John Crow Batty

i could be wrong but I believe Hightower still posts here under the name H_T. Top notch poster.

44 games in five seasons. He has to make an immediate impact and kick bags of goals if and when he returns to the side. He has not offered much different to what Mitch Brown offers.

Or a thick hide. Criticism generally hurts. Would make a good politician.

This in The Age. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/dees-secure-petracca-on-massive-new-deal-until-2029-20210505-p57ozd.html

Russell Robertson gives his two bobs worth. ‘Babes in the woods’: Former Dees star delivers blunt warning to current crop

Right in front of the umpire who didn’t think it was reportable. Agree should only be fine.

Never mind %, 100% winning record is better.

Melksham - current whipping boy.

Bump

All the positive indicators of this game that makes me nervous. The word ‘upset’ was invented for these kind of games. All other sides have produced a shocker this season except us.

He was actually checking the vision to admire and make sure his coiffure wasn’t too ruffled.

The virus proliferates outside of camera angle. That’s where super spreading occurs. Didn’t you know?

Bulldogs have only beaten one top 8 side and that’s 8th Brisbane.

It is heartening to know that three of the most astute and experienced opposition coaches, Hardwick, Clarkson and Scott have not been able to find a chink in our defence. We have only conceded an average of 54 points against their sides.

Christians in devils clothing.

Could add country, suburban and junior footy to the perspective. Just as risky if not more as the lack of scrutiny from cameras and multiple umpires to police old school tactics as well as less medical attention at games. There could be hundreds of concussions every week throughout the country and many remain undiagnosed.

His backside isn’t. It now looks huge.

He shirt fronted him with what appeared a raised arm and appeared to hit Oliver in the throat jaw area. They replayed the incident on TV not long after it happened.

I noticed that Goodwin was having a chat with Kozzi after the incident. Looked like he was giving him some advice on how to handle himself. Kozzie is still young and callow and what makes him exciting and watchable also has the potential to backfire on him. I guess after decades of pain some of the exuberance and gloating was understandable but has the potential to derail our mojo if not checked. I recall in the 1990’s we beat WC in Perth in an upset and there was some ugly disrespectful things from our players at the end of the game. Ever since they have been paying us back.

As predicted Richmond unleashed a tsunami at the start. We then pulled the plug.

Imagine if we had an exclusive awkward shaped home ground susceptible to crappy weather and only play interstate and crappy sides at it. We could pencil in an average of a half dozen extra wins a season.

Undermanned WC at wet and wild Geelong. A recipe for a smashing.

I would like to see the media use a high frame rate camera which can show clear slow motion the hand passing technique used these days with particular scrutiny on the bulldogs implementation of the skill. I reckon at least half of the hand passes will show up as throws.

Beware the hungry tiger. Their form has been getting back to near 2020. They won’t want to be 3-3 after this round with the prospect of facing the bulldogs next week. We seem to be riding on cloud nine and in party mode at our unaccustomed position at the top of the ladder. We have to be 100% switched on and ready to push back a tsunami of pressure. We have the players to shut down their talls but their smalls and midfielders pushing forward will be harder to deal with.