Gawndy the Great

hopefully the midfield can pull their finger out and play some solid hard running defence. Saints win how many games with 8-10 of their first 22 out.

I don’t disagree with your sentiment, but the 4 point score line was flattering in the end. Port should have sewn that game up in the first half if it wasn’t for poor kicking in front. They did nail some 50+ set shots, so maybe it evens out.

I’d love to give you some confidence here but …

I reckon there is a good chance they can go undefeated all the way until end of Sept. nobody can seem to match it with them.

I just know Oliver will be a 3 week hammy. You can just feel the spirit of Norm Smith resurrecting itself through some Middle Earth type black magic this week. Wouldn’t be surprised if Gawns playing through an ACL, Mays hammy from 21 PF never fully healed. Trac had his fractured leg replaced with titanium and is slowing him down, Lingers has no ribs left. *Im muting myself for the week.

Cannot believe we lost to the Bummers.

You just have to look at our past few weeks to see something up with a midfield defence. - Noah Anderson 3 votes Best game of his life. - Butter 3 votes Best game of his life - Will Ashcroft 2nd AFL game - Rising star nom nom. And we supposedly have the best midfield in the AFL. You just know that Daicos will be the first player to get 50 touches in the modern era.

https://twitter.com/CharlieDons/status/1649599413982220290?s=20 So this was ok.. Christiansen must be smoking crack

He wants the best for his boy - just needs to find a better way to deal with game day pressure.

I’m not disagreeing with you - he’s a gun abd will win a Brownlow. But snags register in the viewers mind 10x more than i50 or clearance and that’s why he doesn’t get the accolades that he should.

I hear ya, but snags are better than assists.

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The reason why this happens is Oliver doesn’t hurt you with scores, it’s his biggest flaw. If he got 20-30 goals a year, he would end up being a hall of famer. No body questions his inside game.

We are getting absolutely murdered by the MRO this year. I still don’t know how Andy Brayshaw escaped suspension with his hit a few weeks back. Funny because had Hunter decide to fall over Rozee, potentially kneeing him in the head, he would have got a free, Rozee would have had a facial re construction and Hunter would be playing next week.

Don’t forget the Bombers and Suns as well. We were lucky to get 4 pts against the Suns.

The competition is always tough - I am starting to think we have peaked and while still in the window are most definitely on the way down. May and Gawn are a shadow of themselves and while I cannot imagine it, the end of their careers is at most 1-2 seasons a way. Also, Based on performances this year against similar quality teams, Trac and Oliver can really no longer lay claim as the best 1,2 combo in the AFL either. I may be proven wrong and boy I hope I bloody am but If the potential is still their and the desire still burns hot then they can show everybody by going 4-0 in the next month. I doubt they can, but to me that’s what it’s going to take to change my mind.

Then you and I are on exactly the same page.

I think you miss the point. It’s not that we just lost by 4 pts, it’s we lost playing a poor brand for 3 quarters and made to look 2nd rate. It’s a brand that many know deep down won’t cut it in September. That’s why I’m seething. When the Pies put everything on the line they continually find a way - it’s not a coincidence that they have won so many close games- their method holds up and we have seen It time and time again for 18 months. The game plan still looks suspect and now teams have not only worked us out defensively but are now working on our stoppage and midfield game.

Didn’t Andy Brayshaw get off earlier for a similar incident?

Not good. inly thing that’ll change my mind is going 4-0 in the next 4. But we are likely to go 1-3. 2-2 at best.

Putting together a solid season. Very impressive out of defensive half.

Grundy that good anymore IMV he is way of his AA best - in fact I can’t even recall how he made it. Dogga started behind him this year but already overtaken him.

Shouldn’t matter - he needed to be more blatant about it.

Yeah forgot about that. We get absolutely robbed by the umps every time we go to that ground. Cannot wait for an AI based umpire to finally sought this [censored] out.

You are right, but we don’t have the cattle to play that brand. 80% of our side can’t hit a target under pressure and the 20% who can can’t win a ground ball. Our side is built for contest, stoppage and defence. It will be until we turn the list over by about 50%. So expect much of the same. What we need to do with our list as Power is similar is the forward half game. 76 of 80 Powers’ points came from forward half turn over or stoppage. While most of ours come from defensive half. It’s hard to win games like that and it all boils down to effort. It’s been plain to see for weeks now. We are not working hard enough.