Red But Mostly Blue

HELL YEAH FRITTER THAT'S THE STUFF THAT LIGHTS UP A TEAM. WHAT A GOAL. CAPSLOCK EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

V bad ☹️

Great goal first up. Let's do this!

I think we'll be alright. We will consolidate this quarter with a blistering block of footy.. We're the better team, we're at home, we just need to get rid of the fumbles, play smart and utilise our i50 efforts. Hold them accountable. No more freebies!

I know the free was soft, very soft, diabolical even. But I'm really annoyed that May allowed himself to get sucked into that BS by Franklin.. Completely changed the trajectory of this game.

First things first, we have not beaten any of the other teams in the top 4 this year. One of them has beaten us twice. I won't say who. For those who keep saying they'll go out in straight sets, yeah maybe, maybe not. They keep winning, and they are as many wins from a flag as we are. Scary. If we play them again, and we would likely need to at some point, they will have the crowd and momentum against us. So we need to be at our best. Ok, the good stuff. I think we're coming good, at the right time. But there's still improvement, which is good. We have not maxed out yet, nor would we want to. Until it counts. Some things, like our i50 improving a little, and particularly from unlikely sources, like Melksham. Kozzie hitting a purple patch, the backline looking a little more settled (except for that ridiculous shoot out against the Pies, which to be fair was not all their fault - and the Pies also got very lucky at times - luck they will likely not be able to replicate). Brown is looking a lot better. Had good presence around the ground on Friday, took some good marks, and kicked some great goals. In recent years, we have not played the Swans well at the MCG. I would almost have preferred we play them up there! But that's silly, we will be at home, we need to capitalise on that and earn ourselves a week off before prelim. We can beat the Swans, we had them covered earlier in the year before we let them back in. We can't do that again. We have to make the most of this opportunity, the Swans at home is much better than the Pies/Cats IMO. Let's beat the Swans, then rest up and use the momentum and belief to knock over the Pies/Cats. Would be very sweet.

Loved seeing it. So pure.

Lol what the hell was that with the chocolate milk between Hunt and BT?

Great to see Bowey bank another win, too!

We had a mission... And we DESTROYED the Lions on their turf. Mission accomplished. Great team effort Message sent 🔥🔥🔥

Little man syndrome zorko

Milkshake has such poise and balance i50, such a joy to watch.

No motorbikes for Charlie tonight ☹️

What happened with Petty?!

I wonder what the barometer is reading right now....

Yaahaw, bang bang bang! 🔥🔥👍

How was that not intentional?!

Need a settler.

What a sight to see us so effective inside 50. The eyes are wide, we're looking for targets, it's manic, we're relentless, we're CONVERTING! This is exactly the sort of motivation we need going into the finals. Shots fired, watch out everyone else. Lions = pretenders. Now let's bury em.

They look ready to throw punches at every contest. That's exactly where we want them. I just hope they don't suck any of our guys into a suspension.

What's this crap from Lyon and Brown? Lions have been bad? WE HAVE DESTROYED THEM.

Incredible 🔥🔥🔥 Message sent. Lions look out for the count. But we can't let up. Looking forward to Q3. Let's consolidate and repel anything and everything. What the hell happened to ANB?

What a quarter! Physical, intense, focused, hungry and fast! We look completely switched on for our goal tonight. Let's keep it up and bury these guys by halftime. They will come out hungry though and the crowd is rabid, so we'll need to come out exactly as we started the game. Let's go Dees 🔥🔥🔥

Thanks for this. Completely agree!! If we can tidy up some of our deficiencies, and it wouldn't take a lot - it's not rocket science - we expose those 'contenders' pretty quickly.

This is great! Thanks for putting it together @WheeloRatings :-) On a similar vein, I came across this 'Equity Ladder' from BenCameron23 on Twitter. It's what the ladder would look like if everybody faced each other just once. For any teams anyone plays twice, only the first result is taken into account. Very interesting! Basically, Richmond and the Saint swap places, and Sydney swaps with the Lions. TL; DR, we're doing OK, despite wobbles against the Pies/Cats/Freo/Sydney.