Goodwin seems like a pretty good coach...

Such a great win for the team, club and us supporters. In hostile territory away from home against a good team, no May and definitely not favoured to win. Our game plan just stands up under enormous pressure, credit to Goody and the coaching staff and off course the lads for executing that plan. Stats mean diddly squat with that commitment and execution to a game plan that works. Even tho JVR didn’t have a great game he still made his impact felt for the team and ferals, I thought he was great relieving gawny. And how good was bbb and fritta sticking it up em? The boys certainly amped up the grand ol flag in celebration too. And too the dee army, although small ova there understandably, I could hear ya’s on the box plenty of times, well done💙❤️. Congrats JV your a legendary warrior for our mob.

My favourite way to watch the replay is to watch Ben Brown’s reaction to every goal we kick. He’s set up his own one man cheer squad in the goal square. Hilarious. 

10 minutes ago, P-man said:

The ‘steal’ debate is an interesting one. I get the statistical argument but on the eye test it just felt like a classic game of momentum swings. We arrested theirs when we needed to and took full advantage of ours when we had them.

Not to mention coming home with a wet sail which should be praised in any sport.

As Max himself noted we are often on the other end of those types of battles so a refreshing change and a damn good win. 

More steel than steal. 

imo that was a win for the ages

two top 4 sides who failed in finals going hammer and tongs 

great footy to watch as a neutral; absolute nailbiter as a fan

Big few weeks coming up.

Short turnaround, Adelaide in Adelaide, they're desperate for a win. 

Brisbane back at the MCG, bit of spice in our recent history against them, another team desperate to get their season on track.

Dare to dream of being 5-1 at our bye? Then two games at the MCG against big teams with fading talent in Richmond and Geelong... sets up for a mammoth clash against Carlton.

Getting ahead of myself but I'd like to feel positive for once!

9 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

The entire team came to run along the boundary high-fiving after the match. Ricky Lever though! He went rogue, ran ahead of the others, let loose with a guttural scream that lasted for ages, excitedly waving his arms, absolutely whipping us into a frenzy. It was nuts!!!

Just curious: and mind you, I’ve not yet had a coffee, I slept only a couple of hours in a noisy hostel therefore I’m cranky af, but why would somebody react to this post with a vomit emoji????! No harm done, like I said, just curious.

@TeamPlayedFine39?????

Edited March 30, 20241 yr by WalkingCivilWar
Was cranky, now SUPER cranky

2 hours ago, SPC said:

Gee Petty loves to be a pest. Would be annoying to play on. Was at Alir all night. 

I’ve noticed this in both his games this season. Seems to be playing with a bit more mongrel in him. Quick to defend other players and seems to genuinely enjoy getting in the face of the opposition. 
 

Gee I hope he signs another contract with us. 

1 hour ago, sue said:

Now you might say the bounday ump's view may have been obscured at the critical moment, but I recall a field ump was just a few metres away on the boundary on the other side facing the ball.  I can understand umps making mistakes in difficult situations, but amazed they can't get the simple things right. For example, in the Casey match a player kicked a goal after the siren after going 2m off his line.

Charlie Dixon went off his line with his set shot after the siren as well.

1 minute ago, Brownie said:

Charlie Dixon went off his line with his set shot after the siren as well.

There would be few umpires who have the guts to call out a player running off his line kicking after the siren. Consciously placing themselves to be heavily scrutinised and swamped with vituperation. Has it ever happened before? 

11 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

 

Still look more civilised than Collingwood supporters - at least they have some teeth.

Ken Hinkley in his presser: The quality of their execution was off the charts

3 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

There would be few umpires who have the guts to call out a player running off his line kicking after the siren. Consciously placing themselves to be heavily scrutinised and swamped with vituperation. Has it ever happened before? 

To be fair, I think they've also relaxed the rule to allow some 'natural arc' rubbish that pretty much means you can run off your line the same as if you are playing on and make it almost impossible to umpire as well.

