praha

I remember earlier in the season when we played Hawthorn, saying to my Hawks mate that I'd never seen a team try so hard and be so bad. It is not surprising they are playing the way they are playing. They are hungry. North is too. They believe in what they are doing. Part of the problem is just that; we have the talent but we are playing poorly. But we aren't just playing poorly. We badly lack connection and synergy. There is no connection. We don't make many errors because we don't win many "moments". North won all of the "moments" tonight and should have won. Even with Lever and Petracca out, I expect us to struggle but we are playing with no identity and have since the Geelong win. There is no excitement or energy in what we do. It's just process and that's it. I know it's cliche but they're not playing for each other atm.

He was very good but also seems down on confidence and form. Just going through the motions.

there wasn't. they were just spirited and going for the kill. reminded me of when we beat Hawthorn in 2016. They were top of the ladder, coming off 3 flags, won like 10 games in a row up to that game, and we steamrolled them in the last. Sounded like we had 90k there that day.

I am gobsmacked by that. Scoreless in the last quarter. Holding the ball whenever we had it on the wing and letting them flood. We have zero confidence. Zero synergy. No structure. We are poorly coached and playing like huge plodders. We are bottom 4 the way we are playing.

Thank God North is [censored].

This is coach killing. So scared to attack. Just sit and wait and wait for them to flood.

Carlton Semi nam flashbacks...

I actually don't care if we lose.

Petty is just awful. I can't handle this anymore. They're not playing for Goodwin.

We are scared to use the corridor and go quickly against the worst defense in the league. This is embarrassing.

62% disposal efficiency.

I'm ready to go home.

Not just you. North is way off it. Spirited but way off it. Brisbane is going to spank us. Scared for that game.

I watched Oliver very closely that quarter. He is plonking it up big time. Multiple occasions where he can go for the smother and he doesn't bother. Once he's out of the contest he stops. Also, maybe I am reading into it too much but I always noticed players slapping hands/backs when they run past each other. I saw three occasions where Oliver ran past a team mate during a dead ball and there was no interaction. It almost seemed like once the other player realised it was Oliver, they hesistated to acknowledge him. Twice was Langdon. The other time was Viney.

It's not working though. Our season is on the line.

We are playing Neeld-esque atm mate

I am not normally one to try ridiculous player shifting mid game but I'd honestly put Oliver deep in the pocket and put Kolt next to him. Shift Petty back and McDonald forward. Leave JVR in the ruck and have Gawn play defensively exclusively. Pickett on the wing and Windsor playing a defensive wing. Give Langdon more space to run. Then sub Chandler and bring on Brown to play an attacking flank role.

They're killing us around the stoppage and killing us around the ground. If they tighten up their possessions and keep running they will score quickly. I just can't see us winning this. We are so, so bad.

Their defense hasn't needed to defend. We can't get it passed centre.

There is something seriously broken.

north can score quickly. we don't look like scoring. we are broken.

good on them. they're hungry for a scalp.

Sparrow has been destroyed in the air and at stoppage multiple times. He needs to be a bull.

Fritsch, Oliver, Viney, Salem, Sparrow all MIA so far. Imagine if they actually get into the game.

Oliver has -2 AFL Fantasy points.