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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

They're such a great band. I will be really surprised if we win. If you look at our form over the past six weeks, I just think we're quite wobbly. Hope our slump has ended and we smash them. So, no laying on the footpath for me. I'm already waist deep in MFCSS. I'm just a Demon Paranoid Android. Nice crack at it this one by this Brissie band https://youtu.be/54sh1scHXqY

I think we're going to get smashed this week. I don't think any changes will make a difference. Put the same team on the park and let's see if they can redeem themselves

I watched Gawny in the third qtr try to lift the team through individual efforts but it just didn't work. It struck me that when we're really put under pressure we fall back to the old individual selfish habits (through good intentions). We try to bust through too many tackles, don't take first options, burn team mates going forward etc etc. Geez we have the talent and it would be an absolute travesty if we don't take at least one flag with this team within the next three years. But...... This is all about what's between the ears of both the players and the coaching staff. Culture, Professionalism, Preparation, Discipline, Mental Toughness, Team First

There were lots of poor decisions in that last five or ten minutes but Fritschs choice not to go for goal did my head in. Pretty much cost us the game.

I'm wondering if the players are all about fanging in bananas from the boundary. Some seem to be afraid of a drop punt on a 45 degree angle. Maybe they just don't practice 45m drop punts enough anymore? It's all about the round the corner trick shots

Hey, I'm not sure on the rules with this one either. How or why can the umpire just halt a game because Barass got a sore shoulder? I understand if a player is out flat on the ground groggy or knocked out but why did the game get stopped while Barass jogged off with just a sore shoulder? Anyone know the exact rule around injured players?

It drives me insane when players scoop the ball back into the player on the ground and just lay on them to earn a free. That's exactly what happened to Petty.

I've been doing those line bets for weeks. Normally get about 1.90 on the opposition with a line of around 30 or 40. We can't beat anyone by five goals. Easy money

That's about three games where we've selected players expecting a wet weather slog which never happened. Same scenario with non selection of Ben Brown. Strange

How about Fritschs set shot with under five minutes to go. He chose to chip it to the top of the goal square for a ten man contest ffs. A point would have made all the difference. So dumb, so lazy. The whole team.

Hawks have turned this into a scrappy Auskick game and it's working

Umps got so money on at half time?

Invest in Sparrow. Geez were walking now

Hawthorn

Bowey is our best but probably not big enough.

Nice softie in front of goal for him to finish off.

Yep, we want them still in the hunt for the eight for the cats game next week. They can gagf after that

Umpire 22 weaving his magic in front of goal again.

Yeah, watched the vfl game on Kayo. Didn't think AVB was outstanding but was pretty physical as usual. Maybe the wet weather swung it his way. Feel for Sparrow. Bowey is getting better every game and Bedford will be a great player for us too at some point. Jones didn't play, so maybe that's why he's not coming in.