Gawndy the Great

I said it would happen. There are a handful of teams that do this to us year after year. Our turnover game is on tonight which makes us look much better than we are actually playing. Defence is holding up really well but we need to even up the contest.

If there was any doubt on Trac we would have seen Dunstan as the medi sub, so I suppose it’s a positive sign?

First I heard of May? What’s this about?

I can’t recall how Maxy was against Mumy but their midfield were renowned for picking off his hit outs, so wouldn’t count on this alone. Also Flynn coming in for Preuss will want to make a statement.

Lot of optimism here. I am not. This game has an upset written all over it. Giants have historically pants us in stoppages and clearances and I suspect it will happen again tonight. Question is will our defensive pressure negate any post clearance advantage obtained and whether we can create a turnover in D50. Not the best way to win but we have shown grit here. Trac is playing hurt so De boer will most likely goto Oliver. We could try to throw a curveball by pushing Trac into HF and have Brayshaw run through the middle for the whole game. Keep wings unchanged and have JJ run with Kelly.

Meth Coast playing for picks to get LJ.

Geez Stephenson is a nothing player. you hope the Roos picked him up for a bargain. Can’t see him lasting beyond the next contract.

I was thinking the same thing regarding Mark. He seems like a fantastic person to have around the club, which begs the question what the heck was he doing in the local footy leagues. Incredible human to have around young men hope he is not lured away back to Port once Ken gets the boot.

Very unconvincing from the so called challengers but other supporters probably say the same about us.

Pies a chance here.

Not from what I can see. Hate to say it but the Cats are in front of them at this stage.

First time I’ve watched Nick Daicos.. is he having an off game?- not sure I can see what the fuss is about him winning the rising star.

How was that HTB?? Umpires this year are seriously bad.

We would be silly to rush Petty back without more time into match fitness. One more week in the 2’s ain’t going to hurt to build some form. Worried about Trac and the swelling and hope it’s not one of those we need go in and clean up the knee type of injuries.

Was on AFL tonight as well. Knee and hamstring concerns. My guess is we won’t know for sure until 5 mins before the bounce.

Very 👍

Ahhh the old timestamparoo got me there. I think we all were waiting with anticipation on Farmer’s boy.

who is this? Jeff Farmer's kid?

Its more or less called a block these days. But is very inconsistent because its open to interpretation.

I dont mind a bit of argy bargy Pates. But agree there is a line - the problem with most rules in the AFL is that we as viewers and supporters like the 'grey' but if you skew too much one way or another, its when we get angry. Problem with the 'grey' is that is super hard to umpire and introduces a little bias and interpretation. But you want to afford a player to break a tackle, to nudge the opponent under ball etc. My fear is that we are making a B-line to a non-contact sport, given new concussion research is quite alarming wrt to degenerative changes in the brain and the linkage to depression and suicide. Re: Maxy, what they need to look at more is the whacks Maxy gets across the back of his head everytime he goes up for a contested mark. That is what i'd be ringing the AFL up about.

His kicking is still sketchy at times so he’s there only until Salem gets back imo.

In early season I’d agree they have a score to settle. Also Lions have the cattle too.

Says a lot. Tag the Shiz out of Cripps when he comes back from his injury. Not throwing out the baby with the bathwater but If the Blues were any chance this year they would have found a way to win today. So how far can we go undefeated this season? Who is the most likely to knock us off?

Absolutely on the money. Our form in the last 2 weeks isn’t that great. But that is the benefit of having a defensive based game plan. It’s easier to sustain, play below standard and still win. I reckon we also have another gear reserved for finals and it’s that 2018 manic offence. Very rarely is that out in show in HA season I don’t think the 8 has settled either. Port have probably missed finals now. Doggies are 50/50 atm and can’t see Essendon make it either. Carlton will probably get through on early form but who takes the other 1-2 spots - there are really no other teams capable outside of Richmond as most of them are in some sort of rebuild.

A couple of things. Doggies are on the brink. They need to pull consecutive wins in the next 2-3 weeks otherwise finals will be a lost hope. Also the hype on JUH in retrospect was over the top. I get that it’s year 2 only (year 1 in afl) but you would expect to have seen 1/4 or half of footy by now where you say yup, gonna be a star. Not saying he isn’t going to be a good player but star quality is looking less likely every time I watch him play. Imagine for a moment if Kozzy can develop a similar game to Shai. Definitely got the skills , mobility and dynamic aspect but probably lacking some confidence and endurance. Got to run him more through the middle I think. Would love the coaches to try and develop him in the same capacity.