Dr. Gonzo

Andy did our dismantling of the Pies gameplan send your MFCSS into remission? Or did the fact they almost pinched it at the end only exacerbate the symptoms?

I don't think that's the case anymore but happy to be proven wrong.

A Richmond supporting relo was here on Sunday, I told him I wasn't particularly looking forward to sitting amongst the filth tomorrow and he told me he hadn't been to a Collingwood game in years because of their supporters. Funny thing is half my relatives and most of my close friends are Collingwood supporters and none of them are the lunatics you see at the games (though most of them rarely go to games).

I know it's tempting fate even to mention it, but if we do play them in the GF I hope some enterprising lad or lass (paging @WalkingCivilWar@) creates a giant "7-1" banner to unfurl once the game is iced. IYKYK.

Yeah like when Chol did the same to Bowey and belted him in the head and got...umm hang on a minute 🤔🤡

It was Collingwood's Grand Final, that's why they choked. COLLLLLLIIIIIIIIWOBBLES

Accuracy is our big problem - it cost us against them last year and could've cost us again yesterday (but thankfully didn't). Their ins will help but so will ours out of all their outs yesterday it's Elliott that worries me the most because he is an elite forward - he is small but plays more like Fritsch than a crumber.

One of the benefits of sitting in the AFL members - I didn't even know he'd gone off until I watched the replay 🤣 (but I also didn't know Moore had gone off and down into the rooms so swing's and roundabouts)

It's absolute garbage, we play Thursday night Collingwood play the Sunday so an extra 3 days rest 🤬 I seriously don't understand how they can get away with this with the EBA? Shouldn't the AFLPA ensure at least a 12 day break over the bye? Even the further 10 day break after the Cats game is offset by the game being in NT including the community work we do prior to that - obviously this is a club organised thing but I'm sure the AFL isn't unhappy with us doing this. I know the fixture would be a nightmare to organise but come on, asking for a proper bye shouldn't be too much.

It would be 4 but Fittas head is blocking the kid behind him 🤣 Call of the day goes to the bloke behind me who kept ragging on Fritsch saying he got all his goals cheap out the back - after I left him know he kicked 6 goals in a GF he went a bit quiet. 2nd call of the day when all the Collingwood supporters were leaving in droves around me with 3 minutes left "Centrelink must have just opened, off they all go" yes I like to think I have the comedic wit of Carlin, Hicks and Chappelle rolled into one 🤣

And when Fritsch kicked that goal which got us in front in the 3rd the sound was electric, from then on the MFC supporters were giving it their all. It was eerily quiet at times for a crowd of 80k and that's because our slow methodical movement took the wind out of their sails.

I thought it was very interesting the way we set up our zone across the middle. We didn't press up to the Pies as they exited our 50 but instead allowed them to just run into us as they tried to move through with handball. This meant they couldn't get the overlap happening and get that quick run out of defense. Would've taken a lot of discipline for our players to sit tight rather than push up to the player with the ball, and it was beautiful to see the Pies come unstuck crashing into our wall again and again. McRae will go to work on this and may need to use short kicking to get through next time as the other option is long kicks into our defense which May, Lever, Rivers and Gawn/Grundy will feed off.

Kossie needs to lift but similar to last week against Saad I feel he was playing a more defensive forward role on Noble who often drives the Pies off half back. Don't forget Kossie is (or was before this weekend) #1 in the comp for tackles inside 50 so he's still doing some things right. Just has to get the mistined speccies out of his game and nail his set shots, if he kicks the 2 regulation ones yesterday I think people are seeing his game a bit differently.

Yeah but what about the replay? It was painful watching the 2nd half against last night with those Muppets commentating (BT probably the best of them which is saying a lot!) I wish there was an option for crowd noise only.

I actually didn't think we started that slowly. Some poor skill errors (notably from Hunter and Brayshaw x2 each) and not taking our opportunities in front of goal while they did meant it was 3 goals to 1 their way but I thought we still had the game on our terms. Just have to nail those chances when we get them.

Who the hell would call Salem soft? Bloke is as hard as a cats head.

That was a 40pt win, we completely took their game apart.

Buddy acclimatised pretty well if you believe the rumours (100 not out)

Same but when I take the kids they want the hot chips etc no matter how many snacks/sandwiches I pack 🤣

Who goes to the footy for the food and drinks? Surely you can find somewhere that sells tepid greasy garbage and flat beers in plastic cups for half the price?

I know, was just making a joke 😉

Mate have you ever been in the MCC? Calling someone a trade unionist is akin to calling them Nazi's 🤣

You can call someone a tncu just make sure you're wearing a collar!

Yeah hundreds over the years

I'll be there too mate M19 screaming my head off and ducking for cover 🤣 last year it was a zoo, I expect this year will be much worse