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That was a big goal from Harmes at the end, just steadies the ship a bit. But the crows are up for the fight tonight, we’ve got to bring it in the second half. The umpiring legitimately is disgusting though, how they could possibly give deliberate out of bounds against Spargo in our forward pocket is beyond me and that’s only the tip of it. Disgraceful. I wouldn’t really say anyone is playing well, Langdon was big in the first quarter but seemed to be curtailed a bit in the second. Fritta came into it in the second quarter but should’ve had more from his chances. Our midfield, much talked up for their contested work, is STILL getting beaten in clearances. Viney is so important to our make up in there. Brayshaw has been solid, plugging holes and seems to be using it fairly well but we’re doing a lot of hack kicks out of defence. Neither Lever, May, or Petty look like they’re playing well. Legitimately worried, 3rd quarter is big.

HOW THE [censored] IS THAT DELIBERATE, THESE UMPIRES ARE IDIOTS!!!!

Fritta let them out then.

Someone needs to stand the F up.

FMD Melbourne.

Poor kick from Lever then.

Seriously what is with the commentators letting players off from hurting our players? He slammed Oliver’s head into the ground!

Boy TMac completely stuffed that kick.

Harsh on Petty then. But I think when we got out to 3 goals the players just relaxed a bit.

How was that in the back against TMac?

What wasn’t spoken about by the commentators then was the strength from McDonald. Set it all up.

Credit to Adelaide, they have been bold. When they get the ball in their defence they move it quickly with short kicks and then get their handball running game going. I don’t know if we are allowing them to do it by being too loose but for me it looks too easy. We had some very good chances to get some more goals but fluffed it, disappointing that Melksham couldn’t make the distance as he’s usually a better kick than that. We’ve given up a good 2 very cheap goals, we’re in front but at 3 goals in front with 5min to go I would’ve hoped to be further in front at quarter time.

Wow we got sliced open through the middle then.

We’ve taken the foot off the accelerator here. We’ve got to up our pressure, poor from Lever then as he had May to his right.

Max ?‍♂️

Melksham showed intelligence then above anyone else then, he kicked to the space rather than bombing to the square.

Melksham showing why he got picked over Chandler.

Rivers!!!! I loved seeing him back himself then!

TMac front and centre!

So what should have been a shot on goal for us ended up being a goal to the crows.

Harmes poor kick to Weid then.

First and foremost respect the opposition. Being our intensity from the start, I’d like to see us start a match well for a change. I want to see Petracca at his best today, he’s having a good year but I still feel like we haven’t seen him hit his peak. I want a match that puts the competition on notice. I also want to see us get our clearance numbers back up, we have one of the best ruckman in the comp and we have plenty of capable ball winners. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t be seeing dominance in that area. Finally I also want to see Weid have a good game, multiple goals and strong marking. Mark your territory Sam, demand that Brown have to put in a damn good performance at Casey to take back the spot.

I thought his late hit (which the commentators were a little too quick for my liking to dismiss) was a very dirty and sniping hit, the way his forearm clattered into the Lions player and then his other hand very deliberately came down on the guys face tells me he's someone that doesn't respond well to the team losing. I could definitely see him lining someone up for 10 meters away to "take him out of the game".

The game in the NT is going to be a genuine top 4 battle. Surely the biggest game hosted at either Alice Springs or Darwin. Tigers, you never want to count them out and they always seem to peak at the end of the year, but they just don't seem to have the same air about them.

Well the thing about it was it was a double tap, he copped a hard (deliberate) forearm, and then he came through with the other hand across the face. I think it will end up being a fine, but it's typical dirty tactics from these thugs.