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Remember: Give your opposition an inch, they’ll take a yard. Morale of the story: Don’t give them a sniff.

Into the 4th quarter v Essendon. Melksham has one possession to his name.

Supporters blaming the umpires for this performance….. umpires don’t make players have brain farts - kicking errors, poor decisions, soft play, not sticking tackles, giving away free kicks for undisciplined acts or just having a fair dinkum crack.

Faarrking Bool**** this performance. Writing was on the wall. Heirarchy and supporters failed to see it. Scott was cocka-hoop all week and saw it. 17 loss streak finishes today as a result.

Culley needs to do more. Sparrow needs to do more. Steele needs to be strong in the 2nd half. Tholstrup needs to play his role. Gawn needs to play smarter 2nd half. Give the ball to the kickers in play. Lindsay and Howes need to be solid down back. TMac and Lever need to be strong. Kozzie needs to remain Kozzie. Star. Van Rooyen needs to take some responsibility. It needs to be a collective effort next half.

Bombers have a sniff now. Just one good quarter away from ending their losing streak. Dees have to stand up. If not for Melksham - for themselves. Their fans. Dees will be known as the Bombers [censored] on Adelaide Oval. Their bunny.

Kicking the ball off the ground and not picking the ball up. Pffft. Soft tendencies.

Last 5minutes complacency has set in. Guys preserving themselves. There’s more bombers around the ball in vision than there is demons. There is still a soft underbelly all about this going for safety and not going for it.

Bombers have fancied themselves all week. They’ve had the better of us at Adelaide Oval on a number of occasions- we need to be at our very best to win today. If we are off 5% - we won’t win. Guaranteed.

Bombers have fancied themselves all week. They’ve had the better of us at Adelaide Oval on a number of occasions- we need to be at our very best to win today. If we are off 5% - we won’t win. Guaranteed.

2026 - 27 Brownlow Votes.

Bailey Laurie must watch today from a list perspective

Not sure one of the partners will be playing VFL football….

Free flowing high scoring team. NOT.

Record crowd on offer today between the 2 clubs for Gawn and TMac and they show up insipid.

Isn’t it interesting, as soon as we have an Arsenal visitor, some revert to soccer tactics instead of putting their body over it and picking the pill up. Salem did it numerous times. And Freo grow a leg of confidence from it smelling blood. Can they teach Langford to handball and on both sides of his body? Because he is an incomplete player if ever I’ve seen one. He only has a left foot and even that was missing last night.

Had a gut full of:- • The game is faster than ever, and in this game you need to handball. And I mean be able to handball with speed, penetration both hands. Ie. more than 5 metres. Harvey Langford cannot handball. He hasn’t improved since his diabolical presence on the Sunday Footy Show where he inexplicably couldn’t handball with his right hand at all. At all! His normal left handed handballs are powder puffs along with his decision making - puts his teammates under pressure. This stood out like the proverbial against Fremantle when the pressure was on. The only thing going for him is his left foot. And that’s not enough for King I’m afraid. • This game isn’t soccer! I know we had a soccer visitor from Arsenal during the week, but pick the ball up Salem! Oppo smells blood when they see you to “opt out” by not putting your body over the ball and picking the ball up - instead kicking it off the ground to no one - it’s a sign of frailty and weakness and the oppo grow a leg in confidence! Even the commentators picked up on it! [censored] weak !

How are the development of our players tracking? I’m talking the 1st-3rd year players. Windsor Jefferson Van Rooyen Tholstrup Lindsay Langford I’m big on development and I like the development of Disco Turner and Howes who are more than capable at senior level. Lindsay has shown he is capable at times, and Langford is doing well so far - both regular gigs at senior level. Harvey needs to work on his right side - handball and kicking. It’s a huge weakness and he has been found out. It was also most evident with his right hand in the SFS handball competition - he barely hit the board. Embarrassing. Windsor hasn’t progressed on from last season to be fair has been tried in different position. Van Rooyen has been in and out of team after a number of omissions, so too 2nd year Tholstrup. And Jefferson fees like he has been ‘developing’ at Casey for an eternity. I won’t mention Laurie, because I think the club know where he is at. How do we rate the performance of our assistant coaches ? They all need to take responsibility for poor performances such as the 1st quarter against Gold Coast. They weren’t prepared or ready. Whilst they can take a few positives on board such as doing their homework v Brisbane at the Gabba and Kings Birthday - to have results like those and yet have such abysmal displays like Port, StKilda and now GC - tells you they’re not getting their preparations and homework right. Our 1st quarter analysis for the year …? It’s important in games to get off to a good start or at least a break even start. Just as important is to not get flogged and get put on the back foot. Too many times this season - we haven’t shown up. The buck stops with the coaches here. Not just the players. Whilst Goodwin is contracted to the end of 2026, the club needs to be proactive behind the scenes and doing their due diligence - looking after the shareholders of the club - its members. Failing this - it is a lack of governance. So even though Brad Green is the interim President, even though he may be “chummy” with Simon, even though he publicly acknowledges that SG is our “only living Premiership coach, and should be held in high respect” … he should not be immune from criticism when it comes to the performance of the team. We’ve had an easier fixture this season and failed to make finals already with still 7-8 games remaining. We’ve had many undisciplined acts on the field, leading to costly 50m penalties. Poor accuracy in front of goal. The best teams maintain good discipline, through strong leadership and strong coaching. It’s that simple.

Absolutely. 👍🏼 6 Bowey (next skipper) 5 Pickett 4 Gawn 3 Rivers 2 Viney 1 Salem

The message that they heard was the outside noise which was deafening. Alarm bells were ringing, the coach under the blowtorch, and they finally figured - “hey, we better pull our collective fingers out, and go!” The coaches also heard and read the noise and realized their jobs were on the line, and coached 24/7 during the week to give the season a pulse. You give the coach and players, way too much credit. I’d like to give all the supporters and media credit for applying the blowtorch and putting everyone on notice. Note: * Let’s see how they back up, with the spotlight off them after a win.

He had many stints in midfield last year with some success. It isn’t rocket science. There’s been calls to change the dynamic of the midfield. He missed the first few games through suspension and since back has been in the midfield.

We don’t want at the Dees, that happened at the Dogs. It’s a big NO.

Hopefully those few Dees supporters who made the trip to Gather Round, eat up and drink at the Barossa. Make use of the weekend and drown their sorrows, thanks to the abysmal performance tonight. This standard just doesn’t cut it. If you can’t score in the modern game, you're not entertaining and you’re not in the game.

Got lead to the ball ! And hit up the ball carrier.

Van Rooyen just hasn’t looked like taking a mark tonight.