Gawndy the Great

I can understand that given our last few encounters with them. Sooner or later they’ll get one back. We are playing poor, they aren’t that much better. On the eve of Finals at their home deck, I think they get it done and Freo take the 4th spot.

His skills just don’t suit our game style. He isn’t a bad footy player, he just isn’t a pack busting, contested marking forward that we need/want him to be. He would be serviceable at a number of clubs that have faster ball movement.

What happened to Chandler? Was he late withdrawal?

Yep. The Pies bubble has finally burst so I can start listening to radio again without having to hear all the nonsense about how good the Pies are. The Blues should do a number on them and give us a crack at top 4.

How much did Lingers comment motivate the Pies last week? I think there was an element of emotion they played with which always lifts a team, however it’s non sustainable as we can see today. That and the loss to the Doggies were complete brain farts and will likely cost us top 2 and probably top 4.

So far Geelong and Sydney appear to have the goods to make it to the big dance. The Swans game style won’t hold up on GF day though as it’s not strong in the contest. The Lions buckle when the heat is on and the Dees look gassed and clueless.

It wasn’t so much mistakes, it’s more that they were bordering on flukey with their ball movement . today is a typical Collingwood game, they just beat a bunch of mediocre sides then put on their best game of the year against us. I reckon the Blues are a red hot chance next week.

Sydney have proved Lingers right So far. They have one trick, turn off their run off HN supply by tagging Daicos and they can’t do much from other score avenues. As has been said, it was a very poor coaching performance last week.

I don’t think any of these are relevant for us. We will lose against the lions and finish 5th or 6th.

70+ for the entire game.

Yeah I think we have focussed heavily on defence to the point where we don’t take the game on. It’s a safety mindset that has crept into our execution. I hope the coaches try to adjust in preseason and give us a plan to use the corridor more. The Langdon wing was our most utilised route to goal and teams have worked that out too. That is why he hardly has an impact anymore and we see JJ being used more, which brings undue attention to his skills, execution and decision making.

We did get 23-13 frees, but what it doesn’t tell you is goals from frees. I think they won that 4-1. It should be a third scoring based stat: goals from turnover, goals from stoppage,l and goals from frees. I think that stat would tell a massive story about umpire influence. Probably why we don’t hear much about it.

Not trying to be a smart [censored] but I don’t think we are ever trying to do that or have a game plan that aims to do this.

Agreed. He just needs to slow down before he kicks the ball. But was quite clean tonight with foot.

We won the free kick count, but someone needs to talk to the freaking umpiring dept about those post disposal bumps. My gut feel is once they paid the one to Spaz, it has to be paid all night, but geez the Blues milked everyone of them.

Hopefully an injection of belief, which gives us back a bit of dare in our footy. The safety element has crept in. Clutch by Kozzy - he was having doozie most of the night. But it only takes a moment to turn that in its head. We look lost for large patches in that game. Our contest work seems a bit kamakaze and our midfield is quite easily beaten at times. Don’t get me wrong, the Blues , esp Crippa is the best inside bull in the comp. Shouldn’t have been playing, but he is responsible for the Blues competitiveness. Melksham, hats off, you deserve an extension.

Not kicking another goal. Got no run left. Quick, quick….delete … 😂

This is [censored] ridiculous. AFL trying everything

You can see it coming a mile away. We will get overrun.

Sparrow was dead set all by himself on the 50 in the corridor. FMD this kick in play is just infuriating. If you can my hit that kick with no pressure, what the f are you playing afl for.

We are absolutely no chance this year. 0%

You can’t make this up.

The big thing to watch is our 2nd half. Do we sit in an 8 point lead? Any other top4 team would be smashing the Blues by 10 goals right now.

How many goals do we kick in the 2nd half? 1, 2 or 3?

We look pathetic. Carlton are missing 3-4 starting 22.