Smokey

Do you think the crushing weight of an entire generation of failure is helpful for the current group of players? Why would the club go out of their way to put further burdens on the playing group like this? This thread is trash.

These threads are just embarrassing, honestly. My 3 year old has better coping skills than some here.

There is too much money at stake, no way is the season getting called off. They’ll continue to find a way.

I love the way you put words in peoples mouth to suit your narrative. When did I say our forward structure is improving right now? Your predictions are wrong far more often than they are right, so I'm actually quite encouraged by the fact you think this draw is going to be "extremely costly".

Finally, a well measured post worth reading ...

Demonland: Lacks mental toughness

Not an ideal result, but here's some perspective for the doomsayers: We are not in our prime now, we are coming into it. We are not going to be at our best every week. Our forward structure is still gelling 2 points is as good as 4 in the context of the season at this stage The only stat we lost was tackles We are on top of the ladder We have beaten 7 out of 8 teams in the 8 right now. Anyone who says we are pretenders has a very low football IQ Bottom dwelling teams that have proven to bring us down to their level do not feature in September Just because we are on top of the ladder doesn't mean supporters are entitled to a season where nothing goes wrong. You'd think after the years of mediocrity that people around here would be more mentally resilient, watching some of you throw your toys out of the cot after a loss is embarrassing.

Surely us supporters can relax about this one ... ... right?

"Wait a minute, is that ... Richard Branson!?"

Go about the rest of my weekend like a well adjusted adult

Same species, different stage of evolution

Well Rosman just became one of my favorites ... what a champion young man

I've recently done this and it felt like that first really cold beer on a hot day. Highly recommend.

When considering the metric of beating a team by 186 points, it's not so much how good you are. It's more about how bad the other team is. No good team ever lost to a great team by 186 points.

You strike me as someone who is very big on the internet, but very small at the pub My issue is your hurling personal insults at someone who you presumably haven't even met. Stick to the footy.

Slow brain? Was that a necessary comment?

Wonderful round of football, with some very enjoyable results across the board

If only the world and football were as simple as you're making it out to be ...

Met Gawny back in 09 in Fed Square before QB I believe. I'm 6"1 and I look tiny in the photo we took together. Great bloke Met Robbo too, another champion bloke. One of my fav players growing up. The player I'd most love to meet (and ideally have a beer with) would have to be Stevie May.

thought the same when i saw it. really poor umpiring

Commentary officially died when the great man retired

I think your scope in which Ben can impact the game is limited to the very tradition metrics on which we measure a key forward i.e. goals, marks i50 etc If you look beyond those traditional metrics you'll see multiple ways BB positively impacted the game

6. Petracca 5. McDonald 4. Oliver 3. May 2. Pickett 1. Petty

Oh thats a good one - BT's different words for describing a kick "A slider", "a dribbler", "a chiseler". There are many more, cant think of them all right now. wow wee

Career best game last night. Loved his attack on the footy