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I do wish we made a lot more noise though. You can be loud without being the moronic type of pies supporter. It def influences umpires when the crowd is in full voice. At the Freo game their very few supporters were extremely loud. I know for the fact the club acknowledges that we’re “too quiet” as a club. You often see on the screen at home games …messages asking supporters to make a noise .

I absolutely love the Pod & would be more than happy if you tell us how good we were . We were by no means perfect…that comes closer to finals time but apart from putting scoreboard pressure on …there were so many positives in that game .

And to all the previous posters who said he was no hope …maybe you can understand why more “positive “ posters get so sick of the negativity. Well deserved JVR ..

If you do a bit of a deep dive into the Pies games ..who they’ve beaten ..where they’ve beaten them & the form that team was in when they beat them …it’s not mind blowing. i.e. Geelong & Port at the G when both teams were very ordinary at the beginning of the season etc. After seeing them live against WC …they certainly looked very ordinary when WC put pressure on them. If we improve a little more especially in our forward connection we should have a win.

Absolutely agree re Smith on Moore. Was at the WC v Pies game & Moore is crucial to them & their run off half back.

Maybe we just trust our fitness team 🤔

I was actually at the game, Pies were great in first qrt ..Eagles were one man on bench from first qrt & then inevitably were run over in the last ..they were done. Pies looked very average in a good half of a game so I just wonder if they’re feeling the pinch a bit. But don’t get too carried away by that last qrt.

I bang on about their unfair advantage every year. Less travel …more MCG games ..more prime time games ..the bottom line is the AFL is all about the $. It’s hard for teams to get more exposure & attract more members when the AFL favours the “big 4”

And why is that …maybe a good test of our depth ..

The one thing you don’t acknowledge is when you bring in a VFL player he is then surrounded by AFL players . Then you can judge them …

I actually think Kozzie had been a shadow of himself since that report.

In fairness to FTB ..old dee didn’t mention the above reasons he talked about not being able to “rock up” …

I’m thinking Oliver ..Trac..Viney..cameos from Brayshaw.. Rivers..Kozzie & then the Gawn & Grundy combo will be giving them plenty of headaches. We are building so much flexibility into our gameday team that we are becoming very unpredictable & hard to play against. A lot of our players can be swung anywhere if needed. As every footy fan knows ..if you don’t bring your A game even the best teams are in trouble & that would be the only reason we don’t win quite comfortably tonight

I actually dislike Friday night games ..heaps of intoxicated people ..late to get home & usually dewy surfaces. Happy with the Sunday 3.20 slot which is a premium time now ..,

So possibly Dixon & def Todd Marshall out for them ?

Petty out 4 to 6 ..,

It was in a pack with several players around the ball. Someone def stood on his ankle/foot ..not sure who ..

You can only play who you're scheduled to play so I guess no use making comparisons until we play these teams. However it would be nice to play Geelong and Port at the G rather than at their grounds which of course Collingwood has the luxury of. In fact they get Geelong twice at the G. Oh and wouldn't mind their travel schedule as well...

Pretty sure someone stood on his foot. Hopefully not the Fritch injury …

I found that so annoying..we weren’t lucky to win. We led for the entire match after the first few seconds and would have been unlucky to lose ..

Was about to post similar comments. Not a particularly good work ethic ..is a sentiment expressed by the Pies supporters I know …

Hope he’s picked otherwise it’s another week he doesn’t play a match. He’ll take awhile to pick up the pace of the game but a good game to start with

Just with your Jordan comment..is there anyone in the team that if dropped ...the decision would be harsh. We have incredible depth & our injury situation is pretty good so I for one would find it hard to be on selection committee. It probably comes up to match ups on the day …

Should have put the game away in the first qrt. Bigger ..experienced players were better in the wet . Adelaide is def a team on the up & let’s see how the Pies go for a long season playing at this level. The one quantity you can’t fault the Pies for & I have to acknowledge is they have always fought to the bitter end & they have enormous belief in each other. They also have a team with a lot of very experienced players ,

It is a winter game