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If anyone has a barcode to the Brownlow they are not using can you PM me? I especially want to sit next to some wag with bad eyesight.

Wednesday

They flopped from the opening bounce for frees. All game! if they look at the flops, they will book half the hawks team.

Nah, I believe Trident is guaranteed access, not ballot.

What a win! A couple of observations: We didn’t actually play that well in the first quarter/half. To be beaten in the contested ball and clearances was really not a good sign. The strategy seemed to be ‘let them mark, but slow them down to about 80m out. Absolutely win the next contest. This is why they had more inside 50s, but our backline was awesome. That Frosty torpedo to TMac goal was an absolute gem. Have hawks ‘acquaintences’ that were as certain the umpiring favoured us as much as I thought it favoured them. Some shockers both ways. We absorbed their pressure in the last, and it is a real sign of maturity in the group that they keep at their system, absorbed the pressure and smashed it out of the park. Still left a bit in the tank I thought for most of the night, skill wise. We have improvement in us. And a note on barcodes: If I give someone a barcode, then there is nothing stopping them also having it for the following week (it is the same number) if they get on Ticketek before me (and stopping me going). I paid a bucketload over the past 20+ years to be a member of this club, and I am treating my barcodes like PIN numbers right now.

The umpiring was terrible. If selection for next week is performance based, then none of these clowns will get a look in

Our only hope is their performance will be scrutinised for selection of umps for the semis and the The granny. If he is a biased cheating pr1ck then he might miss on the big game. Hopefully this is enough to smooth out his appalling bias (on the night), or hold it in check. we have to win regardless.

North might be clearing the decks for some big spending. Preuss May be squeezed out - a mid level player they can manage without, and making salary cap room on the way through. dont let the rookie list be a judge of where he is now. Rucks develop later, so rookie-ing them is actually good policy unless they are bone fide top shelf.

I love the drool he knocked out of him!

Problems in El Rancho Nekkid.. Senorita Nekkid has us booked into a dinner and a show. Somehow it dropped out of my diary. Tickets to the footy secured, and one diablo senorita to make happy. Think, on balance, correct actions were taken....

Goodwin seems big on ‘systems’. He coaches primarily through setting systems and backing his players to deliver it. Seems like he holds his nerve and maintains a ‘system’ in each game. He will shuffled players around to maintain the system for that game. That’s my read, anyway. I wonder when he would throw a system out and in game (perhaps at a quarter or half time break) change up what we are doing?? So far, he has been relentless at hanging on to a system. I think the way we have based our game on contested ball and hard ball wins allows each game to have a ‘system’ of play based on this. Our fundamentals set the stage for the in game strategy. The EF seemed like the system worked, so no need to change. The real coaching masterstroke was the way we destroyed the 3 monkeys. We didn’t have a plan for Kelly, and he was perhaps the one that got away. Our defensive system and offensive system looked good, too (although inaccuracy was a sign of rushing and pressure, rather than system failure).

Just watched the replay. There was a lot to like, but I reckon that there is a lot of stuff that can be ‘cleaned up’ to make us even better. Absolutely loved the attack on the contest. When we were smashing in, and looking to move the ball with speed, we looked like world beaters. There were moments in the forward 50 where a fraction more composure would have translated into goals. The marking of TMac an Weids was a highlight, as was Max’s ability to get back or forward to impact contests. Special mention to Lewis and Salem. Critical in our win. Against Hawks we need to stop outside spread and uncontested marks. Do that, and I beleive they will have little answer to us. IF we allow them uncontested possessions we put ourselves at risk. The game style on Friday night will hold us in good stead. We need to take our chances and take the game on from first bounce to last siren.

Ok. Strong coffee and a few panadol to kick off the morning after. Flickering Awesome! Some observations: Dangerfield is a top footballer. He was dangerous all night, but I loved how he was smashed by Weids in the tackle on the wing, and when he went forward he was owned like a prison [censored] by Jetta. Brilliant. Not a backward step was taken. Rioli has on his wristband ‘run and chase’. Our boys dont need wristbands, ferocity and tackle was in their souls. Petracca very fumbly. However, when I watch the replay, I bet he did a bit of good, as well. Almost full time on ground for him, Frost and OMac. We may have played the ‘dream team’ midfield, but I reckon you just saw the changing of the guard. I hate Chris Scott. But I admire him a fraction more after that presser. I hate mid strength beer. So does the old duck in front of me who got a beer shower when Jones nailed that goal. Apologies were not gratefully accepted... I didn’t know that taking a slash on some random person’s rosebush at about 1:30 in the morning tunelessly whistling “it a grand old flag” for the thousandth time could bring a bloke such pleasure. I thought we would win by 25, we could have won by 60. Onward and upward, demons!

Richmond lose nothing but salary cap. Equalisation should involve the team they go to losing something in the process. Otherwise the top teams lose nothing and gain everything, low teams lose experience and gain a risky selection that may or may not work out. the current system has no equalisation built into it.

Trust the boys to have a final ready when you get back....

Bradtke played junior footy, then focused on Petraccaball. I think this is different to Cox. More like other cat B rookies like Joel Smith perhaps?

Perhaps he has heard of the legendary egg and bacon rolls? we need back up to max. Can see flip and king being moved on, which leaves a gap. I would think he will go elsewhere, and we will target a ‘nearly there’ ruckman, and develop Bradke. i can’t see Oscar being moved on, unless there is something massive afoot. He has developed into an outstanding defender, and unless May is on the way, it should not happen.

Big thanks and admiration to Bernie Vince. Well done on a great career, and bleeding Red and Blue. Always one of the family now.

Hoping the Thursday is a slogfest to tire out whomever we play week 2!

Busy girls today with the sunshine and the warmer weather. Enjoy the cuppa and save the feisty stuff for next Friday night!

All done. Short wait, then just went for best available 2 tix in the bag. Woohoo!

A good year for Adelaide to stock up on youngsters from SA, as the draft is apparently strong on SA talent. With Jerkins and Tex, they can probably do fine without him. Not a bad play if they can get some high picks. We have absolutely no need, and should have even smaller interest. Can see Blues and Norf opening their cheque books on this one.

So if there were 200000 tickets sold at $7.50 handling fee, that’s $1.5 Mio in revenue. Nice earner for a bunch of incompetent gits. Maybe Gill’s au pair runs it? a shameful mess. The club has messaged as best it can and gets all possible credit in the circumstances. The AFL and Ticketek are a disgrace. 3.5 hours wasted today. If I don’t get a ticket tomorrow, I will seriously go postal.

Chris Scott would sound arrogant taking a dump. All the talk will stop at 7:50pm next Friday. Then we can get to work.

I think Max will dominate the ruck. We have to hold our spread off the contest otherwise the 'waltzers' of the cats will pinch our hard won ball. Harmes to run a shut-down role, and be dangerous the other way like against GWS. Frosty to get Hawkins, with license to run off him when we have it. Forward set-up: stop the high bombs. Use Weid to get the ball to ground with a small forward ready to pounce. set up 6 v 6 and trust our midfield. Tactically, we only got beaten by then because we let their midfield stagers back in late in the game. We cannot have them strolling away from contests. I am not so worried about the uncontested mark issue (we fixed that in Q2 vs GWS, and it really made a difference), I am more worried about their ability to get outside us at the contest and deliver to a 1:1 in 50. I also see the umps loving the 'big names' of Geelong and being at a 12-18 point disadvantage before we start. (Take a look at the HTB against nev this week not paid, and paid the other way. Lucky for a poor kick).