Redleg

Good post.

Just on a side note. VDB's hard 15 tackles yesterday were fantastic and I think he worried and hurt a few of the opposition. If he can get himself match fit, with his size and other attributes he could still be a very handy player for us. Look forward to seeing more of McKenna in better conditions, as it was impossible to assess his ability in the torrential rain.

Billy also has good disposal and set up a goal for us a few times. It is frustrating for supporters who clearly don't know what the Coaches do, to basically call for yesterday's side and finally get it and record a good win. We will never know, but I am confident in saying, that side last night would have won the Port and Saints games.Frost for Petty alone, had to be worth a goal to us, or one less to the Saints. Several of us called for Frost in when Lever went down, with Billy and one of Jeffy or Charlie to add strength, pace, crumbing and better disposal skill. Instead IMO we got a completely unbalanced top heavy and less skilled side and lost two close games. IMO the Coaches need to accept some responsibility for those losses and effectively putting our finals chances on a knife edge. Win both and we are probably safe in the eight.

A fan, interesting. 2 misses from 15 out directly in front, missed marks, missed handballs, missed tackles, misdirected kicks, knocked off the ball several times, lacking in pace and this wasn't his worst game and you are a fan, that's nice.

With another pre season and knowing he is in our best 22, it will make him an even better player for us.

He did our game.

A few of us said 3 weeks ago he should be in, together with Billy and some more pacey crumbers in Spargo or Garlett. IMO we win the Port and Saints games with this side. The Coaches must take responsibility for poorly selected sides, that have cost us a couple of games.

First thing Pert must do is get us out of this horrible game. If you have any chance of having a good year this game destroys it .

Supporting this club is pure torture.

Obviously haven't got their 6 goals from frees and 50's like last week. Also the Port forwards and mids are putting on pressure, unlike us.

Yes the cake is banana cake.

Agree. It is just some of the glaring ones stay with you, when you realize that a few changed decisions could have seen us with Martin, Wines and Curnow recently to name just three. How different would our team be then? But yes, every team can look back and say the same. As you say, win some/lose some.

Actually I forgot about the commentators. They are awful. The in house jokes and toeing the party line is just palpable. Bruce who I like as a person, can drive you to distraction with his sickly sweet fawning and love for certain players. Dwayne who calls every simple thing done on the field as a miraculous event. A standard goal is remarkable, a nice mark is unbelievable etc etc. The game has become a scrum and I don't like rugby. I can understand why TV ratings are dropping for footy, it is because it is not the game it was.

I apologize in advance for mentioning this, but while I still think Weid will make it, it appears we have let a future champion in Curnow, who we were considering at the time, go, by selecting Weid. While Weid is still struggling to cement a place in the side, Curnow has better stats than Jono Brown at the same age and is being hailed as a future champion. Not sure how many champions we have and he was there for the taking. Jesse, Tom and Charlie, a seriously good key forward trio. Yes I know hindsight is a wonderful thing, but just saying and I did apologize at the outset.

And there you have one of the major reasons why so many people don't love their footy as much as they used to and so many former players refuse to watch the game anymore. I now find myself watching our games and barely a few minutes of a couple of other games each week.

Big game on this weekend, Casey v Roos.

This can add to your distress. Against Port we had twice as many F50's than Port did. We did not receive 1 single free kick in our F50 for the whole game. That means that not 1 single infringement by Port was deemed to have happened by the Umpires. That is just unbelievable when we have double the F50's of an opponent. To make matters worse, a doubtful mark and goal was paid to Wingard and a couple of 50's and goals were handed to Port. None were given to us and a goal was taken off Melksham for a man on man block, as called by the umpire, which doesn't exist and then a mark was taken off Brayshaw 20 out, directly in front, in the last 5 minutes of the game.

12 goals to 1 against us, from frees and 50's, in the last two games we lost, by 10 and 2 points .

You don't believe he has off field issues? You might need to start believing. While he could be picked on previous performances, it wouldn't be on current form.

I would imagine he has some interest in Weid playing well.

Won Tons are not Dim Sims.

Yes could have been.

The ones from South Melbourne Market I hope. Australia's leading Dim Sim.

Maybe his best is behind him, or like Cyril he has off field issues.

He is in his 80's.