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1 hour ago, BDA said:

Lions will be in the gun this week.

Coughing up a lead in that manner, at home, to an injury depleted team was a choke of epic proportions.

 

Brisbane, Port and Melbourne both under a lot of pressure this season. I honestly reckon at least one of those coaches will be gone within the next 12 months. 

A lot of people saying Carlton will drop off. They have their defense sorted. Once their elite forwards and connections click they'll be very hard to beat.

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    12 minutes ago, praha said:

    Brisbane, Port and Melbourne both under a lot of pressure this season. I honestly reckon at least one of those coaches will be gone within the next 12 months. 

    A lot of people saying Carlton will drop off. They have their defense sorted. Once their elite forwards and connections click they'll be very hard to beat.

    I’d love to see how we go with our forward line settled and on the park for longer than 3 weeks.

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    Credit to Carlton - those are the types of wins that Premiership teams look back on as season defining moments that show just how much belief they had in themselves 

    And to be honest the last time I remember a Dees game like that was Round 23 2021 against Geelong 

    Don’t get me wrong - I still think we can win a flag this year and could have won last year if not for our fwd line injuries 

    But jeez sometimes teams just have that intangible aura around them that just propels them to victory - Collingwood had it last year and perhaps the Blues will have it this year

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    1 hour ago, Clintosaurus said:

    How does even a non MFC thread end up as peak MFCSS? Is there nowhere to go where it doesn't take over?

    And against us last year blew a 4 goal lead with less than 10 minutes to go.

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    8 hours ago, Demonised said:

    A round that starts with a Melbourne loss and a Carlton win is a glum one indeed.

    We could salvage something out of the weekend with Collingwood losing to GWS.

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    Turning into a nightmare opening round for me; we lose, Blues win and if the Pies win....

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    24 minutes ago, demoncat said:

    Credit to Carlton - those are the types of wins that Premiership teams look back on as season defining moments that show just how much belief they had in themselves 

    And to be honest the last time I remember a Dees game like that was Round 23 2021 against Geelong 

    Don’t get me wrong - I still think we can win a flag this and could have won last year if not for our fwd line injuries 

    But jeez sometimes teams just have that intangible aura around them that just propels them to victory - Collingwood had it last year and perhaps the Blues will have it this year

    Our final round v Sydney last year had similarities to the Geelong 2021 match.  I think an objective position of our past 2 years is that we were good enough to win enough games to finish top 4 but had too many banged up players and limped into finals (2022) and injuries to key personnel (2023) which meant we were probably a 1 to 2 goal worse side than if we had Petty or Melksham and a fit Fritta going into finals.

    Sydney beat us on Thursday night because they are a very good disciplined side and we didn't handle the slippery ball well around stoppage and were able to take our strength away from us and then us it to their advantage.

    I also wouldn't be surprised if changes to our game style where we move the ball more aggressively take a bit of time to bed in and while we still win the majority of our games that our best form is through the second half of the season.

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    4 minutes ago, chookrat said:

    Our final round v Sydney last year had similarities to the Geelong 2021 match.  I think an objective position of our past 2 years is that we were good enough to win enough games to finish top 4 but had too many banged up players and limped into finals (2022) and injuries to key personnel (2023) which meant we were probably a 1 to 2 goal worse side than if we had Petty or Melksham and a fit Fritta going into finals.

    Sydney beat us on Thursday night because they are a very good disciplined side and we didn't handle the slippery ball well around stoppage and were able to take our strength away from us and then us it to their advantage.

    I also wouldn't be surprised if changes to our game style where we move the ball more aggressively take a bit of time to bed in and while we still win the majority of our games that our best form is through the second half of the season.

    Agree with all of the above

    My point was more around that intangible feeling that some teams seem to have when they’re on their way to a flag - almost a sense of inevitability 

    And yes I’m very aware that’s perhaps the least analytical way to look at the game 😅 

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    Any loss for Brisbane, especially at the GABBA this year is a good thing; regardless of who it’s against.  That place is a fortress and their list is very, very strong.  


    Carlton wins can be pegged back as they share the G and their home ground advantage.  Any loss for Lions at home is worth its weight in gold for any team that aspires to be top 4.  (Which I’m hoping we still do!)

    Long, long season ahead and no one would be writing off the lions, just like no one should be writing off us either.

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    11 hours ago, layzie said:

    I don't give a stuff about these other games right now. 

    Enjoy the weekend peeps, some great weather ahead. 

    Early dayz - but it's going to be hard to beat this for post of the year.

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    46 points up at home and the blues missing players

    biggest choke i can remember 

    no excuses

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    6 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    Huge loss. Arguably their most important player in terms of attacking from the back half and remaining composed under pressure. If Coleman played in the second half last night, Brisbane win. 

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    What really grinds my gears is that the blues can change how they kick into F50 and how their forwards move DURING A GAME while we have numerous preseasons and in game opportunities to do so and can’t.  (Also kicking for goal). 

    At the start of the year  had a gut feeling we might struggle this season and I know it’s only one game but geez it’s very frustrating to watch AGAIN.  

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    5 hours ago, demoncat said:

    Credit to Carlton - those are the types of wins that Premiership teams look back on as season defining moments that show just how much belief they had in themselves 

    And to be honest the last time I remember a Dees game like that was Round 23 2021 against Geelong 

    Don’t get me wrong - I still think we can win a flag this year and could have won last year if not for our fwd line injuries 

    But jeez sometimes teams just have that intangible aura around them that just propels them to victory - Collingwood had it last year and perhaps the Blues will have it this year

    The Brisbane win last year had that precise same feeling. In the conversation for our best H&A win under Goodwin.

    But tbh every finals contender has one of these wins every year.

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    This is hard because I  want to see yze do well because he deserves to be a senior coach, but I don't want Richmond winning. Thank goodness he didn't get the essendon gig.

    Interesting to see what dimma can do with this gc team

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    4 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

    I hate Richmond. I hate Hardwick.

    I'm torn. 

    Richmond by a point just to stick it up Hardwick.

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    What's with the narrative that all this round's games are sold out? Carrara is half empty. Don't they realise we all have eyes? 

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