Winter Dan

Given that Tholstrup was touted to go in the late teens, i wonder if we are contemplating trading 6 for WCE future 1st and then trading our future first for a Nth Melb late teens pick.

Will WCE offer us their first pick 2024 on draft night if Curtin slides to P6 ? 

39 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

We’re hitting finals like a freight train, I’m pumped

I will add that I was also confident in 21 and watching the footy is hard. I get really nervous and anxious. This finals series is going to really test me. Breathe Roost It!

My preference is watching the game on valium. 

Kane Cornes said today with Hoyne that Buters was off to Melb if Hinkley had been moved on last contract. 

2 minutes ago, deejammin' said:

The umpires are so one-sided towards Brisbane in this game it’s shameful!

Incredibly one sided. 

Biggest takeaway was we had a game plan that held up against theirs. One that shd be able to be replicated in finals. Executed it super well too. 

Definitely needed! 

55 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

If true, why is this? Why do our opponents regularly bring their best pressure against us? 

Arguing that “they know pressure is our weakness” is silly because pressure is every side’s weakness. Sides would bring elite pressure all 23 weeks if they could. But for most, they can’t. 

But why us? Do we invite it somehow? Does the stat go up because we fumble and they get another point for a repeat tackle or something? Is it up because ours is down? (I don’t think it’s this because our pressure was high last week v Port). Do they just view us as a massive threat and gee themselves up for us - the whole “hunter vs hunted” mentality? Is it just plain bad luck?

This is definetly a thing in my eyes - all teams really set themselves to play us. 
We on the other hand, dont often find ways to win easily - need some dominent fwds for that. 

With the excess of medium defenders, wld love them to trial Bowie at half fwd to see if we can use his foot skills / decision making. 

All the other small fwds have really dropped off in form the last month or so. 

Chin back to Casey. Kossie and Spargs on thin ice. 

Not sure of the stats but seemed like we were denigned scores from turnover today.

Didn't find too much open fwd line entries. 

We lost that in front of goal.

Had the better of gen. play bu we fluffed a good number of opportunities. That also gave them confidence which gave them a boost

We have been great in front of goal this year, but not today. Cost us the game. 

We've been horrible in wet weather for a long time now. Time to get the hose out at training. 

I'd love to see one deep fwd lead out on the 45 when we get a clean centre clearance. 

What an egregious joke. 

Utter BS. 

Wish we were going in with another key back tonight. 
We were exposed in defence v Essendon and Nth will look to do the same.

Gawn dropping back is great but Grundy is a liability in the marking contest.

I guess Schache can go back but that would throw all fwd structure out. 

Lets go GWS, put some distance on Freo. 

6 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

23 points but game feels like it’s on a knife edge. 

I'm riding every posession! 

Fun barracking for a team to lose than to win. 

Its not little league, how cld they call that review a point? 

Wtf Bowey! Picks up the ball to hand straight back to end in a set shot and goal. WTH is he doing ! 

Just now, DeeSpencer said:

That Sparrow tap on and combination from our midfield was excellent. Do that more please. 

We are tapping and hitting it on a lot today, might have been the tactic for the week at training. 

Omg, imagine this for a scenario.

Round 23, Melb plays Hawthorn.

A Melb loss sees us retain top spot being two games clear and  Hawthorn move off the bottom of the ladder replaced by Freo who end up with the wooden spoon and pick 1 goes to the dees. 

Geez that would be awkward. 

I'd keep JJ in, what he doesn't have in burst leg speed is made up with Kossie in the midfield. 

Sparrow as sub (unlucky) and if well on top look to bring him in end of the 3rd qrt for Clarry or Trac. Or look to bring Sparrow in a way to reduce mins for Trac and Clarrie. 

68 - 78 % humidity on the forecast.

Will make for a slippery pill. 

My MFCSS says we'll miss Kossie - obviously.... 

Yep, watching 5 mins of Freo v Saints its totally apparent they dont have a key fwd to kick to, which is completely throwing off their fwd ball movement.

Calling it now, they will miss the 8. 

Watcbing the replay has been such a treat. We're playing a very watchable game style (was seriously boring last year).