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First time actually seeing him in action tonight. To quote the worst commentator getting around, "Wowee!" Obviously needs some work as any 17yo does but he is a rare beast in the AFL world. Almost Luke Jackson like in the last quarter in the way he moves. Same blend of height and athleticism. I'm excited.

1 point against what is (it hurts to say) the best team in the comp this year. We can argue about stuff ups in the last quarter, last minutes or mistakes all throughout the game but how about we talk about the good things we did? Steven May? Max Gawn, Trac? The young boys? Kolt and Lindsay holding the ball tackles were fantastic. Langdon on Daicos (the fairy) was fantastic for large portions. So many big efforts today, we lost by the absolute slimmest of margins. This may not be our year but I am so confident that we can upset a few teams along the way. David King mentioned a few weeks ago that he thinks we will be a force in 26, 27. I am loathe to agree with anything that man says but I feel we are building towards that. We all hate losing to the pies. I am 100% confident that as well as they may do over he next year or 2, the next few after that will be rough for them.

Incredibly frustrating still be saying "bad kicking is bad football" halfway through 2025 season. May as well be our motto at this point along with being the expected score kings. Obviously been discussed ad nauseum but so many of those set shots were gettable by my sons year 10 footy team. Obviously they haven't just run 10 + km so fatigue is definitely a factor in some of the Dee's kicks but that was atrocious. The hooks that some of them were kicking from directly in front speak of a flawed technique, which given that these problems have existed for years, you would think we would have sorted out. Chocco is simply taking the [censored] at this point.

I really rate this design. Looks really good. It says in the little Melbourne news article about it that the writing underneath the Chevron means "all hearts beat true for the red and the blue". Love it.

Both teams coming off short breaks and both teams confident after good wins. Should be a good game regardless. Don't let the talk of the inexperience of these tigers fool you, they are capable of playing good football. It may be closer than we would like and I fully expect the skill levels of both to drop off in the 2nd half with fatigue. All that being said I would be disappointed if we don't win by at least 3 goals.

I'm sure this will get asked repeatedly over the next week. Do we keep tinkering with the forward line or leave it for a week? Only saw patches of the VFL and it seemed more of the same from Roo and Fritsch, definitely didn't light the world on fire but in saying that GWS were also very good. Seperate issue but how do you feel about Culley? Wins the ball and is very hard at it but seemed like another butcher in his disposal and I feel we already have a few of them. Do you think he will break into the side?

Thankyou Port for taking the spotlight off of MFC woes for a bit by showing up the Hollywood Hawks. Ken has always been a master at pumping up the troops for an occasion. Port looking amazing tonight. Talk will be of how the poor hawks are coming off a bye and have some injuries.

Curried egg please. I apologize in advance for the smell

Great to see Billings slot one. Also great to see the boys show a bit of aggression after that late bump.

Whilst this week is by no means a write off, I'm really excited about next week. If we can get through today without any injuries then next week we could have a fit and firing Kozzie, Melksham with a game under his belt, Lever and May back together. All signs point towards a better showing

It was a joke my friend.

I was going to leave this one and just listen in but after what I've just seen I felt the need to post. Just saw a video of some demons supporters hurling abuse at the Dees as they walked off the ground. WTF Dee's supporters? We are better than that surely? I know we saw a bit of that in the dark years but I honestly thought we were past that. I'm Sure no one one this good forum could possibly be so dense as to participate in this behaviour. I understand frustration at losses. Believe me, I didn't love that game either but to hurl abuse at the players who looked completely heartbroken at what had just occurred left me feeling sick. Obviously things need to be fixed, possibly things going on to affect their performance also? There is more to life than footy. Get a grip!

Would just like to wish you all the best. I feel like this one could be brutal.

Did you watch today's game? I have contempt for us at the moment. Doesn't surprise me that the AFL does as well.

Is there an award for making it to now before turning it off? That's just embarrassing effort. I can handle losing. I can't handle complete lack of effort and no desire for contest.