Red But Mostly Blue

Lol that was the perfect end to this year. Battle of the losers, and we came out second best. Losing to that joke of a club is icing on the cake, really. Maxxy was fantastic.

Did I read correctly in the Sun today ('One Jones for Dees' p62) that Jones "is expected to surrender the co-captaincy"?

Out: apathy, dumb footy, half efforts etc. In: some freaking PRIDE

I think Lever has been great. Must be so difficult to come back from such a significant injury, and rebuild your confidence, given how innocuous the events leading to an ACL can be. I think with a good preseason (something he didn't get this year), he'll be a million bucks next year, and his leadership will be invaluable.

Great to see this thread pop up again, it's probably more relevant than it has been all year. The game on Friday night was putrid. It needed our captains to stand up and send the message that we are not just going to fold. We needed some pride! Still think Gawn for C and Lever/May for VC. I know May's fitness has been raised, and it has definitely been an issue this year, but I've got the feeling it's the result of his poor preseason. With a good preseason, he'll be right. I don't remember this issue being so pronounced at GC. Having said that, I think Melksham is another good option. Always like looks he tries his guts out, seems switched on. Needless to say, this club needs a leader. I did not feel like there was one on Friday night (which is especially sad because we have TWO!)

Is it possible to train/instill pride during the off season?

Skills have been missing all year for whatever reason. BUT WHERE THE HELL IS THE PRIDE? I thought we were building a brand!??!

This is what I deserve! ☹️

I'm so sad I just ordered Domino's pizza. And I'll eat it, too. I support the Dees and I deserve nothing better!

Oh no I accidentally checked the scores ☹️

Remember, though - they're asking for faith and patience. Another 5, 6, 7 or 8 years. That's all!

I stopped watching the game because I remembered it's Friday night and I can do literally anything else, and find more joy. I take it from the comments that we're not winning? Are we good/ok/respectable yet?

It's true. We waited for so long for a few Friday night games. We got them, and look what we've done. It'll be 2050 before we see another one.

That worries me even more. We've gotten worse (remembering we had to 'gel' and get fit after not playing much footy in the off season).

It's Friday night, I can't believe I'm watching this.

3 goals in a half of footy, at home, against 15th on the ladder is pitiful.

A lot of angry people here tonight... To be fair, though - it's a BIG ASK for 17 to beat 15th on the ladder. Clearly daylight between these two teams!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOZE (Bring him home)

I agree. I'm no OMac fan (I'm usually in favour of him playing for the 2s), but I thought he was ok at times. At least looked like he wanted to be out there, and played with intent.

Yeah, I know what you mean, but he also delivered well and contributed to a couple of other goals. If there was someone else who kicked straight, I'd have said they were BOG, but there wasn't. He's generally a decent kick for goal, off day. If May played the game out, he would likely have received the 'honour'.

Fritter BOG for us. Trac went missing a little, but did some nice things. Maxxy looked flat (I don't blame him) Pies are depleted, but they're not much chop. If you only beat us by 17 points, are you even trying? God this season has felt long. Two more games to go...

Oh man. May has been generally our most consistent performer since coming back. Seriously, wrap the guy up in cotton wool for the rest of the year and get a good preseason into him!

So that's what a turnover goal looks like when it's in our favour. No wonder other teams love it when they score so many against us! (Great goal by Trac, I wish we saw more of that from him, he's been pretty ok today aside from the quiet patches).

We'll lose this game, but we'll always have Q1, when we almost kind of looked like an ok club with some promise.

We're not going to play finals this year if we keep playing footy like that.