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Red But Mostly Blue

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  1. From everything I have seen, BBB looks to be the nicest guy on and off the field. When he hangs 'em up, I hope he hangs around and eventually takes the forward coach role. Would love to keep him. But not yet - he deserves another premiership medal.
  2. Yeah the synergy between them is a critical piece of our gameplan. It's great having the luxury of Petty back - and to know he can play up forward or back. Would also have loved him up forward, but tbh if it means a little more stability to have him out back, to find his feet again for a few weeks before returning when May/Lever return, that's OK. TMac and likely Tommo will do a solid job. But yeah not lost on me either that our forward line was decimated, then in one half of footy, we lose the backbone of our backline. Footy Gods are nuts.
  3. Oh I completely agree. I don't think enough has been said about losing May (huge out against quality oppo, at their home) and potentially Lever. If both are our - we lose the 2 pillars - and as you say our generals, and on-field coach. We have depth, but it's limited, and certainly not to their quality/experience.
  4. Worst timing to be without May/maybe (in my mind, likely) Lever. With our forward line/goal scoring ability is still settling/being developed, we can't really afford our backline to be anything less than fortress-like. And yeah we we kept Hawthorn to a goal after halftime, but that was Hawthorn. Not Port Adelaide, in Adelaide. Big difference. Realistically, I think we'd be happy to come from Adelaide 1-1. Pre-injury to May/Lever, I'd say we can beat Port (tough ask) and Adelaide, but 3-2 heading into our bye will be an OK result - and something to work with once we hopefully get May back, and maybe McAdam etc.
  5. The less we hear about Lever, the better, I think (hope). Although it wouldn't surprise me if he's just a quiet, late out for the Port game. But if he's in, it'll make it easier to plug that hole. May isn't really the sort of guy you can cover, and he was in good form, but Tommo can do it, which allows us to keep Petty up forward - but if the sentiment is BBB can still cover at forward (and he's looking OK), then we at least have Petty - although not as big a body as Tommo. Conundrums!
  6. Immensely talented, and yes he came to the Dees in our darkest days with an unfair weight on his shoulders. But by all accounts, lacked discipline - was always 'potential' and the 'could/might have been' mystery . I am not sure he would necessarily have thrived in our current improved culture. You could argue others would spur him on, or you could argue the success of the others could have given him extra room to maybe party? (like every other club, we may well have some more inclined to party - no judgement, and no rumours, just a reality based on life/young kids with lots of money and free time). So I am not sure he would necessarily have succeeded in another, more successful era. Success takes two parties, and there are other examples of players succeeding in poor cultures/teams. Anyway, seems a nice enough guy, who I hope has accepted some accountability and now looks to be doing well selling swim stuff, given his fondness for swimming. Wish him all the best.
  7. Harmes just copped a 1-week ban for headbutting May https://www.afl.com.au/news/1089969/match-review-new-dog-learns-fate-for-headbutt-no1-pick-fined
  8. I say the original rules should stand and only points from round 1 count towards the season.
  9. Much better and there’s still improvement - like fritta not missing what he’d usually kick. Billings and Chandler great (let’s hope it sparks momentum, like his work out back as well), Clarry awesome to see. Tmac handy and BBB looked good. Maxy immense. Generally kept them at bay and monstered them at the end. 103-44 after the 20-6 fast start to the dogs. Let’s consolidate against the hawks next week to give us confidence and momentum for a tough few weeks after that. Go Dees!
  10. Seemed like we took our foot off a little in the second half of that qtr. a little bit of a missed opportunity but I appreciate it’s warm out there. Might need to conserve energy?
  11. If Sparrow and Fritta can get involved, this would be a big help in consolidating a lead.
  12. Couple of things, anyone questioning Clarry’s fitness or readiness to play, there is your answer (if you still need it), or ANB, refer to his goal. Good to see Chandler find some footy even if a little was fortuitous. But took chances. Seems a confidence player so maybe this is what he needs. lastly, big Benny Brown, you can’t not smile when he kicks one. Magnetic.
  13. Good to see a Victorian team handle the warm conditions up north, and not use it an as excuse. Especially given that the blues were seriously undermanned. Does not bode well for us this year. We had a stronger list against the swans and spent the night dropping the footy all over the place and wasting chances, doing the same [censored] we did last year and the year before. Lots of our guys went, or stayed missing. Kind of sobering tbh
  14. We really need to resolve how many small forwards we need. There's no way we needed/need Spargo, Chandler and Laurie (especially with Kozzie to return) in the same team. Particularly given how bad each of those above were. Chandler played a few good games early last year and has NOT BEEN SIGHTED SINCE - but still gets picked. Why? Spargo has fallen off in a BIG WAY. I'm sorry, I know Laurie is highly regarded and he "trains the house down" - but he hasn't shown anything other than 'potential'. Sorry, fam. I don't see it. At least two of those guys out next week - probably Spargo (suspension) and Laurie - for a long time, please. Maybe Chandler to remain with Kozzie, but on a lifeline. He has to earn his place.
  15. It's crazy how far he's fallen. Even crazier that he was picked given a) we didn't/don't need that many small forwards and b) he hadn't played any game time previous to this and could have done with a run in the 2s. Given his performance, he definitely needs a good many runs in the 2s.
  16. Don’t know what to say about that other than we ain’t it. No flag. Maxy given a towelling by Grundy. Too many passengers. Chandler, Laurie and Schache vvv poor. Even with a few ins I don’t know how we win games like this Pretty deflated tbh.
  17. Lot of people here mocked Grundy and called him a plodder. has smashed maxy tonight. And been very very handy. can we get him??
  18. Gonna need a few bangs but I don’t see how we’re gonna get them
  19. I reckon we will run this game out but I’m really hoping to see a lift from guys like JVR and Sparrow. If they get involved and kick a few, we’ll be ok. We will need the lift.
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