Gawndy the Great

Don’t forget the Bombers and Suns as well. We were lucky to get 4 pts against the Suns.

The competition is always tough - I am starting to think we have peaked and while still in the window are most definitely on the way down. May and Gawn are a shadow of themselves and while I cannot imagine it, the end of their careers is at most 1-2 seasons a way. Also, Based on performances this year against similar quality teams, Trac and Oliver can really no longer lay claim as the best 1,2 combo in the AFL either. I may be proven wrong and boy I hope I bloody am but If the potential is still their and the desire still burns hot then they can show everybody by going 4-0 in the next month. I doubt they can, but to me that’s what it’s going to take to change my mind.

Then you and I are on exactly the same page.

I think you miss the point. It’s not that we just lost by 4 pts, it’s we lost playing a poor brand for 3 quarters and made to look 2nd rate. It’s a brand that many know deep down won’t cut it in September. That’s why I’m seething. When the Pies put everything on the line they continually find a way - it’s not a coincidence that they have won so many close games- their method holds up and we have seen It time and time again for 18 months. The game plan still looks suspect and now teams have not only worked us out defensively but are now working on our stoppage and midfield game.

Didn’t Andy Brayshaw get off earlier for a similar incident?

Not good. inly thing that’ll change my mind is going 4-0 in the next 4. But we are likely to go 1-3. 2-2 at best.

Putting together a solid season. Very impressive out of defensive half.

Grundy that good anymore IMV he is way of his AA best - in fact I can’t even recall how he made it. Dogga started behind him this year but already overtaken him.

Shouldn’t matter - he needed to be more blatant about it.

Yeah forgot about that. We get absolutely robbed by the umps every time we go to that ground. Cannot wait for an AI based umpire to finally sought this [censored] out.

You are right, but we don’t have the cattle to play that brand. 80% of our side can’t hit a target under pressure and the 20% who can can’t win a ground ball. Our side is built for contest, stoppage and defence. It will be until we turn the list over by about 50%. So expect much of the same. What we need to do with our list as Power is similar is the forward half game. 76 of 80 Powers’ points came from forward half turn over or stoppage. While most of ours come from defensive half. It’s hard to win games like that and it all boils down to effort. It’s been plain to see for weeks now. We are not working hard enough.

And yet nothing from the media?? Absolutely nothing - when it was GC a few weeks , heard about it all night and week and in the presser.

I can see a run of 4 straight losses staring us right in between the eyes. Alsonwhat is our record with Naarm? Love the concept but the experiment is over… costing us games 😂

Oh but the umpires were terrible. We didn’t deserve the win but the umpires made sure we didn’t. There were about 3-4 goals in total from frees of which 1-2 were genuine. How Lever didn’t get a double 50? There were about 3 front on contacts missed when Frotta gets pinged for contested a 50/50 ball. It is just amateur hour with umpires and the game is largely becoming unwatchable.

Royally did by the dkheads in the afl. Scumbags

Let the frees go until it’s port

How many frees in d50? Cannot believe how poor and selective the umps have been

Let’s see that 4th quarter Dees special please. Port gonna throw the kitchen sink - we cannot sit back and try to absorb it.

That free to Butters was soft AF

Bowey subbed out. Calf.

How was Lycett allowed into the protected zone on that set shot?

We are losing every wing marking contest out the back

Did that even go 10m?

Im in your camp - there is nothing about this team and the way it is playing that tells me we are genuine chance this year. I hate knocking my own team - it infuriates me - but we just don’t look hungry enough anymore. it’s that or we no longer have what it takes to win.

I don’t think it’s Yze. Trac towelled up by Rowell, now JHF is doing a number on him. His got to get off his high horse and put in the defensive effort. Our whole midfield have no defensive accountability- they play dumb and selfish all sitting off forward side of the contest waiting for the cheapy. I said this game will tell us a lot and it is damning. And can we maybe do something about groundballs?