NotOnMeth

I genuinely don't think we had an instance of a forward leading into space take an easy mark. How do we consistently allow teams to chip the ball around? Surely we can plan for this. Despite the result, we were utterly outplayed and outcoached.

We are an extremely poorly coached team.

Wow my eyes got very glassy watching that. You can tell how hard it has been for him leading up to this. I know how amazing it would be to see him light it up on the big stage again, but I'm just genuinely happy to be see the bloke playing again. All the best Harley.

Does anyone know if our 17 game membership gets us in?

Considering Hogan struggles to kick 50, I wouldn't be surprised!

I'm a huge fan of Hunt and love seeing him get the ball in his hands. Every time he does I generally find myself screaming "Run Hunty!". As SPC mentioned though, he does have a few flaws he needs to work on namely in positioning and kicking penetration. Many of kicks are big floaters into the forward line. Imagine if he had a boot like Petracca!

Ran through a bloke coming the other way in the 3rd or last quarter when the ball came inside 50. I think he copped a whack on the chin.

Once he nails down the half back role, I would love to see him move into the middle for a crack at it. If he could use that pace out of the centre square he could be Dangerfield like.

First up, great to have a big win. It feels good to put away a team that we're expected to. Petracca, Stretch and Oliver looked awesome today. Having said that, our backline is horrendous. A half decent side would have gone to town on us today and we were lucky they couldn't hit a barn door in the 3rd. We desperately missed Jetta's poise. Has Dunn run over Roos' dog or something? OMac was way out of his depth today, getting out-muscled by blokes half his size. Does Gawn need a rest? Hasn't been his dominant self lately.

Collingwood actually look decent. Hitting targets and moving well.

Apologies if this has been already mentioned in the thread. I had a quick scan and couldn't see anything. Is Trenners playing tomorrow?

I'll be in Sydney for the weekend for a baby shower. The timing couldn't be better. Might even watch some NRL.

Not sure there's any way I can prove it to be honest. Just gonna have to grin and bear it. Is it possible to pay the basards in 5c pieces?

I guess that rules out any chance of me getting this wavered. I got to the game at 2:25pm (remember because we were running late) and the fine says "approx infringement time 2:20pm" The bastard must have been hiding behind a tree as I parked.

I'm with you here. McDonald needs to work on certain areas of his game, just like many other players on our list. I didn't see a thread directed at Dom Tyson last week after he kept getting pinged for holding the ball. He must have been done 5 or 6 times when he could have taken the first option and instead chose to try and run out of traffic. Tom has in bag-loads what many of our past players don't have: confidence. He has also demonstrated more times than he fcks it up, that he has the skills to make the right decision and execute correctly. I am confident it will click for him. He was able to do it for 6 weeks straight last year and he will build on that this year. Some people on this forum aren't happy unless they're moaning. Makes you wonder if that's the reason they actually follow Melbourne.