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Yep, the media commentary and the end result always go hand in hand. By Monday night you know what is going to happen at the tribunal and most times you know by the end of the game. Nothing to see here = star player getting a fine. Oh, this is not a good look for our game = weeks off It's the pig's a**se wagging the ?

A stupid act and deserves one week, therefore I agree he'll get three because Melbourne

I don't know how how many elbows into heads I've watched this year with no consequences but yeah it was stupid and he'll get melbourned

I'd agree with this. I thought Viney at least put some good short kicks into the forward line on Sunday. I thought Harmes was really selfish at times. Not just trying to break tackles as Viney did, but he really burnt some team mates off trying to go for long runs with the footy. When the game was in the bag in the third quarter, he just seemed to hang in front of the goals congesting the forward line trying to find a snap at goals. He seems to play selfishly when we're cruising and also when we're under the pump. It goes against the team ethos. I'd drop him.

"No community sport, no professional sport for the next three days." The man of feathers dragging them kicking and screaming over the line!

Enjoy mate. We're off to the beach and will watch the game on delay. Spring is here and the Northern Rivers is glittering. Might try and catch some whiting in the surf for dinner. Go Dees

Hope it doesn't land in western Sydney ?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-31/covid-live-blog-latest-news-nsw-lockdown-qld-outbreak-vaccine/100339486 Insane, why not do what Sydney did. It worked sooo well.

All professional sporting games halted as at four pm this Arvo. Five minute quarters? Gil would be up for it Bugger

Two years in a row we've ruined our chances. I'd be very surprised if we have any success in September. Clarkson would be fantastic for us. I reckon we've got the best list in the league. But yeah nah it's not going to happen.

Goal posts for kicking practice......?

Yeah, I'll watch the Matilda's sometimes. The blokes are hopeless

I think our horse has been beaten a couple of times at Donald this year though. ?

I think he's blowing smoke up our collective orifice

Great suggestions Rusty. I agree that Chunk has the experience and good foot skills to help us at the pointy end. He's a bit slow but then so are half of the Geelong team. As for Pickett, I thought he covered a ton of ground against the dogs on Saturday. Anyone know if there's stats published for distance covered for him? I think he's still going hard both offensively and defensively. Continual rotation of our players through the middle might shake things up for us.

I was thinking Pickett should spend more time in the middle too. Maybe leave Viney forward more often and bring Spargo and Pickett into the congestion. It can't hurt, they're both pretty good in traffic.

That's a good point @The heart beats true, what he says in public is probably different to what he says behind closed doors. But why do our players need protecting? This isn't 10 year old little athletics and this team is definitely mentally fragile. They shouldn't be protected from the horrible truth of the last 6 weeks. We as a club, shouldn't have to listen to his "we're confident, on track and only a little bit off the mark" BS. Our mark is way above the level of every other club if we're playing to our best abilities. They go to pieces when the blow torch is applied and go to sleep when they play lower teams. They still fall asleep at the end of quarters (Demontime lives on), our set goal kicking and forward etnries are a dogs breakfast. Our clearance work pfft. From a team selection point of view, we've got some great young players in the wings but they haven't been playing much and it's the wrong end of the season to blood them now. The likes of Harmes, ANB, Brayshaw, Oliver, Tracc, Gawn, Viney, TMAC, Hunt are senior players that need to play sefless, consistent football and show leadership. Jones is probably the only bloke not in the side right now that could possibly come in and play finals and unfortunately again, our finals pretty well start now. I firmly believe we are the best team in the competition when we click into gear, by a long margin. At the moment I think the gearbox is r**ted and I have no confidence that our coaches and players know how to fix it. Changing personnel won't make much of a difference and it feels to me like Goodwin is back in bunny in the headlights mode. It's going to be a travesty to see this fantastic opportunity slip from our grasp. This club frustrates me no end. Jones in and Harmes out Four hours set goal kicking practice every day for every player this week. Learn how to kick a drop punt FFS.

It appears everything is fine. It's all fugazi, nothing to worry about, all good. We really don't need to improve by the looks. I'll just leave this here. But Goodwin said he didn't believe it was a major issue as his side handed over first position on the ladder to the Bulldogs. "It's really about maximising opportunity and being efficient when you need to. Clearly we had our chances tonight to kick a bigger score, there's no question about that," Goodwin said. "I'm not worried one bit. Our belief is still really strong in the way we play. They kicked six goals from their forward-50 stoppages, and normally in a game it's one-to-two, so that's a big differential and it's an anomaly. "We sit here confident. Would we like to score more? Of course we would. But it wasn't a major issue. We had our chances tonight." Melbourne has won just two of its past six games as it prepares to return to the finals for the first time since 2018, but Goodwin was pleased with his side's performance against the Bulldogs and said the Dees weren't far from their best. "I think we're pretty close. As a footy club we're not far away. There was a lot to like tonight. We didn't get the result and I'm sure our supporters would be disappointed but there was enough in the game to indicate we're still well on track," he said. "We're certainly not going to jump at shadows."

Completely agree TU. This was an honourable loss in some ways and can't be too upset. It would have been hard to keep momentum with so many atrocious calls against us. It's those losses against the bottom teams AGAIN that will hurt us We seem so mentally weak. Why is demontime still such a thing for us? If we're so fit, we should be running out quarters and kicking those clutch goals at the end of quarters. We rely so much on Petracca and Clarry in the guts. The rest of our midfield looks cooked. Viney looked better forward. Pickett in the guts perhaps? He worked really hard tonight. Gut running and tackling was fantastic. He still needs to be a bit cleaner but at least he's running hard both ways. I think it's a mistake that we haven't put the hours into Sparrow but bringing young blokes in at this late stage of the season is a worry I think Ben Brown is finding his rhythm slowly. We have to persevere with him. Harmes, ANB need to go. Did Goodwin say anything about the maggots?

You miss out on some great insights. BT worked out that our forward line isn't functioning so we'll. Amazing football brain

No logic. I thought he worked really bloody hard tonight. Some really tough gut running and tackles. He played a pretty solid game compared to others such as Spargo and ANB

They've won. We should get ten frees in the last five minutes

Oh man that was another throw right in front of our goal and then a free to the dogs

At least four that I can recall