Previously known as LITD.

Watching the replay tonight was quite interesting. Despite their ladder ranking, carlton played very well. Great tackling pressure. They have some very good players who we did well to nullify most of the time. Bbb and sam w both triwd very hard and could both be seen at both ends of the ground. Sam was clearly the better of the two as bb had little impact. Sam w did get pushed off the ball a few times for his size but his intent was very strong. Our defence is awesome. Rivers for his age will be a great defender for this club and despite the penalty he gave away was fantastic. Lever is like Jackson and mobile for his size. May is so strong. Langdon popped up so many times for the handball receive out of the pack. Tmac had a few cameos down back and was back to his defending best. He is so cool and collected as is Salem. Hibberd came into the side late but is back to his best and has totally shut down key players. He doesnt seem to have lost any pace and is reading the play beautifully. Suffice to say if our forward line becomes as good as scoring as our backline is at stopping it then people will really start to worry about our claim for a flag. Likewise with our early centre xlook earances of late. We seem to give up a few too many in the first 15 minutes but we always regroup. And thanks to our backline it has really hurt. The rebound out usually brings sn inside fifty. Jordan is improving each week and Olivers second half was sublime. Trac has been good but I hope he gets back to the form he showed against tigers. He did have a nasty corky. Kozzie was not at his best bit the bloke gives his all. Despite this he had one special goal and almost another. Harmes solid again for a bloke thats played a few. Could polish his disposal but his tackling is high and they are vineyesque(hard to shake). Up fwd it was a little helter skelter at times but should have been expected. Tmac..what can you say? Spargos forward pressure was relentless. Anb after two poor games really lifted and added nicely to the scoreboard which is what hes there for. Fritta was quiet but interesting enough with his limited touches was deadly with three goals. Gawn was solid doing most of the work himself. Gus made some early clangers but put in a good all round performance. We missed a few close shots at goal....three or four coold have easily been goals and Kozzie to his credit dobbed himself in with touched ball. Oh the integrity. Conversely carlton got lucky with the same ammount of snaps. So I think we could have conservatively won by another four goals. The only downside outside of umpiring was not kicking a goal in the last fifteen minutes. I do believe we put the breaks on slightly but maybe sometimes its not slways about % . The biggest upsides was one....a more even performance by many instead of relying on four or five. And two.. the way we keep running home with the wind in our sails. So lets reset. Focus on just the next game and if we win it we...we can start counting again... ten zip? Then we will be ready for the gf precursor maybe ...Dees to burn dogs.

Couldnt agree more. We have been caught out in a few games with slow starts and also havent kicked a winning score more in keeping with the fwd firepower we have. But the structure there needs to work itself out. Also a few changes in the last four games with Tomlinson...Viney and Jackson taken out and other players getting used to things.Others have been moved for form in Jones Jetta and Jake m. I dont think the backline could do a better drop stopping teams scoring so its up to the mids and forwards to lift to new levels. I do think we played incredible footy against the tigers and giants. So things will settle and gel and bang .... I really do believe we are capable of blowing a few sides away. We will need drier conditions but its going to happen very soon.

Sadly for me I remember 2000 all too vividly. The build up to it was great. Sw won the Brownlow and everything looked rosey. The game was frenetic and we lasted about 15 mins before being blown away. We came up against the most incredible bombers team ever. The only positive was I couldnt get tickets. I want a flag so bad. In fact I want FIVE just to make up for the misery.

How tough and gutsy to return so quick after that knock. A true leader in the club.

Thanks for reminding me. We have done well there but not so much prior to 2017. This team is playing better than that one so while Im confident I still thinks it a tough game. One its Adelaide not Tasmania ...big crowd. Two..we are being hunted now especially by lower clubs that desperately need a scalp. I hate crows crowds.

Thats what I thought too. (Weid...given bbb was bought in before him) I reckon it will be Weid which makes me wonder why Goody was so sure of his future.

