20 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

It's the same reason we turn up and play like [censored] against Carlton, Essendon and other also rans. It's between the ears, despite what Goodwin banged on about a few years back they don't respect the game or the opposition. They think they are better than their opponents, think the game is won so mentally switch off. Same thing happened at 3/4 time today, thought the game was won and they could have an easy last quarter.

Then when things don't go their way they start panicking because they are low IQ footy players and aren't well drilled or don't trust the system. In 2021 we rarely panicked because we trusted the system now no one knows what hell anyone is meant to be doing. Bizarre considering there were 14 premiership players on the field today (Jackson, Hibberd, Brown, Harmes, Brayshaw, ANB, Jordon*, Lever and May missing)

Nail meet head

11 hours ago, Young Angus said:

Petty forward doesn't work and is [censored] selection. Try him again as a backman, if he's no good he should be moved on somewhere else he really hasn't been much chop for us.

Clearly was worth bringing him in yesterday at the expense of Jefferson. Petty's stellar 5 possession game (none in the forward 50) would have been impossible to match 🙄

2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

This is good vision.

Two pieces of vision show a complete lack of situational awareness by Viney. The first was when it was 2 goals the difference and Viney stands 5m off NWM at the centre bounce. NWM collects the clearance and sets up Higgins for a goal. The second was after the 6-6-6 violation, when Viney inexplicably remained on centre wing and didn't think to run back to the defensive edge of the square.

There was also another one, not in this vision, where at a throw in on the wing (just before Saints won the clearance which led to NWM's equalling goal), Viney was caught on the attacking side of his opponent at the throw in. Why would you be there when defending a one goal lead in the last minute? Had he been on the defensive side he could've helped stifle the clearance or lay a tackle or force the Saints backwards.

Now Viney wasn't on his own in this capitulation and his tackling and effort (as usual) in the first 3/4 was sensational. But it really sums up the losing mentality that has now engulfed this group when your vice captain makes critical decision error after error in the closing stages of the match. Not to mention another 200-gamer who has twice this season only needed to score from a shot at goal in the last 2 minutes and has panic-kicked it out on the full both times.

Is it really any wonder why we continually lose close games / fluff our chances in front of goal when this is how we handle pressure situations? Choking has become ingrained in this group.

The 'good news' is that Sunday's game was NOT the biggest comeback in the AFL/VFL. The biggest last quarter comeback was by Essendon on 1992. After a few minutes of the last quarter they were 48 points behind to win by a solitary point after the siren. The bad news though Melbourne was the losing side again! Graham Moss was the goal kicker for the Bombers. So basically they made up the deficit in less than a quarter. ☹️ Almost identical scenario.