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You'd think, but the general theme here and on the various 'supporter' pages elsewhere clearly indicates that many have no clue at all. The level of anger and vitriol directed at our players and coaching staff for not producing 2021 (or even 2022/2023) type performances is beyond ridiculous, particularly given we now have no Brayshaw, Jackson, Grundy, Hibberd, Smith, Jordan, Harmes or Bedford, we have key injuries to Petracca & Lever and others such as Oliver, Petty & B.Brown are either seriously down on form or about to hang the boots up. So almost our entire premiership midfield, our second ruck/forward, our best defender and basically all the depth players we had to help cover situations such as right now have been replaced by kids, most of whom are in their first or second full seasons. Blind Freddy could see why we are struggling this season and will probably continue to do so until we get some more games and experience into our kids. But nope... let's blame Goodwin, or Stafford or suggest the club has serious cultural problems and say that anyone (like me) who thinks otherwise has no idea and is just "accepting mediocrity" /rant

We've been relatively young and inexperienced all season. People are only just starting to notice. All the following have been regulars except Tholstrup, Brown and I suppose Turner Tholstrup (18) Windsor (19) Brown (19) McVee (20) Bowey (21) Howes (21) JVR (21) Turner (22) Rivers (22) Pickett (23 - as of a couple of weeks ago) Then we have AMW who is 20, Woewodin (21) & Laurie (22). Chandler, Petty & Spargo are also only 24.

To the ~gOoDwIn iS pLaYiNg fAvOuRiTeS~ crew, remind me of all these AFL standard players we have that are banging down the door at Casey?

If we had Sydney's midfield and system going inside 50, we wouldn't need him. No one would be talking about how poor our forward line was and JVR, Fristch, Pickett and hell maybe even Petty would be looking like superstars. How many here would have said yes to Tom Lynch if he was available? Anyone see how ineffectual he was last night when Richmond were getting it in slow and high to him, just like we do? Our midfield is what needs all the attention.

Closed training sessions are not uncommon.

If he doesn't go down the slide wearing the #10 guernsey and helmet, he is a [censored] uncle.

Do you feel better now?

But I thought Stafford was the problem and all we needed was a decent tall forward?

Only club with a forward coach that was a non-forward when they played? Lets check... Adelaide - Scott Burns Brisbane - Murray Davis Carlton - Jordan Russell Collingwood - Justin Leppitsch Essendon - Dale Tapping Fremantle - Jaymie Graham Geelong - James Rahilly Gold Coast - Brad Miller GWS - Jeremy Laidler Hawthorn - Adrian Hickmott North Melbourne - Xavier Clarke Port Adelaide - Chad Cornes Richmond - Kane Lambert St Kilda - Robert Harvey Sydney - Jarrad McVeigh West Coast - Matthew Knights Western Bulldogs - Matt Spangher Not many names who can draw on their experience as forwards amongst that lot.

Saad El Hawli (23yo) is the one that looked the most ready made and could potentially play this season. Half back/wing with speed to burn who has dominated in VFL. That said, I'm very happy to have Kentfield. My main disappointment with not getting El Hawli is that Essendon did, and they've already got a very handy player in Sam Durham from a previous mid-season draft.

I'm not sure why this is even a story, other than "Scoops" McLure and "Exclusive" McGuire thinking they are on to something new, which it isn't. I used to have one of those "AFL sports ears" devices years ago, though which you could hear the umpires talking to the players and also talking to each other. There was also a voice from someone else up in the stand talking to the umpires during breaks in play such as stoppages or centre bounces. Edit - I wish they still had those sports ears things as it was really interesting to listen to, particularly the interactions bewteen player and umpires that you couldnt hear on TV. That said, I most certainly did NOT enjoy hearing Razor Ray blowing his nose on to the ground or hoiking up whatever gunk he had in his throat before each centre bounce... 🤮

Did you even read what you quoted?

Special mention to the knuckle draggers hurling abuse, spitting and chucking rubbish at the umpires as they were walking off. Lucky they have that perspex thing to cover them or they would have copped it. Saw umpire 32 stop, glare at one of them and just shook his head in disgust before walking down under the stand. Absolute filthy animals. Anyone would have thought they had been screwed out of a win.

This is a bit of a myth. This season he has had 9 frees in 8 games. Of those, 7 of the 9 frees were in games vs North and Adelaide, and in the remaining six games there have been four games where he hasn't received a free at all. Edit - just went and checked last season. Including finals, he played 26 games and got 39 frees. Of those 39 frees, 11 were in two games vs the Filth (LOL) and another 11 were in three games vs North, Saints & West Coast. Remaining 21 games he had 17 frees in total, including nine games where he didn't get any at all, two of which were against us.

Assume all the various protocols/checks were followed, but it actually looked like he was still a bit concussed to me. Just not quite with it the entire game.

I (usually) enjoy reading the opposition supporter takes post game, so... What they're saying down at Kardinia Park A few of the more level headed highlights:

@WalkingCivilWar question for you as figured you'd know. Actually, two... 🙂 1. Why is our banner always significantly larger than the opposition's, both width and height? Are our crew just significantly more talented than everyone else and go above an beyond the expected standard each week? 2. Why is the banner no longer lifted, dropped, rotated, lifted, dropped...etc, so everyone around the ground can see what it says? Are we worried about a 2018 GF Filth banner type situation?

Ill advised as this comment may be, I'll go with it anyway.... 😱 I saw a stat a few days back that said that of the games we have lost since early 2020, only two games have been by more than 25 points. So basically, even if we are playing average (and there definitely has been periods of that particularly mid-year), we dont often get flogged, we are invariably always in the contest and just a quick burst of good footy away from being right back in it and/or taking the game away from the opposition. Have faith 😎

How good is to have a game vs Geelong NOT in Geelong (first time since R4, 2021) I'm interested to see how they play Petracca today. O'Connor not being named would suggest they aren't going to have anyone sit on him, but after the relative success Brisbane & Richmond had I'm curious to see what they have up their sleeve. Surely they wont let him run around doing as he pleases?

Hope that helps 🙂

Longer version of the fan day video if anyone missed it the first time around... "Here's some more big guys" 😂

"Looks like an Adelaide hangover" is the description my neutral supporter friend used mid-way through the second. Three games in 13 days will do that to you I suppose. We just looked flat and tired almost from the very start. There's obviously a lot to work on but I'm happy to write that one off. The week off to refresh and reset will do us a world of good. I certainly wouldn't want to be Richmond on Anzac Eve.

Yeah, saw that. Stuck his leg out to kick/trip him as he was running past, then gave him a spray when he turned around to see who did it. He was copping it all game, getting the sort of questionable off-ball treatment usually reserved for Max. Given he was having no influence on the game, is not the sort of player who would be super damaging anyway and the treatment carried on all game regardless, it seemed to me like nothing more than a completely unnecessary attack, which served no purpose other than to try and open old wounds. Bullying isn't the right word in a sports context, but that's what it looked like. All class those Lions.

Thanks! (and my apologies for questioning then @Dannyz )

Positive thinking, or in-the-know fact?