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6. Brayshaw 5 . Melksham 4. Oliver 3 . Viney 2. Trac 1. Kozzie

The message from the AFL is that The head is not sacrosanct

I still believe we are the best team in it. For me the only factors that play against us are Geelongs absolute desire to win a flag, with the timing , new recruits and form line in their favour and this ridiculous wave that Collingwood are on. Next two weeks will tell a lot though and we must win both and stay in the top 4 to give us the best chance. Van Rooyen could be an X factor up forward worth considering.

Can’t believe how bad I’m feeling still. Been sitting in my guts all day.

The amount of times they scored setting up through Sidebottom who seemed without a man all night on his wing was ridiculous

They turned up the pressure in the second half and totally smothered us. Hate to say it it but they wanted it a little more. Silly boy Langdon giving them extra motivation

That was the most painful loss I can remember in a long time.

Will be lucky to get 60k in this ordinary weather

6. Viney 5. Brayshaw 4. Fritsch 3. Petracca 2. Langdon 1. Kozzie

I knew we had that in us and at our best with that mongrel intensity no one can beat us. You watch us go from now on.

Commentary is all about Freo. pathetic really

Matty Lloyd just highlights two or three things that went wrong. For most of the game we did things pretty right. He could have easily had picked some mistakes the Bulldogs made earlier as well. Its all perspective. He lost me when he said Brayshaw was just just outside waiting for the easy ball (as he does) As he does???? Brayshaw is probably one the most courageous players in the whole comp!

Our biggest issue is that our second tier players haven’t really improved this year, and we haven’t added anything new. Geelong have added DeKoening, and Stengel and Atkins has improved out of sight. Sparrow, Rivers, Spargo, ANB, Bowey, Jackson, Harmes etc never dominate games. It’s always the same players, Oliver, Petracca , Gawn , May etc etc Even Salem and Langdon aren’t as good. Brayshaw is probably the only one I give credit to, and that’s out of necessity of him going down back, but he is a true warrior anyway so it’s no surprise.

I think we need to find a way to get Bowey into that side . We were badly beaten when the ball hit the ground in the Dogs forward line and we just don’t seem to have that small mop up sweeper

6.Gawn 5. Oliver 4. Viney 3. Brayshaw 2. Fritsch 1. May

Worst 3 word analysis of the year.

I thought we were pretty good for most the night, bar a patch in the third and the last. Also thought our forward line functioned well, with 4 to Fritsch 3 to weed and 2 to Melksham. English did kill us in the air , and Ugle Hagen was an unlikely match winner for them. Salem has been pretty poor in every game since his return and needs to be dropped for a Bowey or Hunt, as they owned it at ground level in their 50. That loss hurt and a pivotal moment was when Fritsch ironically chose to be unselfish instead of snapping what could have been the winner.

Chandler and Bowey were very good today. McVee looks a classy prospect

Opportunity number 23,467 let’s hope he takes it this time.

If we do lose Jackson, would we prefer a Lobb or a Grundy?

Just glad to get the win against a plucky Port without Clarry.

6. Koz 5. Viney 4. Trac 3. Langdon 2. Salem 1. Brown

I think they have picked Melksham to try and improve connectivity with the forward line. Trac, Viney and Harmes/Sparrow/Kozzie combo in the middle, possibly Brayshaw.

Bit surreal not having the big red monster in the middle there, but I’d definitely give Gus and even Kozzie more time in there. We could also have Vines and Trac with the bulk of the time in there along with Harmes tagging Wines.

I think we just have to back JVR as our next tall forward coming through and recruit a decent back up ruck/forward option.