Stiff Arm

Interesting in Goody's presser he said they chose to not make Butters accountable after half time once we hit our purple patch in the 3rd. Yet Butters still had 18 in the 2nd half, incl 9 contested, and kicked 2 goals Had he been shut down we would've won Dumb, stubborn coaching

That we've kicked the most points by last round (pointed out by Goody during the week) is fools gold to those thinking our forward game is working at all. Too many go missing too often, we have no tall forwards (not rucks) deserving of a game. We beat up on lower teams and get found out against top 8 sides This year we won against WB in R1, that's it for top 8. Yet to play Coll, Geel St K or Adelaide. Our saving grace is more games against Norf and Hawthorn I have no doubt that without Tracc and Oliver we'd be in the bottom 8. We are rooted if they go down

Port had a bunch of best 22 out (Marshall, Duursma, Dixon, Jnr Rioli, Fantasia) and Boak subbed off with half his ribs still stuck in Viney's shoulder. Short of Petty, that was arguably our best side 20 mins of good footy out of 100 Wasting the best list we've had in nearly 60 years.

Hunter will get 12 weeks, karma for JVR Viney will get 8 weeks for sliding with feet, karma for JVR ANB will get 4 weeks (at Casey)

Our season is on edge. All those boasting about us scoring more over the season after last round need to take a reality check. Our forward line is terribly weak. JVR, Tmac, Kossie, ANB (was he playing?), Spargo. It's a horror movie in our F50 As usual, a few players kept us in the game... many, many were unsighted or ineffective. Big chance of missing top 4

2 goals resulted

Would've been good to make Butters accountable after collecting 35,000 disposals in the first half? Rotate Hibberd, Riv and ANB off him. When a guy is completely off the chain he has to be stopped

Hugely disappointing. Especially since we couldnt play more than 20 mins of decent footy. Port were a class above us for most of the game Will be a real chance to miss top 4 if we keep this up

Two high tackles in defensive 50.....2 goals as a result

FFS! Get jvr out of the backline. NOW!!!

We had a 20 min purple patch in 3rd, otherwise have been putrid

Get JVR out of the backline!

Must kick the first goal in last quarter. An absolute must

Cheap free on goal in last 30 sec by umpire. Good goal umps

They're crunching them in tackles now they have a sniff!

YEAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Ok, a third and we are seriously in this. C'mon Dees!

Good Tracc. Need another. 2 in a row please

Why the f would Hunter kick over his shoulder and center the ball rather than push it along the boundary? For all the praise he gets for his 'footy IQ', I honestly cannot see it

Rivers in very good form. Tracc quiet. Ankle?

And there it is

Agree Red, but he could still do this

Sad to say, that's very true. Viney has had a crack at Boak and a couple of others, but why isn't anyone crashing into Rosee or Butters? Theyd slow down with a slam into the body via tackle or an unfortunate corkie

I'd like to see JVR throw his body into the contest instead of running under the ball and becoming a witches hat. Crash the pack, hit a Port player fairly but hard, have an influence on the contest and the game. If he can crash a few Port players off their feet, it suddenly becomes easier for our crumbers to gather the ball and move on. Get involved, ffs!

You didn't notice Viney hitting a few of their mids hard? Nearly took Boak out of the game