Red But Mostly Blue

Thanks, mate! :-)

The umpires tried to snatch it in the end, but no dice!! GREAT WIN! My takeaways: - I think we saw a rebirth for the team against the Lions. Great pressure for the whole game. Intense. Belief. - The kids are the future. Disco kicking big goals, McVee’s skills in the wet, Kozzie doing things only he can. Rivers continues to step up. Windsor had another cracker. Great vision and speed. Kolt, love his grit. - WITHOUT Trac and Gawn. No axtual ruck. This is our character. - The bombers are FRAUDS and CHEATS! I’m glad we helped to show them up and help them back down the ladder (although their soft draw will continue to help). - How good was Langdon? - How missed was Melksham?? Great night, always love beating these mugs. Only disappointment was not winning by 40+ but I can live that that. HERE WE COME!!!! 🔥💙❤️

What a load of [censored]. WHAT THROW??????? We have got to get this next goal. Can’t believe this is where we are now.

Nah they didn’t pick them up off the canvas, #22 did. Get em back, boys

What the hell was that??!

PROCESSION, PLEASE!! lets run these cheats into the ground Also, ‘deadeye disco’ ❤️

Kozzie got the goal from his brilliant tap on. Caleb vision and kick exquisite. Our kids ❤️

How much can one love Melksham? Not enough lol and redman totalling himself 🤣

Well, it’s ours to lose. We are in control. Tight, low scoring game but I hope we have learnt from the last few games (lions/roos) and we come out trying to score and put this away. The bombers will keep coming at us so we need to be firm, but bold. We can do this, first goal straight from the bounce, let’s go!

That kick was about 15cm

BANG!!! Love to see those ❤️

What a waste of Kozzie’s amazing skills on the other side, to burn that goal by leaving them so much room unmarked again???

Cracking tackle my McVee! Another good end to the qtr. keeping up the intensity, keeping them thinking and have just had a little more spark up forward. This is a good base to build from. Let’s get them in the second half!

Bombers goal was pure ar*e getting it there, ours much better and my boy Melky!

Wow how good was that!!!?? Kozzie, classy Melksham SO SMART Caleb crazy speed fantastic goal

Better end to the qtr. We look like we’re always on the precipice here though because we’re not manning up and happy to give them so much possession. We have to clean up our inside 50 entries, foot skills in general, and making sure that we hold them accountable and maintain intensity. Goal from Disco was awesome, and that 50 against Kozzie was diabolical.

WHY ARE WE NOT MANNING UP IN THEIR 50???!’n

We’re not manning up in their 50 and our inside 50 delivery has been poor. Will need to fix that very soon.

Am I calm because I’m quietly confident of a good win by the boys, with likely a big role played by our kids, or because I’m blissfully ignorant of being taught another lesson by the bombers? Guess we’ll find out soon!!! (i think we win tonight, big game from Kozzy and Clarry and Petty will play a big part as well). let’s go!! 🔥💙❤️

Kozzie is a star, and his career has only just begun. The fact that he has been able to do even half the stuff he has, at such a young age, is wild. Can't wait for the next 10 years. I can see him taking bub around with premiership #2 trophy.

The impact of these losses given how crucial their roles are/were, and form (Melk esp) in the team, and the timing and immediate disruption of their absence can't be understated. Agree wholeheartedly with this view. GWS played a blinder against the Pies (which would have been us), so a tough game no doubt, but I reckon we would have been right in that, and in the frame for a flag. It's overlooked how much their losses just before finals/on game day were - with our losses (too generally) blamed on poor kicking. Yes, if we kicked goals, we won both those games, but the structural impact of the losses contributed in a big way to the way we had to play on those days.

Beating the Bombers is a critical part of my ongoing mental health plan. Seriously though, it’s a big game. I did not think we were travelling well a few weeks ago, not that it’s a revelatory insight given the outcomes, more that I wasn’t sure if we could turn it around with enough time to spice up the finals. I saw that against the lions then against the Eagles, who despite a pretty poor team this year, we owed them. Anyway, point is I think we enter this game with good form and importantly, some spark. Would be good to see the boys come out on fire early with that intense pressure we have seen in the last few games. A win would be huge for the Freo game and generally for our finals bid. We’re missing Trac but if we can get Rivdog continue his good work, and Kolt, Roo, Windsor et al, the kids believe (guided by our leaders playing out of their skins), anything is possible come finals, but for now it’s the bombers. FWIW I don’t rate them and we should beat them. They’re a top 4 side and I know you can only beat who you play, which they have done, largely. But we can cover them. BUT they, like any other team we play, MUST be respected, and the game played for a whole 4 quarters. If we do, we win. Only change I see is likely Petty for Turner, probably. He has his knockers and it’s fair to say it’s been a very poor year, but I thought he had improved over his last two weeks. A good or even a v good petty will be important for us as we move forward. Let’s go!! 🔥

GO MELKY!! ❤️ We owe these mugs a HUGE last qtr. Let’s go! 🔥

Wow, the man barely knew what a loss was! May he continue his winning ways at the G in the sky, and hopefully watch us return to such comprehensive dominance very soon :-) RIP

Well I am certainly looking forward to reaping the benefits of that this week so we can roll forward some momentum into the game against the Bombers so we can take down a current top 4 side (and beating those mugs is one of my favourite pastimes) 🤣