Chook

Why? We have midfield names that should strike fear. Instead we're constantly on the defensive. I think it's part of the gameplan but it's garbage and will fail in finals again.

Sorry to say, but I think we're really bad. Our midfield is awful - every one of them out of form or injured. We have a good backline but the gameplan is all wrong and overly reliant on a couple of important defenders and the opposition playing into our hands with high balls into the backline. EDIT: Really bad is an overstatement but we're no chance for the flag playing like this.

We're playing dreadful. We'd be 4 goals down again if we were playing Brisbane again.

It's kind of worrying how dependent on our back third of the ground we are. With our midfield we should be starting our offensive thrusts from further up the ground. Viney, Gawn, Petracca, Oliver aren't really pulling their weight in this area. Can't say for sure whether it's all part of the plan but I'm not impressed by it.

Just moving the ball on quickly like the AFL wants.

It's not perfect, but I can already tell Clarry has a bit more of his one-touch pickup off the ground working tonight where he couldn't do that previously.

And on top of it all, you can visualise this lovely exchange every time you order one:

Hoping for a quality game from Clayton Oliver tonight. He was absolutely dreadful defensively last game, especially in the first quarter. That's fine if he's damaging offensively, but he was just about nonexistent in both facets of the game with that hand injury.

My problem with Derm and other special commentators of a certain type is that they spend the whole game telling you what the players "should have done" or "were trying to do" instead of what's actually happening. They're trying to be coaches when they should be analysts.

Once, 20 years ago. She was a co-worker, and pretty passionate to be fair. Wore here North jumper to work on game day, and wouldn't work when a game was on (she'd finish her shift then bolt to the G or Telstra Dome to watch).

You miss every shot you don't take. In my case, I also miss every shot I do take.

lol, 2009 St Kilda. Every time I remember they didn't win a flag in that period I just shake my head in disbelief.

See, this is why I don't tip. I clearly have no idea what I'm talking about.

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At the risk of looking like a fool again, I think the lions are going to go on a tear now that they've regained their mojo. Reckon they'll smash the cats tonight.

Good guy defence probably not going to be as successful with Toby as it was for Cameron I suspect.

Blues are celebrating junk time goals like they've won the flag. Not sure about that.

The irony is that if Green had gone studs up into that contest, he probably wouldn't have gotten in any real trouble - just a free against

The Blues are running rampant. So much for the premiership favourites GWS! Who should I mozz next?

Where's the pressure on that rushed behind? No Giants player within cooee.

I know it's early in the year and a lot can change, but I'd be shocked if the Giants don't win the flag this year based on what I've seen so far. Brisbane, Melbourne, Carlton, Collingwood could put together a good month and snatch it, but no one's playing footy as consistently good as GWS right now. Probably way too early to make that call but there you go.

Agreed. Whether the frees were there or not, the Crows appealing for them so hard made the umps put the whistle away I reckon.

I reckon if Carlton were trying to get the win instead of Adelaide, there would have been about 5 frees paid in that last minute or so.

That duck of the shoulder and throw the head back from Tex Walker was embarrassing.