Vineytime

I expect we may hear some news re Gunston this coming week as he has been linked to Brisbane in the media and their season is now over. 

Rosman dropped or injured?

Waiting for MFC to be linked to Gunston, still nothing and it’s very quiet on what he’s doing next yr..

Jon Ralph “Hibberd & Melksham to get new deals “

Would have to be 1 year. 

Nathan Jones on SEN today mentioned he thinks it’s due to us using all our petrol tickets crashing in winning the contested ball and focusing on defending all the time, that and our lack of efficiency when we have the ball forward. 
The most efficient teams seems to be the ones running the game out the best..

Mark Stevens mentioned on RSN now that Zac Williams from Carlton is on the trade table…

33 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Do you think the club did enough to improve game day experience? We played a lot of night matches. They all felt very run of the mill to me. 
 

you can scoff if you wish, but I’d challenge you to answer the question, if you are a regular attendee of course. 
 

As I said in the opening post, some will hate the idea of anything novelty at AFL games, strong in their belief that atmosphere should be organic. However, this is about game day/match day experiences, and I thought we didn’t really nail it this year. In fact, it was as if the marketing team took the year off 

The marketing department does a great job of covering AFL, AfLW & VFL… imo. 
 

The clubs copping a kicking at the moment due to a straight sets finals exit, a lot of it unwarranted especially towards the marketing department! 

Jeez we are really putting the boots in, even poor old marketing copping it…

Jake Lever what an absolute liability in that last qtr, coughed up 3 goals…

Riv, Salo not much better. 
 

20 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

Jon Ralph reporting we are raging favourites to get Grundy in. 
🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Just now, The heart beats true said:

From memory we’ve won 4 of our last 14 second halves. Port, Adelaide, Brisbane (after the bye), and Freo.

Pretty much the opposite to last year, doesn’t win you finals footy. 

Would love to see the stats on 2nd half’s won this season… Against the top teams we seem to get run over every time. 

25 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Salem has had a very average year by his standards 

Do you think injury has contributed to that? 

2 hours ago, Kent said:

Many on here said Salem shouldnt play and they were right!!

He got tagged by Clarke

I think we have lacked the hunger all year, shows out in our last 12 weeks coming up against better opponents. 
 

The talent is there, bring the effort for 4 qtrs and we can do it. 
 

winning the next 3 🤷🏻‍♂️Consistency has been a problem. 

2 minutes ago, Demon3 said:

To be honest, i have not heard this but Interesting audio coming out of the West from Gossage and the guys on 1116 this morning, stating that the needle might have shifted slightly and a 2 year deal at Dees now is not out of the question.

Take it for what you want..

Wowee would be some serious egg on some media types faces if this is true… some landers too 

London Tavern Richmond 

Would be a shame to lose both Yze & Williams, good on Yze if he gets a crack at the top job, hopefully Williams shows some loyalty as we gave him a chance back in at AFL level and stays…

Just watched replay of the first half, so many wasted chances in front of goal in the 2nd qtr. 

Hibbo directly coughed up 4 goals in the first half from mistakes. 

Should have been min 5 goals up at half time. 

Bring Bowey back… best 22, play him in Hunts spot or even up forward. 

1 hour ago, Dogga said:

Jack Gunston.

He still has it and is a beautiful set shot, something a lot of our guys aren't! He kicked 5.1 today (4 in the first half) and offers experience and leadership. Maybe even some strategic tips for our underperforming forward line! 

I believe he is a free agent as well, so we wouldn't need to trade any picks. 

Exactly what we need, would be a great mentor for JVR also…. 

Time to give some at Casey an opportunity in our fwd half, lacked pressure down there again last night. 
ANB

Kossie

Spargs

So inconsistent…

1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

How good was it seeing Melksham pull that jumper down last night? Arrogant supporters acting like it’s a done deal.

If he has to go I hope he goes to the Eagles now, and plays a blinder in every Derby.

Trac did it after the game also, absolute classic. 
Freo supporters 🤔

Just now, The heart beats true said:

Really? Jack Viney has delivered one of the great halves of footy you’ll ever see, the effort across the team has been selfless and intense in hostile territory, and all anyone wants to do is pot Weed?

This place is better than that isn’t it?

Don’t think it is… it’s been a great first half, agree, let’s be POSITIVE!!

Great first half of footy Dees, so many good signs.