buck_nekkid

Rubbish start

Carlton set up really well in defence, and gave us a dose of our own medicine. We had so many poor kicks and fumbles - conditions? Pressure? Simply below par. We lost the territory battle for most of the night, and when we did have it in our half, had little structure in front of the ball. Umpiring was disastrous, but enough of that already. Good to get minutes into the ginger ninja, who seemed off point in the first half. Centre work was awful almost all night. hate to see them waltz forward time after time. Some big games today at Casey could see things become interesting at selection. Not a great game by the Dees, but we did hold them to 60 points. We lost that game in the first five minutes of the last quarter.

I think we have set ourselves for this one. It is the start of our ‘23 tilt. Listening to Goodys presser, he sounds like he wants the finals like pressure to really get our campaign underway. Including the Ginger Ninja and Big Reg shows we are wanting to get things in order for the finals. Blues are up and about but are ripe for the taking tonight. We bring the heat and control the territory game and I think we win. If they go with us, 20 point win. If they fall away - 50 point win.

If we beat Carlton it will make me happy. Simples.

I also suspect BG went back to do a mini preseason. Playing poorly at FF allowed him to rest. Notice each week at Casey his time in the ruck increased? He missed all of the 22 season. He will be stronger and faster for longer, cherry ripe for finals.

Main thing to do is stop Saad. He is a real creator off their half back. Also will decrease the number of times the blues idiots all yell ‘woof’.

62 point turn around was good, but we were shown up badly in the first quarter. i like that we can wrest momentum and control games. I see this as being a significant part of our skill set for 23 premiership run. Do you trust us to do this in big games now? Can we win from behind in the finals? Will we ever flip the switch and dominate 4 qtrs (we don’t seem to atm).

Who is this Liz Frank Person, and what are they doing to poor Harry’s foot?

The back end of this season has become incredibly interesting. results like the hawks and blues in the last few rounds make our run home a little harder than we perhaps might have thought - but that could be good for us. RIchmond fell in a heap on Friday Night, so that may happen to the other cellar dwellers we now come up against. It all comes down to what we do. Play our game and do the right things and we will build nicely into the finals. I hate playing in Hobart, so many [censored] memories from recent years, when we would drop games we should have won. Not today, I think we take them apart early and hold them off from there. 48 points to the good. Go dees.

Also, Spargs for Taj. Hibberd for Harmes, no other changes

No Casey game - he may as well travel with the team in case something happens to Max. He can get his load in Tassie as easy as at Casey.

Think a few players are doing the last of their in season reload. Oliver will come back at 100% and looking to rip the doors off. With this bye, All our reserves get load without impact- perfect for our firsts, not so good for Casey

It’s their home game, your reserved seat doesnt exist on the night. Buy your ticket either way, but with this mob being up and about, i expect a big crowd….

Bring in Oliver amd Grundy, rest the entire rest of the midfield. bring in hibbo and start J smith. Rest the rest if the backmen leave petty and melk at full forward , the whole rest of the forward line gets the week off. 6 v 23 against the Roos? Still back us to win!

Congratulations to Buddy for a brilliant career. A superstar in his day. I wish him every success in retirement.

GAWD! I just scrolled through about 10 pages of the toiges on big footy. Apparently the umpires are cheats and are responsible for the loss. THey are also responsible for the ;stand’ rule that means the tigers can;t win (what, they cannot understand the idea of ‘standing?) Hilarious. I had a bit of a sick up into my mouth and needed mouthwash and a good hand sanitiser after that. Suck it, toiges! Too old, too slow, not good enough!

Just want to say how awesome that was! It was a shootout and the toigs brought everything they had. We took momentum back, absorbed the pressure and turned it around. The last quarter it barely left our front half. Big shout out to max and jack, leaders extraordinaire. Great coaching by goody, including the tactical sub use. how do you rank that win? (I think it matches the Geelong win in 21)

Forgot Harmes Harmes: not to standard. ??

Grundy???? Form poor, choices were worse. C’mon big fella!

The only upset I want is on the faces of the Toiges fans as we give them a belting…

Any team with Zorko and Daniher is, by definition, offensive….

BBB will always be a demon premiership hero. With his knees, it does not appear possible for him to jump. This means he is limited to standing or running at incoming balls. Standing still means he will get crashed into and others will easily jump over the top of him, therefore his only way to play is to mark on the run, in a straight line to boot. If we could deliver in a way that allows him to get a break on his opponent and have enough clear air to mark, he would offer some value. However, a lack of lateral or vertical movement will see him limited. I have no problem with his effort, but he will be easy to defend against given the limited ways he can play now. I would think he no longer needs the best defender, but rather third best - just keep a body on him and stop him running. Is schache good enough ?? MJ is not near it yet. Petty? JVR needs a foil. If the Gawndy experiment doesnt work, we will have to rely on BBB to put his best efforts, and whatever that brings. j SMith has yet to be valuable fo r more than a half of football, so makes a good sub.

It’s an interesting conundrum: trade it all for Reid, or work to get 2 high picks? I will leave my trust in the FD, knowing we will want to trade out our mid level picks to push the f/s pick for Brown into the weeds. We either get Reid plus pup, or 4/6 plus pup. Looks all good, and will depend upon list management. We have to take at least 3, so who leaves, what comes in relating to personnel, picks, etc will tell the tale. Think they will take a broader view of which the selection of Reid or 4/6 will be one part. Thanks jacko and freo, turning pick 3 into pick 1 plus change!

Gentlemen, it was a good effort to hold off the crows as they played for their season. I’m not sure what to make of where we are at right now except: our best can beat the rest there is so much noise out there re the pies/port etc, little positive press relates to the Dees. Last week’s hysteria re Grundy as an example. If we get Oliver and Fritter back, what is your guess at a best 23 for round 1 of the finals from here?

Interesting game to watch. We are still in this big time.