans v Port 

1. Ollie Florent. You are a star. Great game. Love your run and skill. But you’ve got to kick the distance to win it.  
2. umps somehow got Port back in it. 
3. Franklin on his last legs surely. Sad to see him goalless and benign. 
4. Allir Allir. The last gasp save. How the story goes!?! 
5. Duursma and Butters. Love to see them in red and blue.  We were super keen on both but not in the draft to grab them. 
 

 

7 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Swans v Port 

1. Ollie Florent. You are a star. Great game. Love your run and skill. But you’ve got to kick the distance to win it.  
2. umps somehow got Port back in it. 
3. Franklin on his last legs surely. Sad to see him goalless and benign. 
4. Allir Allir. The last gasp save. How the story goes!?! 
5. Duursma and Butters. Love to see them in red and blue.  We were super keen on both but not in the draft to grab them. 
 

 

I saw the match very differently to you Spirit. Felt Swans had their normal leg up for most of the night

24 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

Amidst all the excitement of last night, Stewie Dew quietly stinks it up again. You've got to admire how he goes about it. The supporter must surely be frustrated by now.

That supporter has put his membership in the microwave 

Saints v Suns 

1. Saints on a roll v bottom half teams. But they’re impressive so far even without Steele and others 

2. Suns. Horrendous.  Ben King. Marshmallow.  Rowell. Looks lost.  Dew must be on his last chance. 
3. Mitchito Owens has the energy and desire missing in the Suns. Another NGA steal. 
4. Noah Anderson is a star. Tried and tried. Ned Moyle and Bailey Humphrey on debut showed hard edge and determination.
Others failed to support. 

5. umps failed twice to notice Saints clearly running in the protected zone. Clearly.  One of the bizarre AFL rules that’s totally inconsistent across every game. 

15 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

I saw the match very differently to you Spirit. Felt Swans had their normal leg up for most of the night

Agree on the night around the ground but two decisions in the last quarter presented Port with 7th and 8th goals. Both were hardly there. 

13 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Gold Coast are such a waste of talent 

 

Whenever they decide to fold, I would like first dibs on Rowell and Touk thanks 

They are destined for Tassie. 

Dreadful crowd at Marvel for Saints Suns game 21k. Ok , it rained but if Melbourne were on top undefeated and we drew 21k the media would tear us to shreds.

11 hours ago, Redleg said:

Because Alir hit the ball away before it got to the goal line and the goal umpire saw it.

BTW in that last kick, Buddy pushed Bergman in the back and you can back it in, that if the ball went through, the umpires wouldn’t have called the free.

ah i see. would have been handy to see a replay after so i knew! took a full 10 minutes to show it. amateur broadcasting as usual 

11 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

that is criminal. to not even try to body Allir out of the way. likely he still gets there but no one even tried!

couldn’t imagine a worse way to lose

11 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

He should never play again!!! If he does that’s sheer madness. If tonight’s event doesn’t spell the end of his career, what will it take?????

looks bad alright. but i reckon the decision is his and his doctors to make. it’s his livelihood and passion. not easy to give away even when life threatening 

7 minutes ago, DubDee said:

that is criminal. to not even try to body Allir out of the way. likely he still gets there but no one even tried!

couldn’t imagine a worse way to lose

See buddy's blatant push in the back? If the umpires had eyes that worked, would that be a free kick if it's after the siren?

Sounds like Lynch could miss Anzac eve. his bump didn’t look like much on Keath but he was concussed and the Sun are saying ‘big ban’….

22 minutes ago, DubDee said:

looks bad alright. but i reckon the decision is his and his doctors to make. it’s his livelihood and passion. not easy to give away even when life threatening 

He’s lucky in that he has a choice. Cancer sufferers (for example) don’t. I feel really sorry for him but it’s footy ffs. 

The Swans should never have traded Alir x2. 
Karma came back hard. A hugely underrated player 

I have watched the ending to Port and Swans 100 times because I love watching their hearts break after celebrating way too early. Oliver Florient mouthing "What Happened" cracks me up every time
Ah the sweet sweet schadenfreude

2 hours ago, Deebauched said:

Dreadful crowd at Marvel for Saints Suns game 21k. Ok , it rained but if Melbourne were on top undefeated and we drew 21k the media would tear us to shreds.

Sam McClure would for sure 

Why are some coaches taking their kids into the presser?

Clarkson and Voss wheeled them in.

Why not go all the way and make it a true family event and bring in brothers sisters uncles and even neighbours.

AFL is going down the drain. What a joke. Its run by amateurs.

Edited April 9, 20232 yr by Deebauched

7 minutes ago, Deebauched said:

Why are some coaches taking their kids into the presser?

Clarkson and Voss wheeled them in.

Why not go all the way and make it a true family event and bring in brothers sisters uncles and even neighbours.

AFL is going down the drain. What a joke. Its run by amateurs.

I think they may have been kids from the Royal Children’s Hospital that support those respective clubs. 

8 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Sam McClure would for sure 

And Derwayne,who knocked us for drawing about 28000 against a new interstate side, think it was Giants, at about 4.00 on a Sunday, could have even been Mothers day and then said absolutely nothing, about Port at home drawing about 8000. He is of course an ex Port player.

Florant is the most likeable Sydney player so felt bad for him a little bit. The rest can get stuffed.

10 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I think they may have been kids from the Royal Children’s Hospital that support those respective clubs. 

That's correct they were from the RCH