Gorgoroth

Thought of you when I saw this @picket fence

Looking at Choco when he is consoling Petts, he is so invested in his players I reckon he wants to go and giv eZorko a massive spray.

Rally around him Dees. Bonds of steel are made in this sort of environment. Everything I’ve read and seen shows the care and love the team has for him (and each other), watch Goodwins eyes when asked about it. Controlled anger there.

So I got t9 listen to most of the first qtr on radio before I had to leave. so I’ve read nothing, just got back to my Airbnb, today I’ve managed to explore more of Czechia, do glass blowing (making my own red and blue mug) and drink copious amounts of beer. I’m now sittin on my balcony, it raining, thiunder and lighting going off as I sit with a beer and a cigar and ready to plough into the musings on Demonland. Everything I’ve seen on twitter and thought mate groups was a cracking game, saw some highlights. This was the ruthless Dees we all needed to see. Cmon sainters give an effort. Keep us in second!

Well it’s morning in Czechia, good thing beers are acceptable, well actually nearly mandatory with breakfast. Carn the Dees!

Last year we had a loading period, but it sure didn’t see to take this much out of the players or affect us this bad. Maybe we got it right last year and wrong this time? Maybe it was the same but we haven’t handled it well? It why it must be reviewed. It’s this guys first time in charge and we have been constantly over run by teams where last year we overran teams all year. The year you win the flag you should review the hardest to ensure you know why it clicked. Its easy to gloss over things when you win, I’d be really hoping Goodwin and the FD would be reviewing every section of the club thoroughly.

I hope we win, cos not finishing top 4 after 10-0 is poor. No matter what happens from. Here they must review the hell out of the “loading” period and make sure this [censored] is never repeated. Im hoping for some shake up at selection and a real edge, anything less and we get belted. We go in with a tough ferocious attitude and kick semi straight we win.

Just because they dont believe that we will this week hence drop out of the top 4 doesn’t mean they don’t support the team, they just think we won’t win this week. Think of the years gone by, I supported that team in person week in, week out and very very rarely did I think we would win.

After missing so many and copping it in the media a bit King and the saints will be fired up, King to kick 7.

And in Czechia

Can’t beat a half Carlton side. Time to realise this season is truly done and dusted.

I’m in Czechia at the moment so might try and watch a replay, should start ramping up in the next few weeks.

Add more deadlocks to the door, don’t let him in. Talent yep… still a massive no thanks.

Surely you don’t buy a house then move your parents in with you at age 20… Is this a good sign?

I’m in. Been keen as for the season to start. Stafford already banged up, Van Jefferson out for a few weeks but keen as to see Allen Robinson play alongside Coop. Always some late big moves coming into the season. Should be fun!

Which once again brings it back to rewarding Casey players and not trotting out the same out of form players. ANB, Sparrow, Spargo even just on the front third have been poor to average, Harmes has to come in for one of them, tbh I’d dump Melk, Sparrow and Nibbler for Harmes, Van Rooyen and try Chandler, sure they are supposedly our most pressure players etc but the ball waltzes out of our f50 these days.

The biggest reason why I have thought we won’t win the flag this year is we have not evolved. We are expecting the same gameplan/style to be fine. Clarko always said each pre season you tweak it and it gets tweaked at least once during the year. We have a poor record vs top 8 teams this year to be a serious contender, we have won 4 out of 10 and we still roll our the same team and the same plan. We have the worst ability to hit targets inside 50 and poor leading patterns by our forwards (we should change forward coach at seasons end) Worst of all, no one fears us.

All teams are. We have a game plan and Goodwin takes weeks to even think about tweaking. Teams only ever change when they are losing, we too 6 weeks to make some moves and we got back to some form, tonight tho under any other circumstance we win, they don’t kick that straight again. But in saying that, defensively if we get cut open there isn’t even plan A v2 let alone a plan B and kicking into f50 is only plan A.

I disagree to a point, yes the club approves the interviews and they are media trained ie Told how to play the straight bat etc but the club wouldn’t tell him what he can and can’t say cos they wouldn’t know the questions. I reckon Goodwin who preaches respect wouldn’t have liked this that much, prob not overly worried but why give ammo if you just don’t need too.

It’s not smart, I’d rather if he was going to say those things that we were A. In a good stretch of form, B. He actually got a kick and not slaughtered by a grandfather and C. Can actually take the hits he will get, he doesn’t bounce the best.

I’ll be tuning in from the other side of the world.

Sounds like a dream to me, All my family live in Victoria… I try and avoid them 😂 But seriously, enjoy that.

The most telling thing for pig is he still has the turn of speed. Def another contract if he wants it.

As I said, I really like Sparrow so I’m prob unfairly expecting more off him.

I actually thought Sparrow was avg at best. Maybe I hold him in high regards that what he produced tonight (and last few weeks tbh) have been under what I expect from him.