layzie

So deflating

Our skills are atrocious right now. We are seriously gifting this to them

Our defence..

Joel Smith

Putting everything that happened in that half out of our mind this is the absolute fact: We have not played well, but we are 7 points down. That’s all we can think about right now. Quite a few players need to lift. Jones is butchering it in close, Hogan is having a stinker. Seedsman being out for the rest of the game gives me a little comfort, one less slick ball user to worry about. Ruck duel looks pretty even at the moment.

Teetering on the brink..

Man, all you have to do is break even in contested ball and you’re a show against us. This game looks like it’s being played in a bathtub with all the fumbling and sliding around and our skills are so off. Conditions or not why can’t we execute a simple handball to a target? We just find ways to make that look so hard and stunt any run going forward. Need a big lift this quarter and it starts in the middle with contested ball.

Perfect conditions my backside. Fumbling and slipping aplenty

Gotta love teams slotting their chances against us almost all the time

What can you say pre-game that hasn’t already been said? This one is everything. If the run home becomes any sort of situation where we have to win those last 2 then that will be it. Gut feel is not great all, sorry wish I could be as upbeat as others but it just wreaks of one of those return games that we don’t get the job done in after torching them in the first one. I have full faith we’ll have a crack though and hope like hell it goes our way.

Pretty much. So much quiet desperation, you could cut it with a knife.

It could be absolutely anything. That's what is so uncomfortable about all this. We will know a lot more after Saturday but man the only way I'm coping with this right now is to think one week at a time and not too far ahead.

Damn that's a haunting image..

Congrats Dom. 100 games is an achievement in anyone's book. Hasn't been his best season but we're right behind him and hope he can hit his straps in this run home!

If we could just make the most of the rules that we have I’ve got full faith the game can become better again. The game goes through peaks and troughs and there has always been bad games in every era, even the 80s and 90s which is the era people love pointing to as the flawless product era.

Congrats Jordan. Still real stoked to have you at our footy club! Have a blinder!

I have never understood he AFL’s motive for a rule change that they have brought in. The slide, 3rd man up, protected zone, 30 second shot clock. At best all I can remember is some murmuring about these things and they just decided to pull the trigger. We have so many stupid rules now that we can’t even officiate the ones we had in the first place properly. There’s a rule that’s been around for 120+ years. It’s called HOLDING THE BALL and if it occasionally got paid we might have a more free flowing game. 6-6-6 isn’t going to do anything. I love it how the AFL and some journos call for change saying the specticle isn’t great but we the fans seem to be screaming to leave the game alone. I understand ratings may be down and there’s a lot of ugly games but I’m just sick and tired of hearing of all this rubbish we need to do. Have zones, cap interchanges more and tire the players out, clear the centre square, shorten games, shorten seasons. No-one has any friggen idea what they are talking about. Im willing to bet that should we make these changes in 3 years time we’ll be looking to make changes to the rules again.

I must say I have been worried for the future of the VFL since they scrapped the Development League.

Really? You wouldn't give Omac another shot on the number 1 forward?

Yeah Earl Hood exercise is definitely key. Its something I've always tried to keep part of my routine for self esteem and obviously health purposes. Running and weights were definitely my things. I have found in the last 12 months or so I've really struggled with my running due to some persistent shin splint issues and the fact that all of a sudden it felt like running became 3 times harder for some reason. So I find myself at the moment going to the gym each night doing either the bike or the eliptical trainer. Also one a week I'll do weights. This is all beneficial of course but I think its a bit stale. I think I really need to lash out and try boxing or something different. Its just tough because when you're like this you also get so set in your ways!

Yeah same here. It’s taken a lot longer the the regulation day or 2. A mate asked me what I thought changes should be for Saturday and I responded with something like “What? How can you say that? I’m not even close to that stage”. Sigh

It’s definitely not healthy that’s for sure. It just seems like things are a little out of balance. Went out for dinner with some friends during the Freo game a few weeks ago and I really resented it because I was missing the game. Been seeing a psych lately, seeing them this weekend. Hopefully it helps.

That was 51!

I don’t doubt it Earl Hood. MFC has always had a large part of my attention, but in the last 2 years it’s like it’s gone up about 5% more. Will put off certain social events because watching us play is just not negotiable. It’s completely my fault. I’ve tried so many times to pull away just a little bit but nothing can seem to replace that void left. Nothing excites me as much as knowing we have a game on this weekend and there’s a chance we might win and have that winning feeling. Just would be great to have some kind of other outlet for the moment! Thanks for your words.

But hey! At least the Cats fans 'took care of business'. That really says everything. Street justice wins the day.