POSTGAME: Rd 17 vs West Coast

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27 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

I think we're gonna have a lot of youngsters in the B&F top 10!

Plus TMac

[Nasher 33,613]

23 minutes ago, binman said:

Mark Murphy's votes on abc radio were

3 Rivers 

2 JVR

1 Windsor 

The kids are alright 

We have the list profile of a team in the middle of a rebuild at the moment.  If our best players this year had fired we’d have been in the flag window and it would have been against the odds. Nevertheless, there will be no post-flag bottom out like we’ve seen Richmond, WCE and Hawthorn have. We’ll be continually up there like Sydney and Geelong have been.

[Adam The God 30,220]

29 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

Battened down the hatches in the 4th.. but you can spin that narrative that because we're not in the 8, you need to continue and put the 'foot on the throat' to be deemed to be worthy by some supporters vs being in the 8, and it was a day at the office and responsible.

And Max was off the ground for most of it.

We still won the quarter. Not ideal, but we did what we needed to.

The quarter that cost us percentage was the third, not the last. JVR missing two absolute gimmies and Fritta missing from 25m as well.

[DubDee 25,839]

11 minutes ago, IRW said:

Good points until you mentioned who they were up against 

who did you think we played?

[Jaded No More 68,903]

@ANG13 did you put the house on a Dees win like I said? 😂

Husband is undefeated since 2017

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14 minutes ago, IRW said:

Good points until you mentioned who they were up against 

What a delightfully cheerful poster you are.

[dees189227 12,388]

.1 we were off knocking the pies out of the 8. 

I mozzed van rooyen.  I said he never misses. He should have had at least 6.

Loved Windsor's game & Tom down back is becoming just so reliable. 

Hopefully max is OK. But sitting out the final term won't hurt him. 

But a nice response from last time we played them.

[binman 42,896]

13 minutes ago, DubDee said:

hope your team won this weekend to cheer you up

Who do you reckon they barrack for?

I'm tipping the pies.

[dazzledavey36 54,861]

It's the kids for me that is the story of today.

Kolt has swagger and campaigner about him. I have desperately wanted this kind of player since Bernie Vince or Tom Bugg. He's also a very impressive young player

JVR will be a our number 1 key forward from next year onwards. He's got it all.

Windsor - Enough said, the kid has class and star factor.

McVee - All class and silk. His composure right on the members wing pretty dam impressive. 

Andy Moniz Wakefield - give me a contract extension. The kid is a beauty. Tough, composed and reminds of another #45 who used to bounced off half back.

Turner rarely loses a contests. He engages and then brings the ball to ground. He'll only get better with age and experience.

Then there is Rivers and Koz who play like 150 game veterans. 

[IRW 1,387]

13 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Of course he may mature and get better, but he has coaches and teammates who should tell him to stay humble and focused. 
If he was a Melbourne player our fans would be picking on his attitude, as would the media. 

There’s no doubt he’s a very talented player, but football is a team game and when your team is getting pantsed, you need to put your head down and do the work. Not go around arguing with umpires and picking fights. 

If he was a Melbourne player the fans would be loving it and saying he was being targeted 

[ANG13 2,062]

5 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

@ANG13 did you put the house on a Dees win like I said? 😂

Husband is undefeated since 2017

Lucky for me I did, unlucky for me my house is a cubby house. 

[Nasher 33,613]

Disco Turner thoughts? Jury is still out - I wish he was playing with experienced forwards ala 2021 vintage TMac and Benny Brown. I love his contest and the fact that he rarely wastes it - not impacting the game yet but it may come. I’m hopeful but not yet confident.

[Bang Bang Bang 5,825]

Very pleased with that performance. You can grumble on about West Coast being as 'easy'  an opponent as it gets, but for me a team that boasts the likes of Oscar Allen, Waterman, Darling, Cripps, Liam Ryan and Darling in attack, Harley Reid, Tim Kelly and Yeo in the middle, and McGovern and Barrass down back shouldn't be underestimated.

