whatwhat say what

they've run away with it again

casey seems to bring 15 mins of effort and then drop off markedly in the back half of quarters

amw with a slips catch on half back, jefferson marks on the edge of the 50, hits fullarton in the pocket...goal

he's a pre-season away from being able to play a key forward role at afl level, but jefferson shows a heap of promise

that was appalling defensive work from casey, again

tom freeman swore he touched it but it looked like it bounced over his head, pitched in the square, turned right, and trundled thru for kyle weightman's third goal

casey doesn't apply pressure consistently enough for long enough

laurie is terrible defensively - one armed half hearted tackle 'attempts'

dale weightman's son goals from a pretty soft free i thought

liam podhajski is looking great in the ruck for them

tall and strong and very good at ground level

neocleus reduces the margin to 9 points

amw and howes working together nicely defensively this quarter, chaining it out of defensive positions and either one or the other gets the clearing kick forward

szybkowski with a big bomb from 50 for a goal

3 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

Jefferson, great work, poor finish.

Howes, great work, poor finish.

Very frustrating.

this is very much the case at this stage

jefferson showing a lot as the primary forward

shocking kick from howes gives up a goal coming out of d50

jefferson fantastic work to bust thru a tackle, burn off his oppo....and sprayed the shot

jefferson busy i50 but his field kicking has twice let him down - checkside on the right cos he's got no left foot was particularly poor

Just now, DiscoStu17 said:

He could be at the game, or trying to sort out accommodation.

pretty sure he's billeted with tholstrup, at a director's house

hopefully he debuts soon

not gonna help the complete lack of midfield depth at casey tho

Just now, kozzyisalegend said:

Most of the draftees I've seen get a flight the next day. So he should have been here Thursday 

are any of them drafted to an interstate club playing this weekend?

4 minutes ago, kozzyisalegend said:

Also a bit confused why luker isn't playing ? Assume he's injured as it's not great for development just letting him sit out of games

literally got drafted three days ago, from wa - has he even moved across yet?

tholstrup loves a tackle; means he's second to the ball a lot

wind pushing it right to left something chronic

el jeffe hits the scoreboard early

lovely set shot

essentially what cal seems to be saying here is that petracca is a superstar no matter where he plays?

captain obvious called!

this whole 'we should play trac forward all the time' theory is NEVER going to happen; he's one of the most dynamic players in the game, and he goes where he's needed at any time, be that running thru the midfield or stationed forward

he's a gun, and one of the most 'personable' players in the competition to boot

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Ticketmaster supposedly hacked and now Ticketek.

The available evidence at this time indicates that, from a privacy perspective, your name, date of birth and email address may have been impacted,” the company said in emails to people who had bought tickets through the company

https://www.theage.com.au/national/ticketek-customers-private-details-exposed-in-cyber-incident-20240531-p5jiez.html

yet i STILL can't get thru their lobby when i try and buy tickets

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Maynard won’t play next week

Such a shame he wasn’t KOed properly 

confirmed ruled out concussed? they've said nothing on c7 commentary as yet

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Now those ferals are booing Sam Darcy. Different story when it’s one of their own who’s flattened. God I hate that filthy team and their even filthier fans. 🤮

i thought they boo'd o'donnell cos him being a dark hair tall bloke marking it

Just now, BDA said:

whats with all the 50's?

not obeying the 'stand' by the maggot, moving off the mark, and encroaching the 5m zone

all there so far except for darcy failing to maim maynard which should have been reversed

sam darcy absolutely ironed out maynard BUT HE STILL GOT UP

no brain to rattle in the skull?

2 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Wouldn't it be better to take the Hawthorn or Richmond approach? maximize a great list, win as many flags as possible. Then rebuild for the next iteration, however long it takes (5 or 6 years).

not according to our football club, clearly

i personally think they are maximising the opportunities now while still prepping for the future

also, hawks and tigs both tried to rebuild on the fly, as geelong did throughout the 2010s, and they have failed miserably and bottomed out / look set to bottom out

8 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

I think it may be too late .

By the time we fix our fwd line I reckon the window will be closed

We won a flag and then wandered to second chances two years in a row.

We may get a third as the comp is so even but I can't see us doing it four years in a row.

it took geelong 11 years to get back to a premiership, from 2011 to 2022

the whole time they were there, thereabouts, including a grand final appearance in 2020

i would love another one sooner rather than later, but that 'geelong model' of constantly competing seems to be what we want to be

43 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

...but, as @DeeZone reminded us earlier, Jason Taylor ('In Whom We Trust') stated he is a long term prospect. By implication, too, from what JT said, he'll at least be given the time to impress usually afforded to a National Draftee (2+ years?) - 18yo and, but for our commitment to 'Pup' Brown, might (would?) have gone ND.

i think disco was 6 months initially as well?