Lord Travis

This is some of laziest defending we've seen under Goodwins tenure. They've got loose players lining up in the corridor for Pete's sake. Unbelievable.

Petty down into the rooms for unknown reasons. Brilliant. He's made of glass sadly.

Not that far behind on the scoreboard and plenty of time left in this. We'll still win from here, but there are some serious problems we need to address if we're going to compete for a flag again this year and the next few. Our midfield has been horrible this year. Horrible. Our forward line doesn't have the right personnel, but the midfield does them no favors.

Lever being subbed out with concussion. Will miss matches now. This first quarter is a disaster.

We're getting a lesson in competitiveness from a team so bad they're on track for another priority pick. This is embarrassing.

Our poor stoppage work this year is going to cost us another flag. It's supposed to be our strength, but it's become our weakness. Need our inside mids and Gawn to wake up asap. Need Mcqualter to get to work with them

Unbelievable goal from Reid. That was videogame level stuff. Made Petracca look second rate.

Great mark Hunt. Still hurts he's not a demon anymore.

Lever in the rooms for concussion assessment. Minimum 20 minutes off field. Hopefully he's ok and doesn't miss any games as he's been out best defender this year by a mile.

It's weird watching a bunch of bull inside midfielders get done in the clearances every week. It seems Clarry carried our stoppage work more than we realized and he's just not the same this year for obvious reasons.

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.