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Richmond will beat us comfortably imo. They have started sslowly but still have depth across the field. Their field kicking when on is up there with Hawthorn and Geelong.

AVB keeps his spot. But Bennell gets dropped after one game. And then doesn't get a recall after a 4 goal reserves hitout. fmd.

in all seriousness it actually is.

This is it. IMO We are on the edge of either breaking through and doing a Geelong of 2007, starting slowly and then just destroying a team to get the season going, or we just clunk along and eventually crash. Last year even with all of our injuries we were dominating matches in key stats but couldn't win. Even in round 2 against Geelong we were down by 28 points early in the 3rd, went forward like 20 times and couldn't score. Geelong went forward 5 times in the third quarter and scored 5 goals. Suddenly it's a 10 goal deficit. We then lose by 80 points. It was symbolic of the entire season. This year has been exactly the same. We win the ball everywhere but don't convert. There will not be an in between imo. We will either start smoking teams, or we will finish bottom 4.

A Victorian hub is the only viable way forward imo

Looking forward to a slog, Richmond to be down one player from quarter time, we win inside 50s and clearances but barely scrape 50 points. Tigers by 17.

it may also be to keep thousands in work but wtf do i know.

Ultimately the only quantifiable, objective trait we have atm is the win:loss column. Go further than that and we are a shocking attacking side with a modest defensive streak. This is based on the resulting outcome of key statistics that show us winning the ball but being extremely poor with it. How you forecast around this as you have is purely subjective but "OBJECTIVELY" we are a poor team atm. The numbers reflect this. I think it's great you see upside but the current outcome as a reflection of current performance is imo symbolic of Goodwin's coaching over 3+ seasons: predictable, lacking in structure, and ultimately unaccountable. That's my subjective analysis of his coaching. I think Goodwin is in trouble atm. It's a brand of football that is literally costing us. He has one more preseason. Season is obviously only just underway but nothing has changed despite a strong and relatively injury free list.

thanks for reminding me and making my year worse. although imo most trades of the ilk will be pushed back a year. suspect this year's draft may be uncompromised.

They were very uninspiring. And rarely left second gear. We meanwhile played like we have for the past 16 months: dysfunctional, messy, and devoid of anything remotely resembling football IQ. Adelaide would have beaten Geelong today. We are bad.

are you being serious? even when geelong was trying to gift us the game we never looked like winning. A comeback is unsurprising and perhaps was to be expected given Geelong were a player down all game and we were off a 15 game break. Geelong looked stuffed and we still gave them paddocks even in the dying seconds. That comeback is hardly symbolic of anything positive.

Salem taking 15 seconds to kick it. Tomlinson having a shot from 55 out. Neither of them kicking it to advantage. Geelong a player down all game.

We are the worst coached team in the league over the past 18 months. This is [censored] awful.

I know Goodwin is only the second coach we've had since Neeld, but relative to the talent available, we are witnessing the worst coaching performance since 2012-2013. Everything from player development to selection to game day structure and plan. Coming back from this is going to involve a Mark Thompson circa-2006 type turnaround. I just don't see it.

Two free kicks leading to a shot on goal. Is this real life?

watch geelong get a goal here.

Much better last 5 minutes.

those things were barely talked about. Geelong had almost 3 goals from their first 3 entries. the performance was holistically symbolic of our issues.

lol May spoiling Lever.

Even if we turn it around and win this, the performance thus far is symbolic of just a poor team. It's the same issues that haunt us at different times in games.

They kick it to the exact same spot in the pocket every single time. This is structureless garbage. We're luck yGeelong is old and slow. If they go up a gear, we're smoke.

Geelong looks like a vintage Ferrari in 2nd gear. We're a Daewoo Hatchback with a busted transition, in full gear, skidding into the gutter.

Lever smoked twice for 2 entries.

Cats implementing a transition and MCG masterclass just then. We couldn't get near it

Chris Scott looks like a James Bond villain.