praha

That was a 2015 Roos era-esque performance. A weirdly good-bad performance. There to win but never truly winnable. Looked good yet bad at the same time. Anyone that thinks we haven't regressed has rocks in their head. We played like a team with the end of the H&A in sight. Our skills are horrid. Our gameplan is predictable. We took one step forward on 2018. We've taken three steps back in 2019. Brayshaw looks like an average VFL play. Oliver looks like he's been Melbourne'd. We have no forward line. Our backline is dysfunctional. We lost Tyson yet have ANB and Brayshaw to pick up the slack for useless possessions. Jones and Lewis are hopeless. We were solid for 2 quarters but utterly pathetic in the 1st and 4th. 5 tackles to 25 to start the game.

defensively we've been great all day. possession alone isn't a good indicator. they've rushed forward a number of times and our defensive pressure has been superb.

I know I'm normally a merchant of negativity around here but I think we have done well to curb their pace and spread.

they are annihilating us

56% disposal efficiency. horrid.

almost every Bulldogs entry has come from a free kick up the ground. also 18 tackles to our 5.

Hold the phone: a small forward that goes missing when the rest of his team does? wow!

Being "red and blue forever" generally means you sign a 1 million a year contract at an expansion team. We should do everything in our power to make Oliver as disgruntled as possible at MFC so that he plays well and accepts less money to stay at Melbourne out of spite. nothing says "[censored] you" like signing 3 consecutive 1-year contracts for less money. We should also drop him a few times, and then see if anyone will accept a package of him + ANB for a second round pick.

If Jetta returns I wonder who would have made way for him should Hore not have gotten injured. I suspect potentially Lockhart or Dunkley. But would have been interesting. Hore has slotted into Lewis' and Bernie's role rather well.

Yes love the kid but seems to be thinking two sentences ahead of what's actually coming out of his mouth. So he mumbles because his brain is thinking one thing and he's saying another. It's the conversational equivalent of dividing by zero.

In their defense they had 50 minutes to overcome what was effectively a 7-goal deficit. Whilst also stopping our run. Their intensity in the 4th was unreal and even if we had full rotations, they'd still have staged a comeback. When they got within 5 points, I noticed a few things: 1. Oliver stepped it up a notch. He started to control much of our drive. 2. It took us 15 minutes to realise but we started playing smart, boundary side football. 3. We started winning stoppages. This is important because we were badly down on rotations, and our entire centerline was running on fumes. The win showed good character but it's not done much to curb my concerns. That said I thought we mildly resembled a finals team in parts during the 2nd and 3rd quarters. We've won 4 of 6 close games this year. We should have been the Eagles and Crows. But we appear to have forgotten how to really bury teams, an issue that was present throughout 2015-2017.

how much time

Panic panic panic.

we are crumbling to the pressure. BAD.

Here they come. Down to 1 on the bench.

Hmm they're doing a better job around stoppages than us but we lead the centre clearances.

May about to lay into himself for spoiling his own teammate, punching it directly down to a Carlton player, leading to a goal.

Harmes' kicks inside 50 have been sublime.

it wouldn't be much of a game day thread if we all only posted at the breaks.

would you rather us celebrate afl players missing set shots from 40 out directly in front?

Embarrassing.

We are seriously average.

two goals this quarter to Carlton after we overuse the ball at half back and refuse to clear it. Gifting them goals.

Omg Weiderman. This game has heartbreak written all over it.