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This year we seem determined to roll back to defend from 80 m back. If we get it before then, then we move it forward, otherwise we are not too upset with sides moving it down to the top of the centre square. From there, our defence has been enormous, soaking up a high number of oppo entries this year. I suppose our aim is to sling shot from here forward into a more open forward line and increase conversion of our own inside 50s. Geelong are good at working it fast between the arcs, which means for us to win on Saturday, we need to: create more contests as they move the ball. Post clearance possies will be important dominate the d50 be efficient going forward lots and lots of pressure and 2 way running. If we do this, I am not scared of the cats. Otherwise we are like a hooker at a bucks night…

The biggest issue both Blues and Cats is giving up >100 points, If we hold them to 60-70, we are more than in both of the upcoming games.

The grand old Duke of York said it best: ”when you’re up, you’re up. When you’re down, you’re down. When you are only 1/2 way up you are neither up nor down”. long season, strange schedules. All teams will have mares, and look awful. hope we are setting ourselves for the next two….

Best thing? Not hearing either of their putrid theme songs.

Thank the demon for our defence. Kept the tiggers to 42 points when we couldn’t hit a target to save ourselves. Our game really starts and finishes here. questions for the podcast: was that the worst half of football you have seen us play since the ‘dark days’? how did you see Petty’s game? was that fatigue driven? (Not goody’s presser answer re long breaks) thanks again!

If you flush the first half, the second half involved more of the usual suspects playing the way they should have. Petty is an interesting watch, so inaccurate in front of goal. BBB looked like he couldn’t kick over a jam tin at Casey. TMac was an absolute disaster in the first half, but turned it around in the 2nd. Goody said in his presser we were using the longer breaks for increased training (the dreaded “L” word!). For the cats game, we need to be cleaner going forward and continue to be absolute misers down back. Will be a real litmus test for us…

Day release from prison is easier one day of a week than 2 for those Richmond supporters

Is the game on Kayo, or just the crappy afl app?

Turner offers us flexibility forward and back, as does Petty and even TMAC. Also there could be a weather dependence on who gets a run - Laurie .woey if wet, Disco if dry.

Currently watching the EDFL standard Roos v Hawks…

Damnit!! Typhus it is…

Who do i want to win? Like choosing between getting cholera and typhoid.

So if we have been developing a red and blue-print, would the team like to consider the blue and red-print? (that is, is there a blueprint for how to beat the Dees based upon what you have seen so far)? Was the loss situational, or systematic? What do we need to do to overcome these losses becoming more common?

The numbers tell the tale. Killed in clearance leading to massive time in forward half discrepancy. Shark inside to outside to i 50 kick and repeat. Lack of pressure, tackles and chase, no groundball skills. So many players off the boil. Needs to be addressed before it sets the ‘how to beat the demons’ blueprint. Also, was that the worst umpiring you have seen in a long time???

I reckon we ran out of petrol off a 5 day break. Did enough to win, then shut it down. I’ll take the 8 points and roll on.

‘Feeding the chooks’ is also a euphemism for what teenage boys when they are left home alone….

The pies looked linke they go the rub of the green with the frees, but at least they put some effort in. Lions were slow, stationary and putrid.

He is a Melbourne player and he has my support. He may be battling for a spot in the firsts according to our system and needs, but the FD obviously see enough value in Bill to invest in two years. Any less would be an insult, any more would probably be too much for where he is at right now. The next two seasons he will either rise to the challenge, or will be a bit player on our list.

I expect lever to get up, May maybe 2 weeks. Not much change required then, based on the team on the park today. If we win the middle we win both these games in Adelaide.

I was calling him ‘the wallet wizard’. Seems more appropriate than stealing Jeff Farmer’s handle.

I tipped the sainters! Thanks for saluting, saints boys! so happy the pies are choking, long May it continue. i hope Wood is ok after that head knock

I know the footy is back when I read this thread! Thanks QBD!

Once you start hard running in-season I would think that is still ‘loading’ - getting hard kms into legs that may have short term consequences but long term benefits. not sure why it couldn’t have been completed before the season proper…

Shows what happens when sides kick to open players with some skill. We should learn (have learnings) by watching these two teams play a game that is so unlike our own….

It felt like we put ourselves under pressure. I was waiting for us to get with the program and realise we had more time than we thought we did. Unfortunately that fumbling simply didnt clean up. Forward work was unrewarded, and lacked any concept until Frittata led up the guts into space. A lot to like in Howes, Windsor. Many older heads were not in it the way they needed to be. Being smashed at the contest and Max getting Dacked by the man bun should have been embarrassing enough to drive some changes, but it looked like in the last they were standing back and the queue was already in the rack.