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I was confident at half time to be honest, we absolutely dominated them the entire game and I was sure the goals would come. Good teams will inevitably score when the ball is locked in their forward half for so long. The obvious thing is kicking for goal and this happens from time to time. The one thing I did notice that others have mentioned already elsewhere, is that we were selfish at times with shots for goals. We’re at our best when instead of having a crack, we look inside for a better option or at least give the chance for a Spargo/kozzie/Fritsch to crumb a goal. To be fair, a couple of Richmond players absorbed a lot of our entries… it was just that we had so many. Saying that, we address that in our forward line and there’s no reason we can’t go undefeated. I personally wouldn’t like to be undefeated for my own anxiety levels going into finals, haha

Tiges fans on Punt Road End saying that Brisbane is the next best team behind us… and they waaaayyyyy behind us. One bloke says this is the best team he’s seen for a very long time. 😁😁💙❤️💙❤️💙 Rest of the comp is scared.

You gotta be smiling now Picket :)

Langdon you beauty

Oh we’re Yippin. Yippin bad.

Just gotta kick straight. We got this!

Still confident we’ll win by 3-4 goals. We’ll get a run on goals in the 4th as Richmond get tired. All they’ve done is chase.

Put Bowie Full-Forward for a bag of 10. Easy fix.

Cmon guys we should be 7 goals up easily

Finalllyyyyyyyyy Tiges sound like they’re about to tear the roof off at the umps.

He’s fitting in nicely and doing his role immediately. All the little things.

To be fair, this is the first in form team we’ve played this year, so we haven’t had to put up with an immense amount of pressure thus far except Gold Coast I’d say. Dogs Port GWS Essendon GCS was probably the hardest game We’re absorbing all of this, just not converting as well as we should. Go dees!!!!

So no holding the ball, then no push in the back. Got it.

Just keep locking it in boys. The goals will come.

And I support each of them in this endeavour.

Great post about Longmuir. Agreed. Freo move the ball quickly, they hit their targets, their backline is in sync with each other and most importantly they play team footy. They really took Carlton apart and Cripps was the only player that could stand up just because of the player he is, everyone else was nullified. How ordinary did they make Carltons forward line look? Confidence can do wondrous things for a team and Freo look like they’re invested in this game plan. They play Geelong down at GMHBA, will be a good barometer of where they’re at.

Excited to have BBB and Weid in the same forward line - could be the dawn of a very destructive duo if aggressive Weid comes to play. Interested to see what Dunstan can do and looking forward to seeing sparrow in the middle for a whole game. Dees by 23

It’s a weird feeling watching non-Melbourne games in this era. There isn’t another team that currently looks really threatening to us. Bloody love it!

He would be a very good mentor to play under. Just gets the job done every week and makes the most of his talents with hard work.

Ahhh right. And if that only happens to 3-4 good players on your list, that’s probably enough to see a drop off.

Huh, that’s a great stat! I wonder if it’s a collective thing like loss of belief in game plan, or an individual loss of belief, is it an emotional grieving type thing? Does the coach make changes that hurt team play as an over-correction? All of the above?

I for one welcome the new Android league. ROBOT AFL WOULD BE AMAZING.

All fair points! The implantation has been botched for sure I think, if every time I’ve seen players raising their arms was given 50 thus far this year… the 50 count would be doubled or tripled. I think my position here on out is: I’m happy to reset this weekend and if umpires punish that behaviour the same for every game, then I’m fine with the rule and interpretation. It HAS to be even across rounds and only at when it’s directed towards an umpire. The issue of arm raising seems to be it’s directed AT the umpires. So from this, players can show frustration, but it can’t be directed at umpires. Look away from the umpire, shake your head, give out an angry ‘grrreeereghghgg’, just don’t do it directly at/facing the umpire. If it’s consistent and players aren’t penalised outside of these parameters, I can see it not being an issue by the end of the year and supporters will adapt knowing that those are the rules. There will still be grey areas, but hey ho, as long as they continue to be defined as we go. Hard game to make rules for as there is so much subjectivity. That’s just me though, I can see the point of view from other people.

I’ve been reading this whole thread and I don’t know where I stand completely yet, but for what it’s worth, here’s an ex-pro umpires perspective and I think it’s valuable especially from a ‘gaining advantage’ angle. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-20/record-setting-umpire-backs-afl-s-crackdown-on-dissent/101002852

That should be weeks but it’s Hawkins so de nada