P-man

God that’s a frustrating rule. He went for the damn ball.

Beat me to it. The AFL average is 10. Swans had 22 against Adelaide. We had goose egg. In a weird way that gives me cause for hope cause the scope for improvement is so huge. We put ourselves in a position to win with a pretty non-existent forward half defense. The only way is up.

Odd feeling reading this thread. I’m a long way from hitting the panic button that others seem to be smashing. I agree the lack of forward pressure and getting well beaten at stoppages are concerns, but up until halftime that was looking a lot like the ‘good Melbourne’ I’m familiar with. Some of the ball movement was as good as you’ll ever see. Not blaming May for the loss but take away that brain explosion and this could easily be a post-match win we are discussing. If we trust the coaches and conditioning staff to have the players cherry ripe leading into finals, we will finish top four.

Oh get stuffed. Have to reward tackles like that.

Harmes is playing a stinker.

The long sleeves make me hate him more somehow.

Say what you want about Melk. The man knows how to kick a football.

Langers. What a kick.

Just put Gus in the AA team now.

JJ back on.

Geeze there are some rough heads in that Bulldogs cheer squad.

…and yet you give Viney 5 votes? He was awful by foot today. Even by his standards. If you think CP’s game was overrated fair enough but not a single vote? He had 17 contested possessions. 10 clearances to Viney’s 3. 9 score involvements. He topped Viney in basically every stat.

6. Pickett 5. Petracca 4. Jordon 3. Hibberd 2. Langdon 1. Tomlinson

Shout out to old mate at the end who told Trac to “put it through” from 75 metres out.

They couldn’t. They wouldn’t.

Oh wow. It’s not just been the way he’s kicked them but when he’s kicked them. Takes a special game for a small forward to be BOG and he’s had a special game.

K Pickett 3 votes.

It’s a shame cause his skills are sublime. He’ll come into the game in the second half…. *casually crosses fingers*

I think his last two errors (pulling the kick from a set shot and playing on to handball to a teammate under pressure) was him trying to make amends for that early burn. Just needs to play smart..

Honestly wtf is Fritta doing out there? Three bizarre decisions that have cost goals.

Ya just gotta love him.

Great stuff Nib.

Nice to hear some support in the crowd. These usually feel and sound like an away game.

Kozzie ❤️

Tommo playing reasonably well. So that’s something.