Tom Dyson

really hope max is ok, need everyone to take the tackle pressure and intensity up a notch in the second half. Come on Dees!

covering transition from d50 was shaky that quarter, really need to plug the corridor.

Max and Goody putting on a media conference clinic this week, great performance from the coach in answering questions that had quite accusatorial insinuations which would have made me fire up if I had to face them. When you consider how Chopper Read, I mean Bevo, reacted earlier in the year and in all honesty how a host of other coaches have responded to controversial events in the media, it certainly makes me grateful for Goody's straight up and down style.

Geez Max is as good a leader as I have ever seen, dealt with those questions artfully and mixed in his classic Max humour when necessary. No one i would rather want leading the boys out every week, we are very lucky.

My observations: - we have to stop either bombing high to a contest in our forward 50 or only hitting up leads deep in the pocket, BBB, Tmac and co can't be expected to have to clunk outrageous contested marks every time we go inside 50 to get looks at goal, we need to fix up that connection going forward - We got thoroughly out marked yesterday, both in contested and un-contested categories, our forwards and mids just have to bring the ball to ground and give our small forwards a chance to go to work, - Freo's kick mark style game plan got through our zone quite easily on transition, usually we can defend a team going slow and switching but freo were on, and they barely missed a kick going forward, conversely, our disposal going forward was horrendous or at least, very sub-par by our standards - as has been said, I haven't seen our midfield perform that poorly in a while, Freo's spread from stoppage was phenomenal and we never seemed to cover the outlet handball that consistently got them out of trouble - Goal kicking accuracy again a problem, we've had to deal with it for some time seemingly (accept for the back end of last year) and it is really hurting us in games, completely sucks the momentum when we miss after finally getting a good look at goal - Goody has generally presented our defensive system as one not reliant on personnel but one that any dees players could slot into and it could still stand up, Steve is clearly incredibly important to our team but it seems incongruous that we squarely point to personnel issues in a defensive system that is meant to hold up either way, again, not denying how important steve is to our team and to our defensive structure but just something I think is interesting to consider - inability to arrest momentum was very concerning and unlike us, usually we can wrestle the game back onto our terms and kick a settling goal when the opponent is getting a bit of a run on, not sure why this was the case but everything seemed to go freo's way, balls bounced into their laps, dump kicks were marked etc. - the MFCSS always lingers around but I really hope the boys can respond next week

Sorry if this has already been mentioned by someone else, but I missed Steve's post game presser but just came across it on FB, he said something which all Dees fans should find comforting. When asked if he was happy with the score they kept North to he said he wasn't happy, because they were able to generate more scores than they should have per inside 50. Whether you are worried that we aren't in form or happy to bank the points, it is very clear the boys aren't complacent. Steve is less than 10 minutes off the ground and is already mentioning areas for improvement after a 47 point win, I dare say the boys have the right attitude this year.

Coming out of a 74 point win and still having room for improvement is a great spot to be in. Tracc's goal kicking has taken a turn for the worse though, looks like he has no confidence in himself and no real routine walking in to kick. His ability to create separation between him and his opponent and his ability to mark overhead means he gets great set shot looks each week but at the moment doesn't seem to converting as regularly as he did last year. I'm sure he'll work on it and find some consistency. Go Dees!

Tommy Mac looking at home with the red pill, thought he was really good today. Steven May giving max king a bath yet again, must be so frustrating as an oppo key forward when you walk onto the ground and see that mountain of man ready to go to work on you.

Thought Jake Melksham had a great game. Competed well, won ground ball nicely, used it well, calm experienced head when the ball was pinging about. Quick reminder to everyone that he isn't done yet and still has something to offer.

Very true indeed, can't wait to get petts back!

A wakeup call without losing is a good result, hawthorn showed everyone the blueprint on how to beat us, take it quick through the corridor and keep lever accountable. Need to tidy up our forward fifty entries as well, we kept sitting it on top of a contest and expected someone to clunk it which didnt look nearly as good hitting up a lead. I think this game also shows how important Goody is, feel like his influence on the boundary line is a lot more important than we know

Just had a look back at the stats, Clayton is a genuine beast! Thought dunstan worked his way into the game nicely as well, great depth going forward. Go Dees!!

Really could rename the second quarter Steven May vs the umpires, some diabolical calls in there. In all seriousness, great to finally put a team to the sword, the efficiency going forward was phenomenal. Steven May is a veritable wall in defence, looked at his best tonight!

Frustrating that the scoreboard didn’t reflect our dominance but if you offered me a win against port in Adelaide to go 4-0 to start the season I’d be pretty wrapt. Up the dees!!

Was already mentioned I think but looking back at the highlights, the two goals by Harmesy when everyone else seemingly couldnt convert were pivotal. The wingers club had an absolute night out, what a game from gus and lingers!!

Bowey was immense, so composed under pressure, hard to believe hes only played a handful of games at AFL level. That sort of decision making and disposal under pressure takes years to get to that level. Petracca did what Petracca does, what an athlete.

No Hibberd, Petty, Rivers, Lever, Salem (for most of the game) and the backline still functioned well. Convert some more of those misses and we're set. Great foundation to build on for the rest of the season. And Joel Smith, I doff my cap to you sir. Thought he played a ripper. Go Dees!!

The royal blue logo on the navy blue home jumper imo looks pretty bad, but hopefully it'll grow on me. The gold AFL logo is pretty special though, never thought I'd see it on a Dees jumper but here we are!!

So is the idea that Hore will get redrafted as a rookie? very handy player across half-back, adds a lot imo.

Not a bad get!

Asked if he’d like to play for Essendon specifically, Dunstan said: “I’d love to go there. My good friend Nick Hind went there last year during the trade period and we all saw what he did this year, so that’d be nice. “I’ll let my manager Robbie D’Orazio have a word to him (Essendon list boss Adrian Dodoro) and hopefully we can make it happen.” https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/department-of-trade/afl-trade-news-rumours-whispers-2021-luke-dunstan-essendon-radio-interview-would-have-rejected-st-kilda-contract/news-story/7f793c329a0d33a890950e524ddcb869 The above is a fox sport article based off a radio interview Dunstan did with 3aw. Seems odd for a player to make a public admission unless it was a certainty, going to essendon a done deal maybe?

Like others have said, i wasn't sure how he would cope with the pressure but he looked so comfortable. Anyone else see shades of a young Nathan jones in the way he goes about it, Chunk 2.0 perhaps.

Did he seriously say put clarry up for trade??????? hahahahahahahahaha 😂 😂 😂

I'll always remember that massive defensive stop against Carlton a couple of years back which won us that game, and what about that massive hip and shoulder on tom mitchell in the 2018 semi-final. Jonesy, the delistings and now Nev leaving as well is all honestly quite sad, hopefully him and jonesy can both still play a role at the club if they want to.

Thanks a bunch Mickey, you'd think this would be an incredible boost financially for the club.