Gawndy the Great

That maybe true. But my response was to the talk about him being a midfielder - I just don’t see it. As for ruck, it’ll be years before we know how good he really becomes.

We need to develop a different d50 exit strategy. We have one of the best runners and serviceable utility in Hunt sitting in the 2s. Id say move Brayshaw to the wing, JJ rest Hunt in.

I’m not sure I see the upside here. Yes he is tall, but other than that, what does he offer? He is avg mark, slow gallop, and lacks fitness. He’d be awfully expensive and you’d find plenty of similarly capable mids in the draft every year. Right now he has upside, but he lacks a footy identity. Is he a ruck, forward, mid? Nobody really knows. Freo are taking a massive risk.

Yep. It’s not easy going back-to-back. The fact that we have had the Lions, Hawks and Tigers all have 3 or more premiership dynasties is an akin to having Federer Nadal and the Joker all in the one era. I don’t think the AFL likes this as they’d much prefer to spread them around the comp. Nevertheless we are in finals and giving ourselves a tilt. Our game plan matches most closely the best system I have seen in finals, (Tigers) which puts the outcome squarely at the players feet in bringing in effort and pressure for 4 quarters. Destiny is in the players hands.

Our form line is eerily similar to the dogs of last year who if you recall fell off the cliff in the last couple of rounds. We all know how that story goes. There has to be a bit of souls searching done now, not end of the season when it’s all too late. Not saying an Akermanis style interrogation, but some good honest constructive feedback. This nonsense of not panicking and staying calm works to an extent but we have been asleep at the wheel for most of the season and need a reality check. No passengers, no one way running. Need a solid 4q intensity. Lose this week and may as well shut up shop and get ready for an early preseason. Big call, I know and I’ll get the odd facepalm, but you need to build form and confidence and that needs to be in the form of wins against good sides. Apart from the Lions who have we really beaten this year? Many on here compare us to last year, we ares till 2nd and yada yada yada, but our record against top 8 sides was impeccable. This year it’s embarrassing.

Maybe once he signs the contract. I don’t think he likes playing the wing tbh.

Yeah they are human, it must be getting to them by now.

By what logic is it a 5 day break? If your logic is based on days between games, then we have another one against Freo this week.

I haven’t bought into the talk that the umpiring is driving fans away but after last night and some of the games today, I can at least understand how some ppl feel that way.

What bs he ran off line.

Where’s the 50?

Wow umpires must have some money on the pies.

Nice kick Darcy Cameron.

They are gassed. Clearly loading 😬

In the washup of the season, I think that one event is going to be bought up a lot. And fair enough, I think it has completely screwed Mays confidence and standing in the team. That is why he is so fumbly and the more he [censored] it up, the more pressure he is going to feel. It doesn’t take much to unsettle a team and I think this is going to haunt him for quite some time. I never would have pictured it at the time, but that was what changed the entire course of our season.

It’s a hard road from here. Will be lucky to go 2-2. Get to finals, sure maybe. But our game is sooo off we ain’t doing any damage. 110pts against just shows you how loose we were defensively. I just want to see one game were there is manic pressure for 4 quarters - a bit like the Tigers last night. That is how our system works and how we can really embarrass our opponents. But I think its wishful thinking.

I was thinking that too. He has really come good. Max is getting on in age and I think that is starting to show now. I noticed a few times, when we kick it in from the square, there is always a player that gets in and stands in front of Max blocking is attempt to impact the contest. It is stuff like this that needs to be mentioned to the AFL. And what about the basket? WTF was that all about, I thought you can kick in as soon as you like.

You will be majorly disappointed.

Ever since the punch up May just doesn’t look right. Probably some sort of life karma. He is a liability and probably wont make the AA team.

Seriously at what point is something done about it. It’s beyond a joke now. I saw a dozen throws HTB , DTB and none of them were paid. Not 1. We are not undisciplined , but the dogs seem to get the run every week without fail.

This team is ropeable. How on earth do you lose to this team. They’ll get rolled the next two games and miss finals.

This game is not looking good for us. Yes we are in front but we are incredibly efficient in f50 which is weird and unusual for us. Dogs owned us in that Quarter. We need to tighten up defensively. We need to kick at least 2-3 goals to win this game. Dogs will come really hard this quarter.

Seriously these [censored] umpires

Not looking good. We have switched off.

This game will come down to fitness. If we get it out to 30pts I’d expect it to be shutdown, but that is unlikely. Dogs will come out revved up.