Red But Mostly Blue

Silly? Give me a spell. There aren't many other clubs missing the number and caliber of guys that we are. No? I get injuries during the year. They happen. But given we were so banged up towards the mid/end of last year, it worries me that we ALREADY have injuries to 4 of our top 10 BEFORE the year has even started. Not a couple. Not our depth players. Our elite. I DO LIKE, however, that we are acting conservatively with these guys. Perhaps I can reframe that maybe it is decisions like these that may mean we are not so banged up, again, at the end of the year. At least I hope we won't be facing the same issues post Burgess.

It really sucks that we have 4 outs for Saturday. How can we have 4 outs to such important players when we have had so much time to prepare them? Round 1 is not a surprise event?? Anyway, many of our issues last year (not all) stemmed from the lack of selfless play that brought success in 2021. We have depth, the guys on the ground this week are certainly capable of dismantling the doggies no problems at all. Pound for pound we're still superior. The question is, will the guys play for each other, as a team, or will we have more of the selfish, fancy, silly stuff we saw last year?

Is he better than that, though? Doubtful. Sam is a gronk.

Hope so! He’s such an important piece for us and when he’s on song, we look so much better!!

Also, geez I hope Salem gets his body right really soon, he was so out of sorts last year, I was looking to him starting fresh this year and returning to 2021 form, and he’s starting this year… injured, again??

More outs than I’d like to see in rd1, but we have depth and should still account for the doggies, but it will be a pretty close game. Good to see us bringing in some of our new blood. On this point, how can we have so many injuries before the year has started? It’s not like round 1 is a surprise. We have 6 months to get everyone good to go!?

What a waste of a year. We have the talent but I fear we came into the year with some complacency, and refused to learn anything from our losses. We lost pretty much every single game the same way, and nobody did anything about it. Same kicks to the pocket, long bombs etc. Predictable and boring. No dynasty for this team, that's just talk Maxy. You have got to earn that with grit, every single game. We need some forwards, hunger and try to catch up other teams who will also want to be dynasties. Ugh. Lame way to end the year.

That's holding the ball every day of the week. And that 50 BS

Who'd have thought Petty is alright up forward... I wonder if we could have tried something like this at any other time this year? Although to be fair he's saved our behind out back tonight.

Since the halfway mark of Q1, them 85 to us 42. Smashed, really..

Haha shown up by the Lions on our home deck. I wonder what zen BS Goody will spin after this. It doesn't even matter. We have wasted a good opportunity this year. Refused to learn any lessons. We have lost every single game the same way.

Spargo disgusting tonight CAN WE PLEASE BUY A FORWARD WHO CAN TAKE A MARK IN THE 50???

HOW WAS THAT NOT HOLDING VINEY?

Geez, will that lift the boys? If not, nothing will. That was incredible by Gus.

Make no mistake, a straight sets exit in the semis is a fail. I can live with a prelim loss (which at this stage will be an annihilation) because it's a tight year and we need to sort some things out, but to go out in the semis in straight sets is straight up trash.

Rivers has been putrid. Lucky we're on our home deck, eh?

...BANG? Can we? If we can slot one more it will essentially erode the Lions' good work this quarter. Might dampen their spirit a little.

Dare we ask for 2 to give us a fighting chance in the final quarter?

Needless to say we need to kick this. (By 'this', I man a goal).

Lol what a bunch of flops. What a waste of a year and a talent pool.

Geelong must be salivating. Doesn't really matter who they get at this stage.

Goals win matches.

It doesn't even matter anymore, even if we somehow manage to scrap through this, we are gonna get slaughtered by the Cats (again) if we play like this. The Lions are. Not. That. Good. And they are making us look very lame.

Umm Andrews just walked that ball over the line??!

Did we rip bongs at the HT break?