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Oh did I mention Geelong winless on the bottom of the ladder? You beauty

Kudos to the Coaches. Playing Petty fwd on Tom McCartin was a masterstroke. He smashed us last time. JVR absolutely ready. Defensively we repelled dozens of attacks. Our pressure was brilliant The star mids were blanketed for the most part. And when they got to 6 points in the 3rd we lifted again. A full team effort, Congrats to the lads. So happy

The Geelong GF game is the way to beat them :) But they pressure us relentlessly. Last year they had 14 FWD 50 tackles in the 4th quarter alone. If you aren't fit and switched on you will lose against this mob.

Gulden has stepped up big time.

Surely these lessons should have been learnt 100 x before?

This is one of those classic games where a coach has to decide whether we change the way we play to beat the opposition or where we try to play the way we want to play and trust that it's good enough to win. The latter seems to be Goodwin's style. He's shown very little tendency in the past to try and alter the way we play. However the record says they beat us regularly so it remains IMO an acid test for the coaching staff to see what we have learned from previous games. You could argue that in the H&A 2022 we were unlucky with injuries as we were leading handsomely before they struck. They also kicked goals out of their Jackson from the boundary etc Guys like hayward, Reid and LMcDonald played blinders. Mills was BOG from memory. Their pressure rating for the whole game averaged 190 which is huge. Expect a repeat. We also led in the finals game and were going well before being overun like all of our losses last year. Sydney laid 14 tackles in our fwd 50 in the last qtr! So the instruction would have been to keep pressuring us and we would wilt. Its a massive litmus test for us and we can't let them run free.

GWS played last week in a "brutal" game. Was 36 degrees and hard running. They lost two mids and always looked like this was going to be a hard road trip

He didn't want to leave but Goodwin wasn't a fan. They lowballed him and he got a 3 yr deal at WCE,

Is this the first time the Dees have been out of the top 4 for 2 years?

I'll be at the Grand Prix which starts at 3.00pm, 20m before kick off. :(

Its pretty simple This is the real test for whether Goodwin and Co have learned anything from last year. The Swans are a good side and their style of play is difficult for us. We have tried to play the same way and come unstuck repeatedly. We have to stop their overlap run and ensure their mids do not get control. Last time Buddy took May out of the contest and their other talls killed us as well as their medium fwds like Hayward. If we have learned anything it will be on show here. If not the same fate most likely awaits us.

They're tanking. But because Hawthorn its all OK.

Haha nice try That's not what you said though They have never made a difference....ever.

Such a BS statement Pretty sure they cost us the game in Adelaide a couple of years ago

Grant Thomas rightly getting poleaxed on Twitter

Brisbane last 5 games 54 point loss 71 point loss 13 point win 2 point win 58 point loss Just saying

That was an interesting moment in the game, We were absolutely under pressure and our team made a few funadamental errors. he Dogs pressure rating at that point was 215 which is phenomenal. But they steadied quite quickly and returned the pressure back around onto the Dogs. It was game over after we saw off their best efforts

Sounds like a guilty conscience decided to give it back via a third party

So, was the medal stolen at some point?

You can't let them run it out of their defence.

Luke Jackson 0 marks 0 goals.

Exactly what I said last year. He would have been paid a bomb to stay at Melbourne under no pressure and go back to Freo for his superannuation in a few years time. He may well struggle for some time. There is no question we have won with Grundy on the short term.

The Dogs skyscraper fwd line had 50 i50s and they kicked 9 goals Their 4 talls kicked 2 goals. Your judgement is terrible Muriel

$cully $cott Thompson Dogga Can all get stuffed