Red But Mostly Blue

After all the pain the Hawks subjected us to, I AM LOVING THIS!!! How good is the pressure!!??

GC came to play, but we were generally poor with flashes of brilliance, such as the Trac, Kozzie and Chandler goals. Defence was yuck, and it is so confusing that we got smashed again in the middle. Oliver and Frittata worst games for a long time. Very lucky in the end. We take the points, but we have a lot of work to do.

A behind, that is.

Fritter will kick this

HOW DID FRITTER MISS THAT?

I’ve chucked these idiots on mute. Can’t stand them anymore.

That’s our free kick back. Thank you very much.

Probably the only way we’re going to win tonight is off the back of single occasions of magic from our stars. Great goal by Trac. We really need to back this up with another.

What the hl happened to Oliver???

I know scores are level but I just can’t see us winning. We’re not changing anything and all our goals have been grinds. They find smooth passage every time with quick replies. Our midfield has been poor, backline a complete mess and forward entries a joke. I hope I’m wrong but this looks like it’s inching towards a win for GC UNLESS WE PULL OUR FINGERS OUT

And again, we grind for a goal and they cruise to one. We’re going to find it tough if we fall behind. i know some people have said the suns will fade but I’m not seeing it and I’m not seeing our guys play tough enough or smart enough to capitalise.

Love Bowza. Also, that was a mess. Would be nice to get some i50 marks. They seem to be all over us back there.

WHY ARE WE FORCING THIS, PLEASE SEND PETTY BACK TO HELP MAY AND LEVER.

Slender lead, poor half. We look unfocused, giving them too much room. They’re taking marks at will in our backline. May has been horrid. Please put Petty back. I’m loathe to say this already but the reality is that we’re not there yet, not even close. Like last year our wins have come against low ranking teams or ones who have not yet found their stride. Our wins are v 10, 11, 14, 16 and 18. Losses against top 8 teams. We need to make big improvements. If we sneak a win out of this I’ll be very happy but we need to address stuff like what the hell happened to our backline, where is May? Why do we disappear so often? Needless to say we need a big statement setting second half.

Why do we look so disorganised out back? How are they taking so many marks out there? Leaked 46 points to the GC in a half, so far. Not great.

Our backline has been very poor.

WHAT A GOAL BY CHANDLER Speed, smarts and composure.

They say thrashings like this are boring. Nah, I thoroughly enjoyed that. And it’s great to exact some of that punishment on the Roos and Clarko, who were both responsible for so much of our pain for many years. The only downside was the missed 100. Go Dees!

Despite the umps, and ourselves for 2.5 quarters, we have come away with a good gritty win against a hard-working tigers outfit who came to win. We still have a long way to go, but these are important steps forward!

We take the win obviously, but there are some things we need to look closer at. Our backline was poor, still too much millionaire football, and our forward structure is a mess. Having said that, positives: wrestling the game back, JVR and what a crowd!! Learn from this and take the W onwards Go Dees 🔵🔴

MAXXXYYYY!!!!

We really need a goal to adjust the momentum. We’ve been lucky they have been inaccurate.

Oh hey THEY FINALLY PAID HOLDING AGAINST THE TIGERS

I love your optimism. I felt the same against the bombers last week and we never showed up. Worried we’re not going to turn up today either but happy to jump on board your positive sentiment!

Does anybody notice how, just like last year, every team we play against knows they have a chance of winning if they just work hard. We were average against the WAFL Eagles, destroyed by the bombers and getting shown up again today.