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Yep...we cant play wet footy for [censored]... Our efforts to kick in etc in the pouring rain...the manner, the setup....is Im sorry laughable.....any 2nd tier suburban coach will know NOT TO DO ANY OF THAT. Common sense suggests to adjust for the weather....we just go out in the same shorts and shirt expecting it to work. Bodes well going into winter....you know....when it rains and blows a bit.....

Personally dont mind the idea of the Shack for a month. Tmac plays well...but has lost a yard of pace... thats hurting him/us...a big shame as Irally like what Tommybrings to the recipe. Benny must have serious niggles..I mean what else could it really be ?? I dunno. Shack could be a decent fillip to the role..if not the answer...again who knows.. What we do know is theFWD setup needs shoring up...its not working properly...it could be lethal...needs to be

Amazing isnt it.. Take a game that in the main had quite defined rules. ( so much so ONE umpire managed ) Now dispense with some and morph others to the point no one is actually sure what is right or wrong. Introduce others that are purely SUBJECTIVE.. Introduce more umpires. Modify the ambiguous rules to beyond interpretation. Introduce more umpires. Ensure there's no consistency and frustrate everyone....esp players. Introduce draconian measures to deal wil the frustrations. Introduce more umpires. Attempt a Professional game with Amateur refereeing. Introduce and overlay of contradictory and non accountable but partisan assessment. 🤔What could possibly go wrong 🤷🤷🙄

Almost like they've an agenda .. 🤔🤔🤔

Well.... We're currently playing despite them......

At current form we'd be hanging onto 4th by the skin of our teeth. We cant play wet weather footy to save our life at present.. I mean what Einstein kicks out longish to a contest in blustery belting rain ? That defines stupidity right there. We seem to have a one size fits all game plan. One thats been disected and rejigged by others to better effect. I was encouraged by the preseason footy where we mixed it up....and now we hardly do. We've coyly slunk back to the footy we know..... problem being everyone else does too. If you offered me 4th now...I'd take it.

The Roo was definitely not having a "better" night.. He was far from alone. He's being shouldered with a role he's not yet equipped to do. Don't castagate him.... redirect your scorn to the Brains(?) Trust. He was very unlucky in some respects. He was caught out retaliating. Oh what a naughty boy eh.. Sticking up for himself.. Hed been subjected to ragging all night...and you're making judgements on what the TV so handily showed you. Dont get sucked in PF. These are the very games good AFL careers are forged....at the fire. Magoos is just magoos. The heat isnt the same. Id be asking ...whats the club going to do to fix the situation... to build a better fwd structure....indeed we'll start with 'having one' Sure...he's no messiah. Were far too SOFT as a club.. Need to grow some. Maybe the President could be useful forca change and ask of the AFL ...please explain, what's going on ?.. exactly as the real power clubs would. Dont lob the problems ar JVRs feet.. it's not his fault.

And thats why we needto push back and call them out. The AFL ...honestly what a bunch of ( insert fav derogatory) They're there to oversee the running of the comp....not the ruining. They are actually the tail.. Certainly the [censored]-end. Time to wag them.

This isnt about "a player" anymore. This is about pushing back. Collingwood wouldn't stand fot it... and i begrudgingly admire them gor not taking [censored] from fools . Nor should we. Christian is an egomaniac.

Appeal

Those that suggest we didnt go toooooo bad .....after all it was only 4 points , think about the real reason we were within a kick. Port couldn't buy a goal early on. Had they...well... it's a different conversation for some.

And we can humiliate the [censored] again and again.

Is as though Rozee had no duty of care ( to himself ) let alone Hunter.

There were quite a few throw ins, esp the latter half of the final quarter that can only be described as 'odd' in terms of the way they were "MANAGED" .. ODD 😉

Food for thought going foward... into Winter, arguably poorer weather. We are very over rated I'm affraid. If the ball is slippery or its just raining our game goes to water. Some very dumb ideas about how you play wet weather footy. Not going too far playing rubbish like that. Port supposedly undermanned...totally outplayed us.

There was a lot we were doing last night that was diabolically wrong and a lot they were doing that was right. Logic almost demands to minimise both. Leaving Butters off the leash was dumb to the nth. Not sure our BRAND is De Rigueur

Lost by a country mile.... scoreboard flattered us.

You wonder sometimes if the whole thing hasnt gone stale. What worked once has been eclipsed. I'd like to know howca team with a list the envy of many a footy dept can turn up and turn it up so woefully. Last night was only maginally removed from embarrassing.

Oh ...btw.... can someone check on Tommy... after having his head all but ripped off with 5 to go. I concede you cant always say if butmaybe etc, but if there was ever a sliding doors moment it was that. A free TO MacDonald...likely a different outcome.

And there in a nutshell is imo the essential core of our problems. Zak Butters ...Man of the Match. V Our Brains trust ....saw what he was doing , and still allowed him to continue. Take a bow Coaching.

We were comprehensively beaten by a better set of heads.. those in Ports Box and those wearing their jumper. Our lot left all their brains behind in Melb. Were back to going out in straight sets again at this rate. Maybe we should concentrate on playing footy.

Yeah... but lets put the maggots on the spot ;)

Often suggested; if nothing good to say ...say nothing nothing !!

Dumb and dumber outdo the dumbest.

Sad to say but Max needs some mongrel. Gets pushed aside by much smaller blokes. Give up the darts mate...youd be even fitter. Love ya mate Love the club more. Leaders don't get pushed around....just sayin'.... and needs to be said. Now get out there and play footy properly Dees... this is [censored]