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Thanks @DeezNuts I thought Frost did a great job on Franklin but a few times that buddy got away from Frost, Salem was there to cover. Always hard to tell on TV but did the two of them seem to work together more effectively to cover him this week? Still thought Omacs got a way to go.

This 'buy in" talk just reeks. As some have commented, even the body language of our leaders seems off. It's intriguing and depressing. I'm usually really optimistic coming into games even over the crap of the last 10 to 20 years. Right now I'm not buying in either. I've never been been so disillusioned. Maybe it's because we started playing so well last year and now we're playing worse than the suns ffs

TMAC is flat out running at the moment. He looked really sore on Friday.

He might be retired by then?

As mentioned previously. Bring back Rawlings before he is poached!

I swear we couldcopy and past posts from this time last year. Massive lapses where teams kick 5 to 7 goals against us in a row. Ball getting over the back of the press. We seemed to have learnt nothing

Yeah I tend to agree. The team seems so flat and out of sorts at the moment.

Yep he looked really sore for most of the game.

How about that grub Stringer in the first or second quarter. Gave away a free to Nev and then need him in the face. No 50

Looks like it. Couple of good young players in the team. We could make finals in a couple of years.

Haha yes. Maybe even chasing people hopelessly back out of the forward line. If only Jesse was here. He could teach the boys how to make a vain attempt to pull a free kick when completely outnumbered. This tactic worked at least once every two games. 6 x forwards divided by 2 games equals 3 free kicks in front of goal! Oh wait. We usually only have one forward in the forward 50 when going forward.

I agree. People are forgetting game 1 where we got run off our feet. Preuss will make us slower and our biggest danger is Essendon running us off our feet. Game 2 we just bombed it in. If our plan is to rest Gawn / Preuss in the goal square and bomb it in, we're screwed as well. We need to be faster. We need to lower our eyes. Not sure that Wagners are the answer but I don't think Preuss is.

How were the bombs into the forward line? Hope they practiced this lots as they didn't seem to work last weekend.....

Yeah that was the most disappointing aspect of Saturday night for me. Regression back to bombing it in all night long..... Exactly the same as early last year.

Not bombing it blindly into the forward line would be my most favoured change. I remember us doing this early last year. It should have been addressed by quarter time last night ffs.

Probably MDMA. Not matter how much you take it starts to wear off midway through the third.

Chicken twisties

I agree about Preuss. We got beaten by leg speed and contested possessions in the mid field. He wouldn't have made a difference. I thought Dec Keilty did alright in JLT and may be better suited to support Gawn while having some more toe than Preuss

Thanks @Drunkn167 great report. I remember watching a training run at the Gabba years ago and being so impressed with Rawlings work with the backline players. Really hands on and very detailed with the players. I hope the club can hang on to him and feel like our senior backline squad are missing his coaching.

Season defining game. (Just wanted to get in first) Go Dees

Hope they win by a point

Great watching Dusty get caught

He copped a rough time living in Southpark

I think you're spot on Paulo and this is a prime candidate for the rules committee to look at for next year. Something along the lines of "players must be gazing into each other's eyes before contact is made" some sort of mutual consent......pfft

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