Adam The God

Hahaha, I used to watch this video all the time as a kid.

Last night was simply an imperfect storm of all our defenders (with the except of perhaps Jetta) having absolute shockers. Hibberd, despite getting a heap of it was terrible; Frost probably cost us 5 goals alone; Oscar struggled; and Joel Smith looked completely lost again I reckon Lever's soft issue injury history is a slight concern. How many times has he been injured already this year?

Gee, he makes some poor decisions and still panics with ball in hand though. Certainly getting better and knows what's required to get the ball now. Seems to really gut run, which is good to see.

That wasn't my point at all. No one is playing for their career. That's all I take exception to.

It clearly isn't straight back to Casey. Kent's game last week was atrocious and he got another game. The FD have shown their hand and they won't simply select a player one week and drop him next. The only situation this happens in is if they already believe the player offers little and is a stopgap (White against Sydney).

Indeed, although he surely can't keep rolling out mediocre (at best) performances.

Disagree. But okay.

You must only be referring to JKH... No one else is playing for their career.

I reckon everyone's beatable. The Sydney midfield depth is not what it was. They've had a terrific two months, but I reckon they're peaking too early. Expect some stumbles from Sydney in the back end of the year. They are probably more likely than Adelaide though.

Going forward our fringers AVB, ANB, Bugg, Kent and JKH will be in and out of the side and we need to eventually replace them, but for the moment, if they're capable of playing 10-12 solid games a year, we'll win enough to be finals bound. Kent won't be on the list much longer and unless AVB can get his body right, he might also get the chop in the next two years. Vince hasn't got much longer left either. And I reckon Lewis has one more left. But it's always about those bottom 5-6 players in your 22. Can they contribute or are they glaring weaknesses? I look forward to the continuing list build and it'll be interesting to see the types of players who Taylor and his team target this off season.

It's interesting this game, because although we don't have enough going in our midfield, if you can stop Sloane, the Adelaide midfield is surprisingly shallow for a top 2 certainty. If we can match them in the middle and Frost, Hibberd and co can provide drive off half back we've a glimmer of hope. But perhaps I'm buoyed by our last outing against the Crows?

He wasn't at the start of 2017 for mine either.

Haha, sorry mate. Have been dealing with a $200k film application. Needed to focus this week. I went along with a Carlton mate and we both kept saying our teams would lose it at the death. As soon as the game finished, we shook hands and as I was driving him home, we left straight away. So I missed the celebrations. I hate Carlton and would have lapped it up. Anyway, thought the usuals were terrific. Oliver, Jetta, Petracca, Gawn and Hibberd. Thought Kent played one of the worst games of football I can recall though. I'm too exhausted to post much more in the last few weeks. Struggling to get involved. But loving our competitive edge and Goodwin's coaching. I don't give us much chance against Adelaide without more midfield reinforcements. I noticed on Instagram that Tyson didn't get up, so it leaves us very thin in the midfield. Having said this, I didn't give us a chance the first time around against the Crows, nor against the Eagles or the Bulldogs, so who knows. One thing I do feel though is that if we beat Adelaide this weekend, we're a massive chance for the top 4 and our top 8 position is close to locked.

Dare I say it, very Bulldogs 2016-like.

Still not convinced. Could become a fringer/contributor like Bugg though. I'd say this re-signing spells a bit of danger for Mitch White and Col Garland. Both defenders I know, but a few in line before them.

You'll be in prison, won't you?

They couldn't tell me how many they're expecting for the ground as a whole unfortunately. He still loves the MFC ultimately. It's like Judd never really killed us.

Just an update on tickets if you're going into the MCC. They're expecting 18,000 (their capacity is 22,000). We just bought tickets to ensure we got seats on Level 1.

And he didn't say anything in the other matches preceding? There's more nuisance than that IMO. He will have said stick to the structures, we're going to implement a few different things in the second half and we're still in it. It's ours for the taking. Probably what he said against North as well. It 'clicked' because of the indefinable. Maybe it's part experience, part luck, part something else, but I don't believe it's as simple as Goody finding the right words at half time in the Collingwood game. I refuse to believe that. We wouldn't need a $15mill FD if it were that easy nowadays. And we know it's not.

9 by my count. Unless you're counting Hannan?

It's definitely not that simple, mate. I believe we turned the corner by winning that QB match. A tight thriller in front of a big crowd, on a Monday holiday. It was always going to click at some point. We have a good coaching set up, a great young list. We just needed to learn how to win. It wasn't that Goodwin said something brilliant during that QB half time. It's just natural progression. The more footy this group plays together, the better they'll be.

This actually sounds like me every week haha. Great stuff, mate.

Been calling it all year that we'd string at least 4 together at some stage. Now we've done it! What a bloody win. The work rate, the smart ball use, toughness etc. Had a house party tonight, which turned out to be my surprise dirty 30th, so knew I'd be watching on delay. Unfortunately, some family members texted me the results while I'd be avoiding them, but it made the replay for relaxing and yet exciting. Viney was a star in that first half before injuring his shoulder. Gawn's first quarter in particular was insanely good. All those taps to advantage. Oliver keeps plugging away, our defence in Hibberd, Jetta, Hunt, Frost and OMac keep playing their roles beautifully. What's most impressive, aside from Tommy Mac's 5 goals is the ability of our players ranked 17-22 and their contributions, not only tonight but over the past month and a bit of footy. Hannan, ANB, Harmes, Melksham and Bugg. All did their bit in a really important way. Well done development team!! This team could be anything and let's hope we can string 5 together against the Swans next week and incredibly (potentially) cement a spot in the top 4.

Given Jonesy is out, getting Gawn back probably evens up the score. Very important to get the big fella back.

I think those saying we won't get much focus are a little naive. After the Adelaide win, Robbo was singing our praises on AFL360, as was GW. So I expect quite a bit of that this week. Healy also pumps us up when we're playing well. Still, a bit of pressure like that in the media is a good test for a young side. If we're going to win a final, the best time to deal with that pressure is in the home and away games.