Adam The God

35 touches according to the scoreboard.

Completely dominated the stats, but we've overused it in the midfield and our forward fifty entries have been poor. Our half forwards have really let us down too. Hannan, ANB, Brayshaw and Garlett haven't brought the required pressure though. Jetta is an absolute star. We'd be down at half time if he wasn't in the team. We need to clean up our disposals, move the ball quicker and play without fear. Oliver quieter that quarter, everything Jones has done has been effective. Need a big half from Lewis, Hogan, Gawn and Oliver.

Going on the first round and a half (which is always tough): 1 - 4: Adelaide, Bulldogs, West Coast, GWS 5 - 8: Sydney, Melbourne, Geelong, Port Adelaide 9 - 12: St Kilda, Hawthorn, Richmond, Essendon 13 - 18 Collingwood, Fremantle, Brisbane, North Melbourne, Gold Coast, Carlton

I think some are certainly catching on. If Oliver turns it on again tomorrow, there'll be no hiding it.

I hate West Coast too. But we needed them to win tonight over one of our major competitors.

I'd also like to question the St Kilda leadership here too. I love this.

Let's hope so.

We're on the same page, mate.

I think there has to be real questions asked of St Kilda's gameplan. Is it sustainable over four quarters? Yes, they've got some young players in there, but they fall away quickly when they don't bring 100%. In some ways I think they've fallen behind us in terms of development, having been ahead arguably last season. This probably has a lot to do with our greater level of talent now starting to show.

They're not our only competition, but they're one of them. And yes, tough call on Bruce. West Coast have had a pretty good go of it. It does feel like our game last year against them, as someone else said.

Who cares? It's a lose/lose. If they win tonight people will say they didn't turn up last week. We'll get no credit. The ladder is the most important factor here.

Really? They're going to be one of our major competitors for the eight. Why the heck would you want them to win this?

You feel like St Kilda are about to break the game.

Imagine paying Lewis Taylor $500k a year. Embarrassing player.

Aren't West Coast ordinary tonight?

Should have folded having brought the game into disrepute as they did. Well, they don't have the bigger deal with the front of jumper, so settle down.

The St Kilda pressure is good, but West Coast have been pathetic in patches. Just shows that any side is beatable when the pressure is turned up.

FOX FOOTY had this years ago. You could select multiple cameras and even go without commentary I believe.

Oh, it's better than the one Neeld had, but it's not like they'd be making finals simply with a new coach. As you say, they have some issues.

Yeah, although the Suns stopped at three quarter time. I reckon we would have beaten GWS today. They've been okay, but the Suns have been abysmal.

Okay. Let's dissolve GWS and we'll take Shiel and Kelly, thanks very much.

Their midfield is weak for mine. Swallow allegedly wanted out last year and if he goes their midfield is bog ordinary. Ablett is done at the Gold Coast. He may reinvigorate himself at another club, but he's done at the Suns. Hall is a turnover merchant and Miller goes alright, but not specularly. Lynch, Wright, Saad, Kolajashni and Martin have great promise and in Lynch's case, he's a star. But you win it in the midfield and they're a long way from having a winning midfield.

If Brisbane start winning again they'll have similar crowds to us. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. If GWS can get up to 15-20,000 a week, that's better than a lot of the NRL teams in NSW, so I reckon the AFL would be happy with that. The Gold Coast shouldn't have a team. Fullstop.

I'd be [censored] off if I was Leon Cameron. I reckon GWS have a real cultural problem, which may continue to cost them the flag, despite all their talent. They play like millionaires and lack that killer instinct. They should have beaten the Suns by close to 100 if they were serious flag contenders today. It should have been 50 or 60 points the difference at half time, but they took their foot off the pedal and let the Suns get a few in a row.

Why would you move a team from Western Sydney to Canberra? Bad call. There is growth potential in Western Sydney, where Gold Coast isn't big enough or football loving enough.