buck_nekkid

This. The old method had us being almost impossible to get the ball past the last 80 m. teams could burn through +20 inside 50s for no benefit. Now al the back 6 press way up - meaning over the back goals are simple if you run hard the other way against the dees. May and Lever do not defend well this way - they are so much better when the ball is coming at them. If everyone presses up and we lose the contest (which we did all day) then a few slick overlap passes, and an easy deep inside 50 entry and goal awaits. This method only works if we dominate contest and dont turn it over in easy spots.

Those numbers are simply staggering.

Wow, we just had our pants pulled down. Outworked and outplayed all day. Can you comment on our new found fragility? Previously our Defence would be in place and we would were hard to score against. On Sunday, they go so many goals over the back, suggesting we played too high and didnt run back hard enough. We may have a game that stands up in finals, but playing like that,we have no chance of making it.

He was a real [censored] ‘skinner’ last night- So your are right to refer to him as such!

For those playing along at home, Stringer is @binman’s Skinner. (Like sparrow was Swallow there for a season or 2…)

Two teams with zero defensive skills. Himmelberg couldn’t catch a cold or pick up a meth addled mummy-type on Hindley Street. Stringer is an absolute [censored] so glad that the bombers ‘bombed’. Makes for a cracking start to the weekend!

Realistically we already have this - teams outside the top 4 are playing for wildcard entry into the ‘big leagues’ of the second weekend of the finals. In the whole time of the AFL, only the Doggies won the thing from a wildcard slot.

Nah, let’s not. 8 is enough. maybe have some bottom 4 games to determine draft order. That would be fun!

Voted, no contest!

Even an average Clayton is a valuable asset to us as a team. And back to top shelf Clayton. = you would be ashamed of even suggesting this garbage.

Back to the future . We return to Optus oval - the site of a terrible loss to West Coast - to face Freemantle - who put us to the sword by nearly 100 points. Seems like we should be shaking in our boots. We are now also without Gawn and Trac, and after one victory have sky-rocketed into the 8. So, how are we going to go?> Only Nostradamus can know! At our best, we will control the contest and the ground ball, Our defence will be all strangling and hold them to under 72 points whilst our slick hands and smart plays will open our front 50 for a number of our forwards to cash in. Provided we play four quarters (not done this for a while), we have this. At our worst, we will lose the momentum early and never get it back. We will mind grass and watch them sail away to the win. So, the difference between these teams is really small. They are about the same place on the ladder as us, they have excellence in the midfield and a few good sorts around the ground, and we..can be anything! So, with my hopes running high, i say Dees by 22 points.

Interesting last night the conditions appeared slippery with the dew, and a lot of kicking off the ground and forcing the ball forward was used by both sides. Interesting to see how it will be tonight….

Looked like some transition practice. Accuracy might win/lose the game, so good on them for practicing. Well done WCW and your merry band!

This guy really stands out as a complete ball bag of an umpire against us.

From having the best ruckman in the league to having no ruckman at all! How would Fullarton be reflecting upon the circumstance? be interesting to see how we go with this - a Biclavs type competition or a TMac, Petty and aJVR region approach? it wont be won or lost in the ruck, but we are going to have to be hard at them all night. Go Dees

Very nice. no club or sponsor branding? Thought they would have loved to be involved in something so positive? Anyway, loved it. Well done all

Maybe they will be too tall for the conditions? We can beat them if they carry too much height into the game and it ends up being a slippery groundball fest

Is everyone forgetting the Schaque attack? No? Fullarton then for the win!

Sure, Cream to come in for max. Doesn’t have to be as good as Max, just compete, stretch the Bombers and be good around the ground, He;s good this!

“. It was poise and practice, rather than fitness, that cost us at the end.”

This [censored] has little idea. 13 players <100 games, 11 under 22, no Trac or Angus. And yet, we did ok. It was poise and practice, rather than fitness, that cost us at the end.

Some time to think about the game after ther initial frustration: we had 13 blokes <100 games we were without Trac and Brayshaw, and a few others as well. we had 11 players under 22. not excuses, just some framing. the ‘Red and Blue print’ discussed on the pod suggests winning the clearance is not so important, however, i think it sets us up for success. The hunt and pressure attitude follows this clearance, and allows us to go confidently and set up our defence. The whole slingshot off the hb is ok, but when it comes at the expense of frontal pressure, i think n the model is flawed. Only in Q2were we over 190 in pressure, what i would see as a minimum standard for every quarter. next, Brisbane took the Zorko kick off hb and opened us up like a tin of beans. We were busy running so hard to get off our opponents that we could not cut off the slick ball movements and our zones were all over the place. I think this is our biggest issue this year. Hold our zone or run and gun? A great plan would encourage the zone to reform on turnover up the ground so that from 80 m from goal we become impenetrable. Just not happening. We can be run down by applying pressure. No goals in the last quarters of the last 2 games, held by teams that looked like they wanted it more. Misses by Petty (how they hurt!) Langers and others just not good enough. We are still in this, and again there was a lot to like about how we showed up. When we win the centre clearance and apply pressure, we are a good team. Otherwise we are often witches hats.

Moving day. play well (win or close loss) and the commentary may lighten up on us a bit. ( some here might lighten up on each other, too!( It’s the start of the ‘backend of the season’ stretch. I think we have set ourselves for this one. Keys: Match them in contest and clearance = dont allow massive clearance goal scores like they did against Geelong. Contested in their 50 - slow their transitions and make joe the goose play outside of the 50 for his touches Pressure over 190 all game Score at least 85 points. This is the start of the next phase of the season, AMW to get a look in as part of his development, not sure we can play as tall as listed (?Late change?) W . Go Dees!

Debut Kynan in Melb near family Debut AMW in Bris, closer to Darwin and his family. Any kid would take 10 minutes in their first match, and to deliver a game saving tackle to boot! Neither AMW or Pup are of a Harley Reid level demanding a full run, so we should trust the club is using these moments to build lads on the edge of a career into having the best chance of having one. Long term development

@WalkingCivilWar: any inside news on the lad’s nickname?