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How awesome was Kozzy's 2nd Half? Up to halftime he was having a mare. He had had 14 disposals with only 3 effective ones and a disposal efficiency of 21%. After halftime he had 19 disposals bringing his total to 33 which is the first time he has had over 30 disposals in his career. His previous best was 26 last year against the Eagles. He was one of our leaders that really stepped up and lead from the front. Bloody love Kozzy.

Every Saints fan I know said exactly the same thing. They were gutted that he was discarded. Their loss. Our win.

How bloody good is it to finally have a functioning forward line? No more long bombs to the pockets; just players leading up the guts and getting hit lace-out in front. Nine goals between our two key forwards says plenty. It can’t be much of a coincidence that Roo produces the best haul of his career when he’s partnered by a strong, competent key forward like Mihocek. You absolutely love to see it.

6. Van Rooyen 5. Gawn 4. Windsor 3. Mihocek 2. Steele 1. Petty

From my own personal experience in doing an ACL as well as having been around a lot of Amateur coaching teams and seeing others do similar injuries. Hopefully I'm wrong. Wouldn't be the first time. I will wait for official confirmation.

6. Windsor 5. Gawn 4. JVR 3. Steele 2. Rivers 1. Salem

Happy with our wins and the dare that they showed but we played some very very poor opposition in both games.

Saints fans are up and about. I reckon they will get a decent crowd especially if they towel up the Pies the week before.

I'd be shocked if it wasn't an ACL. Wishing the lad the best for his recovery. Looks like a player.

Is this infamous BBQ a BBQ with Bailey Humphrey or with a source close to the MFC? I guess you can just call him the BBQ Source. Ba Dum Tss

A lot to catch up on here but can someone confirm whether or not a second meeting with Bailey and the MFC actually happened?

Have you not learned from the mistakes brought up in other threads on here.

I’m not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, and after last week’s final-quarter collapse, a comprehensive mauling like that felt cathartic. But honestly, how much can we really take from a win against a side floundering as badly as the Eagles are right now? They’ve managed just one win all season and were missing key players like Waterman, Reid, Yeo, Allen, and McGovern. I’d go so far as to say most VFL teams would’ve rolled them on the weekend, and any finals contender would’ve blown them off the park even more than we did. The real test comes over the next three weeks against genuine opposition. That’s when we’ll get a clearer picture of where we truly stand.

It’s remarkable how much of a difference accurate goal kicking can make to your chances of winning. We kicked straight this week and surprise, surprise, we won. Beyond the scoreboard, missing gettable shots, which we still did for a brief patch, is just so deflating. It undoes all the hard work that leads up to those opportunities and can completely shift the momentum of a game. This has happened to us multiple times this season. In games where we have had a positive goal kicking to point differential we have won 5 and lost 1. In games where we have had a negative differential we are 1 and 9. We lost the game against Collingwood by 1 point where we had an even number of goals and behinds. Any one of those points converted to a goal would have won us the game.

How good was Trac!? He was explosive at times. That burst out of the middle when he dished off to Sharp was just magical. Congrats on 200 games at the Dees.