Nasher

His main point in the post match today was that we failed to run defensively. That we’re capable of doing it (ref: the 5 in a row) but it’s not ingrained yet. There was no double speak in there at all. It’s not a bad quite as exciting as “structure! Selection! Drinking own bath water! Team balance! Another failed season!”, but the message is there for anyone willing to stop thinking they’re the senior coach for long enough to listen.

This is the worst - feel like I’m on a hiding to nothing by watching the last quarter. At least in the good old days when we were awful, you could watch knowing the game was well out of reach and couldn’t get worse, and just watch in the hope that one of your talented kids gave you some reason to smile. Winning seems unlikely, small mercies don’t cut it anymore and it can get a whole lot worse. I am definitely a sucker for punishment. Let’s go.

Feel for Petty, has had an absolute nightmare. Hope the boys get around him and he can lift in the second half - his confidence would have taken a pounding.

Gross half of footy. Feels like we’re wrestling it forward, all compete for the same ball and then it vanishes down the other end for a goal. Errors galore, dreadful umpiring and nobody looking like taking a mark. Need to come out a different side if we are to get this back under control. Frustrating.

What’s with so many dropping the ‘L’ word? There’s no way this bucket of pus is going to beat us. Back on the winners list this week, the only question is by how much.

Stuff Essendon, I hope they lose by 100. I don’t worry about how opposition games affect the MFC. As long as we keep winning, the rest will take care of itself.

They thought they'd lost mate. Come on, of course they were going to carry on like pork chops in that kind of win. Their reaction reflected how I felt for them about it.

I've got to confess, I don't hate hearing him talk; he's always usually pretty rational, balanced and considered. It's just the way he carries on like a toss in the box that irks me.

I'm just wondering why anyone would want to read that kind of vulgarity. It's just gross and clearly not appropriate, for this forum, or any forum. It's the first time I've ever heard of any dope football commentator being sacked on the spot, and we all know how low the bar is for commentary quality in our sport, so I'm a bit surprised you're surprised I don't want the comments on here. Seriously. It will take anyone two seconds for anyone to Google it if they desperately need to know what was said. I even told you exactly where to look. There is absolutely zero need for someone who comes in here to chat about the awesome game that just happens to unwittingly stumble upon Hall's revolting comment.

Pretty good.

I wondered that too. Just assumed that it's fine so long as none of them encroached on the mark. Can't see why it would be disallowed - in normal play you'd only be disadvantaging yourself by having your whole team on the mark.

Because I said.

Yes. Follow Ralphy's comment on Twitter, don't repeat it here.

I'm not too fussed about the MFC implications. Just thought it was a ripper game, and am punching the sky because I like Geelong as much as a bucket of hot sick.

New things I've seen today: 18 men on the mark. What a great finish to an awesome game. Love footy.

You went about 3 seconds too early

This is so good. Doggies just red hot. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch in Geelong.

Good point.

I don’t reckon his cards are marked, just that form isn’t warranting selection. I don’t reckon “marking” happens that often. The most blatant times were James Magner under Neeld (not selected after a 50 possession game in the VFL) and Dean Terlich under Roos (0 games in 2 seasons, with every other also-ran getting at least one crack).

Hi old dee, I know first hand of occasions where things being said on the forum have made its way back to a player. In one case, years ago a former moderator on this forum got collared at the footy by the parent of a player who was demanding answers about why we continued to allow false and damaging information about his son to be published. If you reckon Demonland is a neat little box where we can say whatever we want and it has no real world consequences, you would be dead wrong.

I understand people are frustrated by his form, but I draw the line at accusations that are 100% conjecture with no basis in fact. Don’t make things up when you have no idea if it’s true or not. You might think it harmless, but it doesn’t take long at all for someone’s speculation to become the common wisdom.

I’d confine Frost to stopping roles only now, ie only plays if OMac is injured. I know it feels like a bit of a waste given his athletic traits (huge, strong and fast), but unfortunately he has the footy IQ of a tree. I’ve given up on the notion that he could be a damaging weapon in attack.

The idea of resting him was always stupid, but I was in favour of dropping him on form this week. I thought it would be Jeffy in to avoid a forward line restructure, but can see the logic in adding midfield grunt. Smith or Weideman for Pedersen was inevitable.

Unless I'm missing some obtuse joke, classifying Sylvia as a red head is a definite stretch of the definition.