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..is likely if the midfield plays like that again. First time i have seen them ‘thrashed’ in 2 years.

It looked like a team rules thing. May lives by them, Frost cant remember them. May says “punch to the boundary”, Frost says “what’s a boundary? - see ball go fast get doggo treat”. May wonders for a moment why he wanted in at Melbourne, and remembers the preseason pasture. Loses bottle for a moment, then realises that Frost wont notice that May has emptied his minibar at the hotel, so lets it all go and plays nice. Even gives him a low 5 after the next contest, to which Frost thinks “Who is that guy, does he have any doggo treats?”

JKH should be in, on weight of his performance but also because he might just add a different dimension to our midfield, which looks one dimensional and flat ATM. Hannan and ANB were ghosts, so should be sent back to Casey, which means maybe C Wagner gets a go. Preuss to come in for either Max or as a support if he is less than 80%. Lever a straight in, probably for Petty. We also had a problem that everyone flew for stuff and no one stayed down to balls inside 50. Maybe start giving Bedford or chandler a sniff of seniors. The conditions after half time looked super slippery (T macs spilled mark for example), but we simply have to be more composed with the ball. Too many headless chook moments. I would leave Baker and Lockhart in, both did well (Baker caught a few times, going to happen to a first year player). T Smith will depend on Preuss. Weids - when a guy can slot it that nicely from outside 50, we simply have to find more ways to get him into the game. I think the current gameplan diminishes his chances, and as we fix up how we go inside 50, he might just surprise us.

That game was emblematic of our season. Lacked talent, lacked class, lacked cohesion, lacked ‘connection’. Lacked leadership. Passengers and work experience kids. Not good enough. We have absolutely no chance of anything this year, except an early draft pick. We all want someone to blame. Don’t know who, but what they offered was not us getting better, but going significantly backwards. So the whole club has to wear it. Not good enough.

I disagree. We have a large number of players each week coming into a team, and often have had little experience. Many of our better players have been poor. We could certainly do with some talent top up, but we actually have a solid core that should make us very competitive. As for the game plan, that is a different question. We have such low skills when we ‘rush’. This works when we tackle (36 today for a whole game), and when we win contests (about 580:3). Gotta do better. But the core is there, and needs consistent time together to actually create something.

We just keep shooting ourself in the face. I would say foot, but it is much worse than that.

That was not a push in the back free kick, btw. Our midfield are shocking. BEaten in every contest, not covering dangerous opp players. Sheesh Allowing man bun stick man to kick 4 in that quarter?

Gotta start winning the centre clearances

Imagine how good the cats would be if they got rid of their Scott canker like Norf did?

Watching this makes me realise how much I hate the black and red scum

Strained quad, season ending. I’m pleased he has been doing ok, and is into the saints for another 2 years

Wtf??? Which Oscar are you referring to? Is this an attempt at humour by Goodie? How did he get on the emergencies list?? Surely he will be at Casey

He will be sacked the week before so they can get the new coach bounce effect against us!

Who knows? Half of the answers you could find if you made some effort, others are obvious (#3 for example) and some we may never be privy to. How does answering these questions give us anything of value? How does it help us make better decisions from here? Who do you want to be mad at? I will leave the witch hunts to the witch hunter general.

I’m sure he is Kochies cash cow. not coach of the year, yet. Too early for that call

Any coverage of the game today, other than our brilliant DL roving reporters?

Steven May was huge today. An awesome recruiting pickup.

Omac at the game today, didnt look injured. Garlett with arm in sling, will get prognosis on Monday. Nice bloke for a quick chat

What pointers do you allude to?

No, suffered knock in the game. The fitness staff cant stop in game incidents

Yes, silverware is nowhere in sight this year. Wooden kitchenware is....

Unless you know what he does around the club, I don’t think your views relating to his leadership are fully informed. He provides leadership onfield in that back 6 by virtue of his experience. Are you wanting JWags to lead the group? Hore? I am not sucked in by others, I made my own judgements of his performance on the day. I feel your view of his performance is overly harsh, and I wonder who you think will replace him in the best 22 next year? Kielty? Petty? OMac? He and Lever are going to be important pillars of our defence for the next few years. When they get co-ordinated and in synch, I can see them being lauded as perhaps the best defensive KP structure in the AFL.

This was excellent analysis. Their view is that we are not that far away, when we simply clean a few things up, such as: Play outside the contest (we smash it inside, but lose it when it move away from the contest) Slow down after marks and control the play more Take more marks Stop butchering the pill, especially with inside 50 delivery. More efficient entry to score ratio (currently lowest ever) Could we be the best wooden spoon team ever??

I watched May fairly closely, and thought he had a really good game. He added leadership to the back half, did a lot of little things, used his body well, positioned himself well and attacked the contests. For a first game (I’m discounting the quarter he played earlier in the year), he gets a big tick from me.

Bet he hits the turnstiles and doesn’t make it onto the ride.