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Broncos.. Seriously c'mon man!

Well there you go... That's the beauty of this tipping comp! Falcons ticking along okay, I'm still not sold on the rookie QB Ridder (had 3 red zone turn overs last week) with the NFC South probably the weakest division in the league it gives us an opportunity anyway. With a young family I haven't had a chance to watch them or the league as closely over the past couple of seasons, that'll be my excuse if I go pointless for the season haha! Although working from home on Mondays & Fridays does play well in the NFL season so try to see as much as I can!

Cheifs, Ravens, Eagles... In all seriousness @Macca the pointless battlers, we must be getting into uncharted territory for longest start to the season without a point 🤣

I'm going pointless this year... This is litreally impossible 🤣

Bill, Packers, 49ers

49ers, Lions, Eagles

I'm not getting a point this year... FMD

Ravens, Bengals, Chiefs

Levi Casboult.... Good lord. We need to get back to winning finals & playing in Grand Finals to stop this absurd talk.

KC, Rams, Falcons (will regret tipping my own team here)

Cowboys, Eagles, Bills

Since the final siren last week I have been dreading tonight's game but something in me flicked this morning as the game got closer... Through all those dark years all we as supporters dreamt of was been apart of finals & games like tonight... The players saw one of their mates get KO'd 5 mins into a final then we played one prime midfielder short for the game, all of this on top of outplaying the premiership favorites for 3 quarters & really with a bit of luck should have pinched the game. Everyone crapping on about Carlton & their hot form, we should have beaten them (well we did) then they fell in against the GC then lost to the Giants & were average for large parts again Sydney last week... I see no reason why we don't get the win tonight then give Brisbane a huge shake up next week, this side won't go down easy.

Chargers Chiefs Saints

New season same story 😂 #worldstoughesttippingcomp

I think the fact the NFC South division is fairly weak opens it up for us. Rookie QB is always going to be a worry but the front office has turned the roster over massively & Arthur Smith bought he’s successful offensive game plan from Tennessee so will be interesting how they go!

Bengals, Eagles, Bills

Anyone given the "Quarterback" series a go on Netflix ? I'm only a couple of episodes in but interesting to get an insight into the life of a QB.

Yep, I've mentioned here in other topics... We are completely wasting an elite list who should be in their prime. Talks of a dynasty were a little premature but also correct... With the list we should be playing in Prelim, Grand Finals & winning them.

Agreed that the players look as if they are playing scared & safe, not brave enough to take on the risky option for the fear of turning the footy over. We saw this throughout last season & it seems as though the coaches went to task in the office season to be more attacking & we saw that throughput the first part of this year however as I mentioned I feel they thought we were too easy to move the ball against & have reverted back to the old method we are seeing now... It worked on KB the problem & to be honest this style of a grind is more suitable to finals footy than free flowing (for the past few years anyway, Collingwood may be bucking the trend). I'm not saying I agree with how we are playing as I personally think we are shot this year especially with Fritsch missing for an extended period but I feel we sure trying to tinker with a few things to give us the best shot at a run towards the back end of the year but my view is injuries & unsettledness will catch us.

The shift really came after the Fremantle game… We were scoring extremely well up until that point of the season but we’re getting opened up defensively. That day Fremantle moved the ball way to easy against us & exposed us defensively. I think we have reverted back to the slow & controlled ball movement since the Carlton game which is evident by scores against. No coincidence that our backline in particular May was all at sea now have started to strengthen . The slow build up & long kicking to the pockets is a clear plan to let us set up defensively behind the ball & not be easily transitioned on, if we have kicked straight the last 6 weeks would we be talking about this, I’m not sure the shift in game plan is the way to go but sides can’t score against us, we can fix the accuracy in front of goal & tweak the F50 entries, it’s just wether we can get the balance right with the season running out of time to correct it.

We are wasting an elite list in their prime… Dead set joke

Keath & Bruce you cannot be serious ? Keath has never been any good & is completely washed up & as for Bruce he is even further washed up, has the turning circle of the titanic. No thanks.

The main issue is the dog hungry pressure…. It’s not there at the moment. Pressure on the opposition ball carrier gives the defensive half time to set up behind the ball, intercept & get our turnover game going it is also the pressure in the front half which allows us to create forward half turnovers which are gold in modern footy or at worst lock the ball in, create a stoppage allowing us to set up how we want behind the ball. To Fremantle credit they denied us the football yesterday, chip mark down the ground to not allow us to get the style of game we wanted to play to our strengths. I am also of the belief that we have gone into this season knowing our front half game needed work so we’ve traded some defensive aspects of our game to become more attacking going forward however it’s left us vulnerable in the back half hence why May & Lever looks all at sea.

I'm still fuming after that... Can't turn it on for 20 minutes & think that's enough. Positives are if that is the best Port has got well we nearly beat them playing 20 mins of football.

No doubt he will request a trade at seasons end, I think he is a little bit stiff to be on the outter at the moment, always plays his role when he gets the opportunity. Get the feeling he is a role player in a good side, not sure how he would go in a middle to lower side.