P-man

Riewoldt’s top three hand ballers: Libba Butters Neale Libba worthy number one but if Oliver isn’t number two I’ll go jump.

Good grief Brisbane look awful.

....you’re a bastard, Andy.

“Deplorable stuff. Honestly, deserved to lose by 50+. Skills and decision-making as bad as I’ve seen by any team in the league ever. Amazing performance for its ****ness.” “52 ruck contests 40 hit outs to Gawn.” “Was more than 4 points. I rate Melbourne to fill 7th or 8th at best. At the moment we are not where we think we are.” “Spuds game is about right. Team full of spuds.” “Neutrals will see a three goal loss on the news headlines and will not understand how unforgivably dire that was.” “All week the talk was that Lever, May and Tomlinson wouldn't be allowed to dominate like they did against Freo. That our forwardline was too dangerous for them to run loose. We played right into it. Long, high, bombs and the picked it off all night.” “Remember last year how Brad Hill apparently wasn't playing badly, we just needed to get the ball in his hands more? If anything we need to make a concerted effort to keep it away from him. Absolute butcher. Was playing like he was sent by Melbourne to take us down from the inside.” “Petracca would be handy to run with Steele, never mind the free hit we had on that.” “Zac Jones is earning the rep of a real downhill runner. Langdon made him look lazy and undisciplined, exposed him for a lack of desire.” “...after speaking to Petracca after the dees win, we will now cross to McCartin in the saints room for the loss... oh wait.” “I just rage-ate SO much Dirty Bird...” “On the bright side, 2 more years and we will have 1.6 million in cap space to buy more duds.” “Melbourne are horrid and they smashed us. Even then, we had so many chances.” “Even then we were lucky that they dropped sitters and couldn’t kick straight. We deserved to lose, and actually should’ve lost, by 10 goals, and to say that about this Melbourne team is just damning on ours.” And then, all of a sudden, in the seemingly bottomless pit of self-loathing, a beacon appears... “People saying our guys were soft, disinterested, not putting in the effort - I think that's wrong. I've watched it again this morning. It was gameplan and coaching that lost us the game. Melbourne turned up knowing exactly what they needed to do and they did it in spades. - They were always moving around stoppages and with their ruck dominance they had some hugely effective clearances. - They always took on the tackler and usually broke through because they're bigger and stronger, which frequently gave them a man in space. - Their forward 50 was generally pretty empty, and their entries were either to a lead or deep. - Their transition was smart, either through the middle or down the wings. We tried to defend both and ended up defending neither. - They made skill errors, as we did, but generally they weren't in damaging areas. We never adjusted to any of this. We should have played some tempo footy, regained our composure, and started to pick a way through. But we didn't. Not sure whether that's the coaching or the on-field leadership, but either way it's a problem. But blaming individuals for mistakes or lack of effort is misdirection, and it'll lead to the wrong solutions.” Well played, Sir. Although this guy put it more succinctly: “Forget our deficiencies, we were well and truly outplayed. Well done Demons.”

And to the 17 people that came up to say hi because I was wearing signed Adam Yze jumper. I love you too

I’m still drunk but I love this club and I love all of you. Every single one of you.

Yes!! Ribbing my Saints mates noses in it! Come on you demons

Even if it’s not holding the ball he didn’t dispose of it. The umpires flatly refuse to rule incorrect disposal. And it’s now cost Brisbane the game.

All came from Duckwood doing what Duckwood does.

If Brisbane win this I may get a stitch from all the laughing that will occur

Carey sent home to self isolate. So I guess COVID ain’t all bad.

I didn’t watch them last week but it suddenly makes a lot of sense that Brisbane got pumped by the Swans,

Flying down for this one. Got our tix sorted. Also level 3. I’m bloody pumped. Need to win so I can rub my Saints mates noses in it.

Nice inside info @Lord Nev. Demonland cred elevated.

Geeze Port are some side. The speed and precision with which they move the ball is second to none.

Hahaha...it’s a beautiful thing

This is hilarious. Hawks with 7 unanswered to make it a 1 point game.

If Hibbo is fit then a straight swap for Hunt seems an easy decision. Viney is an automatic in, but who makes way isn’t as clear cut. I’d pick Sparrow, tackle count notwithstanding.

25 of his 35 touches were handballs. He was in our best 6 players but his DE can be misleading.

6. Lever 5. May 4. McDonald 3. Oliver 2. Langdon 1. Spargo

I savour most wins. That won’t be one of them. Of course, 4 points in Round 1 is better than the alternative. I just was hoping to see a lot more than what we saw.

Spargo with 108 SuperCoach points ?

The aim is to win a flag. On that evidence we are a gazillion miles away from it. So yeah, that’s disappointing. It’s cool that you’re entirely satisfied with 4 points at home against a half strength Dockers. Others look at the bigger picture.

A good weekend for the McDonald family. Slimmed down T Mac is the best T Mac. I’ve regularly potted him on here but he made a real difference today.

Pretty much what I expected. An uninspiring win against a severely undermanned Freo. May and Lever will keep us in many contests this year. A Round 1 win is welcome but none of the other teams will be shaking in their boots watching that performance.