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That umpire tho. Sounded like a foghorn.

Yeah, nah.

Look at the footage of him after the game, he knows :(

Just random thoughts. Absolutely salivating at the thought of having a fit BBB and Weed in our forward line with the way the game is being played at the moment. Well done TMac in the first couple of games, but if the style of game with the new changes stays the way it has this early in the season... look out. I think it's pretty safe to say we all thought Kozzie would start kicking multiple goals, but his defensive work compared to last year... wow.wow.wow.wow. Now we just have to kick the easy goals to keep my blood pressure down.

Our kicking for goal is putrid. But the umpiring is worse. They can make all the rule changes they want, but I want to see star midfielders play without being flattened off the play too.

Really should have dee-stroyed them today. A few thoughts. Really happy for Hunt and his goals today. Melksham, looking at his stats this year he's had an awful time. Rivers is a find. Clarry is so much better when he takes a step and assesses rather than just going for the handball. I don't know what is happening with Jack but as soon as he takes a mark he takes eons to dispose of the ball (makes it worse when we have players out and he doesn't look right to see them). He just let's the opposition set up. Spargo could be alright (I'm happy to be wrong about him). May should be AA. 9th is about right for this team, we look good for parts of games but can't string it together (our goal kicking is shocking). GO FREO!

Thank dog for Rivers.

Happy to report that I was able to have a few sips in between cutting the sour dough.

Knocked off work early, tomorrow off, beers in the fridge and now preparing a little nibble plate. I'm excited!

You could be wrong. But I enjoyed reading that paragraph and nodded along. Thanks!

I said "a bit" I'm annoyed that people higher up than a guy in his first few seasons instructed him to do it and aren't copping it as well.

It wasn't just Gawn, it seemed Adelaide had already decided to be "tough guys" and were trying to pick fights and niggle straight away. More obvious with Gawn tho. I have a bit of sympathy for McHenry as the footage shows this wasn't in play he was running to Gawn from fifty metres away. That means he was told to do it, which I think is worse.

If Langdon could actually finish his effort work he would be a superstar.

6. Oliver 5. May 4, Viney 3. Petracca 2. Jackson 1. Weid

Our coaches should be directing our players in the back line not to aim kicks to Melbourne players in the second half. Clearly a flawed tactic so far.

Ahahahaha we won that quarter.

I did some extra hours at work today so I could stay up late on a school night, watch the whole game and go into work a bit later tomorrow. I hope I'm happy about that decision in a few hours time

A few things. Beating Hawthorn is the best. In the last two weeks the structure and game plan have been changed. I have thought for the last year or so there is plenty of talent, but we keep playing guys out of position and they are being wasted. See Fritsch last year playing down back (even with the injuries we had), he’s a natural forward. Bringing O’Mac back in has allowed Lever over the last couple of weeks to play the role we paid a tonne of draft picks for. A really good intercept marker. Not a 2nd tall defender. Bennell is just looking better and better. Petracca is now elite. General Maximus was a beast. Even the negatives (other than the first few minutes of the game) the players were actually trying to hit targets. Gus was pretty bad with disposal today, but even when it didn’t come off it was the right decision. You can practice the skills, just long bombing it has shown where we fall down for the last eighteen months. Even Viney’s HTB towards the end of the game I was happy with, he was looking for good options and unfortunately the tackle stuck. At least that gives our defenders the chance to position, rather than the typical bomb that rebounds to the other side of the ground and we are out of position. The Weed and Jacko have definitely taken on the “compete get it, get it to ground” mantra and it’s working. A few goals between them as well. Nice. Our hard as nails midfield does work, as soon as we lower eyes. There will be mistakes cos I think they are playing a different style compared to the beginning of the year, but I’m not going to complain when we compete and play like we did today. And that’s what I got from today, we are trying to play differently. Allow players to be good at what they are good at with a decent spine of KPPs. There will be mistakes, but I’d much prefer to watch an organised team trying to win than the Chaos Ball of 2019 Sorry for the essay. Go Dees!

The Guernsey looks awesome and I will chip in to get one. That being said, I'm really sorry to hear about fellow Demonlanders that are struggling at the moment

Well this sucks. Glad the club was quick and secured an intra-club at the G, the more we play/practice there the better.

Ahahahahaha, the ABC is extreme "left", pull the other one. The "left" if you want to narrow down things into a tribal wonkfest have been complaining about the ABC for years. But I guess if you see things like Alex Jones, Stormfront* and Sky News as the center.... not much can be done, you have already jumped down the rabbit hole and there isn't a ladder to get out of that shizen show. Extreme left?!?!? What a joke. *Yeah that was done on purpose.

What a mess, a really young team selected (which is a risk) and then players being silly can derail all the work the coaching staff have put into the planning for the first game.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/384878/coronavirus-crisis-afl-makes-call-on-round-one

Can the off topic discussion about bacteria (lol) warfare, bat eating and world politics in general please be taken back to the edit pages of Wikipedia, 4Chan, Infowars or "General Discussion" sub thread?

Would have been selective editing, that episode was focused on the players we got (with a bit of context).