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  1. 1 hour ago, Craig T said:

    As I feared the loss of Paxy was crucial.  Against Adelaide she is vital, as we need her to fill her role to enable our greater midfield depth to overwhelm their two stars.  We also committed the cardinal sin, for most of the game, of allowing Marinoff to run around unchecked.  Let her and Hatchard get 60 touches between them as they did today and you lose.  Last year in our two victories over the Crows Marinoff had a total of 26 touches.  As @poita said, coaching wasn't great today.

    Great game from Eden.  Last season she was equal third in the competition goal kickers with little recognition, with that form continuing in 2023.  She's now leading all comers this year......maybe people will start to take notice. 🙂

    As for the umps, my neutral, Carlton supporting friend was as aghast as I was.  So it wasn't just our Demon bias.

    That down field free kick for a late bump by Harris which wasn't late was ridiculous and a killer for us.

    Paid right in front of goals.

    Adelaide did play well. 

    Losing Paxy hurt us and Pearce seemed to have a crook shoulder after a knock in the first half.

    Bring Georgia Campbell back in.

    Did Mackin come back on?

    Goldy was in the trainer's hands in the last minute too.

    They knocked us up a bit.

  2. 2 hours ago, Dees_In_October said:

    Gah to be honest, I felt that one coming even aside from the usual pre-game paranoia! Hard to go from weeks of poor opposition to a proper outfit like the Crows. We just didn't go up the level and couldn't handle their pressure and physicality. Once they had it in their control, we couldn't find a way to possess it and win it back to our terms. Way too reactive during the middle portion of the game and too many players had a down day at the wrong time.

    It's almost a relief to have the streak(s) over, and maybe the players will feel that too on some level. We've seen what real opposition does to our game style, and will need to remember how to work through that (again!). Frustrating, though, that Adelaide won in exactly the way you'd have expected them to. It seems we wanted to back our game - next time we meet, we'll play it differently. Hopefully. I'm heading rapidly into 'loss we had to have' territory.

    Positives:

    That was the game we've known was coming for Zanker for five years now. She's had break-out games before but that was ultra impressive. Bodywork, positioning, clunking everything, kicking straight. The thing is, you just know she's kicking herself for the one she missed!

    The fight back. It's all you can ask for when a team digs itself a hole, but it doesn't always happen. They put it all on the line but it was too little too late. Kudos to Goldrick, Gay and B.Mackin for their four quarters.

    Matchday experience:

    Aside from the loss, it was great to see so many Dees fans out there, especially the young kids. Could have done without the constant crowd rev-ups and blaring music. There were people near me and my friends who went to hang out in the carpark at halftime because the music was too loud! We have the best cheersquad in the AFLW, just let them and the actual game happening create the atmosphere!!

    Drop an email to Kate Roffey. I'd hate to see a lovely family atmosphere get ruined the same way the men's game does.

    There's nothing wrong with a bit of peace and quiet and a chat with your mates and family in between quarters.

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  3. 7 hours ago, Seraph said:

    Despite coming second in the BnF surely this was Viney's best ever year for us.

    Some players do well when the team lifts.

    Some players lift the team when the team's not doing well.

    Jack kept us in games when we were struggling.

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  4. 10 minutes ago, Canplay said:

    Nothing more than someone to contest the ruck should Max get injured -   don't think he's anything more.

    Yeah, I've been quite worried with Grundy's depature what would happen if Max got injured.
    Maxy continually gets belted and our weird and slow "kick it to Max on the wing" strategy means he get's belted even more than most talls.

    Sounds like a good get.

    Geez I hope we take on a more offensive and direct style of play through the corridor to take the pressure off Maxy having to take pack marks all bloody day.

    That we play fast into an open forward line with Kozzy and Fritta sitting in there one on one with space just like Charlie Cameron does.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Paul Stanley mimed all the vocals. His mic was left on so that his comical-rock-interjections between lines came through, helping create the illusion of a live vocal performance. 

    Music was all backing track. 
     

