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Part of the AFL FIXture?

The 'bomb it high to Darcy Moore' one?

Which one, at the current moment?

GWS looking a bit panicky - need to take a breath, calm down and do what they did in Q2

Greene decapitated without ducking - play on. Yes, umpires have received their orders.

Gil: "Now it is close enough to subtly invoke the umpiring and the ARC when needed"

poor turnovers, as we know, can cost momentum and games

I hope that our whole team and football department are all watching it together, with a running commentary from the coach.

I haven't and won't turn it on unless and until the GWS ice the cake.

How sad - Daicos missed a shot that even a Demon could kick.

Never fear - maggots and ARC will come out when needed

Maynard's man sets up another shot at goal. 🙂 7 point deficit Pies. Bring on the umpiring.

Surprised there wasn't a score review overturn of the Green goal, touched 2 meters behind the goal line.

Nice to see Jesse breaking away from that thug and take a solid mark. Please come cack!!

Is there. no advantage if a 50 m is called? New one to me.

There is a lot of discussion in other threads re the need for a new forward coach. Here we have contracted for another year a Coleman medalist who looks unable to play. A well respected intelligent communicator who has great connections with the forward line. Is there some way this could be a win win win?

Roe? Something fishy about this?

You raise a big IF. Who are our elite players really? Does obtaining the label "elite" require just ball winning, or does one need to be elite in disposal and decision making? Who are our elite kickers?? Spargo. JVR and Petty set shots. .........?

Why pick Schache if he wasn’t trusted enough to do more, in Q4, than an incapacitated TMc? Perhaps they were reminiscing Northey’s use of Stynes and O’Dwyer. That worked pretty well. 🤔 Demonstone - sorry to be pedantic (or maybe not all that sorry), but a 360 would have him back as enthused as he was to start with. Maybe a 180 .. ?

Yes, looking back, they did sometimes seem more intent on not losing than winning this year, and last year's finals. Compare that to the joyous running games in the 2021 finals series. Mental? No doubt an element. And even if it cost just a 5% edge (if these things can be measured), that is more than enough to cost us this year's final two games. Any who plays golf (I hesitate to say "golfers" as that implies some expertise in that frustrating game) will be aware that just a little too much tension can cause all sorts of woes, especially putting - akin to set shots at goal. I went on and on about this back in the ND era - do we employ a sports psychologist? If not, maybe worthy of a try? We really only lacked a very fine edge in our two finals, and if we had that slight edge we would be up again next weekend. Again, is it performance anxiety rather than mental fragility, which implies (at least to me) 'softness' which I don't believe we have? Relax and enjoy - hate to say but Collingwood under McRae seem to love playing together more than most teams.

Maybe it will leak out once Collingwood and Carlton are securely locked away onto the GF 🤔

“…Our players were bored enough in season during games, switching off for periods only to 'get going' when the game was on the line. …” Mostly valid comments but I must say the suggestion that our players were bored and switched off is “interesting”! Seriously, professional players bored during a game??

And what is the one and only way to refute all these critics, most of whom are morons? Let’s see how the players, the team and the club as a whole respond in 2024 and beyond.

I still can't get an answer - did the guy who was deemed to have touched it protest that he did? It is (conveniently) absent from the footage.

I will wait even longer. Maybe even until after a bit of preseason and practice matches. OMG what pressure WERRIBEE is putting on the young draft picks. For example were they JVR or Jefferson would he throw them straight in ?