Boots and all

It sure is and every team should have to play there once if playing the Cats twice during a season. If not playing twice they should be required to alternate home games between seasons.

[censored] Rivers was determined in that play, rolling through the Brisbane players like tenpins 👏, evasive run and superb delivery, just brilliant.

I just love the passion in those celebrations after a goal!! He gets the crowd involved and undoubtedly lifts the team. Momentum is everything in this game. Whilst those celebrations are a small part of the game, that passion is contagious.

He had some very important touches including a couple of key marks. As far as I can recall he took the best option, attacking option with each possession providing great drive off half back. He has to be one of our most athletic, if not our most athletic player.

Yeah, he may not LtD. JvR's output has progressively reduced over the course of the season. I do like that he leads well and I also like his follow-up work at ground level. I think this is important to our forward line function, so Brodie will also need to do this. My concern with Brodie playing as a forward is that we will probably end up with the long bomb into the pocket game plan, which I'm not in favour of and seems to have been worked out by most clubs. Ultimately, for Brodie to be effective he will need to quickly develop forward craft and leading patterns. Given he's never consistently played as a forward I think this will be a huge challenge. Still question marks there...gee I wish Fritta was back!!! Happy we have a softish run in to the finals.

I think at present we can play BBB or Brodie, probably not both. I think others have said we are not sufficiently fleet of foot in our front half with all of Max, Brodie and Brown playing. Add to that May who is great playing out of the square but gets exposed for mobility up the ground and we look a little slow. Agree we need to get Petty right and Spargs is struggling. Ins for me are either Smith or Tomlinson and Chandler for Spargs.

Brilliant comeback. I thought we had one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel after Daniher's goal early in the 4th. Viney's goal was superb, just a beast with a never say die attitude. Max was massive he must stay in the ruck. Good to see a few glimmers of form from Kossie too. Melk just [censored] wanted that last mark, nobody was getting in his way. He knows how to fire the crowd up too. I liked that the players generally took the game on in the last quarter, challenged the tackler and moved the ball forward rather than trying to make space with multiple short handballs. Go Dee's!!

WTF!!

Now let's not see an immediate reply for a change.

Only against us.

I feel as though the floodgates could open for the Lions any time. Not confident at all.

Lions far cleaner with the ball, less dinky kicks and handballs and more run. Seen this movie before. Something will have to change for us to win this one.

A few questions to DL...Would a run on the wing suit Bowey/McVee? Do they have the tank? Could Hunter or Langdon do with a rest? It might be worth a roll of the dice.

I was thinking exactly that.

Has Fritta been subbed out?

Yes [coldly] cold picket...I can't comprehend the censoring on DL at times 😉

It's very cold by Alice Springs standards. Yesterday was the coldest maximum June temperature recorded ever recorded there, reaching the lofty heights of 7.4 degrees and eclipsing the previous record of 7.7 degrees set in 1956 🥶 Except it was July yesterday 🤣, so not as interesting, not the coldest but [censored] cold nonetheless.

It's the excessive handballs in suboptimal conditions causing the ball movement to stall in the midfield. Ugh.

Why do we have to handball so much?

...and Messi goals!!!

Yeah, who's on that [censored] bloke?

Max...don't stand for this big fella!! Situation needs to be rectified 🤨 http://Seven things we learned: This Dog is the best ruck in the game - https://www.afl.com.au/news/940684

A basket case that just beat us on our home deck.

LJ out-point Maxy, ouch!!

We are mid-table without a doubt, for now anyway. Plenty of time to turn it around bit have to be realistic about where we are at.