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Just got no words anymore. It’s blatant. You know it, I know it everyone knows it.

Sick and tired of these umpires. Does my head in.

Jono Brown will be in the dog house with a bit of a Freudian slip when attempting to reference Centre-field in that last Carlton play but instead blurted out Centrefold (Lounge) before correcting himself with a bit of chuckle.

I think both are going to end up as solid footballers but not great ones. We need to lower expectations with these two a tad.

Massive hit from Stewart. Looked clean but I’d be interested in whether the head hitting the ground as a result is considered part of the bump. If so, he may be in some trouble. But who the hell knows what’s what these days with the MRO.

The Hawks game was interesting. Yes its a biased call and you'd think it'd be easier to handle the loss. To the contrary, it was more infuriating, because they call all the non-decisions or BS decisions out. The moment Kozzy was tripped and it wasnt called.... i have never lost my marbles as bad as i have then in any other moment. Lucky i was away from the public.

I think they'll put McVee on Bobby and try to have Salo or Bowey take Elliot as he is not as agile. Similar to our inconsistency in effort and intensity from week-to-week. Another old bad habit that is starting to rear its ugly head again is being sucked into the contest and being numbered on the outside. Watch Collingwood at every contest, if there are two of them, 1 will stay on the outside and if the ball spills out, they are gone. Same for marking situations as well. We have over committed to the contest too many times this year where we havent been able to nullify it or win it. This often leaves ta simple exit for opposition. The good old 'red mist'

Umps trying for the Dorks

The intensity was off from the get go. The players were not on for the game and it showed. Everything suffered as a result. It is still the same old inconsistency problems that we have suffered for years. Our system was unable to cover for it either, which is understandable. It amazes me how some teams like Collingwood and to a lesser extent Geelong are able to show up just about every week. I dont think we have enough leaders / players demanding high standards gameday and that are willing to lead by example.

He is IMO the best of the bunch. I think the next best thing after us having him will be that we all - in a way- a get access to him through his executive role.

Arguably playing a game that they love. Not many jobs that can tick those boxes.

No wonder we were struggling to find a CEO. You can imagine a lot of the applicants were probably being sounded for the AFL executive role, which became two. Be interesting to see who the Lions and Swans recruit.

Hows about this for an idea. I know it wont work but end of the day its a way to create pressure without having crowds involved. Every player contributes a % of their match payment every week so that we end up with a pool of about $10K a week (from 40 odd players it works out to be $50 for low earners up to about 300-400 for the higher earner). Host a goal kicking competition for the entire squad down at Casey. Have fun with the format. But the important this is the squad (and staff)can do just about anything to put off the kicking player falling short of physical abuse. $5K goes to the end of year tally, $3K to the weekly winner, 1.5K to 2nd place and $500 for 3rd. It's about a $100K pool at end of year. Distribute earnings for top 5. Could even get a sponsor to cover (but obviously need to consider Salary cap).

I have some time off in July, so looking forward to getting down to Gosch's for a training report or two.

I remember watching him play a praccy game against us in 2022 down at Morrabbin. You could tell then he was going to be a good footballer. Id throw stupid money at him and get Kozzy, Maysie and the rest of the indigenous boys around him to see if he'd consider. Maybe it'll get Kozzy to rethink a move as well. Saints would ask for a fair bit for him.. he's probably worth 2 first rounders.

Not to forget their ability to pick Smith - a brownlow favourite - for late first rounder and a packet of chips. Its infuriating how they manage to pull this [censored] again and again. You just have to marvel at how stable they are as a footy club.

100%. Last i checked our opponents live just down the road and have to fly just as far. The team feels like it continually needs to be pushed to perform. This is worrisome because our system and state of play doest not allow us a win that is ugly. Collingwood were able to beat Norf with half of their side out. That is the pinnacle of a strong system.

i still remember that game quite vividly. I think its where Lever did his knee right?

How is it worse? His size shouldn't matter. Mills arguably launched even higher than what AJ did. As i said above, deserves his fair whack. Now if by fair it is 2, im ok with that. So why does Mills get 1 and everybody is ok with it?

He should cop his fair whack. But we should challenge on the basis of Miles last week and the fact that Pearce knocks a bloke out and get it revoked. The AFL have absolutely NFI.

I agree. I'd like to see Lindsay rotated to the Half Back. He has a defensive capability too. I think this stuff will be relooked at in next years pre-season. But the Windsor at HB experiment didn't work IMO. Id also like to get all other experiements out of the way this year too, so we dont kill another season with poor planning. Rivers in the Midfield or HB - i think we need to let this one play out a bit more as well Turner Defender or Forward - we know he is a super defender. Can he be the forward answer we are looking for .... i reckon we need to persist with him in the forward line a bit more just to satisfy ourselves. Bill Laure & Woey - give them a last chance block of games otherwise induct them into the THoF (Toumpas Hall of Fame) and delist/trade. Jed / Sestan / Jeffo and Brown Jnr - give them all a solid go and see whether we persist development or delist/trade.

All the stuff you say is correct. Problem is the biomechanics of kicking is established at a very young in an athlete. By the time you are drafted, the chances of you changing fundamentals in kicking action is basically non-existent. You maybe able to tweak goal kicking with some band-aids but field kicking will rely on neural pathways established in the players youth which will be difficult to break as a young adult. This (goal kicking) is where i hold out some hope for AJ because its the one area of his game that is genuinely fixable. The club should fork out some personalized coaching for him to work on his craft. The other facets of his game are serviceable. The other thing is the psychology of it. ONce we started getting in the game and the behinds started mounted up, i can imagine it played havoc on the players minds. That is why when teams have accurate first quarters, they generally have an accurate game. Kozzy missing that sitter, which would have put us 2.0 instead of 1.1 is where it all started to go pear shaped.

Can you ask him why we can't kick straight?

Was very disappointed with Clarry. Just when we all thought he was starting to come good. He never wore a tag well even during his prime, but he simply did not work hard enough yesterday and we lost the usual inside dominance that we carry over teams like Saints. I don't know what is up with this bloke, what is it that is really holding him back. i need to watch some of his work pre issue to remind myself how good he was, just cannot remember what his 4xAA and 2AFLCA performances looked like.

No way. Daicos is way too quick for him. Be ready for 40 touches, 3 goals and a best on from him.