Brownie

C'mon we give them more than a sniff

Eight minutes left in the second qtr and I watched us switch sides across half back for what seemed like the first time in weeks. We raced forward and then fluffed it. I wish we'd had the courage and dare we used to have to switch and run it through the guts quickly. We seem a shadow of last year's side

Deetime!

Gee we're better on Langdon's wing

How was that not fifty for the way they scratched Clarry trying to return the ball then

Betchya we don't get one of those gifts in front of goal

It just feels like a weekend of terrible results coming up. And I hate the way we put ourselves in these positions where we rely on other results anyway

Why do I feel like Brisbane is going to do a Collingwood here.

And they're in Russ Hinze's illegal casino upstairs in fortitude valley.

Spot on. Let's face, this isn't sport anymore this is entertainment. Look after the big clubs. Look after the big stars. Create the blockbusters. Create the drama. Create an over the top ridiculous match day experience. Flexible rules at the tribunal so they can always get the result they want. Flexible rules and interpretations on the field. I truly believe umps are consciously or unconsciously evening games up to keep them close and viewers tuned in. It's not so much the free kick count but where they are paid. We saw it last week and we see it all the time where a big team that's behind gets a couple of softies in front of goal when it looks like they games slipping away from them. The AFL is corrupt. Nice legacy Gil. it's not about the fans or the welfare of the players. It's not about looking after the integrity of the most wonderful sport in the world in my opinion. It's about $ and TV. If it wasn't for my addiction to this club, I'd be just watching the occasional game of local footy. That's entertainment. Go Dees, deeestroy them.

I didn't know Tommy Chong was a Blues supporter man.

I would have thought a logical plan would be... A. Kick it to a team mate 15m clear directly in front forty metres out. If not, B. Kick to the same pocket. It seemed like option A was ignored multiple times on Friday night. There's playing the percentages and keeping it simple and then there's just plain dumb and predictable. We've been worked out.

I wonder about the incompetence but probably more about the fear with a big crowd. I also can't help but wonder if there's some kind of bias to even games up as well. Try and make it a close contest adds to the theatre of it all. It's those ones that get paid directly in front of goal that just make me spew

So true. It was deeply disturbing watching the cats cut us to bits. They do it even better than the pies. Not sure Goodwin is adapting "just got to play our brand"

Watching Ben Brown, it was nice to reminisce and think of Iron Hands Dawes. We have so many problems going forward at the moment. We really should give JVR a go. We're not going to win a flag at the moment unless we change our forward structure and our crappy F50 kick into the pocket entries. It was the Dogs game all over again. I chucked money on the pies at half time at $5.40. it feels very ordinary collecting.

Yes! Missing so many free players dead centre and straight in front and kicking to contests in a dead left hand pocket. Just weird

Foot on throat now press hard!

I hope I hear them boo all night. It means Ed is toweling them up

or

I guess the Dees go through the "psycho babble" too. I reckon it's essential for a team at this level. Builds the right culture and mental resilience / positivity. You could hear Petracca talk about it late last year. Something like "I made a mistake, forget about it, clear the head, reset and go again." It's important to pick the right program. This one seemed to be about tearing people down. Our culture seems to be about building each other up. I loved Max's press conference after May got all lippy and punchy a while back. He talked about getting rid of that culture of putting each other down. How adopting a better attitude of stamping that habit out reflected positively back into his relationships with family and friends too. This boot camp stuff seems really whacky and toxic. I've trained with ex Special forces people when I walked Kokoda years ago. They were super impressive people and I learnt a lot from them about preparation, leadership following through on your word etc. However, tying to break someone down psychologically over a weekend and then having them dance nude in a drumming circle to build them back up sounds a bit Rugby League.

Standing in a circle yelling obscenities at each other not having washed for days. I've sat in the Collingwood cheer squad before, they've been using this technique for decades.

BT's gardening tips and turf analysis over the last couple of weeks have been nauseating too.

Last Geelong goal was the result of a blatant push in the back. The cats forwards push their opponents in the back, head first into marking packs. It's a dangerous grubby practice and the never get penalised.

This could be hilarious yet