Tom Dyson

8-1 free kicks, I mean give us a break.

Just looks like they don’t care.

We can’t get our hand on the ball if the umps keeping plucking out frees for them

My only question for the weekend, will we be able to kick more goals than Sam Konstas could score runs across two innings. Score to beat is 8.

It's laughable how much the media is in bed with Collingwood, within minutes of the end of the Collingwood game, Fox Footy already have come out with a video launching a full force defence of Nick Daicos and complaining about him getting tagged. I mean are you having a laugh, there is not a single other player in the league that would be defended in this manner. Wasn't it the case that Port's thug like tactics on Max a couple of years ago were lauded by the media as a smart tactical move. But no, as soon as you lay a finger on the golden boy you are consigned to damnation by the media. They simply are not even trying to hide their bias anymore.

Will always be grateful we got Harves and X instead of that dud.

Reminds me of how Stuart Broad completely regressed as a batsman after he took a bouncer to the head. He was a handy tail end bat but then always looked scared at the crease after he got hit. Sometimes traumatic injuries leave mental scars that never heal. Even though you're right and a similar injury may never happen to Trac again, he might never have it in him to go back with the flight. As to our goal kicking though, i think its entirely a mental battle at this point. Chocco can do all the coaching work he wants but i think we need to be more mentally resilient in front of goal.

Time for Greeny to roll up his sleeves and teach the lads how to kick for goal. He was a pretty straight kick back in the day.

Opposition forwards must love lining up for goal with no pressure knowing that we will most likely struggle to convert up the other end. It’s not a coincidence every team we play against kicks incredibly accurately for goal. It’s like we’ve lost the mental goal kicking battle before it’s even begun every single game.

Add ratugolea to the list of mediocre defenders we’ve made look like an all Australian.

Same script, goal kicking once again

would love to not give up a goal after the siren in the last. missing easy goals once again the culprit in our demise.

Hahahah, Kane Cornes campaigning hard for mcvee to be suspended but thinks butters hitting koz in the head is an accident. What an oxygen thief

butters should be suspended for his hit on Koz, Maynard levels of thuggery

Kozzie injured, seriously

Woey to Whitey, think we've heard that before.

great contested grab kalani

Nice bit of roving by Mentha

I found it hilarious reading through some social media comments which all said something along the lines of "YoU'd ThiNK MelBournE woULd HaVe LeaRNt FroM PetrAccA and OliVEr nOT tO GivE LonG teRM dEALS." Last time i checked, claz and trac are both still pulling on the red and blue each week and both are pretty damn good players. Not going to celebrate early but this is a massive win for the club if it happens. "Talented" does a disservice to describing Kozz, what a superstar he is. Also if it does happen, I along with many others will enjoy getting absolutely stuck in to that [censored] Flogmantle.

It's merely a financial investment, AFL house know that Collingwood winning means boatloads of cash for them. They simply would rather compromise the fairness of the game for the financial return. Smaller clubs just have to cop it, the doggies got shafted against Collingwood earlier in the year too. They're not even trying to disguise the Collingwood bias anymore.

Daicos is a stain on this game, can't win a ball on his own merit and then has a sook to the umpires to make sure he gets a kick. An absolute disgrace of a footballer.

AFL house are creaming themselves after that. You know they are overjoyed that the directive to the umpires worked and their favourite team got over the line. WWE is more real than AFL.

This league is genuinely corrupt. Free kick Collingwood

At least against collingwood we will go in as heavy underdogs, this team does love playing when expectations are low.

Out: AJ, Lever, Laurie In: JVR/Jeffo (whichever one will be more competitive), tmac, viney sharp gets the green jacket. If st kilda are cutting us up through the corridor and i believe they kicked 8 goals from deep defensive half transition, i'm not sure how we'll be competitive against collingwood.