Gawndy the Great

Suck it Pies. Missed the game. What happened to Richard and Mihochek?

WC will fall flat in their face this week.

Let the Sydney downfall begin.

Two things that will happen: 1. We will get jumped in Q1 again 2. We will lose contested footy.

Will not surprised if we lost this one too. St Kilda are under the pump and will match us in the middle of the ground based on form. My MFCSS is on full throttle so there is no stopping my anxiety about this game. Our top 4 chances are on the line in this game, lose it and we almost need to go undefeated for the remainder of the season to make up for it. We cannot be dropping any more games.

No way. Let him play the year out in the VFL. He needs to be banging the door down and demand selection not have it gifted to him in desperation. Selection integrity is not something you meddle with. Its detrimental to culture

Has 1 year left on his contract with Sydney. Would you offer him 2+1 contract. Will get him for peanuts. Gives us the midfield depth we need. If we can’t get LDU this has to be a legit target if there’s no one else on the market.

I dont diasgree about our forward line capability but on paper they are not really any worse than a lot of other teams out there i.e. Collingwood, Sydney, Adelaide etc. Not everyone has a Curnow, McKay combo. Our problem is what happens with ball in hand. THat continues to be our vulnerability. We don't have smart ball users. Not a single one that would be considered elite. I hope Windsor develops into that. We need to recruit smart decision makers with skill and athleticism that can sit behind the ball, generate turnover and hurt teams. Especially now that we are focusing on improving scores from defensive half. Salem and Bowey are serviceable but are far cry from what we need. McVee might be something but it seems like we are using him as a small defender. I wonder what he'd like as a true HB flanker. Rivers has all the traits but often makes poor decisions and is good by foot but not elite. Personally i'd park our investments into the forward line as there is enough youth there in development. If we can score a readymade KPF, sure go for it but our priority is ball users. Elite ball users.

Him and LDU and we are back in it in 2025. Trade up for a top 10 and go for another gun - not sure what would be high on our list.

I didn’t know Hore was injured.

We lack a midfielder with composure / kicking ability. Doesn’t have to be a brute or usan bolt mk2. I also don’t think we can continue to play any 3 of Viney , sparrow, Trac and Oliver at the same time. Kozzy and Rivers need to come into the mix.

We have plenty of cover for him. Not 100% but good enough. Next in line .

Joel Smith was never going to set the house on fire, nor was he going to make an AA. But his athleticism was something our team lacks. I think we are seeing the toll of this off season (losing Gus and Joel and the forbidden topic)- one that is going to take a while to remedy unfortunately. I have no answers but after a solid 2 hours sleep I’m a bit calmer and think if the Pies could turn it around after 0-3 , so can we.

The road to top 4? I think we just missed the turn pyke .

Not yet a pattern? Seriously? We are trailing in stats that were once the pinnacle of our game. Contested footy F50 entries Clearances F50 territory. Were once synonymous with our brand. We had 1 goal from turnover. 1 goal against a team that is 16th! Got smashed by the Pies by 11 goals last week. I dunno, in my desperation I’m thinking Perhaps this is the season we have to have in order to reshape our direction footy wise. I just can’t see it though, the players look all over the shop they are confused, complacent and lost.

No not for a moment mate. Was more of a general comment. It was a great observation that I picked up one game team. I mean Schofield mentioned it like every 3 minutes.

And scores from turnovers is what wins you flags. You can burry your head in the sand, attack other supporters for their pessimism, but barring an absolute gift from god, we are done. There is no denying it now. Expect an absolute savage assessment by the media - and so they should, that was an indefensible loss to a team that finished dead last last year. Let that sink in.

No I disagree. Talent wise that is what is expected of us. You cannot fault the Eagles effort and intensity. That is a team that is in the hunt and eager. Something don’t smell right with this team. To look that flat and chasing tale off a 10 day break ? I mean seriously we should have been all over them. what about out contest work ? What in hell is going on there? We saw the intensity of the last quarter last week and that is what I expected all game as a response. I know we will string a few good games together but our weaknesses are for all to see. This new game plan will not solve anything. Our midfield is overrated. A kid with 9 games just showed the world that fact. And to think this team is missing their key forward and best ball user. Who were we missing besides Lever? JVR has he even kicked 10 goals? Turner is still wet behind the ears. We should have let Petty go to the Crows and given the kitchen sink for Reid.

Macca has been absolute big ordinary. Has had 5 kicked on him. Just shocking.

Can’t complain about the umps. Can’t complain about fatigue. Can’t complaint about injuries. Fork in it.

Ran further than Rankine there.

Get ready for an old school shellacking. We are nowhere near it

I have seen all that I needed to see that we are no chance today or this year.

I’m just not surprised anymore. We still have these games in us that shatter you confidence and feed you MFCSS.

I think we’ll be lucky to make a prelim with our forward line. Still plenty of time but having suffered these issues for the last 2 years I don’t hold much hope especially with our underperforming midfield.