Bitter but optimistic

By a reliable sauce !! Via Burgo no less !! FMD!!

Don't go there Jim !!!

Yeah I'd like to see that stat too AF - and half arsed or one arm tackles. We might be winning those numbers

Hey @picket fence . A few posters above have commented on their choice of wine while waiting for team selection. What cheap slop of choice are you guzzling atm?

....... and possessed of an elegant wit.

You are a man of refined taste chook.

Great minds !!!!! I was just fondling a Barossa and deciding whether to slaughter it immediately or wait a while. Your post made the decision for me!

HaHaha I doubt it will be in the bottle much longer od !!!!!!!!

On the money as usual Luci. I recall the statement being made at the start of the footy glut , that we wouldn't be resting players - FMD! BTW . if we make 9 changes against Freo we will be [censored] on from a height.

I just realised I was up to my 10000 th post. I expect some sort of prize will arrive in the mail. However, I would like to point out that this should have happened ages ago. Countless posts have been denied to my faithful readership by the immoderators. Some of my best smut and crudest innuendo has been consigned to the cutting room floor and lost forever. The literary world has suffered an irreplaceable loss

In most sports competitors are trained to replicate certain actions without thought or instinctively. We have seen games where our players hit targets, stick tackles, run and apply pressure to a high level. In other games, all of these skills either disappear totally or are inept in their application. I'll grant that one or two players can have mares but with us it seems to be 3/4 of the team not doing the basics. Surely this is on the coach?

A truism no doubt. However, it is the coach's responsibility to have players in the optimum shape before they go on the field to give them the maximum chance of doing the job. This includes fitness, tactics, positions and attitude.

Certainly seems that way fork !! I just don't get what he's on about.

WTF is this ? Mate You,ve got to be be kidding me!!

You seem to have an expert understanding of such establishments SWYL. !!!!!! ( Hard earned experience?)

Exactly ! Derm tries to be the measured intellectual. He does actually makes sense at times, if you can be bothered to shovel through 40 tons of coal to find that elusive diamond.

The Captain and The Major !!! Gold!

Geez , not a lot of "appreciation" for Oscar at the moment!

Surely some poor bastard isn't going to cop the penalty for two knuckleheads who should already be boarding a plane out !

[censored] heads !!!

Neitz wasn't an aesthetic type like the great Robbie, but he remains my favourite Dees player.

If our loss to the Swans costs us a place in the finals ( and it likely will ) then I reckon our 2021 membership could take a nasty whack! Footy back in Victoria and the ability to attend might mitigate this to some extent but , that is a big unknown at this stage Possible disaster warning!!

I'll bet they're not the same blue pills I overdose on Dame G!

You are an articulate and thoughtful poster Luci - I'll suggest an edit for you. "they [censored] it "

You didn't take enough of those little suckers Dame G !