My reasoning was the dogs is a massive game. If he has trouble with it in the dogs game in might not be so black and white. He may play the game without subbing out only at half his usual standard. As for fitness you are correct in that Jvs fitness is unique but I dont think any players is that high they can slot back in to the highest standard after a fair absence least not the dogs game. Anyway having said my two cents I do hope hes good to go even against the crows. The club will make the right call. We have missed him.

He seem very confident but who comes out for Jackson in a couple of weeks?

13 Zero has a nice ring to it. Thats a huge crowd.

Common sense dictates that your response is correct. Thinking of the big picture. As good as he is, hes also been out for a while and back into the highest level would not be wise.

Yep its always hard work playing over there despite respective form. The supporters are absolutely full on and umpires are often swayed. It will be a tough game, no doubt about it but we are up to it and will get the job done. I hope Jack is back in.

Three months ago I was guilty of speculating how many losses it would take before the media started calling for his scalp. Personally I think I qanted someone more like Ports coach. A bit of fire in the belly who would go out and blast a few players. Goody is clearly very diffferent and his learnings wasnt just media speak. He obviously has been building wisdom and skills. He has placed a good group of other coaches and staff around him and its falling into place.

Thanks 3031. Top post. Absolutely this regarding Langdon. So many times he has broken away into space and been that vital link out of our defence. Probably covers more territory than anyone except maybe Oliver. And EL is always so clean with marking and effective in finding targets. He has been a huge part of our success thus far.

Yea looked unorganised at times. Theres a lot of firepower in that line up and when it clicks will be devastating. Exciting stuff.im loving Frittas work as much as Toms. I feel so bad being so critical of Tmac given that we would have dropped a few games without him. He looks as good as hes ever been. Just dont know how it will pan out when Jacksons ready.

I appreciate Oliver getting a lot of love this week as he was a prime mover in yesterdays win and many others Tmac , Trac Gawn and May and Salem have been major contributors and rightly praised. And Kozzie is the new glamour player. But Ed Langdon has not missed a beat and been a major player in every single game this year. He does so much. I know hes appreciated here but I dont think the media has picked up how vital he has been to our nine wins in a row.

Crumbed one yesterday. Yea he needs to fix his shots on goal but so do Trac and Gawn. Maybe they wont ever be sharp shooters .. doesnt matter. They keep winning games for us. The biggest take on Oliver for me this year is his fitness. He finishes like he could play another game.

Sleep out at the G.

Yea so this is what footys like to so many.

Your a better person than me.

Well its Nine Zip. Hard fo fathom as well as the fact that last time we were this good we won....do I dare say it...f.... I cant finish it. Its beyond comprehension. As annoying as Bt was commentating , he was interviewing Dees supporters about their fears and new confidence. It was great to see some older supporters talk about the wait. Ive never seen Dland so happy. Sure theres the usual backhanded comment or doubting of someones footy iq or rediculous changes but on the whole at nine zero we are a happy bunch. So many likes and loves you can tell we are on an upward path. Long may it continue. Ill say it...a flag? Take that Bt.

Not above doing the team thing. Great stuff.

I thought Harmes was better against the Swans than last night but I think he adds a level of hardness in the middle and is playing well. Sam wasnt great but its hard as the fwd structure is trying to work itself out. There were too many trying to mark at times. I dont know if Ill get howled down but could we try Spargo in the middle at times until Jack is back? Hes no Harmes but in terms of ball winning hes like a Libba and his disposal is very clean. And hes not lazy with tackling or chasing.

Yep, so many called for Pettys head after one game. I think Petty was very good so lets give Chandler a chance as well.

Im worried about this game.

I dont even know what this means. I think I need to cut back my drinking. I drank less when we lost for some strange reason. Perhaps it was more familiar territory. And now Im quoting myself. Good Lord. Apologies to all. All this winning is turning everything upside down. Im so confused. Whats happening?