    So the AFL spent $2m on four dudes to turn up, put on some make-up and slightly-wiggle about for a few minutes  

    It’s a [censored] joke, and not one with a terribly-good punchline.

     

    Yep, we all pay for that [censored] back track  performance. 

    One way or another, ticket prices, tv subs, memberships.

    2mil wasted on 4 X 70 year Olds miming and pretending to play.

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  6. 3 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    ADVANTAGE!?!

    [censored] ADVANTAGE!!

    A player with two blokes on him. PUT YOUR [censored] WHISTLE AWSAY YIU DUMB [censored]

    YOU JUST LOST YHE LIONS A FLAG

    No matter how far it had gone, they just needed to call it back. Keep blowing the whistle. But nah, it's the pies and it's the show case of our game supposedly.

    What a wonderful summation of where our beautiful game has gone.

    Gil your are the murderer.

    God, I don't know what I'd do if I was a lions supporter at the ground. I'd want to torch the joint.

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  7. 2 minutes ago, loges said:

    Apparently you can just grab a player without the ball and throw him out of the way 

    I reckon you'll see a few phases today where the lions surge and the umps will bring the pies back into it.

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  8. 22 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Makes me sick to think of the monumental waste of money the AFL has paid to get KISS today when, for example, our AFLW players, if out injured or rehabbing etc. but wanting to go interstate to support their teammates, have to pay their own way there. That’s just one example. FFS, get a young Aussie band to perform next time. 

    King Stingray would have been awesome.

    Or Amyl and the Sniffers

  9. 37 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Kiss are appalling 

    Just embarrassing…

    Live lead vocals, the rest is backing tracks. Gene Simmons isn't even playing the bass in rhythm to the music.

    Mike Brady is always great. Nice nod to RDB.

    Gimme the all Australian 2021 pre match anytime.

    Probable biased.

    But Kiss is so Gill and AFL bombastic BS

    I'm loving watching our girls play instead of this hyped up garbage

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  10. 32 minutes ago, Deebauched said:

    Might get a half decent umpiring performance today but Lions wouldnt want to play a close 4th qtr. Pies will fall on the ball denying Lions access but the umpires wont have the courage to clear play by

    penalising them. They'll give Pies benefit of the doubt. Ball up! Ball up again and again!  Siren sounds!!!!

    OMF

    Lions need to put Collingwood to bed by 3qtr time.

     

     

    Yeah, that was horrible in the last 5 mins against GWS. Just kept falling on it with the umps too ship scared to blow the whistle 

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  11. 2 minutes ago, Grapeviney said:

    Shout out to Eden Zanker - worked so hard all night, repeatedly brought the ball to ground even when she was outnumbered or out-positioned, and kept scrambling for second and third efforts when it was on the ground, tackling, chasing.

    It was a huge effort to help fill the absence of Tayla.

    She seemed to lack the confidence in marking contests and shots at goal two years back. She's absolutely flying now.

    Great game.

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  12. 43 minutes ago, Lexinator said:

    If my quick maths is correct, 4th quarters are 125 points for and 4 points against, the last 3 rounds the opposition in fact hasn't scored a point in the 4th. Incredible. 

    What most commentators have missed about this last quarter stat is the incredible discipline, concentration and ruthlessness this team displays.

    It's not just fitness. It's complete mental toughness.

    So many teams take their foot off the gas once they've sealed the win.

    Not this team.

    They are just something else. I've never seen a footy team push so hard right to the end. 

    In any comp at any level.

    Stinnear and his team have created something quite amazing.

    I love the way they just swing changes and it just works.

    We can't ever let this bloke go. He can teach the men's team lots!

    Such an exciting time for this club. I hope more supporters get on this train.

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  13. 19 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Yes, this is true. Haven’t even played them in a practice match. And it’s not liked they’ve just joined the comp, they joined in 2019.

    edit: this is the closest we’ve been to playing them…

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    😂

    Another AFL conspiracy on that tin. 

    Why do the cats players have two footys in play? Unfair advantage for sure.

    Is their a Melbourne Milo?

    Has a better ring to it.

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