Winning on the back of youngsters is always exciting. Windsor was magnificent, JVR completely dominant and Tholstrup is just sooooo antagonistic but has the talent and heart to back it up. McVee would get double the hype if he was picked earlier. We've made some horrendous decisions in trade week since the flag, but JT keeps batting his draft picks out of the park. Meanwhile Rivers' briliant form is probably the only positive to take from Trac's injury and Kosi finally landed a speccie! 

Won at selection! Ballsy as it gets to play Melksham off no prep but I thought the Milkshake was magnificent and we are a way better side with him in it. Goody pulled the trigger and it worked. 

I personally think this season is all set up for a Bradbury flag from someone. I don't think it will be us, but why can't it be us?

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6 minutes ago, binman said:

Who do you reckon they barrack for?

I'm tipping the pies.

Nah, I reckon they don't barrack for any team but enjoy pouring cold water on every team on the supporter forums.

[daisycutter 29,613]

on a day of many positives, i have to raise one particular negative.

centre ball ups. we got smashed. and it's been happening all season

do we need a new mid coach?

[IRW 1,387]

9 minutes ago, loges said:

What a delightfully cheerful poster you are.

You don't think it's relevant? Let's wait until next week.

[croydick 142]

no media conference today?

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47 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Loved what I saw from the young kids. Kolt, Windsor and Roo fantastic. 

Last quarter without Max was always going to be a battle. Anyone know what’s wrong with him? 

I reckon he had a right foot kick smothered just before half time. Max went down and was limping after that.

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2 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Disco Turner thoughts? Jury is still out - I wish he was playing with experienced forwards ala 2021 vintage TMac and Benny Brown. I love his contest and the fact that he rarely wastes it - not impacting the game yet but it may come. I’m hopeful but not yet confident.

He rarely loses an aerial contest, so for me that’s a big plus. 
I would like to see him Petty and Roo in the same forwardline for a while with Fritta, Melksham and Chin at ground level.

I think we can afford to play all 3 while we don’t have anyone to backup Max. 

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4 minutes ago, IRW said:

If he was a Melbourne player the fans would be loving it and saying he was being targeted 

Absolute trash. 
Last week the commentators said Kolt was acting when he was hit from behind by Zorko. 
If he played for Melbourne he’d be shot down by every “supporter” and the media for carrying on like a pork chop. 

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37 minutes ago, IRW said:

Yep and it's not the first time 

They're a fair way off a great team , but they are running out of spuds for you guys to bag

Edited July 7 by Tarax Club

[IRW 1,387]

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Absolute trash. 
Last week the commentators said Kolt was acting when he was hit from behind by Zorko. 
If he played for Melbourne he’d be shot down by every “supporter” and the media for carrying on like a pork chop. 

I didn't mention the commentator's 

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1 minute ago, IRW said:

You don't think it's relevant? Let's wait until next week.

Can't wait until next week, in case you haven't noticed the competition is incredibly even with upsets most weeks. Essendon can be as flakey as the next.

[titan_uranus 25,000]

Really promising to see us win like that despite no Trac, no Petty, Gawn off in the fourth, Oliver ineffectual and Viney having sub-20 disposals. 

Yes, it would have been nice to kick one more goal to pass Collingwood on percentage, but it's not Round 17 when we need our percentage to be better than theirs, its Round 24, and to make that even relevant in the first place we need more wins. That starts with Essendon on Saturday night when we have a six day break, one less than them. So taking Gawn off as a precaution makes sense. And to the extent that we eased off late, that makes sense too.

And how good it was seeing a 32,000 crowd for a Sunday game against a bottom 2 side. I know we let kids in free but that's a smart move when faced with this sort of match in school holidays. We've given our club plenty of heat this year, maybe we should applaud them for this idea because it seems to me it worked a treat.

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3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

on a day of many positives, i have to raise one particular negative.

centre ball ups. we got smashed. and it's been happening all season

do we need a new mid coach?

Doesn’t help when your best midfielder is out, Oliver is no where near it, Sparrow is ordinary, and the only one with speed is Rivers. Too early to ask about a new midfield coach.