Spargonicus

Let it go, let it goooo!

That’s the thing for me. He’s worth the buffoonery for the lols.

I know Tommo has limitations, but he’s a confidence player. Get him in from now. Back him. Push Smith up forward. Enable Lever and May to carve up through intercepts. Spargo in for laser f50 entries. Get the flag.

Butterball

Great game. But totally robbed.

Love ❤️ - that’s what we call a failed simile

I know, right? After “Small Defender Round”, it’s: - “Holding the Ball Round” - “Goal Sneak Round” - “Ode to Dropkick Round”, and of course - “Barrel/Torp From Beyond the Arc Round”.

Horrible, lazy start. North are playing ok, but not that good. We’re just looking completely disinterested at the moment.

Time to ease up bingeing on the Walking Dead spin-offs, LG!

Yep, they’ve looked nothing short of appalling a lot of the time over the last few weeks. I tipped Hawks last week. In no parallel universe should they have lost that game. They just stopped. But agree Dees have some fatigue again…really hope we put this woeful lot to the sword.

6 - Viney 5 - Brayshaw 4 - Gawn 3 - Kozzie 2 - Chandler 1 - Rivers

Hey slow down, I’ll lend you a paragraph.

Fugazi

or are they leaving their loading run later…

And they sang the song next to each other in a big hug!

This is a great post, thanks. Totally agree re the result of this change in approach being the boys ‘having fun’ and lifting their confidence. you can see the Pies and Port players having loads of fun out there. We’re not down in the doldrums or anything, but certainly not playing with a lightness of being. I am a subscriber to the loading theory, but actually put sports psychology well ahead of it for impact. Anyone who has played sport to a reasonably high level knows how important the mental side is, and it can make a huge difference even if 1 or 2% off. (dismissing most of the mental side by discounting the oft-raised point that ‘players are mentally weak/soft’ is lazy thinking in my view - and, to add a pun, wrong-headed. Of course it matters. It matters a great deal.)

We are extremely average.

Yep same. Time slot is brutal. Especially living outside Melbs. Sometimes I do miss the all-Saturday arvo fixture.

Also, getting in each other’s way / not giving each other space / trusting that teammates will win the ball. Hand balling to stationary teammates. Often no overlap.

😬 sorry!

Well said, sir. I can say from recent personal experience, that people say some things that are nothing but nefarious and rabble-rousing. It’s sad but true.

There’s definitely something up among the players. I feel like the Melksham/May fracas broke the tight bond the group had formed. And while there’s still lots of good energy and fight, full trust in each other is hard to achieve and easily broken.

Maybe. Or does the ratio of goals/i50 continue to decline the higher the number of i50s? You know how like in video games, if you’re way out in front (racing game, Streetfighter whatever) the algorithm makes sure your competitors can catch up…

Have to agree. Sometimes it’s right to be positive and generous. But sometimes expressing extreme disappointment and anger is right. This was one of those occasions.

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