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We looked like we were at the beach. I lost count of how many handballs that failed to clear an opposition player 2 metres away. It looked like a classic fatigue game, the kind of slow motion car wreck where players are fighting for the ball in quicksand. Binman do you think there is still as high a degree of loading in our training regime around this time of the year? Also is the main culprit of this sloppy and lethargic display the weather, training loads or attitude? Obviously all probably play a part but when you see us come out in the first being second to every ball, the constant skill errors throughout the game and then turn in a pressure rating of 130 in the last quarter when the game is on the line (worst in the Goodwin era) then the alarm bells do go off.

Absolutely pathetic from us today. There's no way around it. We looked like we were at the beach from the get-go. Thinking it would just happen. No-one wanted to work. The only concession I'll give today is for the weather, it looked pretty hot not my god have you ever seen so many handballs, not kicks HANDBALLS intercepted by an opposition player 2 metres away? Don't get me wrong there were plenty of kicks smothered too, this would have been one of the toughest games for a cameraman to shoot because you're expecting so many territory winning possessions that don't end up going anywhere. We brought some more intensity after the first but still looked casual, still made dumb skill errors and then came the misses. Holy hell the only thing worse than getting wiped by a million points is creating enough chances to get yourself back in it and possibly even win and fail to get anywhere near the league average. We kicked 1.12 in that second half after Petty worked his butt off to get that free. At this rate our next goal will be next year. And the thing that absolutely [censored] me to high heaven is that we were playing one of the most bang average teams around, it is harsh but I will prove it. Don't get me wrong after we gifted them their momentum in the first the Saints did play some pretty good footy but they were at times just as bad as us. They had a truckload of possessions, we had a pressure rating of 130 and we WERE STILL IN THE FRICKING GAME. Sorry but if we played any other team today it would habe been 2024 Alice 9 times out of 10. I'd even say if Wanganeen-Milera stayed on ground for the whole game we would have lost by 8 goals plus. So now the season is dead again. It was bound to happen at some point. If you want to go and trudge out 5 losses to start the season then you have to accept the fact that is no margin for error at all on games like this. Put one over the hottest team in football next week and there might be a pulse but there is no parallel universe where we beat Collingwood next week, one at all. The poor guys will still be feeling the heat of Alice no doubt. Anyway I'm really sick this weekend so apologies for the delirium. Thanks for the pick me up Melb.

Sorry but Norm Smith wouldn't have won with this lot today..

if you cant kick a reasonable number of chances through the big sticks in a game, then any talk of gameplans, defensive pressure, coaching, hitting targets, tackling, contested ball, uncontested ball, home games sold is a complete and utter waste of time.

These games are the worst. All talk about anything to do with gameplans is a waste of time when you can't kick at all

We might kick a goal next year.

Ball game

Kick yourself out of it

I don't think we get it today. Some of the skill errors look pathetic. They're out on they're feet. Such a shame we started with 5 losses because these losses were always going to come

We look way too lethargic to mount any serious challenge

This team is bloody infuriating. An absolute gift of stupidity by Higgins and we still can't kill the ball.

Good chances few and far between

Plenty of chances to kick the first of the quarter, locked in our forward line for a long time, then bang. Skills looks terrible from both sides, the heat surely playing a part but everyone just looks stuffed. Fritta's handball was only ever going to be intercepted

Slice of luck if I've ever seen it. Only we could chase a guy down then give him a second chance

The first goal is begging to be kicked by us

Come on guys we can turn it on!

We lifted our intensity a lot that quarter thank God, but we largely still played like rubbish I thought. Stupid errors like Melksham pulling the kick back to the top of the 50 where the sea of hands couldn't keep the ball locked and Butler ended up scoring. Even towards the end of that quarter when Max got the free just not thinking before taking that short pass and nearly costing us another goal. We need to bloody relax, take a second to think and then execute. Oliver, Langdon, Rivers all need to lift. I said i would have taken a quarter where we made inroads into the lead, I still think we can play a lot better. The game should open up a bit in the second half and allow more chances, just take them because every game is an elimination final from here on in.

Aidan Johnson the Weribee spearhead! Come on

There's ways back into this game but we like nah

Nice junk time Trac goal. Until we mean business all of these are just that

Thay turnover at half forward looked like a slow motion wreck

Yeah this will really hurt after two big misses

Needed that bad

If we start winning it in the middle there will be a way back into this

Screw you oval ball