Buzzy

some of the effort and skills on display here are putrid

Not many players have improved this year, but Trent Rivers has been VERY IMPRESSIVE So many brutally relentless will-to-win efforts in that last quarter - Gawn, Petracca, Melky, Viney, Smith (not you May).

Currently I would say he is the most overpaid player in the AFL based on output since his contract. If we signed him at the end of the year instead we might have saved $250K 😐

I love it, it's like watching local community footy every week.

and G O I N G TO G R O U N D

Kinda already checked out of this year after witnessing the trash of our last 20 or so games, so this doesn't hurt too much any more. If anything I believe we need a significant change - so a first big loss may be the thing that gets the wheels in motion. What I do know is that we are wasting generational talent and the players have no belief or confidence. 4 goals in a row now. Putrid.

WOW NEVER SAW THIS COMING. Geelong coming off their worst form in 20 years and they still massacred us. Fast moving towards another wasted season... Maybe in 5-7 years we'll get the forward efficiency situation sorted out? Cursed with a poorly skilled team unfortunately.. great to see classic Bumbling Brayshaw action out there.

He should never be permitted to take an advantage, the guy runs in treacle

Brayshaw? Jordon? What is this trash my eyes are being assaulted with?

People keep calling for JJ to have a permanent spot, but the reality is he's just not quick or dynamic enough to be included over others. Most teams have a slowish workhorse style accumulator - and they're almost always fringe players. They can't really play forward or back, and eventually get overlooked for someone with more pace when the whips are cracking. There's a limit to how many slower players we can carry at once. With Tomlinson, Brayshaw, Gawn, Lever, May, Grundy we are capped out. And JJ doesn't have height on his side. If I was him I'd get out asap and try his luck somewhere else at the end of the year.

Still think Petty will be there in September. Tomlinson's lack of athleticism costs him against the better forward lines.

one of the weaker forward lines it must be said. Did well today though.

We just carried our entire small forward brigade.

Wow. Thought May had cost us that.. Very shakey. In reality should have been a 6 goal win, but we are devoid of confidence up front. WHEN WILL IT END. Defence was awesome today. Contested ball amazing. Special mentions to Joel Smith for competing - and the first halves of Judd McVee and Salem in particular. I forgot how good Salem is, he just calms everyone down and some of the targets he hits, so good. Disappointing again to get nothing out of Pickett, Spargo & Chandler. Leaving too much for Fritta, we really need them to step up now. Brayshaw was awful in the first quarter but battled on and got some useful touches. Trac built and built but so wasteful! Still painful to watch but we just beat the flag favourites.

Why don't they put him on the ball? He's a liability up forward at the moment, at least try to get him in the play.

Looking like he's being SEVERELY overpaid this season for his output.

oh wow, most of the play but efficency and accuracy problems, WHO COULD POSSIBLy HAVE SEEN THAT COMING? Such a boring and predictable storyline yet again.

I suspect he's injured

This week our key focus was forward connection and cleaning up efficiency 😂 I would argue we took another step back on both of those metrics. That was horrible to watch, I can totally understand why some Dees fans are loathe to attend games if this is what is being served up. We have learnt nothing from years of bombing the ball forward, it just won't sink in. Goods: Defence was excellent. Trac was immense, Fritsch and Lever pleasingly back into form and the people who kept calling for JVR to 'have a rest' clearly have no idea. One thing he hasn't looked is tired. Won't be revisiting this one. Another week of practising forward entries on the track before Collingwood tears us a new one!

It's his life. If he wants to sign a waiver and play, that's entirely up to him. Don't understand why people weigh in on this, it's not up to anyone else but the person who bears the risk.

It's called passion and not accepting mediocrity. Not here for participation ribbons.

Gutless performance. Going by our mediocre club standards I guarantee management are itching to re-sign Goodie for another 3 years and drive a nail into the coffin. No wonder why people aren't turning up. Outside of a freakish run in 2021 with no injuries there has been nothing to commend strategically from this coach. He's a fish out of water and gets outcoached consistently by far worse teams. Players have zero passion,the skills are still woeful and the gameplan is rubbish and one-dimensional. Our forward line has somehow got EVEN WORSE. There's nothing to bring in from Casey that will change this. Fuming.

Pretty cooked when we keep getting beaten at our supposed strengths. Getting real sick of seeing the exact same formula every week, does Goody not have a single card to play? It's not 2021 finals anymore with a freakishly high number of centre clearances - we're having played as well as that since. Recognise it!

he is pretty average 1 on 1, especially in marking contests 😐

It's not like it's unusual for us to play this sloppily. Our core midfield have always been and will always be messy kicks of the footy, and the last few weeks of handballing has been dire to boot. Agree re pushing in the back. Can't understand why they got rid of the hands in the back rule, I thought it was effective and easy to umpire. I don't think they will swap Sparrow for Jordan... Jordan isn't dynamic or powerful enough and they like that in the midfield. The worry is we've had no new young midfielders coming through for a few years now.