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A big issue for the eagles is key to their success is darling and Kennedy but they are playing all their first four games at night at the gabba. It is notoriously slippery at night up there. Particularly after half time. Very, very hard to mark.

Im watching the blues game and they are playing super. Weitering killing Hawkins (such an over rated player). They are marking everything up forward. Mcgovern and cadboult dominate.

Seems changing my avatar back to happy Garry Baker didn't have the positive impact I had hoped for.

Contradiction?

That's correct. As I'm lead to believe. The bombers (everyone) will be tested Tuesday. If they all are clear then they will play next week. If one or more people are positive then the [censored] hits the fan.

Looking forward to joeboy's 3 word analysis

I missed a trick. I was going to post yesterday that it all could get quite meta if they start posting about our thread about them and we then start posting about their thread about about us posting about them. But didn't

This.

His name is lesion

TMac

Yep. Surely he will be the one to give maxy a chop out.

That tweet can no longer be seen. Or at least i cant see it. Strange

Ah yes i meant part way through the second. But i didn't realise it was so late in the second. Makes it even worse. I'll edit my post. Ta

I was terribly disappointed in how we played last week. The first quarter was fun but really the blues gifted us a fast start with zero pressure. We had 10 inside 50s before their first, which did not come until after half way through the quarter. We should have kicked 8 such was our dominance and opportunities. And the rest of the match was simply terrible. I cannot recall being so disappointed in a performance. Not even in Perth for the preliminary. And not at any point last year, when at least there was the mitigating fact that half our team were injured. We had almost a full list to choose from on Saturday. We were 7 goals up with two and bit quarters of the game to go. Quarters that are 20% shorter than normal so really that is more like a 50 point lead. But unbelievably we should have lost that game. We were lucky the blues did not turn up until the second quarter. And even luckier their kicking was so poor in the last 3. Of great concern was it appeared we ran out of gas. I thought this team was completely dedicated to getting us back from hell and that dedication would show in their fitness levels after the enforced break (and to be fair for it did for some - Harley, Rivers and tracc being stand outs). Maybe the group simply wasn't disciplined enough to work their backsides off when in isolation, without the club tracking their every moment and session. Perhaps Spargo encouraging a a first year player to break the rules and get suspended was evidence of a wider malaise. Maybe despite all the words they simply don't want it enough. Of great concern was the complete lack of on field leadership when we needed it from Brayshaw, Jones, May and worst of all a player who seems to get missed a bit when it comes to public criticism, Melksham. I am over his one handed attempts at marks and too cute by half kicks. The only players who seemed to say we are going to change the direction of this match were Trac, a first gamer in Rivers and Fritter and Hunt, who despite being quiet in the second half pushed themselves to their limits in the last few minutes to run, pressure and tackle. Of great concern was the complete absence of positional moves by Goodwin to stop Carlton's evident momentum. I can't think of one change Goodwin made. What was Richardson doing? Maybe Goody casualness in the press about the Spargo incident (we will look after them and welcome them back blah blah blah) and the Carlton game (learnings shmernings) is evidence of them not been ridden hard enough or the expectations not being high enough (and yes i know he would have had a different message behind closed doors but please, a level of public anger in both instances would have been appropriate). Maybe the song palaver, which seemingly was result of Harmes being too keen to play with his go pro toy he seemed to be giddy to have been given by fox, was symptomatic of a group that does not have its head in the game. Maybe, perhaps. This season is a truly unique situation and as many have correctly pointed out who knows the impact of covid, the break and everything else. Again as many have noted teams as infallible as the tigers look dazed and confused. So i'm going to summon up my normal level of optimism and look forward to Sunday's game with hope and the expectation we will win. I'll even tip us. And i'll do my bit to get us going. Ever since i changed my avatar to the grumpy Garry Baker things have gone from bad to worse for the dees. Injuries, performance, dramas. And then we had bush fires and a pandemic. Coincidence? Maybe. But i'm not willing to that take risk. So happy go lucky, cheerful Garry is back. And so are the dees. And we will back at the g by the end of July. Mark my words Go red leggers

Have backed hawks to win over 39 points and total match points under 129. The latter l looks a lock. I hope the tigers keep playing rubbish

I had expected and hoped he we would come back as one of the fittest teams. I have to say i'm a bit concerned we looked like e ran out of gas on the weekend. Carlton seemed a lot fresher. As did the saints and suns in the two other games i watched (they were both really impressive i have to say)

You kicked 12 goals in a game? And a dream you say?

Great work Andy keeping us all up to date with dees related media. You have been doing power of work. And credit where credit is due the clubs media has been telly terrific of late. Excellent fan engagement. Things like these clips and the zoom session with goody etc are what i have been banging on about in terms of content. Doesn't have to be academy award level. Just engaging. Look how may views these clips have already. Tt show the demand for such content

To be fair Oliver was not on him then They moved cripps forward presumably because Oliver was giving him a hiding

This. I reckon we paid overs but that is the very definition of a moot point now. And besides we recruited him to plays a specific role. One that needs other players doing their job to make it work (which is one reason we paid overs as his success depends on other factors). As was the case at the crows. So his value is dependent on getting the other pieces of the puzzle right. On that i really don't understand how Smith fits. Lever needs a player like omac or petty in the side. May is not enough, particularly because they have asked him to slim down, play higher and be more offensive than he was at gc.

This is absolutely true. One of the biggest myths in footy that wet weather is a leveler.

Knowing our luck all that will mean is him flying for marks he should stay down on

A gun. But i don't think he works as hard defensively as he should

Sums me up well

None of the other games on the Sunday are listed as free to air. The sunday arvo game rolls in to the news (which is why it starts at 3:20) so channel 7 wouldn't want the other ones so is perhaps it is an oversight?