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We are not going to play two dedicated rucks. Sad to say I'm off the Grawndy experiment, just halves Maxxy and slows us down :(

Agreed. All week the media talk was about port winning and us resting players and not caring. We're not that kind of team and I love it. Well done to the coaching staff and the players.

If he's g2g Fritta in. Out: Laurie Sub: Smith. Not sure the wing positions have been talked about enough this year and I feel like a bit of a goose saying it, but wouldn't mind seeing Brayshaw play the defensive wing position again before finals with a view to making the magic happen again. Not sure who we would bring in for Hunter tho, so probably keep it the way it is.

Rivers is becoming a really impressive player.

Talking to a Carlton mate of mine and he's stirring me up (used my Maximus Max meme against me on FB too), he didn't reckon it was touched. The umpire for mine guessed, because they didn't want to make a call like that and then put it to the review. Wrong, but I get it. Happens every game, just sucks that it was wot wud have one it. Ahh well, should have kicked more goals.

Haha, what is the "Binmans PA" about?

Grundy forward is all about patterns and if he can do that all good IMO. Goals aren't as important from him. If he can do that and make it hard for the defenders with Roo being the other competing mobile tall I think that might be what the coaches have been trying instead of.... "Grundy was just made a forward in the medjah and no one talked to him and now he's cooked as a Demon", which never happened but El' Floggo Barrett for some reason has kept saying it. I'm expecting Max to float back more over the next few games. And we'll see if I'm wrong, but I think that's been the plan the whole year, but Goodwin has not given away our finals plan, he's just been focussed on getting there so we can't be cut apart like we were last season.

Too easy haha

And on the AA selection. Maximus Decimus Gawnicus? He's the best the ruck in the game. Does a club trying something override the best position player overall stop the nod?

Anyone think Jack Viney is a cheeky chance of at least the AA squad?

I'm a local and hate Bellerive Oval. Saw Gilchrist's 172 against Zimbabwe about 20 years ago. Chris Gayle knocking stuff out of the ground (or at least on the roof of the stands). Tassie winning the Shield. Okay for cricket. Terrible for AFL tho, rug up even if the forecast is decent weather. The wind is chilly fresh and doesn't help for a good game of football.

That's the frustrating thing to me. We did it in pre-season (yeah I know) and looked a million bucks.

Early in the 4th I was just thinking about Milkshake's game and could only think what a Jekyll and Hyde performance. Then... oh golly gosh. Now I'm thinking.... Gandalf vs the Balrog Ironman/Captain America against Thanos. Rand Al' Thor against the Dark One. The Emperor of Mankind v Horus Lupercal Sorry, getting my nerd on. That was epic and I'm so happy for him. [censored] immense.

A historic win by St. Kilda

Bleedin' gondalas, there is a bit to be worried about right now. There was something said in either the first or second quarter by one of the commentators on Fox who said that we didn't have connection and relied to heavily individual efforts (the skill of the players). Now, what I'm about to say is after a couple of beers, but I don't neccessarily disagree with him but thought it might be interesting to rather than go we are d00med break it out into the three things I think are most important adding something they didn't (again, beers) with the first one being most important (IMO). 1. System. 2. Connection 3. Quality of Players Starting from the bottom of the above (to be confusing). 1. We obviously have the quality, we all see the bursts. Except maybe the forward line where we can't seem to take a contested mark right now to save ourselves. 2. Connection is a huge problem (leads into point 3). 3. System. It's not looking like it works, and when it does it's because of 1 and 2 (even against bad sides). In conclusion (haha), it's not feeling like 2021 or even 2022 (we were busted at the end), but right now we look like a middle of the road side, that will granted make finals (based on points 3 and then 1 haha) but not do too much. Anyhoo, I'm not even convinced what I'm saying is right, but to an outside numpty this doesn't feel like a good trajectory.

Will be interested to see how Langdon goes today without Hunter.

Our midfield are all sizzle no steak at the moment. When teams have a bit of momentum, why aren't we doing the 'Ol Nathan Jones and getting head over the ball and getting a few repeat stoppages in the middle. Slow the game down a bit from time to time, we know we have the class to eventually get value. Port made it look really easy tonight.

Yep, the midfield rotations are a thing. Hopefully keep us fit and firing at the pointy end.

Had a look over at Big Footy as well as some of the comments here. Lots of conflation going on in my view. There is the process & what happened. They aren't the same thing.

Would probably look pretty much like this alas

Honest question. Is there another avenue of appeal now? GCS took a precaution with their player (absolutely fair), but if anyone hits their bicep into another player high whilst trying to spoil running back towards the player = two weeks? If so can you all please crowdfund me in my new quest to play AFL for the Dees (all the profits to the Dees of course) so I can win the Brownlow next year. I won't need long, like a minute or two on ground cos nobody else will be eligible.

They played well, we didn't. Bank the four points and move on. Time to move Petty back as well methinks.

Ripper!

I thought he went alright, or at least the equivalent of Petty in the forward line. Whoever we have as talls in the forward line need to be making more of an impact in the first half of games however. I love Roo already and he's gonna be a player, but having a tall threatening early in the game makes it easier on the rest of the forward line. Goodwin is obviously trying stuff in the forward line to find the best mix, and while our smalls, mediums and midfield are getting the job done we're fine. I still think we'll see BBB or T Mac toward the back half of the year a lot more, we need a big tall down there, despite what Max (and now looking like Grundy) are capable of.