Dr. Gonzo

Those two set shots he missed in the 2nd came back to bite us but I agree, he needs a foil though. Hopefully that's Fritsch in September.

The umpiring seemed extremely ****house tonight. I hate blaming them for a loss and Carlton were good but my god the amount of scragging, pushing and blocking they got away with! Carlton player jumps on Maxys head doesn't touch the ball. Play on. Carlton player tries to evade a tackle. Ball end up dropping out of his hands when trying to handball. Play on. Player sits square on Sparrows back. Play on. JVR has his legs taken out. Play on. And that was just the last quarter. Carlton players getting away with fistfuls of jumpers right in front of the umps. Most of these happened directly in front of the umpire so it's not an issue of "they didn't see it". There is something seriously wrong with the way our game is officiated, it is a joke. And how can the goal umpire call touched if he didn't see it? If it has to go to score review there should be evidence it is touched otherwise it should be a goal. Furious. 🤬🤬

From midway through the 3rd the game was played on our terms except for the first couple of minutes if the last quarter. We just couldn't score 😞

Lost it in the first 2.5 quarters. 24 inside 50s to 4 in the first quarter 🤬

Let's be honest, it was almost certainly requested by channel 7

This is terrible news 😔 still so young

Cats playing with fire through the corridor

Why is Howe playing forward? I thought he was a defender

MCG/AFL should just tell them to get stuffed. It would be good to have it on the screens pre game but trying to dictate to them is ridiculous

Seriously what a bunch of wankers. What does it matter if the game continues on screen or not 🙄

Why?

You don't say!

If we beat them they'll be back to struggling to hang on to make the 8. Do it Demons, for all the AFL.

Partner with Reach - Jim Stynes Centre - targeted at underprivileged kids/youth mental health. It's sitting right there.

It would be sweet to knock them off the perch though (on the way to a flag).

That's a fair enough query but at least he would stop kicking around corners 🤣

Ben Cousins was King of Perth too, not necessarily a great thing for an 18yo kid.

McKay should be shifted to defence, would be a solid backline with him and Weitering covering the key posts.

Exactly, North wants to play us in Tassie because we draw stuff all at Docklands (did we even crack 15k against them last year?)

Nah, that won't be a conflict of interest at all

I mentioned it yesterday but not to blame Sparrow - he's one of my faves! It was more frustration that it occurred after a relatively straightforward skill error. But not vitriol at all so I hope no-one took it that way.

If it's 5-6 weeks some unlucky bugger is gonna have to make way and miss out on a premiership

First quarter and a bit - lazy, half arsed efforts by the whole team bar maybe one or two. Was extremely frustrating and North were playing with genuine intent. After that we pulled out fingers out, for the game on our terms and probably should've ended up with a 50 point win but for some inaccurate/wasteful ball use. Overall it was a good game, tough contest early but we won our easily in the end through hard work, class and maturity. But this game is tainted because of the injury to Petty, how bloody frustrating after the form he had shown last week and today - he was leading, marking and kicking well, everything you want from a key forward. Bloody annoying, let's hope he can get back this year but if not he and JVR will be a formidable duo up forward for the next 7-10 years.

Why is it pointless? It's true. We were streaming downfield and then a regulation chip pass doesn't hit it's target, next thing we lose our key forward. I'm not blaming Sparrow but it's bloody frustrating after what was a frustrating first half with players going half arsed.