Radar Detector

On reflection, is this a surprise? Brown, Smith, Spargo, ANB, Oscar, Jones. We’re carrying VFL standard for a third of the team.

Brown is a witches hat

Smith is such an unclean player.

All our fringe players spudding it up deluxe.

Can Jones please be dropped now?!

We look as flat as we did against Port.

We look way off. Better get going soon.

It could also be May given the surplus talls in our backline. He’d be a good match-up for Papley I reckon.

This is 2018 Hannan. Best is good then does nothing for 3-4 games. He’s probably due another good one.

Why didn’t Pickett take possession?!

I actually reckon this shows that our game can hold up when our structures are executed even against quick sides and even when our mids are a bit down. Our kicking and especially decision making let’s us down but I see signs of life in the gameplan.

Jones is having a mare

6. May 5. Lever 4. Salem 3. Langdon 2. Weideman 1. Tomlinson

We’re cooked here

Starting to look worrying

Lazy effort by sparrow not to hold up hunter

This is disgusting footy

Will be a tough game, good to have stability.

Would’ve definitely dropped Carlton to balance that out a bit - but generally agree

Bulldogs playing back into form. Next week will be another finals like game for us.

This season is really starting to develop a 2018 feel to it. Losing to top 8 teams but murdering the poor to middling ones. Building confidence to go on a real run. The team is playing well all over the ground, starting to score heavily and every game from here on in is winnable. The top 4 feels locked away but we’re a chance to finish as high as 5th if we play well. Then anything can happen.

Lol at Vanders

I doubt Preuss would hold too many fears for Grundy. He may be rested but that’s because there’s barely a soft week for any reason, not because of Preuss in particular. That said, I’m happy to see the big fella get another crack at it.

Or bring Preuss in, move Tomlinson back to the wing and omit one of Jones, Harmes or Vanders.

I prefer option 2 or 3. I think we might need OMac back in to play on one of the 200+cm forwards anyway which would mean we move Tomlinson onto the wing or into the ruck. Preuss would usually be run ragged by Grundy but with the Pies backing up after successive 4, 5 and 4 day breaks, and all relatively close games, now may be the time to play him. Hopefully TMac’s effort last week gives him a bit more confidence going into this week. He’s still nowhere near his best but we will need him firing if we’re going to make a run.