Wodjathefirst

I was considering doing the ladder predictions on the AFL app, then looked how well I’ve been doing in picking winners in the footy tipping competition, then decided I shouldn’t bother…

On the assumption that we don’t finish in the top two…..If we play Collingwood first final it has its ups. We play at the G, gives us opportunity to get support at the ground and if we win, yee ha, we are in the box seat. If we lose and win the next game we unfortunately will most likely play an interstate prelim final. Not so good If we play Port first week, it’s an away game. Tough but can be done. Win, again we are in the box seat. Lose and we win the following week and our prelim final would most likely be the Pies at the G or less likely Brisbane away, yuck. On balance, I’d rather play the pies first week. Very pecuniary, at least I can go to the game. Normally I stress big time when I actually go to the footy but I’m getting that feeling now…. I better stop Ps. If my logic above is wrong, apologies, happy to be corrected.

No matter how good the Bazball Pies think they are about doing coming from behind victories in the 4th quarter, we do it better (and against better sides). GO DEES!!!!

I always dread it when I see umpires No 15 and No 22 walk onto the ground at the start of a game.

Petracca after the game ‘Just want our supporters to turn up, we will do the rest’ Say no more… love it

Mindset required by our players ‘we are the hunters’ Mindset required by our supporters ‘be very loud’ Not only a home ground advantage but a home crowd advantage - time to start cranking it up

I know it’s a bit like saying what do you prefer, diarrhoea or vomit but I’m torn between who I want to win out of Essendon and Geelong (that will help us). I’ll go for Essendon

Goody’s press conference today - ‘We are now back at our home ground, in front of our supporters who make a difference for us, when they come out in numbers and support and get loud, which we expect Friday night, it’s a tough place to play’ We as supporters have got one job to do- turn up and turn up the volume- we must also make the home ground advantage become a home crowd advantage. GO DEES

About now I reckon- GO DEES!!!!

Totally 100% agree. We must make sure our home ground advantage becomes a home crowd advantage. It really is the only way we as supporters can actually help the team. GO DEES!!

I’m on leave and have had a few. Listened to Goody’s press conference and am 100 % still on board with him and the footy club. It’s a tough gig. Best thing I can do is rock up to Docklands this weekend and back our boys in. Over and out - (hope the auto correct did its job)

Thank goodness there is cricket happening at the moment, it’s the only thing I’m enjoying at the moment

I’m in desperate need of some optimism. No matter what the weather is going to be this coming game at least we know it’s going to be dry at the ground…..always look on the bright side of life ….. and turn up to support our boys.

It’s perhaps too early to put forward a balanced view after what just happened in Alice. But here it goes. We won just about every stat there is to win except for kicking a winning score so……..perhaps desperately clutching at straws that is a plus so……….I still have some faith that we can turn things around. BIG game coming up next week! I’ve already bought a ticket. In the coming weeks we will definitely find out if we are contenders or pretenders. GO DEES!!!!!

Season defining game next week. Don’t care who is injured, the ins or the outs. We need to win this one - no excuses

I’m absolutely gutted. I hate football

So sad

I’ll preface my comment by what Daicos said after the Adelaide game- words to the effect ‘the crowd support means a lot to us, it’s like having an extra man on the ground’ (not to forget the influence they can have on umpiring decisions). Home crowd advantage is BIG! In 2021 the huge crowd support we got in WA was a one off- it too is by and large unrepeatable for us back here. I know it’s only an opinion and everyone has one -I felt it had an incredible positive impact on both our finals performances over there. I don’t think it is a coincidence that Goody, the players and even marketing from MFC is trying to get our supporters to go to games and make some noise. In terms of trying to compare 2023 with 2021 - I don’t. To win a premiership you need a good team that is well coached and switched on at the pointy end of the season and luck with injuries. Luck plays a big part. So in the meantime, those of us that can, turn up to our games and be loud- it can only help our boys….GO DEES!

I just listened to the Geelong game podcast and there was discussion about whether we were finished or near finished ‘loading’. (The drift of the discussion was that we have had increased training loads in the past few week’s leading into the bye period) Certainly not trying to ignite debate regarding merits or otherwise but I am simply curious as to whether people like yourself who attend training sessions regularly can / did pick up on increased training loads over the last few weeks. I would have thought (guessed) that one would expect to see significant increases in effort or whatever it is that takes place on the training track when ‘loading’ is happening. Or is it more nuanced and hard to identify? Or do players do other sessions somewhere else?

We were competitive and in the game for three quarters and obviously dropped off big time in the last. It was shocking weather and it was against a very good side at their home ground. Not a good outcome but it is not the end of the world. Looking forward to how we respond next week.

One upside to Thursday night footy. No Taylor commentating

Prior to the Dangerfield injury Geelong were favourites (and the presumption that Oliver would be okay to play for us). We became the slight favourites. Just guessing, perhaps it’s swung back to Geelong when it became known that Oliver was not playing. All in all the odds seem pretty tight or even or whatever the correct terminology is. GO DEES!

….and Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon etc, etc…. but I know….one team at a time GO DEES

Contenders may get it done, serious contenders do get it it done. Like to think we are serious about this one.

….and they will be washed out to the sea and lost forever (we can hope and dream)