bobby1554

It would be very hard to argue that is not our best 22 on the park this week. There are no excuses now.

Re Brown, injured again maybe? The knee? If he is not picked this week, then that can be the only reason why he spent most of Saturday on an exercise bike

$6.50 for Port by 40 plus, make yourselves some bucks, at least it will deaden the pain.

Heard that neither Brown or Weideman took part in forward training drills today. Read into that what you will. For mine, I would say neither is playing Thursday.

Don’t worry Kev. The head in the clouds bunch on this forum see no cause for concern with what has happened over the past month. What is that old saying “ when the going gets tough, the tough get going”. And right now, the only direction we are going is south. It’s all about attitude and mental toughness from here, and I doubt we have that.

I assume by “those teams” you are referring to Brisbane and Geelong? Not quite sure what your point is, given that Geelong beat Essendon by 7 goals, and Brisbane by 9 against a team we lost to.

And yet maturity is the very thing that has been put forward by the players as being the thing that has driven the success to date! Remember those club videos saying how the players had bought in and accepted responsibility to move the club forward, ala showing maturity. So what is it, some have, some haven’t? I’m sorry, but when you are getting paid bucketloads you don’t just turn up when you feel like it. Oliver and Petracca are prime examples, they were going through the motions yesterday. If they think they can just flick a switch and all will be well, they are kidding themselves and need to grow up, FAST!!

They smacked us the last 2 years - they will certainly do the same on their home turf

So are you saying that the club is prepared to drop a few games, just because they are too tired because of the extra training? If so, that is just plain dumb. And cost themselves any chance of a top 4 finish? Personally I have never really understood this concept of a “mini pre season”, I think it is more likely something supporters who can’t handle the cold hard truth make up. And don’t we have the greatest fitness bloke in the world?

At last! 56 years for me. Lost count the number of times I have seen this scenario. The vultures are circling.

Especially given their form since!

Goodwin was asked this very question in his press conference during the week, and said we are not. His very words “we are not going to start getting too cute”. No, of the top 6 teams, our form in the last month has been the worst by far. Fitness shouldn’t be one of the reasons. We are putting our best 22 (bar Tomlinson) on the park. And getting beaten by bottom half clubs. At least the 2018 team won a couple of finals, this one won’t.

Well he shouldn’t be

So counter the argument. Tell me why my analysis is wrong. Don’t just flip in a meaningless one liner. We have gone backwards over the past month.

Well would you like to have a look at the remaining draw and give me a reason or two that I may be wrong, based on our current form?

Well, Ben Brown ain’t coming in on that performance. 3 disposals. Weid gets another crack. I thought we had this nice dilemma of having multiple forward options. WTF has gone horribly wrong?

Oh great. And in the meantime our opponents on Thursday are having a training run. It’s a laugh a minute at the moment

And “hope” being the operative word. We have peaked too early. Have a look around. Brisbane starting to flex muscle, Geelong give up a 4 goal deficit to win by 7 against a side we struggled to beat, Dogs going beautifully. And we are doing what? We will be 5th by end of next round. We cannot kick goals. TMac has fallen off a cliff, but then we did try to trade him last year. May I ask, we’re you at the game today? Because they never gave a yelp. Outplayed by the team sitting 9th. Do you really think the Giants would have beaten Brisbane, Geelong, Bulldogs or Port today, at their HOME grounds?

I think our season is almost done anyway. We’ll limp into finals and be shot out first week

If they show form tonight, ins BBrown, Chandler, Joel Smith and Vandenberg. Out Sparrow, Pickett, Petty and Jordan. Brayshaw into the midfield

And the Club needs to stop putting out these videos of players mic’d up at training. Unless they show some players actually working on their obvious deficiencies, and not frolicking around like they have actually achieved anything! Big heads on big pay packets, and it counts for squat! I am sick and tired of being promised that this is the year, and failing again. Unless we can turn this around, 5th is the best we can hope for. And looking at the rest of the draw a good chance we could play Essendon in the first week. And you reckon they wouldn’t relish that! Bitterly disappointing, but not surprised.

Here at the ground. We are nowhere near it. Flat as a tack. GWS will win this by at least 6 goals. Forward line is dysfunctional. Good bye top 4

Brown won’t come in this week. He needs to play another game or two in the VFL, and smash it. No change for me. Tipping TMac, Fritter and Koz to hit the scoreboard big time this week. Jones to be sub again, but he is building to be a potential X factor at the business end of the year

I think it depends on which section of the ground you are in Pineapple. The folk in the outer would not know s..t from clay

Our midfield kicked 6 goals, theirs kicked none.