At the break of Gawn

6 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

pear has to be favourites to make the grand final now

they will finish 1st or 2nd which means two home finals and direct route through to the last saturday in september at the g

Do you remember what happened in 2021? Port are Prelim choking specialists.

1 minute ago, Demonland said:

Here comes the excuses from the media

Johnson has been anti-Melbourne since we embarrassed the Dogs in the ‘21 GF.

I’m not sure if it’s been mentioned yet as I haven’t read the entire thread, but did you notice how happy and relaxed Goody was in the post match? I can’t recall too many times seeing him like that. It was just great to see him so happy, and even cracking jokes, after completing outcoaching the opposition.

Also, just in regards to Brayshaw, his first few mins of the game were awful but to his credit he bounced back and had a solid game. My only other dig at him would be in the last centre bounce. Mitchell completely got off the chain and almost won that centre clearance. I dare say that if Oliver was there instead, there’s no way Mitchell would have got that sort of separation on someone as quick as Oliver.

Like a few on here, I thought last weeks performance spoke volumes about our clearance and contest game. We brought it again today and dismantled the Pies.

Hats off to Tomlinson as well. Played his best game and could be pivotal in our defence if Petty is to remain forward.

How have we gone from one of the most accurate to the one of the worst? Just basic set shots being missed.

I think with all the other teams losing around us, it’s not essential we win for top 4. In fact a loss will still see us stay in 3rd. However if we lose, I think it’ll be very difficult to finish top 2 unless Port or the Pies have a significant stumble in the back half.

I think we win today. The media undersold our win last week because of our low score, but the fact is we were dominant in the contest, clearances and we were terribly inaccurate. 

Dees to be up by 2 goals at 3qtr time with BT going nuts over with the Pies are going to run over the top of us narrative, but instead we win the qtr by a couple of goals to win by 4-5 goals.

Today has been a great day for our ladder position.

If we lose on Monday the gap between 3rd and 2nd will probably become out of reach with the way Port are going.

2 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Port Adelaide are becoming a very hateable team. So many cocky tools running around. Hinkley carrying on like a pork chop. Dixon a massive fake hard man. Hope they fall over in September 

Considering they’ve lost 3 prelims under Ken it’s fairly certain it’ll happen again.

Dogs really unlucky there. I’ve seen our defenders get decapitated on a goal line  shepherd.

Since Twitter changed it's algorithms for timelines, I've had the unfortunate experience of seeing more and more tweets from Collingwood supporters this season. They are, without doubt, the most arrogant and ignorant bunch of supporters out there. Not only do they think they've already won the flag, they love to brag about being the biggest club, the only club where supporters turn up week-in-week-out, and the most successful club in the AFL (despite only winning 2 flags in 70 years!). 

If there's one game I'd just absolutely love to win this H&A season, it's this one. 

4 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Hè would be lucky to play Monday is my mail🤯😵‍💫😵

Can’t remember a player ever missing with a blister - infected or not.

I’ve got a spare ticket if anyone wants it. I’m going MCC as a guest for the game but have a demon seats membership level 1 if anyone wants it.

I’m not a big fan of a continuous revolving doors forward set up, but Schache has had two pretty good weeks in a row in the VFL, while Smith didn’t do a whole lot on Friday. I understand the need for role players, but you can’t just rely on Fritsch to kick a bag when you’ve got JvR averaging 1 a game and Pickett the same. 

With Moore and Frampton both being >200cm then surely Goodwin brings in Schache to help with our height down there with Grundy/Gawn. You’d think then that Murphy takes JVR, Maynard on Fritsch, and Quaynor on Pickett.

Ins: Schache, Hibberd, Jordon (sub)

Outs: Smith, Bowey, Harmes.

3 hours ago, A F said:

Cripps used to be a much better player than his modern incarnation.

I agree, HTF did he win a Brownlow last year? Well, we know it took at least a pretty incredible tribunal result to even allow that. But it's the fact that who's taking votes off him out of that midfield?

He was at a point my favourite non Melbourne player, but I reckon he's been past his best for two years.

That trajectory has not been helped by playing in a rubbish team with coaching.

Not sure if he’s injured, but he’s not getting to anywhere near enough contests and he’s practically lost any pace he had from last year.

Controversial opinion, but I think it was our best performance over the past month. Our contested game was strong, our clearance game was excellent, numbers around the contest was up, our defence looked very organised and we only gave up 6 goals. Carlton are lucky McKay actually kicked straight early or they would have been in real trouble.

Yes, our set shot kicking was awful and some of our inside 50 kicks were misguided and rushed, but if we get that many inside 50s next week with the same level of effort across the ground (contest, clearance, defence) then I think we’ll beat the Pies. 

JVR is very lucky I reckon. He’s been pretty terrible the last few weeks.

Brown over him would have been a good swap on form but I guess the coaches want more agility at ground. 

17 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

AT centre bounces our wings don't run to the defensive side. Freo were doing that on the weekend and cleaning up a fair bit of the ball from our fwd taps.

I think this was highlighted on “on the couch”. Our wingers are basically part of the stoppage cluster which means once the opposition gets through our line there’s basically no one to hold them up between our defence.

9 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

That's a bit like reading your uncles will, getting nothing but saying i was his favourite, that's what i think of stats maybe he should coach from the coaches box might get a better view of it.

Given that 4 out of the top 4 teams all have coaches who coach from the bench (including Goodwin) I think it’s a trend that’s staying.

Can’t argue with this

Interesting stat. Maybe this is why Goody remains relatively upbeat.

4 hours ago, DemonWA said:

I'd suspect Carlton fans are saying similar RE the attention were getting in the media too

With all due respect, we’re getting about 5% of the media attention of Carlton. 

Two questions:

1) Teams that like a forward handball game and who lower their eyes get through our defence way too easily. Can this be solved through more pressure through the middle of the ground? 

2) Do you think Goodwin and the coaching staff have the ability to turn this around mid season? We’re in good health (as opposed to 2019) and have a very talented list which means this is largely a system thing. What changes do you think we need to make?

8pt gap now between Port and us. If Brisbane and Port solidify top 4, it isn’t going to be kind for anyone who has to play them at their home in a prelim.