9 hours ago, CHF said:

to Brereton. He really is a wordy pompous fool. Went on about Port and their players all night and directly after the game immediately raised the point of the projected scores showing that Port should have won. Trying to claim the English cricket team's mantle of cheer leader for 'moral victories'. 

It's a great post but in some respects, He's right.

Statistically we should not have won.

But we did through sheer determination, straight kicking at goals and a magnificent backline.

Just like Port shouldn't have won the last game against us.

That's the way it goes.

5 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

To be fair, I think they've also relaxed the rule to allow some 'natural arc' rubbish that pretty much means you can run off your line the same as if you are playing on and make it almost impossible to umpire as well.

And what happened when Max wasn't allowed to run off the line and kicked a crunch goal any guesses?

6 hours ago, DEE fence said:

@WalkingCivilWar

So I'm pretty sure that was you centre screen of the broadcast after the Kozzie goal.

not a bad game btw, much more to say soon.

I just hope i wasn’t crying at the time 😅Fair chance I was though, emotions were running roughshod through the cheer squad for pretty much the entire match. Even folks who aren’t ordinarily as psychotic as, for example, me, ramped it up a notch or 100. There was something different about last night. It’s hard to put into words, except to say it was very, very special. 

Gee DL is an enjoyable read with a coffee this morning 😁

41 minutes ago, seventyfour said:

Big few weeks coming up.

Short turnaround, Adelaide in Adelaide, they're desperate for a win. 

Brisbane back at the MCG, bit of spice in our recent history against them, another team desperate to get their season on track.

Dare to dream of being 5-1 at our bye? Then two games at the MCG against big teams with fading talent in Richmond and Geelong... sets up for a mammoth clash against Carlton.

Getting ahead of myself but I'd like to feel positive for once!

Dare to dream we'll stay injury free, finish Top2 and then win the flag on the MCG.
Just like Gawny said they would.

12 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

Gee DL is an enjoyable read with a coffee this morning 😁

Just imagine how different it would be if we'd lost by a goal or two.

44 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Just curious: and mind you, I’ve not yet had a coffee, I slept only a couple of hours in a noisy hostel therefore I’m cranky af, but why would somebody react to this post with a vomit emoji????! No harm done, like I said, just curious.

@TeamPlayedFine39?????

Fair question!

Slip of the finger  - have amended now.

 

27 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

To be fair, I think they've also relaxed the rule to allow some 'natural arc' rubbish that pretty much means you can run off your line the same as if you are playing on and make it almost impossible to umpire as well.

I thought it is not the 'natural arc' rubbish, but now you can start off your line, but must be on the line when you kick it. So Dixon's would be hard to judge, especially from the TV.   But the VFL case I mentioned...blatant
😝

12 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

 

I'm confused.  When humans start to turn in any zombie apocalypse i've watched, any remaining humans usually put it down before they are bitten!!

Does this mean they're happy to tear each other apart!??

Edited March 31, 20241 yr by Demon Dynasty

12 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Just imagine how different it would be if we'd lost by a goal or two.

Need more data for imagining.

Did we lose cause we tried our best but weren't good enough, or was it because of howling mistakes and poor kicking?
Did we have a huge I50 count, get a sheet call on the goal review or did we get screwed by the home town umpiring?

There are levels of discontent.

Edited March 31, 20241 yr by Fork 'em

22 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

Gee DL is an enjoyable read with a coffee this morning 😁

If you want a real enjoyable read, head over to Big Footy and check out the PA comments post game, seems every second post has blamed the umpires for their loss. Oh and Hinkley is not the right person to coach their team

1 minute ago, Fork 'em said:

Need more data for imagining.

Did we lose cause we tried our best but weren't good enough, or was it because of mistakes and poor kicking?
Did we have a huge I50 count, get a sheet call on the goal review or did we get screwed by the home town umpiring?

There are levels of discontent.

I did love that mark Esava Ratugolea took.  Imagine being a fly on the wall of the Port Adelaide supporters forum about that one!