Dr. Gonzo

It's part of the theatre of the sport. Don't take yourself too seriously.

I switched off last night's game at quarter time and switched on The Wire when the kids went to sleep. Same tonight kids have fallen asleep watching on the couch, might keep it on cos it's close but that's the only thing keeping me watching at the moment.

Could not agree more what a snoozefest. No spark, no great 1 on 1 contests, no room for individual brilliance besides the odd goal from Buddy. Footy is in a bad way.

Hire Terry Wallace as coach

What did he say?

Andrew Daff who ended up at Richmond from memory.

Hannan cost us at least 2 goals. He's had two weeks back now, would want to start performing after the bye.

Not Salem? Surely Roos only said that cos he knew Jones was in the green room.

He started deep forward then got switched to defence when Frost went off.

Surely not!

It was technically the correct decision - you're no longer allowed to use the underside of your boot to launch off the opponent's body - the Toby Greene rule

Especially with TMac in career worst form

Classy midfielder would be much higher on the shopping list. Get a mid who can deliver the ball lace out and suddenly weideman and TMac will look at lot better

Personnel won't change the opposition getting out the back due to our high press which results in multiple inside 50s but no scores. Once they get out they just stroll into open space which contributes to their accuracy. Most teams are scoring from the back half this year I think whereas we are still playing a forward press type game. Sometimes it might be better to allow the opposition easier exit from our 50 but choke then further upfield instead of pushing everyone up to cause repeat entries but then clogging our forward line so we can't score and the opposition having half a ground of free space when they eventually break through the press.

Also kicked 2 goals. How did TMac go that day?

No way he'll win the Brownlow. Couldn't poll last year when he should've been leading at the halfway mark, the umps either don't like him or don't notice his work. Agree he has had a good season after a bit of a rough start. Some of his deft tapwork is sublime.

When were competing against 8 other clubs for player signatures it will out us at a distinct disadvantage. Dingley is seen as the boondocks and Casey is another half hour away. Im not from that side of town and every time I have to drive to the southeast suburbs it's a nightmare. Why would players choose that when they have other options like Collingwood, Richmond, Saints, North, Carlton, Essendon all much closer to civilisation.

Casey is not feasible, it's simply too far from where most players will live and will put us at a distinct disadvantage trying to recruit players and will put our current playing group offside (ala St Kildas move to Seaford)

Weideman actually had a decent game despite his two misses. He is the least of our problems and I was heartened to see his performance early where he was clunking some marks and getting to where the ball was.

Don't worry though, the AFL will fix a problem they created which noone asked for by creating a Wildcard Weekend to fill the gap during the bye week before finals. Hell, soon they'll revert back to the 1900 model of "everyone makes finals" and we might actually pinch a flag again.

He was the main forward in 2017 also when Hogan missed a heap of time with injury/personal issues. Being the main target doesn't add up as the reason, it's either psychological or physical (his toe injury).

So in your mind you don't think we were any hope of winning? Strange considering we would have actually won had Weideman, Smith or any of the other shots at goal in the last quarter been kicked straight You're confusing a strong club with a strong team.

It's not abuse to discuss the shortcomings of players. It's been happening for 150 years, good luck with changing it now.

Didn't cricket Victoria just create a large facility at Junction Oval? I'm sure we could find a way to work around the boxing day test and a few one dayers/20/20 I take your point but it's just frustrating that our home, the best home, is right there yet we are forever homeless. It would solve all our issues, not just training but actually having a "home" for the club. If summer training is such a big deal then just use Goschs as we do now. If the hydroponic set up is only after dark that's not an issue as pretty much all our training is done during the day now anyway.

When he kicks through the ball he slots them. When he tries to chip/guide it through its anyone's guess.