Lord Travis

First Dees game I won't be able to watch in years tonight. Hope we can contain their two gun key forwards and our mids step up and get us over the line. We need Trac, Viney and Clarry all firing together again if we're going to seriously contend. Clarry showed very good signs in the second half last week. Go Dees!

Scott's likely given his boys top votes despite them having less impact and playing in a losing team. More concerning for us is the form of Petracca. A month ago he was second in the coaches votes and looked to be vying with Heeney for the Brownlow. He has been below his usual impact the past 3 weeks or so. Hoping he's just slightly down on form and not carrying any injury. We need him firing when the whips are cracking in September.

Lever was best on ground last night and is on his way to another All Australian guernsey. He's intercepting well, but it's his rebound that's improved this year. His side step through traffic and tackles is brilliant and seems to work every time. He's the form defender of the league atm.

But weird seeing people potting Dermie in here. He said the best team won but the Cats could've stolen it if they kicked straight. He acknowledged we were the better team and should've won. Where has this narrative come from that he said we didn't deserve to win?

He should be captain, but hard to replace Gawn who's such a star and lead us to a flag. Jake's the most natural leader at the club, probably in the top few leaders in the whole league, and could be a future coach. We're blessed to have him.

Hard to believe we lost to the Lions at home. Embarrassing loss and could cost us top four. We need to learn to own the MCG again and beat up interstate teams at home.

LDU is contracted and not a free agent until end of 2025. We'd have to trade for him this year as a "pre-agent".

Need a big lift from our midfield to be competitive against Cats and Blues the next fortnight.

No good bloke defense for Marlon Pickett this week. He's a certified piece of [censored].

Should've been a percentage boost tonight. Poor effort to waste an opportunity like this.

He's a waste of a list spot in 2024. Let's hope he comes good before finals or nets us a first round pick when he pisses off to Adelaide.

There were worse during the Nield years! It has been a putrid match so far. Skills from both sides atrocious. Umpiring poor both ways. On form it's hard to see how we're a legitimate contender this year with such poor forward connection and conversion. Seems we haven't fixed our main issue of the last two years.

Marlon Pickett is a criminal and shouldn't be allowed an AFL contract. Literal convicted criminal.

No. No. Stay the **** away. He's a cancer on club culture. He's been at three clubs now, is already 32 and his infield output is inconsistent at best. For a guy his size he's as soft as they come. He makes Schache look like a brute. I'll burn my membership if this [censored] ever pulls on red and blue.

If we're a good team then this should be a big percentage boosting win for us. Richmond are bottom 4-6 quality and decimated by injury. Despite Yze's intimate knowledge of our team, we should still absolutely belt them akin to a training run. Coming off a fresh break with more fit players available, there's no excuses. On another note, we need to learn to play the MCG better. It's our home ground, and yet we get beaten there regularly and lose repeatedly to interstate clubs in home games. Our finals record there in recent times speaks for itself. It's concerning that even after years of inconsistency and failure there, nothing appears to have changed from a gameplay or strategic direction. We need the MCG to become a fortress for us. Finals wins at the MCG should be a foregone conclusion, not a battle we lose.

Grounded and well spoken. Sounds like he's fitting in well and getting great mentorship from Viney. Hopefully his positive mindset helps him thrive at the Dees!

Great result. He's struggling a bit this year but he's a great young talent and has versatility and grunt. A key pillar for our forward stocks and structure for the coming years. Always good to lock away another WA kid.

He struggled with the pace of the game, but he's an 18 year old playing his first game at the level against last years grand finalists (and deserved premiers). His effort was good, he got to a number of contests early, laid a number of strong tackles and showed some footy smarts. He's got a good frame and with more size he'll break some of those tackles he got held in last night. Midfield scope in future. He'll be a player with more time to develop. Poor night for him to debut. His team mates should apologize to him for the pathetic effort they served up. He needs better leadership than what he was offered last night.

No Kozzie no Melbourne. He's the barometer. His pressure in the forward half is missed and we've lost both matches this year he's missed now in similar fashion. Also miss the ability to change up a losing midfield combination. He needs to reel in the rough stuff now and just stay on the field.

Our tall forwards remain a major problem. I know the ball isn't going in there cleanly for them, but they need to create more leads so there's movement and space to utilize. Petty, JVR and Brown are all battling for impact. If we had any other options in the VFL you'd drop Petty. JVR has been decent in the ruck but poor up forward. His marking skills seem to have abandoned him. He gets to so many but then has them slip through the hands like Chris Dawes used to. The thing that [censored] me though is surely as a forward getting manhandled, you can position yourself to earn a free kick. Chance says you'll earn a free kick eventually, to not earn one actually takes effort haha It's mental how many contested they lose without changing tactic.

Gawn and Tmac can hold their heads high tonight. Midfield was woeful.

Petty 0 disposals st three quarter time. I get the ball has barely got to him smoothly, but that's unacceptable. Surely you can position yourself to earn a free kick or something at some stage?!

Our goal kicking accuracy this year has masked our form. We've been average despite winning. Our inside 50 count and clearance numbers have been well down on usual form. Same thing happened early last season where our accuracy was through the roof before coming back to reality

I'm more confident in this team playing at any ground that's not the MCG. Anyone got stats for win percentage at each ground? Heading to the MCG these days triggers the MFCSS something shocking!

Smashed around the ball. Zero defensive pressure in the forward half. No Kozzie no Melbourne.