Hopeful Demon

Now this is the Chandler of Round 1-7

I thought that no team could get worse than Melbourne of 2013 but I guess I was wrong there.

What a game! I thought we completely cooked at three quarter time but we just never gave in. Our desperation in the last 10 minutes was outstanding. Petracca is a champion. He's so glorious to watch when he's kicking goals. Gawn had his best performance in a very long time. That was the ultimate captain's game. And how could I leave out Jake Melksham. You could just tell he'd nail that set shot.

We only have ourselves to blame. Kicking 5.15 for the whole game is simply disgusting. I can't emphasise how painful we are to watch at the moment.

This is why Pickett needs to get the ball more

I was specifically referring to players who played for the seniors last year.

Oh yeah 100% McVee is a gun and JVR is very impressive for a young key forward.

If I'm being honest Rivers has probably been our only player who's taken a big step since last season.

Yesss!!!! This is the happiest I've been since the 2021 GF. We can worry about our inaccuracy and the last minute later. Let's just appreciate the fact that we [censored] beat Collingwood! Jack Viney, take a bow you star.

Our defence was impeccable that quarter. That being said, our kicking into the forwardline needs a lot of work. We can't just rely on our defence to win us this game.

Smith has looked good up forward. Starting to think we should've tried him there a while ago

Collingwood aren't playing well at all. Should be three goals ahead.

That 'bang bang bang' didn't sound very nice this time.

Jesus Carlton really do suck

A win was all I wanted after the past two weeks. We were wasteful up forward but the reality is that we dominated general play and Carlton were lucky to be that close all game. Salem had his best game since 2021. Our backline looks so much better when he plays like that. It was good to see Langdon regain some form too.

It's as if we're kicking at a [censored] wall

Carlton's skills are atrocious. We should have them covered by now.

It might to be the reason we're losing but our midfield does look really bare without Oliver.

Let's face it, the scoreboard is flattering Freo. We have dominated general play but our forwardline hasn't been functioning well enough (last two minutes aside).

Nah. Oliver is probably the only player who'll be in the AA side based on these first 10 rounds. If you think he's our biggest worry, then you're ignoring numerous other players who are out of form.

He's been our only player who's genuinely improved since last year.

Rivers will be an AA in a couple of years. I can feel it.

When Oliver's off the rest of the team is off.

The scoreboard is flattering us big time. Repeat of the Essendon game so far.

Oliver has set ridiculously high expectations. I thought his disposal was very good for the most part and I've noticed that he's been taking a lot intercept marks lately. While Petracca and Viney were both excellent, I thought they were just as 'wasteful' as Oliver.