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Wonder what Copilot says happened

Yes hats off. It’s been great to watch. And we may be the baby bombers. But more accurately I think we are trying to find the balance of a gameplan that we are completely committed to from the jump. And that advantage will ease as we give more teams an opportunity to see what we are doing. And I am not so much worried about ‘the defence’ - it is the over committing of the mids, a turnover and an easy hit up to defenders with zero pressure on the ball. It’s expected, I am comfortable with it, but I can genuinely see Dees supporters getting there eyes bigger than their stomachs here.

Yes I heard that, damned with faint praise. Essentially, he was amazed Gawn and Steele were able to adapt to making the stoppage bigger and have our half forwards roll up and exploit our ‘speed of gameplan’ advantage. I think that can be neutralised and brutalised by the best teams as we make errors. I can see it being great to watch and give us a chance to kick goals against anyone but it is essentially a desire to open the game up - almost by definition we are going to have more A1-D1 contests (1-1 contests) to win and execute well from. I just think that we are not there yet and we can expect the best teams to have more than enough opportunities to get a hold of us.

It’s really promising. But as a I said for a few weeks - we will get absolutely torn in half by the best teams. And that’s ok if you live on a plane of reality as a Dees fan.

wait, what’s happened to his gamut?

He is also lazy and selfish. Again, elite requires almost universal execution. Fritsch is not an elite kick because of? Anyone? Anyone? … decision making.

Not sure about that. That roar when he got his first touch in Rd 1 was every fan in the stadium - not just Dees fans.

Also - decision making is easier to get better at than kicking skill. If you can teach someone to take an extra second and make a better decision - it looks like it’s skills but it’s just a better decision under pressure. And that’s what performance is; execution under pressure. @DubDee - another T-shirt…

He’s neat. The only elite kick we have is Kozzy. And Fritsch when he cares.

This isn’t ‘craft training’ - this is getting the ball in the hands of better kickers. Pickett, Steele, Lindsay, Langford, Windsor, Sparrow 84 kicks either elite or neat and to advantage. Vs Petracca, Oliver, Viney, (even Rivers…😬) 50 dump kicks I know this is reductionary reasoning but it’s the crux

He’s in those. Mrs rpfc wants him out of them but little rpfc can’t wake up Literally changed the bed with him on the bed and slapped a nappy on him and went back to bed But this thread isn’t about my parenting - it’s about a flawed yet mercurial character that frustrates so many… Or maybe we’ve said enough about picket??

Well you didn’t get there in time did you Bloody past-rpfc… got no idea

Made the right decision. Happy to re-engage when he is a calmer 40 year old at reunions. Let’s leave it there. Now I’m off to wake up my 5 year old so he doesn’t pizz himself in his bed again

That was me. And my point was that it was slop. Slop that will say whatever you want. Like slop-coloured glasses

I thought Culley was pretty handy (and different) in the middle too. Causes a bit of havoc in there

Yes, because of his lack of speed he is second to the ball a lot. But it’s a close second…

Saints and GWS leaving a chance for some risers…

Yeah, I haven’t got confirmation of this yet because we are young and dumb but I don’t think we are heavily leaning into the forward ‘gegenpress’ so tackles and pressure may not be where we get turnovers - more interceptions across the defensive side of wing and HB. When I was watching against StK it was looking like we were trying to invite short kicks from the opposition and then static long kicks. Then the forwards ‘snap back’ from def side of wing with space in front. But I will be down for the GC game so get a better look then.

What will be the excuses when we finally get into Caulfield? Self-flagellators never run out of ammunition

I hope Culley gets the minutes in the middle vacated by Rivers.

Wow. Statement selection early on. Interested to see how it lands.

Good thing I don’t post on social media

Woke is having empathy. I care. Shoot me.

I know you think this is the enlightened approach to inclusion. I know you think that one’s ‘concern’ was the problem in the first place with sex, race, gender, orientation, etc. But that assumes a vacuum that has never existed, and denies any context to the struggles of the past - and that’s why it matters.

Why were some of you so invested in Waverley? I mean, I know the terrible reasons but rattle them off…