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Even our best are struggling. Oliver a shadow. Brayshaw keeps on trying.

He runs so bloody hard...

If we get done via the out-the-back-and-run method (see StK 2018, PA and Essendon 2019... Other references available on request), then I fear for the year. We're not slow when we have the ball, but we press up too high sometimes and open ourselves up - chasing always looks slow. Defensive coaching is the issue, I reckon, not personnel.

I liked Spargo's game. He sets up goals with good disposal. Same as in the finals last year. I'd keep him in.

First play of the match. Jones hacks it forward, we're outnumbered, they run it out and goal. Very resembling, Simon

Any resemblance goody?

Weid Jo to that contest....

Are we resembling ourselves yet?

Ok. So what's the difference? Structure looks the same

OMac beaten 1 on 1 again

Yep. But irrelevant. This list should be doing better. It's not effort. Goodwin, looking at you. Judging you on performance

It will have something to do with "resembling ourselves"

I think I'm sensing a pattern. I don't think it's pace. It's game plan and structure surely. All that open space in their forward line... Ours totally congested

Bomb it inside 50 to outnumbered forwards. They run it out and goal. Have we seen that before? fmd

Best question asked on here for a long time. We played our brand, and got thrashed. What now, Simon?

Oliver 41 possies. In a thrashing

Um ...Hawkins had enough time to give away a goal - just stood in the goal square, waited for the second gamer to arrive, and give him the ball for a goal. Cones at training do better than we are doing. Oliver - star, never stop trying Braywhaw, Hibberd, Melksham and a few others 126 to 40 - and we have had nearly DOUBLE the inside 50s... Shocking

I hope we don't hear from Goodwin that "we didn't resemble ourselves". We did. Huge inside 50s with no result, done out the back again and again. That's one of our classic losing modes. Did I mention no forward structure. Yes, it's wet.

This Club's been through a bit... A young number 5 looked allright too.

well, player not found...

I got to the story through this https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl-trades/afl-trades-2018-demons-reject-fremantles-first-jesse-hogan-offer-ng-b88988383z they offered 11 and a "future second round pick" we told them to get stuffed

going to get a big dish of beef chow mein

which one?

A number of the falls led to turnovers and goals - must be an answer - suspect footwear? I hope someone asks Goodwin - might be a detail that we missed? And I hope Brayshaw (who tried his guts out, but was uncharacteristically sloppy) was not concussed last week .