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I watched the first Q again. They put massive effort into Clarry. At one stoppage Christiansen physically held him away from the contest. They blocked him and ran a hard tag, and he still smashed them. his ability to get the ball is elite, his vision and speed to get it out is even better. He hits players with handballs and they seem surprised. For a stoppage guy, those numbers are fine hb/kick ratio. glad he is one of ours!

I think this is right. The team is set up to win the clearance. If that fails, we are caught out. 2 off the back of the square means we look like kings if we win the clearance, ok if we halve it, and like spuds if we lose it. it is a system designed around Max, Clarry and Viney, with cameos from others. it can also break down if we hit HF and the opposition go around our surge forward. Our backs get caught out of position. we are Best winning the stoppage. Expect us to struggle against teams with fast clearance systems. When Brissie kept winning it, the system looked poor. When we started winning it in the last (thanks, Clarrie!) we looked great and got home. Lever may be wasted in our system. Rather than being able to set for an intercept mark from up field contests, when the ball pings in over the head of the two mis-placed half backs, he would have to be Usain bolt to get into intercept positions. we need: a plan B to stop run ons a better way to score from stoppages inside our 50 outside run that starts at the wing, not half back defensive structures at midfield and high half forward that protect our last line, and give them time to position and set up.

It simply goes against everything that has been said, or even intimated. Resigning to the Dees, the issues and support last year, what he has said, was the coach has said. He was untradable last year, confirmed by the Club and Jesse. it is difficult to marry that up with ‘a current player said ‘. Unfortunately, as honest as you may want to appear, it looks like an April fools troll. what can you offer to substantiate your claim?

What is all that s love for Jones? He was hopeless 90% of the time. Handballs like a headless chook, rushes and kicks to really poor options. He did 2 good things, and about 20 bad. jetta - spot on. He was thrashed by all comers, gave cheapie frees, outpositioned and lost his man too easily. a few of these guys should be looking over their shoulders after that performance. looking like a slightly above average middle table team ATM

Jetta has had a mare.

6 in a row. Pathetic effort

Just have to work smarter. Everyone committing to a contest, no one to feed it to. Jones horrendous that quarter. One goal and the rest was junk. The c* unt that hurt Frtter should go. Dangerous and stupid. Should have been 50, at least. Time to settle, be clean and precise. can someone smash That Allan Christiansen [censored]?

Can N Jones stop turning it over?

I spy 4 teams that are shyte. (Roos, Blues, Suns and Saints). I expect to add Collngwood and FRE to the list before the weekend finishes (and hopefully a trounced Lions too!). If you took an international guest to either of the games at Etihad, you would have to apologise pretty hard. Expect the saints will bounce back, suns will develop, blues will pinch a few. No easy games this year.

It was. It’s not his prime gig, so better he’s in a contest 85 from home, rather than 15.

We are their biatches. 17 in a row. History vs reason. what was displayed today was unwatchable dross. By both sides. Honestly, if we can’t smash them and eat their livers and hearts (too far?), then we are making up the numbers. They worked harder that the s-ain’ts. That was all. Skills were EDFL standard at best.

Perhaps he had to complete a game post his surgery to be eligible for selection? there is a lot of guesswork about his non-selection. Maybe someone should ask the question. I’m sure brayshaw knows why. He has shown what he is capable of, and will get back there. He gets paid as an AFL player even if he sits in the stands and watches. Who the hell would be despondent with that?

Listed in the Casey praccie match. Hope he kicks the door down andapplies red hot pressure on those in the squad.

Dusty tunnelling. No ump will blow this whistle on this pr!ck

We played well on the road last year. Expect that to continue with a thumping win. 60+ points

They are reporting that the long term was already full for Easter this morning. Incredible! Why they need to sponsor us is beyond me. But thanks!

Looking forward to some information. Precautionary (hopefully?)?? (Please). Track watchers please be on high alert for tomorrow. Perhaps Weids gets a run. We are more than one player, and we have won without him. Would hate for him to miss, but stuff happens. Geelong were without their best player and did OK.

Should we look at second half rather than the whole game in making judgements? After giving up 80 points, we did stuff differently after the long break...

The thing with the number of marks is that in contests we seem to prefer to bring it to ground. We also don’t do the mega chip around and easy marks that the Cats used. They had heaps more disposals because they chip across half back and half forward to find a path, and we just blaze forward at all costs. This means they got far more marks than us. our game plan requires frenetic, whole ground defence, with change of angles to create options. The sky is not falling. We were out coached for 1/2 of football. Hopefully we have learned, and will not be left flat footed for a half again.

He also went down on a teammates missus. Lot of good that did him.

This camp thing seems like b-s. If Tyson was up to scratch, and could help us win, would Goodie really not pick him? What sort of internal culture would that create? On the flip side, if there were internal metrics (that keyboard warriors cant see) that determine if he was doing what was required to get the role, then the guys who were ahead of him should be upset if he was selected on last year’s form and not against preseason form (relevant NOW). If we had 30 players who were good to go, how do you select who plays? How do you know how close he was? I bet if we won the conversation would have a different tone. And if the camp was B-S, I’m glad it was cancelled. At the wrong time this macho ‘endurance’ weekends actually harm performance and negatively impact culture. Can the media and dyckheads here just get over it?

Giving up 80 points in a half was what did it. Defensive efforts in every zone were not up to scratch. I felt the cats handballed more than we did - we blazed blindly to outnumbered positions to be easily outmarked.

Petracca - emerging superstar Oliver - his commitment to the contest in the final minutes - he put his body on the line in one contest that he could have squibbed, and no one would have noticed Ablett's head looks like my left nut (if I shaved it)

A few comments on changes: Brayshaw will be a definite in if his wisdom teeth extraction is all healed. If you we dropping players for first half failures then Jones would be on the block. Noticeable poor disposals early. (But he won't be) Kick in the pants for Lewis and his lack of discipline. He stopped being a liability when we went for a loose man behind the ball. Dont think he will be dropped, though. We should consider Frost if we need another tall defender - we do NOT want to have Lever playing 1:1 with a tall forward. Lever also needs to settle with his exit kicks - banging the ball out to a 3:1 on the wing, then having it come straight back in for a goal is not a good look. Salem looked really good until he was smashed. Should have been taken off and a North Melbourne style medical report prepared for the coroner. Thought Maynard did OK. Hannan was quiet, but is an excellent kick at goal. In summary: Brayshaw in, Frost in (if needed), Tyson a maybe. Bugg would also be close (for Hannan?). Potential outs: Lets see how they pulled up. Not sure we will chop and change for the sake of it - I think Goodie likes to give them a run at it.

Jones had a stinker in the first half. Later got back into it a bit. Our ability to rebound from our back half was atrocious. Our kick outs were easily read, and we were outmarked over and over again. Our half forwards seemed out of position and we therefore had to bomb into the 50 - where we were outmarked consistently. We let then get outside and didn’t chase back defensively back hard enough. The first quarter was a drag race. The second a disgrace. We did not have the polish to get home in the end. Didnt deserve 4 points. Too many passengers in the first half. Lots of Love for Clarry and Trac, Maxxy owned the middle. Salem was good until smashed. Should have gone straight off.