Bates Mate

Not sticking tackles

Yuk couldn't think of a worse guy to bring on and try have an impact in a high pressure game in 30 mins of football

Has to be , I'd back him anywhere in the ground to make a contest. Even in the forward 50

I've been critical and feel for him . My criticism is based on in what he has done on the park. Really been down and in our bottom 5 for at least 4-6 weeks. I love him as a player at his best but he is so far off that I question why he is in the team ATM other than reputation

My brain has been trained to tune out as soon as he starts speaking , it's taken years of development but pays dividends every week

We really need kossie to stand up this week. Been down for a while and missed gettable goals. Need at least 2 from him and a high pressure crumbing ,tackling game. Him flying for marks makes it to easy for the opposition to clear. Kozzie is about 1 from 80 so it's a low percentage play.

One in 100 year event. After being given the best on ground award in the VFL grand final the week before as a mature aged recruit walking into an already premiership team. AMW playing a debut game as a sub after just showing flashes in Casey is just nonsensical

AMW sub in his first game in a semi is rediculous. Wont happen

I refuse to believe Brodie Holland is capable of writing a long piece. Must have used chat gbt.

I agree we managed players and training loads alot better.look how we run out games this year compared to last. We have had retched luck with injuries. Also our game style is so taxing , our players have more KMs and bumps and bruises than some other teams

The field umpire immediately called a down the field few kick, so no doubt he thought it was an act not within the rules. Got a player high when he didn't have the ball pretty clear cut no matter if he intended it or not

I bet Russell Robinson is involved somehow. He was singing songs outside the MCC on Thursday. Always around

Love Hibbo. Didn't know much about him before he joined but that first game he played I think against Richmond the dash and hardness was in full display. Kicked a goal with one of his first possessions. a well deserved AA that year as well. So glad he got a premiership. Will always be remembered fondly by the demon faithful. Let's give him 3 more games

Disco to the rescue , it really had come to this 🤦‍♂️

Didn't take the AFL media long to show who they want to win next week. https://www.afl.com.au/news/1026091

They stopped dead in the last and would've spent a ton of emotional energy. We just need to be on level pegging or sightly ahead early and we will run right over them.

Carlton stopped dead in the last. We just need a good start and we'll run all over them

Sydney are doing a Melbourne

Carlton hasn't been that good. The intensity is way lower than our game last night. Those talking definate straight sets need to chill out.

Who is to blame for the forward "connection" ? and lack of scoring when we get it in we've been hearing about it for 3+ years and always manages to be our downfall. Is it - Midfielders just blazing away - Forwards not leading to the right /dangerous spots or 3 leading to the same spot in the forward half. - Not having crumbers in the right spots (Kozzie is usually in the air flying for marks) - All of the above I understand we had Fritsch and Tmac coming in off long lay offs but they are experienced enough to be able to lead to the right spots. Multiple entries we hear so much about do in theory create more chances, but as Collingwood proved having less entries but higher quality give you better scoring chances when you go in there

I just think our whole game plan which we always hear is based on repeat forward entries is flawed. No need to get a repeat entry if you kick a goal.

I think the AFL will orchestrate the following. Maynard gets 2 weeks (maybe 1or 3). That way the AFL can be seen to be protecting the players from concussion and litigation down the track. The verdict gets appealed. Maynard plays in the prelim.

I'm more worried about our smalls trying to mark when they should be crumbing , kozzie the main offender. Yes our dump kicks in suck. But we still create alot of ground balls from them that get whisked away because of our lack of crumbers

Got Oliver in the head with his shoulder in the last qtr as well. Not to mention his flying knees and legs when contesting centre bounces

So any preference on who we want to play next week? Sydney have carved us up on the G in recent times and Carlton beat us last time albeit contentiously. I'd prefer Carlton TBH . One thing we cant do is start like we did last time against the baggers or last night. Our starts are costing us big time