Smokey

I’ve been waiting for this thread my whole life, and I don’t even know where to start

Niiiiice Gary

I thought he was really good. Its pretty clear to me that Tmac and our smalls are a lot better off when we have Ben to drag away their best defender. Thought Brown did excellent work up the ground presenting a really strong target with clean hands. BB is definitely part of the equation now, can't see him getting dropped unless he has multiple mares in a row. Sorry SW

The best part of wins like that is we don't hear from @Dr.D for a little while, who has once again got it completely wrong We don't lose to the comps best teams, its that simple.

Do you even hope you're wrong, or do you actually enjoy us losing?

Never participated in a game day thread after the first bounce, never will

You and I both know the latter is far more likely

The formula is simple. Once the media starts talking about a teams finals and/or flag chances, we beat them. When a team is on a hot winning streak, we beat them. If a team is sitting in the top 8, we beat them. Don't let a recent bout of flat form make you forget about how we have delivered against the comps best consistently this year. If we win tonight, it will only solidify my thinking that we are very well placed to win games in September. When the finals start, any losses we've had to bad teams will mean absolutely nothing. Port aren't that good. We're due to bounce back from some flat form over the past month. I predict Dee's by 4 goals and collective sigh of relief among the DL faithful.

Williams: "I don't want to be a head coach anymore and I'm enjoying my time at Melbourne" Media: WILLIAMS TO COLLINGWOOD

Brayshaw has been fantastic defensively and is really settling into this new role on the wing. Dropping him would be ma huge mistake.

You'd be well out of pocket so far this year

Agree our best and worst is still too far apart, but we've been sitting on top of the ladder for almost half the season and still sit second. We are literally a top 2 team right now. Speculate all you want about how the season will end but lets just deal with the reality as it is right now.

We did planking a lot in my Army days. It's incredibly hard to do for long periods of time. I have never heard anyone speak about it in a positive light. Who cares. What the hell are we even talking about again?

Come on mate, in this day and age we don't need to see this sort of thing. It is possible to show emotion without being rude to the people working for you.

The post was a bit ambiguous. Do you think we embraced being on the top of the ladder?

Well that response is a bit different to your first one. I agree.

I think its reasonable for a bloke to not be happy with watching one of our senior players push a female trainer in frustration on the field without being accused of being "offended" ... I get the feeling I'm about to be called a snowflake or similar

Except you, of course

We spent 9 rounds on top and our average losing margin all year is 9 points from 3 losses Please tell me more about how we're not a good side

Just like you do every time you get it wrong, right? Hot tip: You don't

2021 post-loss threads are just insufferable Pretenders don't get to 12-3 with an almost perfect record against top 8 teams Pretenders don't have an average losing margin of 9 points after 15 rounds Pretenders don't spend 9 of 15 rounds on top of the ladder Collect yourselves and show some bloody resilience instead of throwing your toys out of the cot when things (rarely) don't go our way

Probably because when we run a short forward line (without Wied, BB or both) we actually need our small forwards inside 50 after the clearance for the ground ball

Didn’t realise being a social media manager was a hobby and not a job

Must win. I want top 2 this year. LESSGO DEES

Was quietly hoping to see BBB this week, but the selectors get it right most times this year so I’ve learned to question them less