Gawndy the Great

It’s the best outcome. They were both super but at least we don’t have to contend with the crowd.

Kozzy, ANB, Spargo. Take note of the cats. That is how you apply pressure.

Can the pies do it?

It’s defending with ball in hand. Boring boring boring. Traditionally it was the game style of finals… I think we are seeing a new tradition being forged.

Hope it’s Saturday afternoon. Nobody shows up on Friday nights.

At least some good news.

Was just thinking that. Surely you can setup a few set plays. May is a good kick and could hit a target outside 50.

Cats soft draw on show here. They are just off it a bit.

It would be best to play the Pies in the GF. It would take some of their fans out of it. obviously got to get their first and need the Cats to get up, which is looking unlikely

Love the Pies booing Selwoods high tackle. The irony of it 😂

Cats look ordinary

Any consolation for last night is one of the other top 4 teams will feel just as [censored] as we are right now. Sorrow loves company :)

Why wouldn’t you just jab it then? I know the jab can sometimes weaken tendons around the area etc if done too many times but there is not joint around there so numbing the surrounding nerves should be more than sufficient if the bone is not compromised.

And funnily enough not being talked about at all. Coz you can’t have a buddy less finals.

At least we know why Trac was ineffective for most of the game. I don’t think a rest will do much for recovery but he’ll definitely be playing with a jab. In finals you need a near fully fit team, a well functioning game plan and glowing confidence. Can’t say we are humming on all three right now.

No O Mac next week so LJ stays I think. Gawn > Weed in the forward line.

Goodwin is as much to blame as the entire FD. We have lost all our games in a very similar way to last night and there hasn’t been anything there to suggest we are a threat to any of Geelong, Pies or Swans. There will be more fringe teams that will improve and trouble us next year if we don’t change in some way. Thing is I’m not sure we have the cattle to play a more attacking and corridor based plan.

Yeah that and the Franklin 50 was complete BS. 2 goals from there. Couple that with 2-3 gettable goals and there is your margin. still we didn’t look it in the 2nd half.

I don’t think that at all. They left everything out there tonight. It wasn’t a lack of effort. I’m a broken record - I know - but our game plan in’s vulnerable to a certain style of footy. We are fast becoming the next Geelong. This season is out of reach bar a miracle. We must adapt to the new style of footy over summer. Funny but our 2018 game style would be handy right about now.

It will change, but it will change slowly. We need sustained success over a decade for us to become relevant again. Consistently making finals and top 4 will see to that.

They rely on the centre clearance to kick start momentum. Longmire is no dummy and made sure they we had no easy outs. We go beat +10 or something in the end. It’s quite poor actually that we lost so badly with our 1 wood.

It’s not definitive whether he actually gets him high. I’m thinking it’s high chest / neck at the least it’s not actually clear… so it may rely on med report but we could site that it slipped up. But the non-superstar tax is awaiting us at the MRO.

I am not writing us off yet but I genuinely wonder if Goody changes things up off season on account of our performances this year - evenly if we miraculously win it against all odds it may seem.

100%. If we do anything this pre season. It’s ball movement drills . Repeat, repeat and repeat. Off HB and then into F50. Repeat. We fall apart when pressure applied.

Curious, Has anyone won a flag after losing the QF?