leave it to deever

Yep. That's 100 per cent on Goody. Laurie was a poor choice in the Qf too. Also there are some players like Chandler that seem to be on auto select. And others that struggle to get a look in. We have also recruited poorly in not finding fwd alternatives to Bbb and Tmac. Their issues and form were evident last season. This year's finals losses were a combination of several factors and Goody in my knowledge making some poor selections was a reasonable part of it. He's still a premiership coach though, so I guess he's entitled to make a few.

Well we may have gone out in straight sets again but we must be doing something right because hasn't the media been all over us. Clearly we are becoming a powerhouse team that the pundits see as a threat and won't miss an opportunity to put the boot into. Not a huge Caro fan but one of the few going around sticking up for us. I never realised before how many dropkicks there were masquerading as sports journalists.

Speak of the leg.

Surely their time is .

He's probably better off somewhere else.

In 2022 Tmac didn't play in our 2 finals. But Bbb did and managed only one goal for the whole series. This year Bbb didn't play and Tmac did. Same return one goal for the whole series. Do we delist them both? Need to move on and find some younger talent. Asap.

It's Carlton. Gotta have them play Collingwood.

Jvr in the semi probably would have tipped the scale. It's difficult because his aggression makes him so competitive. I don't condone hitting players but if there's one take from this season do it smart and "smother." But at the end of the day it was a silly act and given how many fwds we have injured, let us down.

Still confused about Grundy not playing against Carlton. Did Goody get it wrong?

Thanks Jjc. I was wondering about the 50 m paid against Oliver. The ump gave him a milli second. Not withstanding the fact he was a fair distance from Oliver with a crowd noise of 95k. Oliver should have been given the doubt of not being able to hear. Trigger happy all night for me At the end of the day umps are human and do get affected by the crowd. Sadly ours aren't very big that often.

Agreed. I think we were fired up enough. I know we lost it ourselves with the worst kicking but the umpires ignored a lot of frees payable to us and gifted 2 goals to blues with the softest frees possible. The crowd does sway them . We played pretty well for the most part. Bar the centre clearances. Our backline was supreme. A lack of a tall fwd really showed. Four ruck duels not competed. Tmac was really making up the numbers. Be nice if the club could have played Grundy but I feel as if they don't trust him. Something nqr there. I feel that the lions would have thumped us up there in Brisbane but it would have been a decent shot in the arm to have won one final. Alas this game is cruel at times.

After some reflection, I still feel a little annoyed. I think for several reasons. First in terms of luck. Losing an inform Melksham was the Star going into finals. Another fwd ...Geez. The whole Maynard thuggery. Probably would have won with Gus. And the inside 50 count. We probably lost it ourselves. Maynard getting off. The media death riding us. Kicking a million points again against Carlton. They didnt win.......we lost. And the umpires. Let's face it ,this final series was the one from hell. Would be hard to replicate. Go Gws.

Gus was best on ground against Carlton in the home and away game. So there were a few big outs.

Good call. I hate to say it but we lack depth. And while we have been unlucky with fwd line injuries, bbb, tmac and milk are all over 30, so some of them should have been anticipated. There are players like Salo and Langdon that should have been dropped but I'm not sure we had players to replace them. A number of exits for me. Grundy whose probably gone anyway. Tmac. Schache. Bbb. So yea we need some talls asap. And a ruck.

What happened with the no ruck contest up fwd. Happened about four times. Was Tmac off the ground?

He was one of our best players against Carlton for me. And certainly a big reason why we got to play finals in the first place. He can certainly hold his head up high. Wonderful season.

A legend of the club and game. A true gentleman. Vale Ronald Dale Barrassi.

Before Fritta was injured, he was a very good kick at goal. Not so much after.

A number of changes have occurred since 21. Hibbo has slowed. Although I think our backline is still one of the best about. Salem has been seriously sick or injured and a shadow of his star self. Langdon not the same player this year. Bbb and Tmac have had injuries and poor form. The game seems past both of them. Oliver missed half a year from a hamstring. Hmmm. Petty was injured most of the year. Fritta the same. Grundy Gawn combo wasa disaster. Goody made poor selections. Kozzie had a bad season. Hot and cold. Plays too angry. Jvr the same. Spargo the same Jordan not really up to it. Chandler a couple of good games only. Sparrow up and down. Kicking at goal out the window.

Talks the media an awful lot. Too much

Tx for mentioning the umpiring. I know ultimately we lost it by poor kicking but with some balanced umpiring we would have won. Carlton got some very soft fries that directly caused goals. Umps were red hot on rolling over on top of the ball but for some reason just stopped paying it. Carlton got a lot of 50 m penalties and we had none despite their infringements. It wasn't just the many more frees paid to Carlton it was the many more they ignored paying us. To add injury it got worse in the last quarter. Suspicious.

Our poor goal kicking is 100 per cent a problem in the mind. Wait till we make finals again. It will be worse. Move over cfc.... We are the new collie wobbles. It's a worry. Four in a row.

Does some strange Hitchcock music play in poor Max's head when he takes a shot on goal. He looks terrified.

Our mids were pantsed in the centre clearances. 8 to 1 at one stage . Embarrassing.

Grundy can rack off.