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Or no symptoms, positive rat or close contact…

The manic attack style leads to a lot of turnovers that we can rebound from. We have more than one gear and set up behind the ball well. If we are on, they may get a few sneaky Joe the Goose’s, but their manic style has to be precise or we will smash them in the loose ground ball and intercept. They may challenge, but Sydney showed that you can knock the confidence out of them pretty quick. Win Q1 and Q3 as usual and it is done.

Club operates re AFL ‘health and Safety’ protocols, not one state’s rules. Assume these still have close contact iso provisions to meet the toughest standard (WA). Don’t know if people are testing positive or just ‘close contacts’ under their rules? Did people notice the players greeting and touching fans after the match on ANZAC eve? Wonder if this was the source of infection?

Make no mistake, we thrashed them in all ways but on the scoreboard. Richmond tried to stop our two key scoring avenues by flooding back and trying to avoid half back intercepts from which we do fast rebounds. They could hardly take a forward half mark and had little time in forward half after half time. They had a couple of goals from Joel Smith blunders (not staying accountable on Riewoldt is the biggest one), and a few fast breaks, but just could not break us down. We seemed to be about 5% off skill wise all over the park in the first half, and maybe some of this was tiger pressure, but I think it was just us. We have such high expectations of the team and the players that the ‘old ways’ now look bad - and they were. We were too sloppy by hand and foot early. Kicking for goal was atrocious. Too many easy shots missed, kicks taken as poor options, not lowering the eyes. Vlaustin know we were going to bomb it to the fat side pocket and simply sat there are had a feast. Uncontested intercept after uncontested intercept. ANB had a stinker - his early disposal and goal kicking were well below par. Doggo had a quiet one. Kozzie did well at defensive things but did not get the rewards in attack. Played well as a link on the Lingers wing at times. Tigers had no answer. They tried to break us down rather than play their system, and it showed. Not one for the replay collection, but bank the four points and move on. Go dees.

Max gets a clip,. And then a [censored] reversal. These umps are appalling

I think Jordon makes was , Angus moves back to the wing and lever comes in. tough to call which way the forward three into two race will play out…

Our setup behind the ball was really good most of the night. major concern is max in the ruck- seems to get picked clean by oppo teams too regularly. i can see Jordon out, brayers back to the wing, lever in. This will allow the backline to be rewarded and space made for lever. Tagging Trac when he was a bit off might look like a gold strategy, but when he is on I don’t think it’s effective. McGrath went to Oliver later and took a bath. May beaten by Peter , but fast entry caused by midfield and half forward lack of pressure. He did some nice things in between. great to see Weids stick marks and lead strongly. Will be hard to displace after that effort.

Demons fans plus ferals. I think about 50k?

Keyhole type surgery, expect him to be mobile day 1, weight bearing day 2. Prob a week to get back to full running and another 2 to get back fitness. Guess 3-4 weeks

When the siren sounds to start the match, we go back to 0-0. All bets are off. Cant walk around like we are still ‘the premiers’. Gotta put it all behind us and switch to beast mode.

Demons by 34 points. Close to half time, then we slip away. No 50 m penalties for upsetting the delicate sensibilities of the larvae (cant say maggot any more), that point was made in the preseason.

After listening to ‘sound the alarm’, he was not great in his post match. At least we know they value uncontested marks…..

Only song that mattered after the GF siren was “A grand old flag”. Trying to build ‘motivation’ around a stolen song should be embarrassing after giving up 100 points to 7 in a half of footy. Let them focus on being angry, we focus on winning. Lets see which one works.

Its also only a practice match if we win!

If anyone could do it, Daisy could. She is articulate, intelligent and a proven leader. She should be the lead commentator for any network, or could enter coaching. She is a great operator, and will do well wherever she goes.

Just Cal’s opinion, but… Would be interested to know what it is based on - body of work, last year, peak performance, potential? Also, wouldn’t all Australian count for something? Club b and f finishes? Seems like he just made it up as he felt like it.

Also, hard to see Gus going anywhere. Get past the cba and see what happens….

Thanks for the reports - really great work! reading about our hit out, where our stars dominate, is so much better than the Roos report on AFL.com where a bloke who has played one game in 3 years and a new recruit are dominating. If that is the best they have got… (we used to be in the same spot a few years back, hoping all new recruits would change the world). I can only wonder how 30 goes into 23 - picking the team for round 1 wont be easy, and could have up to 5 changes from the GF team. Imagine if we did that and got better again?

Scott should have said ‘I’m surprised it wasn’t postponed as only one team actually turned up’…. Suck on a savaloy Scott.

I think this year depth may be a key success factor, with ‘health and safety protocols’. Running deep on all lines may be vital to winning games this year. Hopefully we have a squad deep system, and even if we lose several front liners, the next group can step up and deliver high class efforts.

Lets see if it applies broadly or also includes Duckwood and co

Academies should not be created just for draft advantages. It should be part of community building, giving less advantaged kids a chance. As an upside, it also gives us a chance to build supporters in these communities and create connection between communities and our club. They are powerful for those that get the benefits, and low cost/impost on clubs to run. I am all for them, even with the loss of access to top end talent because of the rule changes.

Thanks. Before I drive 90 mins, I’m hoping to find something more official? Otherwise I’ll find a good and hit the highway…

Reckon it makes me fair game, my screw up. But if I know when to take off my tin foil hat I could even do a genuine training report!

@Demonlandor other mods, can you please update (by 2 years) the heading? Cheers