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I have longed for the days where we don't have to be the laughing stock of the footy world. I have suffered the insufferable - particularly Hawthorn and Essendon supporters. I hope that I have learned my lessons. Always support they boys and hope they smash opposition. Don’t be a smarty pants or goad opposition supporters. Commiserate and have some empathy. I hope we play really strongly and smash them, but my focus will be on what we do, rather than ‘how bad’ the other mob are. At the hawks game, one of their numpties was carrying on like a peanut, goading the dees supporters around him, being derogatory towards our players. He soon shut up, but lord please never let me be that [censored] ever.

Chandler result is not unreasonable. Rode him into the ground with arms pinned and he was concussed.

The afl app is sucking the big ones - links to live feed not working. Can someone please post a link?

We have the system and cattle to cover most scenarios. Hunt on the small forward, May and Petty, Viney and Harmes doing shut downs if needed. Forward pressure on Danirel-types….. matchups from within, not as a key decision for inclusion. Play your role is the mantra.

Save unforeseen circumstances, unchanged plus Chandler as sub.

Worked for us in Perth…. But 2 hours less celebratory drinking time. a tough call….

Need to apply a no DH filter to any list. Play your role.

We should try holding them scoreless. That would be a great outcome.

Hope for those games to be upsets!

If Max doesnt get up, the next #1ruck on the list is Daw, not Weids. He would be next in for that role. Suspect max will be OK and the scan is precautionary only.

Interesting all the MFCSS emerging. I reckon we have not been at our best, but have got games out to 4 goals and shut up shop. Our defense has been good, but our midfield and forward 50 pressure has been down as teams have tried different ways of going fast/slow/around our setup. Our f50 connection has been poor at times, and our position for goal kicking along with crap execution have led to inaccurate shots on goal. Think we cover king and Higgins (petty and hunt), midfield too strong, Hill to get smashed by Angus if he blocks for King. Max and Dogga to outpoint Marshall and Ryder. We may need to rev he engine a bit harder today, but no reason we can’t win. Dees by 32.

1:30 is almost 1/4 time! 1:10 start!

All clubs should be interested. As Jake Blues asks “how much for da little girl?”

Thanks, it would be interesting to know which measures the club uses, and how we compare acros the comp…

In another thread Watson 11 quoted a stat that we are 16th in tackles for the year. From your data, any individuals standing out in changes from 21, or have other teams just gone past us?

Interesting stat re tackles. Last year we were the hunters, this year the hunted? Teams have tried to go around us and we seem to like creating a contest and clearance, but tackling should be one of our KPIs!

In the end, the clubs have little power. If he wants to go, then he will. His value at the trade table will be immense, so I can foresee a situation where he signs to RFA or FA, and then goes for the huge bucks. He should have 2 or 3 flags by then. How many first rounders in trade is he worth given Cameron was about 3?

Thanks Luci. This relies on Hill being free to go, and there being enough time for him to impact the contest. If we slow ball movement, then there is no way Hill gets a free run and can be ‘escorted’ to the contest. It also means Hills opponent is free for fast outlet. We use a second tall to come across (like petty) to impact the contest where we can, and have a great result in minimising inside 50 marks for opposition teams. Hills tactic is now in the open so expect scrutiny, umpires to watch for it and hopefully an accidental elbow in the head from Maysie if he gets in the way….

Great listen as usual gents. for the covid discussion at the end of the podcast, consider that the AFL have to guarantee a safe workplace, so restrictions on players have to be equitable across states but also minimise the risk of a player catching covid at ‘work’. This means having a rigorous process to exclude potential cases to keep the workplace with lower risk.

Our game will be won: in the contest and post clearance work two way running meters gained per midfield possession. (They love going nowhere from clearance) defensive system stopping corridor use, driving turnover locking it in forward half and blocking exits intercept marking in back 75m they seem to be emotional team - stop the fast start, grind them down and we will run past them.

System or soldiers? Today we will learn a lot about how deep we run with both. Dees by 36.

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.