Dr. Gonzo

Not rivers fault Fritsch should never have handballed it to him in the first place. Kick it long you [censored]

I know hes only young but if Pickett cant take those chances when they come hes not going offer much. Missed 2 early against the Dogs as well and it jist kills us.

Zero for 2

Being quick doesn't make you a good footy player. No doubt we will sign them up for another 3 years each though.

103 uncontested poss to 44? ?????

Why did the AFL have to schedule games in Cairns anyway?? Bloody ridiculous and who does it benefit?? Amateur bloody organisation, at least they've got the goalpost cams up now, only took a week of ridicule following a contentious call.

Brown and Spargo

That's my thinking too cards. Doesn't matter how quick you are if you can't get hands on the footy. Seeing the changes and then reading through this thread to think through it a bit I've gone and chucked a bit of money on the Dockers. They've weren't bad against the Tigers and have gone in with an unchanged lineup.

Is Lockhart injured? If he is not and we are playing Smith I cannot comprehend the thinking. Jetta another we should be playing ahead of Smith despite his deficiencies.

I rate an undermanned Collingwood as a "poorer" team. Saints was a good win but even so they will struggle to make finals.

It was a bit of an offhand comment by Dermie which he was called out on and asked to name names. When pushed on it he mentioned Fritsch only because King had said the same thing a couple of weeks earlier. When pushed further he mentioned Salem and Harmes who he didnt know by name initially. It was a bit if typical Derm bravado that he was called on and then just chucked out a couple of names that wouldn't cause too much controversy.

Disagree. Our losses often come down to lack of workrate, not skill. I think this is true across the competition and had been for at least 4 or 5 seasons.

Don't you think though that if our team is mentally fragile, and it has been a feature of our sides for generations, that is exactly what is meant by culture? There must be a reason for the consistency in that, the environment of the club seems to foster that mentality. Why and how do we arrest it and change it is the difficult thing. I think it would be folly to disregard the commentary of some people who have been part of successful environments and cultures when they repeatedly say there is something wrong with ours. Part of the reason Roos was brought here was to embed a strong culture so it has clearly been identified as an issue previously.

But our wins are only against poorer sides. To beat the better sides we do need to bring high pressure including tackles and 1%ers

Did you see Fagan's halftime spray a few weeks ago when Lions were playing North?

He was talking specifically about players who don't tackle hard enough/have tackles broken too easily

I can't read it as I don't subscribe to Herald Sun but this article below was discussed on a podcast I listen to. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/building-strong-culture-in-all-areas-within-playing-group-key-to-onfield-success-jordan-lewis-writes/news-story/a57596cac2e5d857fae1409396590560

Dermie doesn't loathe us. He loathes Essendon. He simply holds us in contempt.

Hopefully a Normie or two in there

Two reasons we didn't get Sheedy 1) he was insulted that we wanted to put him through the interview process and make him come up with a PowerPoint etc 2) (my opinion) Sheedy would not tank for priority picks which was a clear strategy of the club for 2008/09

I couldn't disagree more. It's not a lack of quality that lost it against the Swans. It's a lack of onfield leadership, workrate and pride in their performance.

What is the point in a Wednesday night final? So they can avoid Sunday games? Wed/Thurs/Fri/Sat?

It was just as bad under Northey too. Check the results from 88-91 strings of losses (many against non-finalists) coating us double chances every year.

Exactly look at the pressure they put on our ball users from the 1st bounce. Even the goal Brayshaw kicked he had about 3 or 4 Swans ready to tackle him. Meanwhile we just let the Swans waltz through middle of our zone with handballs with no pressure just "corralling" them through. Pathetic

Just sit him on the bench and play a man down. Would have been better. Smith could go sit next to him.