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There's no $ in this thread...ok...none

Problem isn't this year so much. A lot signed up upon expectations. Come EOS ...and if no success... Good luck signing as many so quickly.

Some players are just fun to watch. Allir, Tipu etc.

Off the bottom... Such lofty ambition. Haven't our achievements changed from the predicted !! I'm just all warm and fuzzy about this. Surely.... anything from 9 down....is just the bottom ?? Look at us...golleeeee...the foundation club doing what we've done best..... supporting the ladder !!

That would surely be an oxymoron... I E. Giving oxygen to morons !!

Careful who you smack....they might whack you back

That's admirable.. Mine's empty...drank it to steel myself against the inevitable tide.. Going to be an interesting game.

Well not pretenders..as such.... it'll just mean we've evolved this style as far as it can go. We'll have found our ceiling. We just need to be clever in our football...not so Neanderthal

This strategy ... this chaos style is, to me ,very reminiscent of "whack the gopher". I.e it's manic . And you have to just keep keeping at it. Nearly impossible to keep it up all game...and if you do...the toll is very high. I actually believe what we're seeing at the start of this season is the price paid for our 'good' run at the back end of last season. We need to learn and master tempo...or we'll fry ourselves.

The stationary player is the get and give transition. Ideally he has it for next to no time and passes it to an outside runner. We often lack this very runner.

Excellent post @Mazer Rackham Keep in mind that the AwFuL don't actually want people to be able to find the rules, the real ones, as then there exists a metric to judge by. All about keeping the sporting proletariat confused. I'm sure a lot is just made up on the fly... according to the vibe of the game and the the whimsy of over participant umpires.

Maybe...need a team that runs both ways all day to do this

Bizarre is one word... there's others....

Been doing it for ages

Some silly frees ( port's fault ) cost them.... otherwise

Here's the thing for me ...Allir was ALWAYS going to play well and be instrumental coming off the HB line. . Preuss not only kept him honest...provided a target...but hey kicked goals and chopped out for Max. win win WIN !! It's a no brainer...

Is this..."my enemy's enemy is my ally " ?? lol

Someone needs to check the Ess drink bottles... actually check Brisbane's too !!!

The context of both is surely opportunity. Should have been around 25 against Ess. We managed to do ok in a final against a team that we had struggled against. Horses...courses.

Might we kick more...if there were more there capable of kicking them, of making efforts to do so rather than focusing on defence.

Here in lays a problem to me. Much of this approach...this over emphasis of 'defensive' pressure in our FORWARD arc is a bit arze about to me, always has been. It seems to assume the priority in our attack zone is to defend. No, the priority is to attack. The priority is to create opportunities to score. Preuss does this. Small defending forwards don't. Always thought this a tactical anachronism.

Would that be a Jackaroo Court ?

Just makes you wonder why we waited til round 4 .....

Not to detract from your post, which I thought very considered and on the money, but this particular extract resonates highly for mine. Kind of a sliding doors approach but a very poignant reminder that footy is a fickle master and you need to bring your best efforts all day, and have an ounce of two of luck. Very happy with the win and some aspects of playing style but it can so easily go the other way. Better teams, or even the Swannies on a better more accurate day will deliver pain. Still a long way I think to go. Happy to have broken the duck. Again, excellent post.

A very good read. Cheers Jack.