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Probably a very sound evaluation

Apropos

But is it. It's a very vexed equation. Ruck outcomes. Max was playing his heart out. I'm sure most were. But outcomes are the litmus...eventually. Max won the duelling... but not so sure he won the day. Wasn't alone. Reality is reality

I understand your view. 👍

The 'review ' tapes should provide distinct 'learnings'

Very good question. I wonder if the players were somewhat amazed to be there ..near the end... and just bottled it ??

We often quip ... "learnings " Maybe today.... it's "reflections" We ... could have .... won that. Kudos Goodwin ... yes...tis me.... He has shown one possible path to nullifying Collingwood. We just couldn't do it.

Today isn't the day for flogging the coach. All attention ought be directed to the maggots. Yes ...much we can improve.. But the umpiring was the real difference today.

Very easy to fall back on 'umpiring' But my God... where ever you looked. AFL will look away. Media will just pretend all was well... Pies will be smirking... Many will just call us whingers. Well I'm bloody whinging... that was totally reprehensible

Normally I'd concur... But ...they were...meh.....mere. You really can't touch a Pie.. What is it with birds... freekickhawthorn.. evenmorecollingwood. I'm sure an unbiased observer would be thinking 🤔 🤔 The biggest difference, San umpiring...was skills. It's not our forte

We are our 2nd worst enemy ..

Some things we could have done better ....duh.. Some chances could have been taken better... Hindsight is marvee eh... Simon you did well. A few players 🙄 might want to watch a replay and ponder. Some might just want to stfu. But my take away....well done Dees. Go shove a carrot up your arses umpires.. what a [censored] joke you lot are.

Kudos ... umpires. Protect the species at all costs ... [censored]

Rain falling here on Bass Coast.. might continue on to city... might be wet day after all 🤷‍♂️

Doesn't look like it will be raining through game. Ground will be drying out. Pendulum moving away :( Odds in earlier... now going back out. Game on. Go us !!

No one Think about it ;)

Many moons ago at the Junction. Playing the Lions. Scores level. Back in the day one took their trusty tranny ( meant something very different then 😉😆 ) ... at this point , listening to the game ol' Lou proffered one of his many gems. "One goal each and the scores will be level" at which more than a few turned to look at each other with a " what did that bloody nong say !!" So yes... who knows what the day brings ( other than more rain.... )

Any day is good for a Hanwood 😉 🧀🍷👍 ( p.s. any of Pfeiffers aren't too shabby 😉 ) Blessed🙏 are the Cheese makers... Am actually off to Porto next year.. Oh yes... go us 👍

Stranger things have happened....

Let's go with that.... ( better than my thinking )

Problem being Ds56 we don't play a game that 1) particularly leads or creates space ( very often) in the front arc. 2) if someone actually does its almost a certain they'll be burnt/ignored I'd actually be curious if there is any video of Roo on the lead 🤔

Only semi Devils advocate.. what exactly has JVR done to set the world on fire ? Seems to me he's sqeaking in on thin merit. Well Roo, over to you. Might not be the best day to try pack crashing marks 😉

Not everyone pays full time attention to Casey. Just sayin' That, and possibly not the context of his question.. I'm also surprised that Tmac isn't on the standby list. He's by far and away a better player than many currently trotting around. Seems to matter little. More selection curiosities 🤔🤷

That's the problem Rjay... it IS our game plan.

It's about appropriate approaches and application. You don't need to be bull at the gate 100% of the time. You need to try to wrest the game onto your terms. What we don't have is any sizable bag of skills. As much as I hate to use them as any yardstick our Monday nemesis have many more players with discernible skill. That's why they beat us. Our powers that be really do seem to place all eggs in one basket. That's our failure as a club.