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Yep, I reckon having that bloke running into space would just lift you as a player. The last few weeks I've been rewinding and watching his impeccable timing at running to forward contests as the ball spills to the ground. He just hits the space with so much pace and snavels that ball up so cleanly. Fritsch just thumped his handball over his shoulder into clear space late in the game on Monday and Kozzy just swooped and delivered. Looking forward to many more rewinds.

I think we blew it earlier when Fritsch didn't handball over the top 20m out to Sparrow (I think) running into an empty goal square. That would have sealed it for us. That cost us the game well before our captain had it on the pies goal line and inexplicably told by the ump to play on.

I guess we need to take a close look at our sponsors and try and find a attractive businesses that can give start players under the table or cheap deals. Real estate companies? Home builders? Financial institutions?

Yep, I think someone mentioned earlier in the thread how Bailey Smith is paid by Cotton On as one of their best paid "ambassadors" It is just outrageous they they have room to recruit the likes of Harley Reid or Butters. This comp is so far from a level playing field. Cheats working in a rigged system

That roving running goal late in the game was much more difficult than it looked. Sprinting hard at the boundary about 35m out, and he's just snapped it across his body. He's just incredible to watch

Media - ABC breakfast this morning, Max shoving May. That's about it. If umpiring standards never gets talked about in the media, it will never get fixed. Totally should be a professional career path. I was disgusted by the display yesterday but honestly, the preview of the next grade down with the Casey vs Pies game on Saturday was incredibly biased and incompetent. Anyone else see the game? It's frightening to see the lack of quality at the next level down Unless this becomes a problem talked about constantly by the media, the AFL will never fix it. So what action can we take?

Moore also slid both of his knees into Melksham I think in the first quarter when Jale took a mark. Nuffin. What was the free kick count in the end?

Why not Tmac into the backline for Lever and Disco forward? Both May and Lever are losing their speed. Both were hobbling again by the end of the game. Can't knock their efforts though. There's quite a few that look like they need a rest now

Fritsch is slipping back to old habits of burning team mates and just not pushing hard enough. Even defending the mark. He just jogs up instead of running hard and aggressively to put pressure on. When you team it with Petty, and JVR, I think we really need to swing Disco forward and have harder running aggressive players up there. If we're going to keep bombing it under pressure, we may as well play more chaos ball. Chin, Kozzy and Turner can do this. Many mentioned that petty needed to be swapped with Turner by half time. Goodwin should have pulled the trigger. May as well put JVR back into the VFL for a few weeks as a Backman as well. I thought the poor bastard did alright in the ruck today. I feel for him trying to be a key forwards with the slop we keep dishing up at times and he's almost always way too high up the ground to make an impact on the scoreboard anyway. Lindsay and Langford look like they need a spell. Glad we dropped Spargo and sharp. A better balance today I thought. Can't knock us for effort. Forward entries and accuracy. Same problem for four years now.

Open forward line yay.

Maxy, why not dish it off to Koz in the centre then instead of bombing it in?

We've turned off

And reward for effort on a solid first half

I just wanna give a big shout out to Kade Chandler. He's like my new Nev Jetta. Pushed and pushed to make this grade. I really love watching him through traffic with ball in hand. He's a genuine fighter and bloody dependable