Red But Mostly Blue

ANB has been great, good vision, been in the right places.

There's that TOUGH GUY that everyone wanted from Vanders. What a waste.

Nibbler goes NIBBLE!

Abysmal quarter, but hopefully a ripper goal from Kozzie will wake us up!

We have fallen in a heap. Need the HT siren so we can regroup and forget this nightmare of a quarter.

Wow

The umps are lifting!

That ball could have gone anywhere. This isn't even subtle! Bollocks

Harmes has been pretty good, sweet mark by Brown who is starting to clunk these.

Bowey has been great

THAT'S A BODY CHECK? DID HE EVEN TOUCH DARLING!?

I've seen too many games where he's made us pay. Really enjoying this so far

One step, Brown goes BOOM! Terrible conditions, taking chances. Go figure!

Nibble, nibble, nibble... YES PLEASE!

Shut up, Richo.

Ummm that's a free kick, no?

One step, Trac goes BOOM!

What in the actual hell, that was a mark!

Haha I'm in favour of the DH charge.

Would Selwood/Lynch/Buddy have gotten away with this? Probably. Maybe. But that doesn't make what Viney did right. Sure, they were wrestling, but only one guy had his elbow on the other's throat/jaw, and that was our VC. We were smashing them, there was no point in this. I want our guys to be 'tough', but not dumb/reckless. This would not be ideal had it happened the week before finals.

Not a good look. I get that the GC guy was not innocent in this, but Viney is the one who had his elbow on someone's throat and that's never easy to sell, and it shouldn't be, I'd be calling for blood if they did it to us. Probably 1-2 weeks I reckon, and deserved for stupidity, especially from our VC. And a total waste against a team we were destroying.

Pretty good changes, but it would have been great to bring in Weid for Jacko, if for no other reason than to give Jacko a break and try a few things before finals. Harmes has been pretty poor, don't want him doing anything fancy this weekend - tag Touk. That's all.

Pretty good changes. Might have been useful to bring in Weid for Jacko, if for no other reason than to give Jacko a break - and try a few things before finals. Also happy Rivers will play.

You're right. We haven't achieved consistency yet (nobody ever asked which Geelong/Hawthorn or Richmond was going to turn up - we need to get to that), so other teams know there always a chance against us if they apply pressure. Interesting few weeks ahead. A lot on the line with the double chance, fair few guys down on form, not much time to mix with the composition of the team (a downside to having such a dream run with injuries), so not a great deal of time to get it right! Gold Coast is crucial. Needs to be a win, for starters, but a convincing one, too. Not just as a message to other teams, but more so for the boys to rediscover form/confidence. We can do it!

Thanks for the level head, mate. Yeah I think this is the best base we've had in a very long time and will go far - we've barely scratched the surface. The crucial bit is continuing to change the culture, which is why the next part is so important. I think we'll work our way through this and come out better. I hope the boys think so too and come out and really send a message next week. It's 'only' the Suns but it would go a long way to restoring some confidence and momentum for the rounds leading up into the finals.