Boots and all

Agree, time to go. Seems a total plodder at this level. Picket dragged off the ball totally.

Spargo, at least he can hit up a target.

[censored] I'm angry, wake up.

If players are going to kick to Langdon in the 50, there is zero point kicking it in the air. Know the receiver!!

Why does May double fist uncontested marks?

ANB going to work. Good work, son!!

Another unneceesay long ball landing too far out and marked easily by Weitering.

Umpires are doing their absolute best for Calrton here.

The only thing stopping us from winning is our goal kicking.

Pickett Jesus

Brisbane have both Dee's and Blues covered with ease.

Viney [censored]

Listen to these booing [censored]

Tomlinson has been pretty good.

Seem to be getting smashed in CC's

Maynard got off...just call it a footy act!

I'm waiting for the impossible hanger attempts now.

Won't be better. I can guarantee. There's a reason he isn't on at the start when the heat is on. Soft as half-melted butter.

Are you up and at em, yet Dub Dee 🤣

I think it will be fine. It's not as though we always dominate clearances when Max rucks. Tackling will be critical though assuming that the baggers get first hands on the ball.

McDonald may be better for the run and has better forward craft than Grundy. It was probably a toss of the coin.

It is a conundrum and of course there is no silver bullet. The strategy worked in 2021, so it obviously has merit. But teams will inevitably adapt and you need to modify your own game to counter. I don't believe it needs a dramatic shift either, just a few select players drawing their opponent to a certain area of the F50 to create space, I'm not suggesting a reincarnation of Pagan's Paddock (for those born well before 2000 😉). Thinking further, I think it is execution that results in the strategy being less effective. The blind long bomb from the middle of a pack is fruitless and regularly ends up with an uncontested mark. Max had huge game against the Filth, but he was the primary culprit. One or two handballs and then you are at least in a position to kick to advantage. The other problem I have is players kicking long into the 50 from too far out and landing the ball 35-40 m from goal. IMV long kicks into a crowded 50 need to be deep, landing 20-25 m from goal. Most players can't snap cleanly under pressure from 35-40, especially with tired legs, and thus scoring dries up. Which leads to our other issue. The strategy is heavily reliant on small forwards working their butts off to get front and centre and then working hard defensively to keep the ball locked in. With repeat entries something has to give and if these two things don't happen our defence can get opened up on the rebound. I'm sure Goody still has a trick or two up his sleeve...at least I hope so.

I don't particularly like either approach and I'm certainly not a fan of ground balls into the 50. I maintain that we play our best footy with a more open forward line that allows us to hit targets.

Chaos ball, as the [censored], BT refers to it.

Quite frankly we have poor starts in a lot of games, not just those on the big stage.