Hopeful Demon

People also forget that Port Adelaide and Brisbane were gifted home finals while we had to play at neutral venues despite being minor premiers.

Total dumpster fire. No composure, no chemistry, no system, no connection. It's been a long time since I've seen us look this flat and miserable on the field. What worries me is that multiple players are going backwards really quickly. Fritsch looks lost, Rivers is totally devoid of confidence, and JVR has completely forgotten how to lead. I didn't think things could get much worse than last week but here we are.

They look miserable on the ground. Spiritless.

2021 was the perfect blend of our original style under Goodwin and our current one. We were primarily a defensive team but we always seemed to find the perfect time to switch gears and pile on goals. We gradually lost that skill in the subsequent seasons.

That was arguably our single worst performance since Paul Roos' last game as coach. The scary thing is that I don't even think North were that good. We were just absolutely atrocious on every front. We constantly fumbled, turned it over and failed to stick simple tackles. Our inability to hit a target in the f50 was comical. I really don't know what year we are in for. All the confidence I gained after the GWS game is gone.

Chandler is the only player who can hold his head high today. Everyone else on the other hand...

Viney's kicking into the 50 has been atrocious today. It was actually an area of his game that had been improving up until today.

I'm sorry, Woewodin is simply not up to it. Has no composure

It's astonishing how bad our skills are

Trac is playing like his injury never even happened which is a good sign

No disrespect to Mcvee but what exactly does he have over Rivers?

Trac and Oliver looked great. That was what I really cared about for this practice game.

Yeah he hasn't been completely polished but I reckon his positives have outweighed his negatives today.

I can see a massive year coming for Oliver. I reckon he's back

I haven't seen Oliver break through a tackle like that in a while. That was good to watch.

This has been a significantly better quarter from us. Hope we can maintain it for the rest of the game.

Agree. There was also barely anything in the Head/Siraj altercation but the commentators made it sound as if they went into an actual fistfight. I think the media just wants this series to be as drama fulled as possible.

Been disappointing for me. I was really excited by him at the end of '21 but he hasn't progressed at all since then. I struggle to really see what his role is at the moment. It's all very well to point at his workrate but getting 15 disposals (with the occasional goal thrown in) nearly every week is simply not enough for someone who spends as much time in the midfield as he does.

That's literally one of the worst takes I've ever read. We'd hardly have a club left if it wasn't for Jones.

He loves Weid but hates JVR even though he's already a much better player.

Are you really this thin skinned? Every time someone expresses dissatisfaction with the club's decisions you just resort to cheap personal attacks.

Telling someone that they're not a supporter when they critique the club is so dumb. And where was anyone saying that the media is perfect?

The last two pages of this thread have [censored] me off for a number of reasons. I agree that it's pathetic to hang [censored] on the club at every opportunity but it's also pathetic to get on your high horse and tell someone that they're not a supporter when they critique the club's performances. We've seen the worst of these two extremes in this thread alone. Fwiw, the vast majority of my posts are positive but this is a football forum ffs.

Yep I remember in the Queen's birthday back in 2019 we got hammered but Gawn tore him a new one getting 30+ disposals.

It's hard to fathom many people considered Grundy to be a better ruck than Gawn at the end of 2019. Grundy seems to be declining every year while Gawn's aging like fine wine.