rolling fog

I don’t blame them - they’ve been showing signs of going to the next level for a while now without actually doing it and last night was a big opportunity to do so. It was certainly winnable (or should’ve been) based on some of their recent form.

They’re gutless. And afraid to enrage the filth war machine - reference Langdon and his ‘all duck, no dinner’ comments (which were totally innocuous and taken out of context by the way) and look what happened to him - both on field and in the media. They’re a protected species.

Yep I’ll give you that - pains me to say it but their work rate is exceptional and they look super fit.

The filth are really living up to the filth label tonight. Not sure it’s been said here yet but Maynard is a real piece of work.

Fair dinkum the club are gaslighting us or even just being straight up dishonest to us about the connection and ‘love’ they have. Something feels amiss and broken. It’s starting to feel disingenuous.

It is time.

Our best is markedly better, it’s just so fleeting.

I hope May roasted himself for that. Side note - umpiring has been noticeably rubbish this round.

More physical this quarter - you love to see it

Feels like we’re playing a massively outdated brand of football, of which we’re rubbish at executing anyway. The best sides at the moment are all incredibly clean with the ball in hand and highly efficient in disposal. I guess this also affords them the ability to enter F50 cleanly and directly - not wide and high.

Last week was a shock to the system. This week was confirmation.

Why would Trac even want to stay? Majority of the team phoning in a performance in front of a ~20k crowd when he could be on the big stage. Who could blame him.

Salem just jogging at that chase through the middle

There’s no leadership though - how / who can make a call on the coach? The President is confirmed as only seeing out this season. We have only an interim CEO with the new CEO to be confirmed in APRIL FFS.

Nine touches so far isn’t enough? I’d say he’s one of the very few actually showing something.

Goodness me. Situational awareness anybody.

David King, regardless of what you think of him, called it on SEN this morning - era over. Also, Spargo amd Bowey just aren’t at the level. That’s all.

Did anyone happen to catch the site walkthrough of Hawthorn’s Dingley facility on the news tonight? Goodness me I had no idea the works were so far progressed - impressive stuff.

Pittonet is a genuine liability for the blues

Coniglio cooked their last true opportunity - should’ve gone top of the square instead of wide. Giants will be knackered after that - looked like they ran out of run.

I’d say that’s that. Freo have really stuck it up. Carlton won’t do anything in finals anyway.

Nice of Salem to finally show up this year

Not to mention any momentum gained from 2021 has well and truly been squandered. A) Supporters were willing and able to open their pockets back then if presented with a vision to get around, B) electoral cycles were favourable to obtain govt funding and C) money was cheap - however the board’s dogmatic approach to facilities persisted - and now none of those three elements are true.

Also, Mark Korda is now largely irrelevant at Collingwood. Aside from probably continuing to pump money into the coterie etc. he’s been well and truly usurped by Geoff Brown - a bit happening there too by the sounds.

Does the Senate inquiry into PwC tax leaks count? If so, then yes I have. FWIW, it’s an absolute travesty that Sayers can continue in a board/governance position given the gravity of what he oversaw at PwC - just goes to show how pervasive power influences can be in this country, but alas I digress.