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We’re scared of Collingwood: every time we play them they bash us up and we do not respond 

We won plenty of the ball but did sfa with it, stuffing around with dinky kicks, handballs that went nowhere and repeated long bombs to the pocket…the filth went quick and direct when they got it the difference in purpose and confidence was stark….we played like that in 2021 always driving the ball forward but it’s slowly dissipated ever since  

Our team has completely forgotten how to play in the space of a few weeks

Hope to see us at least play with some run and energy….have looked pretty flat this season apart from some decent patches 

Hope we can play well tomorrow but gee those ins don’t exact inspire….

18 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

Which is exactly what they want.

exactly - better to go and give it back to them

List needs a bit of a reset

The next Tom Hawkins?

13 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

There was a brief patch in the third quarter where our contest intensity and ball movement went into high gear and in 5 min we’d killed the game. That patch, is the level we’re seeking and working towards.

i was encouraged by that, and if we can take that into next week, grow it some more… then we may build some genuine momentum for the second half of the season and into finals. 
 

pumped! Go Demons…

Yes sitting there at the G today I was thinking that’s looks like our premiership best when we go completely beast mode and no other side can handle it….havent seen it a lot this season yet but great to know the guys still have it in them

Very pleased to be wrong about this one I though the Saints would give us a real scare but apart from that burst in the 2nd we cruised through 

16 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

It’s not about money though. Yes there’s money involved but a Demons win with winnings is exactly the same as a Demons win without winnings, to me anyways. Besides, if it hasn’t been proved already, this season proves that the whole underdog thing means nothing. 

Yeah I know but at least if we’re not expected to win and we do you get double enjoyment!

21 minutes ago, binman said:

No, not someone.

Thousands of people, including professional punters risking serious coin, have backed us to win, which explains why we are 1.33 to win. 

Of course that doesn't mean we will - you only have to go to one harness meeting to understand 1.33 favourites can get rolled.

But the thing I like about the betting market is we punters do our best to strip out emotion and be as objective as possible.

After all it's cold hard cash on the line not a throw away prediction or a lead tipping comps.

(And even if there are some emotion driven punters adding a drip to the pool, a big chunk of them are probably woe us us dees fans backing the saints)

Which is why the betting market is by far the best predictor of the probable outcome of any given match.

 

Betting on the favourites is a sure way to end up bust too!

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I do. But that has no bearing on who I think will win. I do it to soften a loss even though I go into every week expecting a win. It’s the cushion effect. 👍🏽
 

 

I reckon you’d be better betting on us when we are underdogs, smarter strategy

18 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

*

12 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

*What you mean ‘we’ kemo sabe?

Some of us are brimming with confidence. Delusional? Probably. But at the first bounce it’s a clean slate for both sides. Either side can win. Trust that we will win.
 

*Tonto to the Lone Ranger (Google it) 😃

But I thought you always bet on the opposition?

No idea if we will win today…the club seems a bit flat and sadly we are in that place where you can’t 100% trust in our performance at the moment 

Our team looks good on paper but like last week I am worried about this one again…..we’re playing an older and slightly slower side will we have enough run to match the Saints? They aren’t all they good but they are stacked with runners….

Felt sick about this game all week wish my instincts were wrong occasionally…

I’ve been a bit worried about this game all week for some reason….

For some sick reason getting into it with the Collingwood ferals is making me look forward to it more! Hope we win so we can give them a nice send off wave

We cruised through that match didn't really get out of 2nd gear all night apart from a couple of bursts in the 3rd and 4th quarters....never in danger of losing even though it was frustrating to watch - bigger challenges to come in the next couple of weeks hope to see a lift in intensity and ball movement

Wonderful news, for once we dont lose one to bloody Freo

10/10 would take him, already shown plenty in his 100 games and will only improve from here. We should have enough cap space to have a go at some good players next season

Poor effort tonight but could see the team didn’t have the same energy as previous weeks…impossible to win every week and Brisbane are a good side, we have plenty to work on but not the end of the world 

6 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Apparently Bailey is under an injury cloud as well.

Yes came off late last week with a bad ankle as well, 6 day break for them