Dr. Gonzo

Seeing the scragging going on at every single contest without anything from the umpires is one of the things that makes me question why I bother watching the sport

Sad to see him go but can't hold it against him. Seems like a decent guy and he's an MFC premiership player which isn't a huge list in the scheme of things. Hopefully he has genuinely said he wants to go to WA and not Freo so we can secure decent compo for him and not settle for two mid-1st round picks.

I was thinking about this too and even going back to post-GF and Pert requesting out first game be against the Dogs so we could unfurl the flag in front of them.

Problem is we'll end up with Grundy 🤮🤮🤮

We also currently have the shortest drought in the AFL for winning premierships 🤷

Almost but without the skill or nous.

We won the flag last year and broke the drought but the circumstances in which it happened makes it feel less tangible. Until we get to witness one in the flesh, at the G, there will still be something missing.

I think execution is a big part of it but is it also the gameplan which makes the execution difficult? We had a few relatively easy chances go begging so I think with some cleaner execution we would've put Brisbane away by half time (similar to the Collingwood game several weeks ago).

2nd to this why did we not capitalise on our first half dominance? Many games, including last night, we absolutely dominated the first 1-2 quarters without putting that on the scoreboard. Game plan, personnel, execution? Mix of all 3?

I think you are right but I am also right. It is not solely on the players and it is not solely on the coaching group. Take out opportunities early and we are up by 8-10 goals at half time last night. But we also play an extremely dour gamestyle which makes it difficult to score (perhaps because of our lack of genuine key tall forwards?) and got chopped up in 2nd halves this year (fitness, coaching or both?) I agree the coaches could've done more, I don't agree with those who are piling on with an undertone (or in some cases outright demanding) the club replace Goodwin. I will give them the credit to learn from this and make changes over the off season. I think they've earnt it.

It's irrelevant - when you're getting nothing out of your stars shuffling the deckchairs with the bottom 6 isn't going to change anything.

Should've been shifted back to the wing as soon as Jordon was out. Dumb mistake.

Why wasn't Kozzie pressuring him like he did in our two wins against them this year?

I mocked those who lost their minds when the sides were named and I stick by it. Bringing in Chandler, Bowey or Bedford wouldn't have changed anything tonight or last week.

May want to re-evaluate that. We have a great starting midfield, a very good defence and a C-grade forward line.

I don't think so, sounds more like he's saying we should've put the game away earlier.

So it was the coaches spraying the ball everywhere but through the sticks in the 1st half was it? The coaches were the reason Kozzie dribbles the ball into the post? The coaches the reason we couldn't win a one on one contest in the 2nd half, were outnumbered at the drop of the ball and didn't pressure the ball carrier? Give me a spell.

Hmmm he wasn't great but I thought he almost singlehandedly willed the momentum back our way during patches in the 2nd half.

C'mon, selection wouldn't have changed the result. We were completely outplayed in the 2nd half, same as last week.

I banged on about this last week but I thought the supporters were great tonight. Decent turnout with 62k and the place was electric at times especially during the 2nd half. Unfortunately the team didn't get the job done but the supporters were fantastic. 👏👏👏

Just pray we don't play Collingwood in a GF or you might find yourself in row HH of level 4.

That was hilarious, "umm Geelong is not in Melbourne dude" 🤦‍♂️🤣

It's madness, you'd think he was overlooking AA stars - Bowey might consider himself unlucky other than that there's no real options to bring in from Casey. Bedford had a chance earlier in the year, had one good game and that was it. Chandler maybe but unlikely he offers much more than Spargo or ANB who are proven premiership players. TMac is underdone and JVR isn't going to debut in a semi final. The sooking on here is ridiculous.

You never know, what if the Cats suffer a bout of gastro like the week leading in to last year's Prelim? 🤣 Many here have completely lost it going by this thread. Yeah we may not win the flag this year but we are still in it and a win tomorrow night will see us in the final 4. From there anything can happen so strap yourselves in and enjoy the ride. The whinging and moaning is unbelievable.