Dr. Gonzo

Feels like a dream - we dominated a season, won a flag but no-one could see it. Now we're back to sucking again after choking in 4 MCG finals in a row.

So it's all the players fault?

Even Harmes

Goodwin, Stafford, Chaplin No wonder JVR isn't kicking on, he needs someone in there coaching him how to develop as a key forward

I can't believe Richardson has survived this long. Thanks for the flag Goody, 2021 was an amazing season but the writings been on the wall for a while. It's now a matter of when, not if.

He's already gone, it's just a matter of when

Goodwin [censored] up, as soon as I heard it I knew it was a red flag to the media who would obviously pursue it during the week. It just came across as excuse making and a way to divert the attention away from him as coach. Good coaches take the heat for their players they don't burden them with more unwanted attention. The footy media is a cesspool but as a club we certainly don't help ourselves. Stop giving them fuel! And stop watching, I don't watch any footy media anymore other than sometimes a bit of First Crack because it's on after my kids watch the Bounce. Never listen to SEN, I don't know how anyone can stand it. Plenty of other better things to watch/read/listen to that wasting time on these boofheads. If I want my footy fill I'll listen to our very own Demonland podcast, the Deebrief (sometimes) and Junktime for some comic relief.

We got little more than 15k to two games in prime time when we were fighting for finals. Richmond got a poor crowd in a season where they won the wooden spoon. Keep denying reality all you want, it doesn't change the facts.

Let's be serious, those crowds are propped up by Pies/Tigers supporters. Look at our crowds vs Port/GWS in prime time late in the season. Keep denying reality all you want but these things matter to the AFL.

I don't know about the players "not turning up" yesterday. They had a crack but were off their game by a bit and the Roos were on. We got run over in the final quarter but that's a long way from not turning up at the first bounce.

I disagree, I think we were looking to go through the corridor from the beginning. We had more chances as the game opened up a bit in the 3rd (and we caught North on transition from turnover) but we were looking inbound from early in the game. Agree about our forward setup it is [censored] abysmal, the fact it continues the same as it has for 2-3 years without being fixed is evidence it is by design which is as you said baffling.

We had prime time games last year and pulled slightly more than VFL crowds, what did you expect?

Some great footage uncovered by Rhett Bartlett a couple of weeks back

We're clearly taking it through the corridor more so I assume that's what he's alluding to. Problem is we still butcher it kicking inside 50, we're just doing it a bit quicker than last year.

If we don't win games the rest is moot

No chance we beat Freo and I think Suns will touch us up as well.

6-6-6 killed it too, he used to have one or two players off the back of the square but can't do that anymore.

How many times did players get run down thinking they had an extra couple of steps? Where was the urgency and the talk from teammates?

Howes, Woewodin, Henderson, Sharp - you can carry one or two but not four.

Once the ball hit the deck in our backline we got carved up. Salem is done, Bowey is OK but we desperately miss McVee/Windsor/AMW. Howes is bad and Lever, Petty,TMac are all one dimensional.

The player revolt happened last year (Freo in NT)

That is pathetic behaviour from an adult, what a [censored]. We're all passionate but that is just embarrassing.

West Coast sometime in July/Aug

Yeah he was on crutches walking around the concourse at halftime. I didn't think much of it, obviously trying to limit any pressure on the foot.

Perhaps, I dunno, we should get a retired key forward in to teach him how to play the role (some call that "coaching")