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Two strikes???

I copped a spray from a ten year old at the station on my way in, under the watchful eye of filth father. Just walked on by. As Whitney would say “i believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way.” this little [s] will grow up into a right [c] at this rate.

What a game. The crowd noise was much improved for the Dees this week, and Goody even acknowledged it. By half time I was satisfied with what we were doing - we were showing a finals level of intensity and even with terrible goal kicking, we were well and truly in it. We were dominant from about half way through the first quarter until time on in the last. A couple of questions: 1. Spargo - subbed out, will he now have to go back to Casey? 2. Brayshaw - big hand in at least 3 of their goals by turnover /poor decisions and delivery. What is his value to the squad if he cost us nearly half the opposition score? Could JJ be a better replacement? 3. Tommo played great - in the RIGHT role. As Second tall, he allows may and lever to get to work. Where then for Petty? 4. Not too many pushed their case at Casey. Who do you think will get a debut this year? Thanks for the great podcast, and go the mighty Dees!

Let the talk be about the filth. The game went as i expected, except for the poor goal kicking. Even at half time i was happy, because I was watching us put the sort of defensive effort that will win finals. Nice to get the points and hose out the filth, but in the scheme of things I hope the narrative stays on them and we can just keep taking care if business.

Let’s just go harder for longer. Pressure the fancy overlap, win contest and clearance. They are vulnerable on the turnover. Let’s smash them so they know what it looks like. All this floss about the filth. Let’s hose out the cage!! Dees by 13 points

If we win i will make a solid donation toi MND. If we dont…i probably still will…

I think he is playing the ‘west coast’ talk ‘em down strategy to improve our draft hand…..

Interesting take, I would also like to hear your thoughts on this.

(Joke already made. My attempt now as wet as the joke…)

Defence wins finals. I am much happier giving away a lower score than other teams - like the cats, that played ping pong most of the night. I think this was why Goody was rapt with the result and why I was very happy with what we did. The blues players went hard, but we went harder. Still significant upside is available in our gameplan, in our key players and structures. I think we will win against the pies due to our defence and pressure. I would welcome your insight into Collingwood’s defensive structures and how we should play to defeat them. eg two extra at contests etc.

What if the VAR reviews the act and issues a red card. Player is immediately subbed out of the game. If sub has already happened then bad luck, also subbed with no replacement. Seems to align with current processes. Should only be used where VAR feels case goes immediately to tribunal (not just across mr Christian’s desk).

DeGoey, goin’, gone! we can win if we bring our defensive game. That and stopping the poor turnover skills under no pressure. oh, and kick straight

CATS VS DOGS PING PONG

Best bit of the quarter was when the BT of Southport was turned off for a few minutes.

Oh, and the umpiring, my goodness it was terrible!

My take: It was a hard contested game, played hard by both squads. We hit th e contest harder than they did (big positive) and won the clearances and contested ball numbers. We kept them to a ridiculous first half score, so the defensive stuff was pretty good. Max had a bad game - took some marks but some of his giraffe kicks were awful, Lucky he kicked that goal to redeem himself. Poor goal kicking tonight, the trend continues. A lot to like in JVR, McVee, lingers and hunter. May did an excellent job and Trac was sublime. Happy to take the4 points and move onto next week. The defensive side if our game was very good tonight, so if we can being that next week and straighten up our goal kicking and transition work, we stand a red hot chance to dack the filth.

about to grab a pre game bite and a beverage. Then onto public transport for the ride in. Go dees! Lets Make some noise!!!!

Do the emergencies from tonight head up early tomorrow for a kick?

Reckon we will go ok. Sit someone on Sard wonder soap, win the middle and we got this. Dees by a handy 33.

I would bring in Tommo to free up lever. Need 2 talls to cover Curnow and McKay Hunter back in. Harmes out. radical alternate plan j Smith in, TMac back and Hunter in

We reverted to a lot of ‘bad’ habits in the game. Like forwards leading into the pockets. Like kicking it onto the heads of out big forwards. We were outnumbered at most stoppages (i counted +1 to Freo several times) and only once did I see our players really get on the move to maximise the tap. These dinky handball chains with lots of underground handballs is not pretty, and is often a turnover source. we had almost no overlap run and avoided the corridor like it had herpes. Some good marking by Max and May. However support around them seemed weak. If they missed these grabs, Freo had easy outs. Goody talked about efficiency. I see effort but a lack of cohesion. Spargo cost us 3 goals by being selfish, and the simple shots missed cost us dearly. End of the world? No. Worrying? Yes

It was really disappointing. We pooped the bed badly all day. Charlie cost us 3 goals alone with his selfish play. Harmes was in it early but then MIA. Gotta think about some serious changes to reward performance and start patching some of the holes. How can we accept the smashing in clearance week after week? Each lost clearance served the suckers an easy entry. Kicking for goal as abysmal. Marking and basic skill execution was poor. No excuses, this was as bad as I’ve seen the team play as a team in a long time. Time to shift gears if we want to be in it.

Apart from ‘where are the free sandwiches’, what were the questions that drove Robby to put pen to paper?

Not entirely thrilled with the ins and outs, but if we can get our structures right and stop their clearances and fast run, we should win. I hope it gives us a good ‘preview’ of how to play the Pies, since they have reverted strongly to this way of playing (Fast). Jacko to have a good one (but not too good). Hoping for better setup around bounces etc.

Hey guys, A great Friday night for neutrals - a tough, finals style hitout in May. Port always smack Max around, so not unusual. They brought the pressure and a clear plan to beat us. We played one great quarter, one average and 2 poor quarters of football, and still only lost by 4 points. I dont want to beat up on the team. A bit worried that we dont do much planning or in game changes as we ‘trust the process’. Butters getting off the chain, targeting our marking, making Lever accountable, not changing up the midfield until half time. Etc What do you guys think of the ‘trust over change’ coaching model, and are we still on the path to going deep in the finals?