Red But Mostly Blue

Good to see Jackson trying again

Was that harmes with that short pass? Terrible

Great goal by Fritter to snatch one right at the end which is refreshing. He’s such a smart footballer, what a clever kick. Not a great quarter, but we’re leading and we look hungry. I reckon we’ll see lots of improvement.

Sorry, I should clarify. On paper, we should dominate - killer midfield. AA backs. Kozzie. Fritter. Gawn/Grundy. But with some underwhelming game day coaching, bad luck with injuries, and arrogant Hollywood football, we're not. Aside from BBB and Petty (admittedly a decent gap), we're largely the same team who won the GF. In fact we were nearly full strength on the weekend. We had no real excuses. Can't expect to have everyone on the ground at once, for every game. Other teams do without stars. Agree we're still missing a KPF target, but that alone should not stop us from performing. We still have enough goalscorers on the ground who should get the job done. I just think we're not playing that well, and like last year, the beat-ups against poor teams is clouding perception of where we are actually at - and that's an often lazy, uninspired, rigid brand of football that does not stack up against teams who apply pressure and play to the usual plan to beat us - and we get beaten the same way every time. And I disagree with Petty going forward. He's integral to our backline. So yeah, sorry, on paper and in theory we should dominate. But it's not working. And it'll take somebody to actually look at where we are, rather than the 'that's not us' or 'that's the loss we needed to have' [censored], because that continues to gloss over the real issues. We've had plenty of 'necessary losses this and last year, and not surprisingly, against the better teams who have worked us out.

...and after all that speculation, the answer is... TBC 🤪 That'll keep the thread going for a while longer!! haha But also 😔

I hope you're right. We were disappointing last year (failing to capitalise on generational talent and a narrow premiership window), and a little wary of 'losses we need to have', but the truth is we're too good to not dominate, the issue is between the ears and some coaching tweaks.

100% - banding together and showing support is fine. Free kicks given, especially on a night when it's clear that the crowd is likely influencing them in the home team's favour, is just wasteful. Proves nothing. I wish some of our guys who went missing flew the flag by focusing on doing their bit to win the game.

Agree with this, especially given our recent record against them, but not gonna lie, if we can't beat Freo in Melbourne, I'll be pretty bummed with that given it's at home.

I agree with this. Our midfield is clearly elite but we have been inexplicably losing clearances. Clarry is a massive out (if out) every day of the week, and he'll be missed. But we are not, and cannot be, one player. We have depth and can move pieces around. This circumstance could breed opportunity and jolt us into doing something different/unpredictable. Could be some things we learn to help us evolve this year. And we need to evolve to keep up with other contenders.

Goody says ports game was exactly what we expected… … yet we did nothing to plan for it or counteract it? Or tag butters after his millionth possession. Goody is so incredibly annoying at these pressers sometimes.

Aside from half a quarter, we were a very poor, uninspiring team outclassed by a better team. We came in soft beating up on bad teams and tonight were shown up by a contender. Another loss to a team in the 8. Not a good look. Ah well we’ll always have 2021 😔

Sucked in Powell pepper you grub

Funny how the umps keep finding the high tackles on port players.

Good, big goal from Tommy! Made possible by Trac magic. Let’s get another one!!

I hate rookie [censored] like that, we were away! I want that goal back from YOU, Roo.

Rubbish free kick got what it deserved

As the newly minted 4th quarter specialists I’m looking forward to us continuing our good work from q3 and ignoring that late goal.

I specifically asked for NO CHEAP GOALS TO PORT!! One thing. I asked for one thing!!!

Reported for that!!!???? What for??

NO CHEAP GOALS TO PORT PLS

lol Lycett finally got pinged for that [censored]

How was that pass!!!??!

BANG BANG BANG BANG!!!! ‼️

KOZZIEEEE! HUGE THAT HAS GOT TO BE A LIFT FOR THE TEAM. Let’s get it!

Bummer. We’ve stepped it up so just have to keep at it and don’t give them any cheap goals!!