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Fast forward to any game we lead, any side, any coach at 3/4 time. "Keep the pressure on and they'll forken fold. You know they will."

Taken you a long time to come to that conclusion. Been mentally weak as long as I remember.

I don't get worked up anymore. Wrote us off after rd5 so whatever happens doesn't really matter. Lets just not get anymore major injuries for the year.

Cause we lack anyone with real skill.

Lol ..... He's competing against Max Gawn.

Lets not forget Jeffys kicked 3.2 tonight. Which is why he gets a game.

I'd like to think the AFL would stop selling alcohol at the footy before they separate supporters. But you can Bet ya beer money they'd choose the latter.

Cause GWS were.

And a defib.

I always knew Goodwin was a poor decision maker. Gambling, peptides and taking the Melbourne coaching position. Clarkson wouldn't touch us with a ten foot pole.

And what would you like to hear that we haven't heard before?

This is the rub for me. The "Chaos ball" Hail Mary game plan is garbage. Our issues have been there for all to see over the previous 2 seasons and nothing has been done to rectify the problems. And we jumped the gun and hobbled ourselves for 4 years. Sheesh.

Clearly an embarrassing nut. Wouldn't touch him.

To be fair I thought I knew our team well enough that we were well and truly done when Gold Coast goaled with a minute to play last week.

For an example. I feel once David Nietz retired Aaron Davey suffered as he was subjected to aggressive taggers near every week with zero support from his teammates. When he was running around under the wings of big Neita he could walk that bit taller and play with more freedom. Brad Miller tried to fill the roll but was was quickly tamed by a few visits to the tribuneral.

What I found to be a fascinating doco on the "Enforcers" playing Ice Hockey who are there purely to protect their teammates. And yes I realise that this would never fly these days in the AFL but it explained a little why it's part of their game. Doesn't change the fact I'd still like to see a little more intimidation from our side. We've been beaten up for as long as I remember.

Over and over again it seems.

You know. More often than I like to admit. I hate Melbourne.

Often players develop into snipers as they age and start to realise they aren't quite as quick as they used to be. So they resort to giving out the odd clip to these younger faster upstarts.

We shall see. I wasn't happy in '88 or the following years. Or 2000 and its following years.. And I doubt I'll be all that pleased over the next few years. Not enough class to get the job done and our poor efficiency inside 50 is a sign of this.

Well considering the last 10-12 years as a yardstick. Last year seems to be an abberation doesn't it.

Considering our conversion of inside 50s to scores has been trash for the last 2yrs you'd think they would addressed the problem over the pre-season. Instead it's got worse. Just shows how poor the coaching dept is.

Pretty sure it's the players who pushed for free agency. They want to line their pockets as much as those in AFL house. "Oh , but our carreer only last 10yrs." You can still work after you're 30 boys. Clarkson had the Dawks doing trials for the AFL as well. https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/hawks-trial-afl-rule-changes-at-etihad/8e15078f-7be8-4a50-b692-9d75c1b6f69c I also remember some uproar about Clarkson meeting Gill for coffees after a couple games Clarkson wasn't happy with.

3 for the elbow to the cheekbone. Another 2 for stupidity.