Brownie

God that was a disgusting free kick. He just dropped it and threw his arms up! You left your run too late umps

The boy can kick. Can we get him as our kicking coach? (Only half joking)

Jerklong?

Yep, I'm hearing stories of Sydney siders moving up to the north coast into their holiday homes as well. Beach party in Newcastle Woot Woot! Just like the guidelines in place for that limo driver. Not everyone does the right thing

I'm only bringing mine forward by two weeks. Had the first shot in late May. Was a bit wonky for a day and a half. I've heard the second AZ shot is easier. Not risking it any longer than I need to.

Yeah WA definitely and SA as well would be good. Would be good to give some finals to Tassie as well Write the rest of the country off. I'm sitting in Northern Rivers NSW watching this stuff creep up the coast. As a resident of NSW I'd just like to apologise in advance for the crap that's likely to come your way. It's becoming a hot mess in NSW. Half the people I know around here haven't bothered or aren't planning to get vaxed. Moving my second AZ shot forward to next Monday.

Boooooooob

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."