HarpenDee

Unfortunately youll have to suck it up, unless you want to add an overseas membership with the club and then you get "free" access. Ive tried with VPNs before but the geo blocking is pretty good. If you are in the UK its televised.

Uh oh, we are loading. Pies by 100.

Rewatched the first half. Both teams fell in a hole due to fatigue for the last 10 mins of the 2nd quarter but prior to that we wrre excellent. Those lamenting our ball movement should go and rewatch because we opened them up a number of times for easy marks inside 50. We just kicked 1.5 from those set shots. Loved Tracs game, so mature. McVee, Salem, Bowzer what a great trio we have there. Just quietly I think Grundy is starting to settle in very nicely indeed. This was a game we were in total control of, bookies had the line at 15, we won by 17 and expected scote was far higher again. Adressed some issues around stoppage and clearance. Not sure what some people want, its June, Rome wasnt built in a day etc etc On a final note in Kozzie's flying, i'd be surprised if the coaches are trying to coach out his enjoyment and natural instincts. Think he would be the worse for it (theyve clearly focussed on adressing his rough conduct instead). Time to look forward to KB.

3 first rounders that can run fast, please

Thanks to being given two rather handy father sons currently on massive unders

Umpiring absolutely putrid, epitomised in the last with the 2 non - frees. Hind caught HTB by Viney, and then the deliberate OOB with no bomber within 50m. Would have only lost by 3 goals if we were given a fair crack. Should write to the AFL and demand an explanation.

@WalkingCivilWar the email should arrive the same day as the membership confirmation

Afl Daily Podcast just released todays episode "Top Four Freo?".

Bundled up pick 58 and 64 for Oscar Allen and pick 12 (taking on half his salary).

Weve swapped a Number 9 pick with 62 goals in 59 games for a Number 2 pick with 78 goals in 72 games, saved 100k and upgraded 2 x 4th rounders to an early 3rd rounder? Whats not to like?

Apologies. Its good to offset the anger at losing out on this deal with the knowledge we'd be looking at $1mill a year over 7 with our already tight cap. Could be a blessing in disguise?

It may be but no club in the land is swapping pick 1 for 12 13 30.

Would be disappointing to have to trade weid to get 44 to tag on to 27 to give to the Pies for Grundy when we gave away 43 and 53 to turn 33 into 27.

Points schmoints If we are using 27 for Grundy (or onto GWS with Bedford for 19/21) then no doubt we have spoken to those clubs and they have said theyd rather pick 27 than our three picks (despite being worth more points) All the talk is that this draft has no depth so perhaps the extra late picks not as valuable as other years

Defenders Lever (Ankle) Salem (Knee) Mids Petracca (leg), Brayshaw (knee), Gawn (foot), Jackson (knee) Fwds Brown (knee), Pickett (knee), Fritsch (back?) The above ones looked visually hampered. Two others - possibly Viney (very quiet finals for him)? Management of players perhaps questionable at times but the back half draw was brutal and top 4 was on the line given Cats/Pies/Swans werent dropping games. Get werridee to post a 22/3 without the above players and we werent making a prelim whichever way you spin it. Moving on i just hope this pre season isnt a 2018/19 cluster**** of surgeries

Big Ben Binman Brown also said something similar when questioned about our loss to Sydney. I felt he intimated loading played a part. Go Dees.

Very fair point. I saw First Crack saying our ball movement since r17 is 17th in the comp. Putting the silly sample size to one side: Our run has been Geelong at cattery, Port in their last crack at finals in Alice, Dogs in their Granny, Freo in Perth, Pies in their Granny and Blues in their Granny. Nearly always with comparatively worse travel schedules and short breaks. Id love us to smash Brisbane on the weekend and see the narrative change once again.

Anyone feel like we didnt play that well (as per the past 11 pages), got smashed in the [censored] count, the 9th best team played out of their skins, and that 9 times out of 10 we win that game (and nearly still did today). And we are 3rd. It's not all that bad, is it? I agree we have to lift a fair bit if we are going to win it (I watched Geelong's last quarter today and their pressure is far superior to ours) but I'm not willing to put a line through 2022 just yet.

Agreed. Only injury forced changes to the side despite being a lowly 2nd on the ladder. Goodwin out.

Loved everything about the win apart from Fritta burning a team mate AGAIN, and Lever doing his AC. I am worried about Fritta as this is the fourth week in a row he has done it and id be amazed if it hadnt already been addressed.

Just catching up on the thread. So is Dunstan being delisted or going straight into the seniors?

I mean yeh its looked like tmac and weid have both been trying to get dropped.

So many good performers. I loved Vineys game, thought he was a crucial cog at stoppages as GWS were giving it a red hot crack, particularly in the first half. Jack simply wouldnt let them get on top after the first. Sadly the Weid hasn't turned up the past two weeks after a promising performance vs the bombers. As for the crowd, 7 news headline this morning said 20% of Australians are interstate/overseas this weekend. I am in Melbourne from the UK, went to the bombers game, couldnt bring myself to go last night for what looked on paper a routine win. Taking two four year olds with a big family day today, keeping them up till 11pm last night is not really an option - im surely im not the only one in the same boat who chose to watch on tv instead. Call me fair weather after years of 3am alarms to see us get belted (and plenty of $$ put into the club) all you like Anyway go dees 5-0

Putting the Wednesday night to one side i love that we've asked for the dogs round 1. The dogs will be coming for us. Good that the players know this and should help them focus hard in pre season.

For followers of rugby, in 2016 Eddie Jones produced a presentation to England players on how we will beat the All Blacks and win the 2019 world cup and trained that game plan for 3 years. Come world cup time they smashed the All Blacks (but lost the final to the Springboks). Goody mentions he shares a mentor with Eddie Jones on this interview.