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Yeah I get all that but when it boils down that's why they're gettin' paid. It's also danger money. They're often referred to as modern day gladiators. Can't demand ya million bucks a year and enjoy all the perks then spurn all the risk. Gotta make sure you're in tip top nick for all those overseas holidays ya know.

Must admit I lost touch with reality for abit after the Brisbane and Swans games. Even yesterday proved we can match it with anyone on the day. Inconsistent effort and accuracy in front of goal is our nemesis.

Was going to suggest the same but been to our power crazed HR dept a few times over the last couples years so. Maybe not.

Yeah that was an instant reply to a goal that put us level pegging I think.

Nah, look at our set shot kicking as a whole. They've all got the yips in front of goal. They all go for the round the corner kick or play on. That's lack of confidence IMO. Who do you look at in our side with a set shot and think .... " this one's going through." Me , I can't freakin' look when we need a goal and they're having a set shot.... At any of 'em.

Well honestly. When the pressure kicks come for goal at Collingwood in the last qtrs for example. I think the mindset is "We kick these. Cause that's what we do." I think ours is the opposite. That's why we got guys playing on from inside 50 to avoid the pressure.

Whereas I think May should pull his head in. The rip he gave Lindsay after the garbage 50 wasn't on. Lindsay was moving away from the mark and got pinged to every-ones surprise. Then the 1st year kid's got one of our so called leaders giving him a red faced spray in front of 80K people to go with it. As for Gawn I don't know what May expected. We all know Gawn can't kick at the best of times, he'd been running and jumping his [censored] off for 2hrs. 30seconds left, if we wanna get down the other end of the ground he couldn't go back through the congestion up the members side. Had to be the open side and apparently the ump also called play on putting more pressure on the kick. I'd like to also compare the meters covered during the game between Gawn and May. See how far Gawn ran and then see how far May ran. See how often May had to jump into or wrestle some other bloke at ball-ups etc. Then discuss if the kick was lazy or tired. Anyway, what's done is done and I'm not gonna roast the guy who give us 100% every week for stuffing up what would have been a Hail Mary play anyway. Damage to our chances of winning was done earlier.

I also feel they get the especially dubious frees/50s early in the game so it's not so glaringly obvious in the dying minutes.

Thought similar today. We're reactive rather than proactive.

I saw him drop his knees onto his legs after a mark. Wouldn't have been surprised if Melk jumped up and had a go but didn't. 29-20, somethin' like that.

Totally agree for the reasons you state. Also their elite disposal. Been watching those 2 carve us up for years and they've been the difference more than once. Sidebottom particularly.

Thought good coaching long term myself when I heard he was on Sidebottom. Would've learnt some things from one of the best today.

nemo curis

Agree .... I was watching with my daughter. Declared "You gotta go." He went for the open side, and Gawned it. The game was gone by then anyway for all the reasons mentioned in this thread already. Was going to be a Hail Mary play whatever happened.

If you couldn't understand then it's your intelligence in question.

They know they can't deliver with precision. So they bomb. Get it in there and hope someone else can finish. That's the game plan. Problem is they cannot even bomb to the forwards advantage.

I found myself far more invested in this one as well. Haven't screamed out the "F bomb" so often since I dunno ..... Last Kings Birthday maybe. My god I hate Collingwood. They're my GF. Essendons the Prelim. And we've lost 'em both.

Thing that bugs me it's often our "best" players doin' the brain fades. They should be the ones we rely on to keep their heads and deliver the ball.

Let us blow off steam for abit 😂

Yeah, fair call. I woulda pulled Howes and hoped JVR pulled something out his backside.

Not sure if he's our version yet but yeah, that surprised me. But who else? Kolt was goin' ok.

Not enough.

Ho hum .... Had our opportunities but blew it late with poor disposal of course. Happy we made a game of it though.

Now don't let them #$%^&*& reply.

Need some Kozzie Petracca magic.