Bay Riffin

it was touted as the best ever. and may well be.

Yes at present I feel the opposition would like a May / Tmac / Turner combo the least. I think that forms a strong defensive unit. If Petty and Mayh are avialable this week, thats a real selection headache. and agree with most we have to play Jefferson.

the old played well against us, hes a gun trick. he did look good though. excellent kicking for goal.

agreed. the release to chandler for a goal was superb.

depends. were they making the calls when these guys were recruited ? I do agree on Jeffo, after 3 years he is way off it.

no his set shots on goal are poor.

agreed. i think there is enough there but he will need to be committed to make it permanently. i think he could become a 'clever' player, with some vitamin C to add.

totally agree here. the running efforts, lack of intensity were laughable. We gifted gold coast easy goals playing like witches hats.

of all the finger pointing on demonland, those bottom 3 statistics are one of the key reasons for our struggles.

yes and that was the bewlidering part. We should be settled now, very few injuries and it felt like the team just started playing together. Oliver seemed to be always defensively running first quarter with noone else putting in, as they went from GC went from half back to shot on goal like a preseason game. I thought it was disgraceful. We looked like an unenergetic rabble and it was game over in about 20 minutes.

Grundy was under a big injury cloud. 3 of their most important players are father sons. this year they brought in 3 first 18 types players to bolsters their list.

this also highlights our kicking for goal being a much greater problem than our delivery into the forward line. We are getting good shots on goal. last year McKay kicked 49.21. Overall hes kicked 261.176. That surprised me. He's not a bad set shot.

Wow we were lauding how good his kicking was last year, but now he is DIABOLICAL !! . wow. I assume his legs were replaced as all those good kicks are behind him now. Shame.

searing for us usually means splitting the middle, between the goal and point posts.

not the worst suggestion. my only question would be defensive pressure.

go watch the second half. our forward connection was much better. our biggest problem by far this year is kicking for goal. by far.

I cant help but think Windsor on the wing is what the opposition would like the least. He's a real weapon.

yes and Langdon. Hey Freo have had so many players ripped away from them I find them hard to hate.

he did not drop his head but he was worked over very well. he engaged his opponent too much to their advantage, blocking his run into the forward line. this game isnt easy when you get serious attention.

Disagree, we again and again had good chances in front of goals. It started with trac and Kozzie missing gimmes in close early to many set shots close to goal. its not like our only looks were quick snaps from the boundary. This was a simple issue of horrendous kicking at goal. this 'we bombed it long in hope as the real reason is not true.

I'm one of the more optimistic on here I think, but I just don't see it with Laurie. He has enough experience to know coming off fresh is such an advantage to provide some drive for us and he gave us nothing. I'm convinced he wont make it. I'd rather try a Sestan, Henderson, Brown or Culley.

people do get the level of the AFL and the difficulty coming back from injury yeah ? again and again supporters question players coming back from a long injury lay off expecting them to play at their peak.

rubbish, we had so many shots straight in front it was laughable. some of them looked unmissable. We gifted the saints the game today. most of their goals came without a physical contest as they spread us and kicked well to position. infuriating.

Same here. Viney had not gone through full contact training so we have to see how he pulls up from that first. It's not ticked off yet.

of course they are. they were given Lockett, then had Buddy.