layzie

Cardinal sin of AFL footy. You get one let off, maybe two at most. You can't be doing that there is no excuse whatsoever. As I said before, he's just not seeing anyone in that 50 right now other than goalposts, whether it's deliberate or not..

After Collingwood when I looked ahead at the fixture I felt after what was an obvious required win over Brisbane that we would need to at minimum take a scalp over one of Geelong or Freo. This loss is not the end of the world but we now need to get it done over in Perth in Rd 20 no questions asked. For the remainder of the season, the time in which to get the body of work done goes up until Rd 22 for me. I'm not looking at Rd 23 against the Lions as a blockbuster, I would have preferred to even rest guys and possibly lose Rd 23 up there going into finals. You know when you have to scramble to get all your work done so you can take an annual leave day on the last Friday of the month? That’s what I wanted Rd 23 to be (Within reason, still aim to win but don’t show our hand). So Freo and Carlton are opportunites to put the gap in them up top and we need both of those scalps. Collingwood as well (which could be coming off 9 or 10 wins in a row by that point. The season starts now.

Let's just get Brayshaw done and we have the nucleus. Happy where we sit.

It's certainly not close to my favourite indigenous jumper, looking forward to the next design.

If you're new and just read Demonstone's guide then get a load of tonight's gameday thread as some bedtime reading and learn from a classic display.

I'm ok with you giving Brayshaw 6 actually. Worked his socks off.

Thought Pickett worked harder than most.

I think McStay will be the new Jesse White at the 'flagpies'

Appreciate the NAIDOC week tribute Nev but it's a messy jumper which introduced unnecessary colours into the mix. If clashes and clash strips pop up onto the media agenda again I don't want to hear about it.

I'm sure Langdon was screaming his head off too, this alerts you to look inboard. Kick to him quickly or run closer, draw the opponent in and handball over the top. Easy Joe the Goose goal.

Can we give these jumpers a rest? Melbourne has no white in our colours but we decided to bring this in because of an apparent need to clash with Geelong's jumper.

The only thing you need to know about this thread is that Thurs night footy sucks, the end.

6. Viney 5. Lever 4. Brayshaw 3. Oliver 2. Petracca 1. Langdon Game was a pile of crap.

BTW I love the kid but if bucket loads of money are to be thrown at him for performances like tonight then it's a risk.

Well it now becomes about getting the best deal for him.

Never a post wasted on this thread, good job!

Likely need to wait on scans, fingers crossed.

*Conjecture* Both teams looked cooked, couple that with 5 day breaks. Games just aren't going to be of good standard at this time of year.

I can never tell with hand injuries, sometimes they're 2 x weeks and sometimes 5.

As soon as this happened I felt physically ill. Sick burn Bayley, he's just not seeing anyone in that 50 right now..

What can I say? I completely expected this result. Two teams coming off a 5 day break, one plays a real physical and grueling game over in Adelaide, the other has a bruise free training run at this very ground. One forward line struggling, the other buzzing. Advantage Cats. Throw the loading theory in there for both teams and you've got one lacklustre standard of game. I'll get this out of the way. A lot of people like Thursday night football for some reason. I know it's harder for some to fill the time in their pitiful lives themselves so we need to create this new shiney object called Thurs night footy so all these drones are happy. Well as a result of this and crappy fixturing, the game of the year turned out to be anything but. Geelong looked that bit slicker in the end. We did start with a bang but the moment Bowser gave up that holding the ball we were in for a night of crappy, crappy decision making and execution. So many skills can be put down to fatigue it's not funny. Please no-one act like we were 'a bit off for some reason'. You know the reason, it's obvious. I couldn't give a rat's ar*e about this result tonight and the little boost it will give those nitwits down the highway. We were so crap tonight and still kept the twin towers to 1 goal. You think they will beat us with midfield and smalls goals again? Ha! We had a lot of crap performers, let's not hide from that. May was garbage early, was literally a coach killer. His influence is nothing when he's not performing. Gawn was not good, I'm not a doctor but I wasn't thrilled about him coming back early. Salem was crap, one of his most wayward kicking games. Spargo was down, Bedford was non-existent, Bowey very average. It felt like half our side was Under12s players chasing the footy and when they hit a target once in a blue moon you felt so proud. To the positives, Pickett worked his socks off. Honestly thought he'd nailed that shot but I don't think we would have won regardless. Viney and Clarry worked hard. Petracca took his chances, the backline held firm I thought Lever and Petty did their bit. Brayshaw is some player now. As of right at this minute he's the one I want to retain. Thought Jordan was crap. Thurs night football stinks, if you like it then more power to you. I'm gonna go sleep in a cave for 9 days or whatever it is till our next game.

Bummer I just told everyone here that Rd 17 was our loss to the Dogs before going on the run. Total nitwit.

When does the loading stop?

Never seemed like a good idea