Spargonicus

Hardwick: “we know the kind of football that beats Melbourne, we just needed to execute it for longer” this is what worries me - sides have worked our main strategy out and we don’t have enough different ways to play…and don’t choke sides out like we used to… don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying watching our team play strong footy these days, but we’re not our once irresistible selves…

How TF was that holding the ball on Chandler. I reckon I could do a better job umpiring and I can barely run around the block.

It’s my pet hate for non calls - reward the tackler. Otherwise, the tackling team sacrifices a player while the other team gets the overlap. It’s not good enough. Reward the tackler. In other news, we’re looking very ordinary. No magic any more.

Some very blatant one sided umpiring at the moment.

An 'awakening fisting' - owwww...

Bagging Gawn: peak MFCSS.

Look, I get the feels, but you clearly don’t remember that season well.

Hi guys, I’d love some discussion and enlightenment on the historical practice of moving backs into the forward line, and how often it works. Not just with the Dees necessarily…have there been many well known examples where a trained, specialist defender has completely transformed their career into a key forward? Obviously in recent times for the Dees we’ve seen Tmac, and lately Petty (although did he play forward pre AFL?) It must be hard to switch… Thanks!

The Pies are pretty good I have to say. Their awareness of each other’s positioning, smarts, and skills… Tigers are just applying enough pressure to cause them to rush goal kicking - plus some lucky moments…

Constant pressure…that’s the secret to life. I mean, AFL…

Swans supporters are some of the worst at the moment. Last two games I attended weren't great experiences, one of their supporters heckled me pretty bad on the way home, thought seriously about having a go at him. Agree it would be very satisfying to thrash them.

I'd be impressed if anyone tipped that...or, assuming hallucinatory episode prior to game...

And Kane Cornes misrepresenting it and launching a controversial narrative.

Brisbane hillbillies confused that they’re actually in West Virginia.

It’s just tripped the fuse

Can’t get over Oliver. Wowsers. If he lifts and a few others, look out. But wow. Petty very fumbly tonight. Bowey, Spargs good. Grundy getting back into it. Viney showing glimpses. Lever pretty dang good again. Need to bring it Q3.

(a fair hall) 😄

This is good in that I’ll have a great sledge for those smug Swans fans (oh the bloods the bloods) - give me strength. A good knock back for their supporters who think their players have more heart than others.* (* I also hate Geelong though)

Gee the Swans fans are quiet… 😏

It’s interesting to see sides fall away from one game to the next. - Reid has been huge lately, massive loss - Swans pressure being nullified by Geelong accurate kicking and dominance in the air - Heeney hardly sighted, having a mare

Agree with all, especially Sydney. I know most teams are unbearable after a win, but in my experience, none worse than the smug Swans supporters this year - I had a couple of run-ins after our two losses, and I was just walking along minding my own business. (Maybe it was my big guns that provoked them and their insecurities...or not...)

Time to hold an independent inquiry into that. Super dodgy.

A few notes of thanks: (and a dig) - to the Dees supporters around us in N53 who got fired up in the second half when we were doing some big chants. (To the flogs who thought the Bears supporters were louder - total &$@! My ears and throat are feeling it this morning!) - to Petty, Brayshaw, ANB, Tracc, Oliver, Langers: you gave us some great moments and put in everything last night, I thought - to the Bears supporters generally: your captain is the joke of the competition, nobody likes him. It sucks, but let’s go again next year. I’ll be there.

Ok I take it back, Joe.