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Next year I reckon. I think he’s not physically ready. He’s still a kid.

Max Gawn on the Marty Sheargold radio show:

I find his partner the fat one even worse!

I reckon the zero tolerance on dissent was a Brad Scott initiative that fell really flat with fans and failed to be enforceable without paying a zillion free kicks each week. Probably was one of many things that cost him that gig and forced him back into coaching where he's better suited anyway (not that he's particularly good at that either).

It beggars belief that Lever didn't get 10 votes imo. I thought he was clearly the best and most influential player on the ground on the night. I guess one of the reasons he was so influential was that Scott didn't rate his game as worth trying to curtail.

I've thought Scott was a bit of a you-know-what for a while, but the Pettiness to rate his players as bog in this game rather than just suck up the fact that he lost is pretty damning.

I agree. I think it's relevant if one side loses/wins expected score by a lot, as it indicates one team was dominant but didn't put it on the board. The GWS game in the wet last year is a good example, as I felt we really did dominate that game but failed to score largely due to the conditions ruining our composure and disposal. But if it's close or even mildly one-sided then it really means little.

Watching it live I knew the significance immediately. I let out a wordless yelp of joy when he got his fingertips to that ball. I think it was a game-winning moment. Who knows what happens if Geelong get clear. Instead it's a turnover and leads to a brilliant goal from Fritsch, but none of that would have happened without the fingernail from Petty.

Thought I’d post this cracking behind the goals image of our defensive wall stopping the ball coming out of our forward 50. Good luck getting it out of there with 5 defenders in a wall as the first line and then May and Lever supporting line. Looks like the footy version of some ancient Roman battle formation.

I think he's a dreadful coach and have been saying as much for years. I know he won them a flag and got them into a grand final, so he has those results on the board, but nevertheless my gut says the dogs have gotten there in spite of beveridge not because of him.

6 Lever 5 Gawn 4 Petty 3 Petracca 2 May 1 Fritsch

For those following the Dermie "cats wasted their chances" halftime narrative, he's chosen to stick with that in the postgame too. Absolutely no idea.

Caleb Windsor take a bow. Incredible run down tackle and finish.

Lever BOG tonight so far. Just defending everything and even rebounding offensively.

We've definitely gone up a gear here in intensity.

Huge last couple of minutes taking our chances for a couple of ripper goals.

Billings off thank god.

MAXXXYYYYYY!!!! From down town!

Inability to take our chances in high pressure games is a serious trend.

Just noticed it's the first of May, so happy Steven May Day to all who celebrate (excuse the photo - this was the only one I could find).

How can you suspend this kid? Saints defence should have just walked in and put this picture up on the whiteboard. "Defence rests, what a good character he is. Look at his cute ears and chocolatey face!"

Cameron would blow JVR's tank up in the first half.

We can laugh about it now, so I'm gonna post it.

Same issue with the Lions 10 years ago, as you may recall. They turned it around as any organisation turns itself around. It's not a simple fix but it's not a fait accompli that a club doing poorly now will never recover. https://www.afl.com.au/news/44612/where-did-it-all-go-wrong-for-the-lions

Until we're worried about the AFL going broke, why are we talking about killing teams? This is a sport with nearing 200 years of history. You don't rip that up in search of a dollar.