RalphiusMaximus

Play restarts. Goal to the Umps

What are the odds of them calling it a draw? 😝

Kozzie has been scragged every time he gets anywhere near the ball. They never holding the man for him.

Goal to the umps to start Q2

Interesting quarter. We looked good to start but then the umpires started to exert a bit more control on the game and swung it the home team's way.

Pretty sure it's yes on both counts. Fortunately there are enough clubs with strong ties to AFL house who are expecting FS picks in the near future that they haven't changed those rules just yet.

Three word summary of that game? Free kick Hawthorn.

I wonder if there's a bit of succession planning going on for when May retires? Give him a couple more years to grow into his body and develop skills and we might have a new FB.

I haven't seen much of Casey this year, but he just didn't seem to do much today. Maybe I wasn't paying attention at the right times? I saw one nice centre break from him. Still, to me he seems to have stagnated a bit and there are a lot of players ahead of him on our list.

Just got to that on the stream. Awesome play from Baker. If only he could do that more often we'd see him in the seniors every week.

Fourth game and first six goals for the club.

Hard to see those two getting another contract sadly. I think they've been well and truly left behind.

I'm watching on Kayo

Ellison is interesting. Only 20, probably a little undersized to play as a KPF at AFL level, but could develop into a utility type maybe. I suspect he'd need to work on his speed to make that fly.

Interesting watching this. Casey is dominating, but I don't see anyone really knocking down the door to get into the senior side. Probably VandenBerg and Melksham the closest.

I don't think we're pretenders. I think the team are a little prone to drinking bathwater though. The Adelaide loss in particular it was very clear that they hadn't turned up to play that day. They waltzed out onto the field thinking that the Crows were going to roll over for them. Collingwood had a similar vibe and we saw it again this week. Players trying for the spectacular play rather than the best one. Not watching the ball into their hands, trying for the pinpoint 50m pass into the center square, trying to take mark of the year instead of spoiling over the boundary. I don't think it's quite sunk in for them that every single team in the competition is made up of professional players and the difference between the top and bottom just isn't that great. If you give 80% on the day, you're going to get jumped no matter who you're playing. They need to get back into the mindset they had at the start of the year, play disciplined football, take good options and work for each other.

If Brown kicks three goals, is that a success? That seems to be his thing, 2-3 goals a match. He doesn't provide as much around the ground as other options, but we know that he will hit those few goals semi-reliably every game. I would think his fitness and lack of defensive game were the big reasons for him being dropped. Can we afford to let him be a stay-at-home FF while the rest of the side zones?

Great move. Not only in dropping a large chunk of cash into the club for the "future fund," but getting rid of the gambling revenue. Being pokie-free is a good look for the club.

Just thinking back to before the season when my Richmond-supporting mate was telling me about how he couldn't see any side that would seriously challenge them for another flag this year... ?

I loved this one: I think that sums thins up pretty well to be honest.

I just wish Oliver would sort out his goalkicking. It's the only aspect of his game that's missing.

Just watching the replay. The Swans' first clearance of the second quarter has just leapt out at me as a blatant and obvious throw in full view of the presiding umpire. This is getting beyond a joke.

Noooooooo! He's clearly going to leave for West Coast!

Just for reference, here's Aiden Bonar flattening Fritsch behind play in the first quarter. Deliberate head high contact which left the player stunned and in need of a trainer. Not even mentioned in the MRO's report for the round. Nth Melb v Melbourne _ Match Centre _ Kayo Sports — Mozilla Firefox 2021-05-03 22-51-47.mp4

I just had to put this here. Sometimes it awesome to be wrong, right?