leave it to deever

Billings doesn't really impose himself.

Or win. Dunstalls full of it but summed is up perfectly..... malaise.

Petty looks as if he's already signed up elsewhere. He shouldn't be playing. Maybe he isn't a fwd. Don't know what's going on with Viney and Tracca. Sparrow never really dominates. Billings back to Casey. I don't mind losing but not like this. Richmond are terrible but we are letting them win from just lazy and poor efforts. When have we played this badly before. Even if we win there needs to be a microscope on this match. I'm sorry but we are not top four contenders. Im not even confident we are final eight after that half.

Guts from Fritta . I'm sorry but I don't think it's unfair to say ...This is the worst we have played for a long time. We have gone from being a top four contender to playing like a bottom four one. It's a big concern. We do look asleep. ( Again). Its not as if we are a poor team but if you watched us for the first time this year..... What are we doing prior to the game? It's pretty difficult to explain. Someone said it was a slop fest and it is but I want to know why Last week we said fatigue. This week it will be the bye But there is something wrong. Trac, Viney and May not showing any leadership.

I think that's being very generous. We are just giving the ball to them.

Why would Lever do that? He was under no pressure at all and just kicks it straight in the middle as if passing to a tigers player. What has happened to our skills?

The hospital handballs from the get go are killing us. I think even if we win this we will feel somewhat concerned. Discos gets a goal. Sheesh talk about needing that. I think we may get going now but ai can't explain the last forty mins

And Viney.

It's pretty bad. I'm trying to be positive but this is Richmond. The cats will be watching this and smiling.

That drop from May sums us up so far.

I'm sure we will win but it's not looking like the one we expected and we have Geelong next week. Really need some leadership now.

It's not raining. I don't understand why we are making these basic skills errors and fumbles.

I know it's early and we've missed a few but we have to be better than this. That unpressured kick from Viney straight to a tigers player was strange. We seen to be making quite a few unforced errors. Our backline as usual has been good but it's our midfielders not dominating again. We look lacking in confidence and intensity somewhat.

Does anyone think we look flat handballing it to players in a worst position?

Tigers are terrible but we ain't playing too well either.

Max looks in typical Max form. Three marks.

Kozzys back.

Isn't young the old version?

How loud is that moment of silence with such a big crowd.

6:57pm – Australian Army Band 7:01pm – Corangamite Light Horse Troop enter arena for lap of honour 7:02pm – Players enter arena and line up in front of stage 7:05pm – Eternal Flame lit by Garth Callender 7:05pm – Ode to the Fallen 7:06pm – Last Post 7:07pm – New Zealand & Australian national anthems 7:11pm – Joint banner raised; teams run through

And his right leg has been reattached.

Crowd looks a little thin on the telly.

Expect a lift everywhere. But for a few last game, we were so flat. I don't know what happened but we looked very ordinary on our own turf. Ill pay that we played last year's runner's up but something went wrong somewhere. Tonight there's no where to hide and no excuses. No fatigue . Our midfielders need to get back to winning the centre clearances and stop teams connecting with all Maxy's tap wins. Our forward line needs to get cracking. If we can't hold our marks then they need to follow up with non stop tackles and pressure. Hopefully Olivers much better after his operation and Kozzie bolsters our pressure acts. I'll back Petts to come out firing and have a big game in the absence of Bbb. The focus is all on us tonight not the tigers. If we are a top four team then we need to have a comfortable win this evening. Enjoy the game ladies and gents. Especially those of you there. Cheers.

Was worth it reading some of the stories. But sad too. Enjoy the evening and day tmrw NC.

Pints have really caught on. Even in trendy Wollongong they are all the go. Such a wonderful standard unit of measurement where one can swear in good conscience in a court of law that "I'd only had a couple of beers".