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So they’ve been talking about being a team we can be proud of. 

So far, no. Not tonight. The last few weeks of wins don’t count. Today is a real contender who has had a few bad weeks. Grand finalists. Who nearly and maybe should have won. We need to strive for consistency. Having a dip every single week. We’ll lose some of course, but this is not acceptable for a team who wants to contend. 

The deficit is likely too much. So. Will they play like a team that will make us proud or continue to serve up this slop? We got smashed everywhere again. Even tackles. The lions were clearly hungry.

Are we? 

 

Wouldn’t want to be Richmond. Our 20 day bye will have us well rested and firing on all cylinders again. 

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    Petty 0 disposals st three quarter time. I get the ball has barely got to him smoothly, but that's unacceptable. Surely you can position yourself to earn a free kick or something at some stage?!

     
    1 minute ago, Bates Mate said:

    Brown, jvr, fritsch, petty 7 touches between them at 3/4 time. Petty a duck egg

    But there’ll still be people pinning their hopes that Petty is the great white hope based on 1.5 games of football last year. 

    There is a complete lack of forward craft how Stafford still has a job has me beat and it has been this way since 22 and it shows up when the ball struggles to get into the forward line, players standing still standing and standing on the wrong side when the ball comes in.

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    1 minute ago, monoccular said:

    Yes, they haven't helped and haven't missed anything against the Bears, but we just aren't up to it on the night.

    1 tackle, no other stats.  Sad really.

    Are we in a Jackson 2.0 situation?

    We are losing 9 out of every 10 contests on the ground, in the air, and our link up handball around stoppages has been like a bottom 4 developing team.

    Our tall forwards are appalling tonight.

    Tholstrup nowhere near ready for the AFL. Our other younger players - Windsor, McVee and Woewodin - have all looked lethargic and stunned.

    Gawn, Sparrow, Chandler, Langdon and sometimes Rivers are having a crack.

    Have no idea where Oliver, Viney and Trac have been. It is so rare for all 3 to have an off night at the same time.

    All games have ebbs and flows but we have not shown even a 5 minute sustained period of excellence. 

    Very, very disappointing.

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    Feel sorry for Koltyn debuting in a game like this

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    It's all good guys. We are playing on a small ground, it’s very hot, humid and slippery. We will be so much better against the Tigers at the G under cooler conditions.

    Go Dees!!!

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    1 minute ago, demon3165 said:

    There is a complete lack of forward craft how Stafford still has a job has me beat and it has been this way since 22 and it shows up when the ball struggles to get into the forward line, players standing still standing and standing on the wrong side when the ball comes in.

    Well the head coach is accountable, he is the one who appoints his staff 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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    Hopeless, [censored] hopeless tonight,

    This has been an ambush 2 weeks in the making.

    They'd been planning for this all during Gather round against North, whilst we were slogging it out playing 2 tough games.

    Didn't have a good feeling about this from this morning.

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    1 minute ago, DeeZee said:

    Feel sorry for Koltyn debuting in a game like this

    Who.

    Not ready yet by a mile 

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    holy [censored] ben brown did something, he isn't lifeless lamp pole

    Gee Bbb decides to touch the ball.

    Too late mate.

     


    2 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    Time for Jvr to have a spell.

    Really and bring in who ? Jefferson ? Schache 😂

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    Jeepers even channel 7 laying in to us with the “Quiet Dees”

    1 minute ago, YearOfTheDees said:

    Its a disappointing effort but at the end of the day its just one of those days.

    Not exactly, this is a game against a potential contender and we look nowhere near them. Mind you Brisbane is not excellent by any means, yet we look second class.

     
    3 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    Time for Jvr to have a spell.

    Abracadabra
     
    I'd rather he go back to Casey though tbh LITB
    3 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    Hopeless, [censored] hopeless tonight,

    This has been an ambush 2 weeks in the making.

    They'd been planning for this all during Gather round against North, whilst we were slogging it out playing 2 tough games.

    Didn't have a good feeling about this from this morning.

    Yea we did so well pinching those two wins we didn't worry about this one 

    Oliver is totally cooked.

    A liability for once.

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