Clayton spirit

Just doesn't have enough presence. His pairing with Brown has been a big fail, only looked decent replacing brown or jackson

Think we pick our best 22 regardless of position. Our defensive depth is crazy though, brayshaw and hunt have been so good and we still have Salem and Hibberd on the sidelines, and Smith and Tomlinson ad capable tall replacements 

He can just be the sub to get 200 anyway

Most consistent player so far. I would have no problem with him being b&f at this rate. 

Dogs wasn't great for the opener but our fans definitely weren't at fault. Essendon game I thought was most disappointing.  Giants game was about as I expected. Last week too, but probably as a percentage more hawks fans than I would have thought.

I'm definitely making a point to get to all games off the flag whereas in the past I would accept missing a couple due to work

Out of favour Eagle has informed the club he no longer wants to be there. Could be a valuable forward pressure asset going forward

Spargo has his name all over this thread. Can deliver a huge quarter where he kicks 3 quick goals

2 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

I believe this is a blessing in disguise. Flying to GC and playing them at their home ground on the same day is the worst possible preparation for a game. They are in good form and no doubt would have exploited this. Looking forward to play them over here tomorrow or later on.

I would hardly call wasting nearly a whole day travelling good preparation 

12 minutes ago, Rossmillan said:

Out: Jackson

In: Melksham

Petracca to play more forward.

I think we are too tall up forward, especially in the wet.  The ball is rebounding out of the forward line too easily.

As much as I hate to include Melksham we need more class in the forward half.  

Must get Petracca forward, he’s the one who knows where the goals are.  He keeps wanting to break tackles and this hurts us less in the forward 50 where the risk is worth it.  Need Jordan back in the guts more where he takes the first simple options, rather than trying to be too clever.

His goal sense is pretty off at the moment. However, getting him in as a marking target I agree with.

The change works too for mine, gives McDonald a chance to win some footy as 2nd ruck and Jacko is pretty lost as a forward option atm

I actually thought people watched a different game when I came on here post match. He was not the reason we lost. Thought he was our best in the first half and kept fighting all night.

I don't know what people are expecting. People asked for him to lift after the GWS game where he legitimately looked out of touch and then he is in the thick of the action all game and probably more detractors are on his back.

Can we not experiment this one time we actually have a shot at a flag 

Wasn't a whole lot less than turned up in R1 with 50% capacity. Turnout was better than I thought it'd be

On a dry deck in the afternoon, BB would be a good addition. Still not sure it's the right move for team balance, but I don't think he deserved to go out based on form. Happy to give him a run.

Not sure who goes out. Kosi has been disappointing, but I still think his upside is too great as there's no replacement in that role

Any last min tickets?

Could imagine Adelaide v Brisbane twilight. I assume that gives us the fta Saturday night slot, unless they go with hawthorn for burgoynes 400th

I'd love to see him called up onto the podium like Bob Murphy in 2016, on the likelihood he doesn't get a spot

I agree. Why not run with our successful line up from the first 6 weeks. 

Just had to find our feet after the first 15 minutes. Our defence is unreal. Literally 3 of our 6 are AA material. Amazing instincts by our players at stoppages. Sloppy patches towards the end of the 3rd but huge plays time and time again after mistakes. T Mac and Jackson are absolute beasts. Just love these players really. 

Absolute champion for what he has meant to the club and what he's stuck through. Basically was what we turned up to see in 2012-2013. Has gone through at least 4-5 phases in his career. It's not so much the skill but the passion that will make him be remembered as a champion footballer

6 hours ago, deelusions from afar said:

This put me off from attending this week - but when I checked yesterday this had changed and was able to get seats on the Wing 3rd level half way up which I was pretty happy with for GA - $27 per ticket.

I looked for the cheapest tickets too and when I selected 2 they gave me about 10 options, the day later there were numerous more options. Theres really no advantage buying tickets early when they don't give you the option of where to sit

It's a massive hassle to actually get a ticket and not being able to choose where you sit. Unless you're a tragic I don't see much incentive to attend. You can't jus rock up and get decent seats with a few friends. The AFL's not doing enough to get crowds in, NBL did $10 tickets, the AFL should follow suit with something to encourage attendance. It's gonna be a bad look when full capacity is back and crowds will still (likely) be down

Where does it say you have to scan? I didn't do it last week and didn't hear anything about it at the gate 

All tickets to the game were $50+ unless you were a member, where for a lengthy period of time it said they were unavailable. For a game already with relatively low demand, nothing was done to atttact people to attend. If this had been done right I reckon we may have gotten 30k. Ticketing has been terribly mismanaged. I thought the goal was to attract people back to live sport these days. 

40 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

It was a disgraceful crowd. The club is to blame though. Did absolutely nothing to promote the game. It should have been a call to arms, particularly after Essendon insulted us. The club is asleep at the wheel. There was nothing put out to hype the game . 

Getting a ticket, and ticket prices for general public were absolutely farcical. Should have been promoting the game with $15 tickets or something