Red But Mostly Blue

My understanding is he wasn't (able to be?) there.

Stop being so reasonable!!! 🤣 Seriously though, yeah, the truth is we are going to do some losing this year and sometimes it won't be pretty, but that's when we're going to do the most learning (sorry to use that word), but Kingy has already struck me as somebody willing to try things and take the game on. I think we're in for a bit of a rollercoaster, but how good does that feel sometimes??? (I love 'em!).

Thanks for the human post. Football is amazing (even better when we're winning haha), but life > football. Congrats on the upcoming parenthood. I thought I cared about stuff, then when I became a parent (x2), I realised I don't actually care about anything tbh. Just my wife, my kids, and our little fam. We are lucky and thankful for our health and our home. Everything else is good and great, but they are the planets that orbit the sun for me. All the best to your mum, that's really hard. She'll need and love your strength and company right now. The Dees will be right here when things get better and to provide that full world joy in between that makes life so wonderful.

I'm an optimist, but also a realist. ...An optimistic realist ? With that said, I think we CAN bring it to the Suns, BUT they have been very very good and a top 4 side this year. I would be happy with anything better than a 4-5 goal loss. Obviously, I don't WANT to lose. I think we CAN win, but we definitely won't get the fade out/mental demons that the blues gave us in the second half. So we cannot afford a poor start against the Suns. Need to come out firing from the first bounce. If we come out strong, anything is possible. I just want us to give 'em hell for FOUR quarters and make them earn whatever they get. We're building a brand here and the losses as just about as important as the wins.

It's always nice when there are so many who could have gotten votes! 6 - Kozzie!!!! 5 - Maxxy 4 - Spaz (best he's played - now it's all about maintaining that - THIS is what he's capable, and what we need). 3 - Fritter (the comments about him being soft - seriously, not every guy out there needs to be a hard nut. The guy is pure silk and he reads flight of the ball/gets into better positions than just about anyone. I'd trust the ball in his hands for a shot on goal any day of the week). He keeps topping our goalscoring for a reason, and with better delivery this year he will have a bumper year! For some evidence see: so far this year (3 games) - 7 goals. In 2025, after 3 games he had kicked 1. And his goals today were crucial, and the difference between a loss and a win. For me, his job is to lead into good spaces, take marks (if necessary) and kick goals. If he doesn't run as hard as some of the others, yeah fine whatever, I will look at that stat if he doesn't kick/contribute to enough goals. That's me anyway. I don't need him to be clocking 15 tackles a week - that's Steele this week, and I respect that from him because that's who he is. 2 - Steele - On Steele, wowee what a start he's had. So happy we got him. Pure heart and soul player. Tries his guts out, solid disposals, has brains when using the footy. 1 - Lever - Really came into his own as the game went on. Hopefully this is an upwards trajectory thing because we sorely need him out back as we're a bit light. Hon mentions: Kolt (loving his development/confidence building), Chandler, T Mac, Langford, Windsor

I was hoping Clarry would be there :-)

Pros: We never gave up. Q2 was a tussle with little reward, then Kozzie (!!!!!!) and Fritter turned it up. Lever was back to what we have been used to. A lot of guys switched on big time after half time. Cons: Q1 (need to fix) I wish we paid these guys back in the semi, but that's history now, and we DEFINITELY owed these mugs a big rousing win. I'd be feeling Blue, too if I followed that rabble. GO DEES, and big love to TMAC and MAXXXY!!! Kozzie deserves a raise!! 🤣

Man, give Kozzie a raise!! Howes good.

100%

WOOOO Let's get 'em!!!

FRITTER!! LET'S GET THE NEXT AND REALLY PLANT THE SEEDS OF DOUBT IN THEIR MINDS

Not ideal, but it's fine. It'll sting more when we rebound with a goal straight after.

PADDY The Blues will be crumbling inside. They've seen this before. We just need to keep up this pressure and convert. The blues will do the rest.

Kozzie has risen from the dead this quarter. Shoddy half before that, and at his best this quarter. Let's draw even this quarter. 2 more!

That would have been nuts. We are on FIRE. Let's use it and really give them something to worry about at 3Q time.