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And do you ever see anyone doing that...

Who suggested that we were loading before the pies game? Well, are they still loading, or are they overloaded?

We don't know if Gus had a front-end or back-end contract, and that can make a difference. The same goes for Oliver, Trac, and Gawn. As I said before, I'm not big on long contracts, but it is what it is. As for the media commentators, who cares? If Kossie wasn't happy, he would not have signed the deal, no matter what was offered. If he wanted out, he would get out.

47 minutes ago, Roost it far said:   Can you just run me through the players where a long term contract has backfired on the club, leaving out concussion as I think those terms will change again. Didn't say our club I was generally speaking, but if I were I would say the Oliver deal long-term Tom Boyd, Tim Kelly would even go with Steven Coniglio and the last three years Tom Lynch.

Not a fan at the length of the contract there can be too many variables that can go wrong as we have seen with other players in the league but then again contracts mean s nothing these days.

6 minutes ago, HarpenDee said:   On the couch's panel only had two comments on the umpiring. 1. Unbelievable Nick Daicos didn't get more holding free kicks against Langdon 2. Melbourne's leadership and culture are junk, look at Kozzie Pickett appealing for a free while chasing Mcreery We've seen before they have the technology to show how many metres run, yet they chose not to here. I wonder why? We've had shorter 50m penalties. But no, Kozzie is the one in the wrong. Yes, by the rules, Langdon should have had more free kicks paid against him. The Melk one, well, I have to admit, I don't know how they missed that one, but that happens. People can blame the umpires all they like, but that never cost us the game. Mistakes will always happen with umpiring decisions, but what's the answer? Go back to captains making the decisions? A game will never be finished.

10 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:   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. Expand to Edit  I won't criticise Gawn, but I will criticise the fact that everyone knows that Gawn isn't the best person to pull off pinpoint kicking, so why wasn't any player running past for a handball? Why weren't players creating space to give him an easier out instead of doing that.

Daicos 13 minutes ago, jackaub said:   Proved to me JVR is not going to make it was and observer and passenger most of the day in my view doesn't have a clue about how to play forward Cant ruck Cant mark Shame really just doesn't get into the game And whose fault is that? JVR can attribute some of that to him; the coaching can attribute a majority of that to them. Since 22 every year, Goodwin says we have to work on our connection to the forward line, and except for a couple of quarters in games, we have the same problem over and over again. All you have to do is watch Casey, and you can see the problem even more. Petty is a better lead-up player than a pack-mark player, and it all comes down to how the midfield can deliver the ball. It's just bomb after bomb. Then we had Melk kick a ball to a free Kozzie with Howe having time to get back instead of kicking it boundary side so he could run onto it. But I also blame Kossie for not forcing Melk to kick it there, and that's coaching. I will give credit for the way they limited Nick Daicos, but they allowed Josh to be free, the same with Sidebottom. If you watch enough of the Pies, there are three players you sit on; they contained one but allowed the other two to go again. That's coaching.

Been saying that since 22 but some posters don't agree with that analogy....

So why didn't the coaches do something about it that's the problem right there.

First of all, the effort was great, and it was good to see that they kept pushing. However, the umpires were not the deciding factor; it was again the forward line and skills that beat us. Players were unable to lower their eyes. Trac, Rivers, Oliver, getting worse at it, just throwing on the boot, and the kick goes nowhere. The number of players who kick it higher than longer causes players to wait; therefore, the opposition stops the run. There was a failure to control Josh Daicos, and Sidebottom just ran free, with players jogging to man up when everyone can see where the ball is going next. Yes, I'm harsh, but those are the facts: effort A+; skills C-. Now, next week will be interesting to see how they back up, and we all know how flaky Port can be—great one day, poor the next.

I damm well hope so with Windsor.

I hope the football staff remember to give Fritsch the umbrella cap today as his hair will trouble him all day

How damm true with that statement.

People blaming the goal-kicking are just looking for an excuse for why we lost. We were out-planned and out-coached all day. The Saints are known for switching the ball from the backline and were allowed to do that all day without an attempt to man up. Players got sucked into the contest, leaving Saints free to walk the ball out. Players continually handballed boundary side to running players with nowhere to go but down the line, where they were cut off. Forwards and backmen were dragged up and down to the center line, thus being exposed. Players watched their opponent run to free space and did not even bother to chase. The list goes on. If we play like that next week, the Valentine's day Massacre will seem like a teddy bear's picnic.