At the break of Gawn

Can’t see anyone getting near him really. English has had a really poor start, Briggs has dropped off, Grundy hasn’t done much since opening round. There’s no real challenger except maybe Marshall if he gets going.

Or that we were just beaten by a better team? They have basically had our measure since the ‘22 Semi final (won 3 of the last 4 and could easily be 4-0 if not for a miracle comeback).

You do know Richmond have lost like 4-5 of their best players since that game? Some people are tipping West Coast to beat them tomorrow.

Brisbane have our measure and have proven the last 3 times we’ve played them that they can move the ball easily through our team defence. I’d like to know what the panel think of how we can combat this if we play them in the finals. I don't think it’s as simple as winning more clearance and taking territory. Their ability to transition deep out of our defence (especially via kick-ins) through to their forward half was ultra impressive and I don’t know if we have an answer to that.

If we lose to Richmond then we’re not achieving anything this year. The point I was trying to make is that there’s no point putting any weight to a win against Richmond. The games against the Cats and the Blues will be our next audit.

No we won’t. Richmond have an injury list as long as the Nile. We'll find out against Geelong and Carlton.

Stood up in the ‘22 SF for them. Since belting them at the GABBA in rnd 23 2022 they’ve had our measure.

It wasn’t just our mids, it was our whole team defence. Our system got dismantled.

I actually don’t think we have a game style that can beat Brisbane. They sliced through us like they did last year at the MCG but this time they went on with it. We barely adjusted to close down space and they ran us off our legs with all those uncontested marks. If we play them in the finals, Goodwin will need to be completely prepared for this as this uncontested game will torch us again.

Not our year. In 2021 we beat all contenders. We’re just pretenders this year.

Defensive transition is just diabolical.

Absolutely smashed in the coaches box - David King

Game over. We look shot

Should never have played Oliver. Liability with that finger injury. I can see a 5+ goal loss coming our way.

Daniel Hoyne also called this out and Goody alluded to it yesterday saying how there’s still much to be improved on in our game. We’ve been losing inside 50, clearances, contested possession and we're only a middle of the road side at defending ball movement. How are we 4-1? Because we’ve been really efficient. If we can get improvement in those areas and maintain efficiency, we’ll go to a whole new level.

I actually think this will be a really close game and I certainly won’t be underestimating Brisbane. Getting the monkey off the back last week will help them and it’s Neale’s 250th so I imagine they’ll throw the kitchen sink at us.

I feel a lot less confident about this game now after North let Brisbane get some form back. There’s nothing like a belting to help a struggling team get some momentum going.

Soligo got interviewed: “I didn't think there was too much (in it)," Soligo said. "I kept playing through the game so I was fine. I was all sweet." As Hawthorn did with the Sicily charge, I think we should definitely challenge the grading. The only thing I’m not sure about is the “potential to cause injury” weighting which might be in play here.

Absolutely rapt to get the 8pts from SA. I thought we were going to run away with it, but to Adelaide’s credit, they really cracked in for the last qtr. The only real downer is Pickett likely to miss 1 week. He’s probably our second best forward and gives us midfield creativity so it’s a massive loss against a Brisbane team who will be desperate.

Could have shut the gate if Billings had kicked that. Bloody disappointing.

Geez, when was the last time you saw the MRO results? It’ll be 1 week max just like King.

Midfield getting smashed again just like against Port. Surely we’re due to turn this around?

We really should win tonight. Adelaide are in terrible form, while we’ve been in good form.They have a complete no name backline and have rung in 5 changes with no-names going in for no-names going out. I know some will use a 5-day break excuse, but Adelaide have had a 6 day break and had to fly back from Perth. They just don’t have the cattle to beat us. Unless some flu goes through the club, I just can’t see us losing.

Absolutely LOVE that we won a game where we lost the main stats and the expected score. There’s nothing better than seeing a team take their chances. My favourite part was Fritsch screaming “[censored] you” at the Port supporters when he kicked the sealer. Unfortunately I missed the first qtr, but the game looked pretty slippery even though it was a hot and dry day in Adelaide? Was that just the humidity?

Thanks Brisbane for ruining the best running joke of the season. Twitter/X was fun while the Pies were winless.