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At the break of Gawn

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  1. 19 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    What was the whole May getting into his face? Felt  more than just a bit of banter.

    Yeah I noticed that too. Not to fan the flames, but it was reported that Harmes was at Entrecôte that night so maybe there’s some tension there.

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  2. 7 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    We could have gotten 60,000 but that would have required 10-15K more Dogs supporters rocking up. Unfortunately the MCC and AFL members are bereft of Dog supporters; and many standard Dogs members aren't rocking up to an away game and paying at the gate.

    Add to the fact that both clubs have had a disastrous off season from a PR perspective which may have contributed to a few staying away.

    44k is a solid crowd given the history of attendances between the 2 clubs.

    This sort of detail is always lost on the so called “journalists”. An MCG tenant against the Dogs always gets relatively low crowd numbers because Dogs supporters don’t show up to away games. A similar time last year Richmond vs Dogs got 52k. 

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  3. Still a lot of work needed on our entries. Oliver has absolutely butchered some of his entries. Trying to be too cute and just completely missing the target.

    Feel like if we just get some better connection and can nullify Jones better we’ll run away with it.

  4. Our crowds in 2018 during the finals were extremely loud. It’s crazy how loud a crowd can get with the momentum of winning a final. The fact is in all 4 of those finals in 2022-23 we barely played any sort of electric footy with 5+goal leads like we did in 21 or even ‘18.

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  5. 28 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

    Just watched the replay of our game…well the 3rd quarter…how costly was Sparrow’s dropped mark inside 50 with 2 mins to 3/4 time. Would have tied the game or given us a shot to take the lead. It was a reasonably difficult mark to take, but he took his eyes off the ball. Likewise, how [censored] poor was Spargo when he gave up against the Lizard after Clarry banged in the first clearance of the 4th. Blakey actually juggled the mark, but Spargo had already given up.. had he not have, there was a spoil on and plenty of pressure coming. Little moments that prove costly 

    I also felt Spargo’s high shepherd in the 3rd really cost us. We had all the momentum going the other way and it just killed us.

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  6. I honestly feel Goodwin’s contract is 1 year too long at the minute. A failed year this year would put a lot of pressure on him and then he’d have 2025 to turn things around. Crazy to think he has 3 full years ahead of him (it expires 2026) which brings him to 10 years in total at the club. If there’s not at least another grand final in 2024-2026 then surely his contract won’t be renewed. Although I fear our window would definitely be shut by 2027.

  7. Just now, Roost it far said:

    GWS will belt us. Great mix of ages, strong, determined and hungry. We look old, too young, unfit and not up to it. The vibe of GWS is awesome 

    I don’t think we’re getting anywhere near both of these teams this year.

  8. 17 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    I’ll explain it to you. Grundy was the only ruckman picked for the 6 rounds Max didn’t play last year, and he was very average. He was dominated by Essendon, and it was embarrassing. He showed none of the agility or presence he showed last night. 

    He then got annoyed by lack of rucking options when Gawn was available, and didn’t offer enough around the ground. I’ve heard he made himself unavailable for us in the finals, as he wanted out.

    He’s a good player, but he brought none of the necessary intensity required for us last year. That’s not the clubs fault. 

    Trying to blame Gawn for it seems like an odd thing to do to our best player of the last decade.

    To be fair, Grundy has a very good record at the SCG. The smaller dimensions suits him and his limited tank isn’t exposed. I remember one time he got like 65 hit outs there in 2019

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  9. Just now, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    No humidity whatsoever tonight players taking possession cleanly and Marking above their heads.

    Love how we got shafted with the humidity last night and Carlton get none of it tonight.

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  10. For me it wasn’t the forward connection issues (as that’s hard to judge in slippery conditions), but rather our inability to stop the opposition from piling on multiple goals when they get territory and no way to transition out of it. This happened time and time again last year. Here are a few examples 

    Port round 10 - last qtr

    Carlton Round 22 - kicked the first 3 goals of the last and then held on

    Even against Collingwood in the QF.

    We need to get better at transitioning out of our d50 when we lose territory.

    I think losing Bowey was crucial as it forced May to take the kick outs in that last qtr and he has literally no other way but kick it long.

    Also, people are forgetting the Richmond practice match too easily. A bottom 4 team piled on 10 goals against us. There’s no way that would have happened in ‘21.

     

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  11. 37 minutes ago, Demon4ever said:

    Exactly! They know the ground inside out. They didn't even look like they were sweating at all! Whereas you only had to look at Clarry and he was dripping. If only we played our first game at the MCG in front of 60k+... might have been a different story!

    Pretty sure they don’t train at night when the ball is slippery. The problem is that they’re a kicking side and the conditions suited that and our players are dumb and still do handball chains in horrible conditions.

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  12. Damian Barrett having Geelong as Runners up is wild. Probably the most unhinged prediction I’ve seen.

    Considering we’ve gone out in straight sets twice as premiership favourites, it’ll be interesting to see how we go without some of the pressure.

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  13. Missing finals for me. I think we’ll finish around the 10th to 12th mark. 

    For me, it’s not the off-field stuff it’s the lack of upcoming talent in key positions and injuries. May will be on his last legs by season’s end, Gawn will be exhausted and our lack of leg speed off the half back line will really be exposed. This competition moves at break neck speed and there’s quite a few teams that will unfortunately leap frog us.

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  14. Winning the flag this year would be so incredibly sweet with the media pile on and to shut up all the Pies supporters who think they're going b2b. 

    Unfortunately I just can't see us making the leap. I can't see where the improvement is really going to come from in our front half and to do it in a reliable and consistent manner. 

    I know I'll get flamed for this but I think we'll finish just outside the 8. 

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