Little Richard

Still sends shivers down the spine!

Tonight we'll continue to build on last week and show the competition how good we really are.

JVR in for Weid.

Or if you want extreme nuff try the Junction in Preston.

In my mind a lot of those (young) guys played out of their skin in their first couple of years and so a lack of growth this year probably follows the natural progression. Next year I'd really expect Sparrow and Rivers especially to come on, Jordon to step up to be a regular fixture alongside Oliver and Trac, and a high-quality recruit to bolster the ranks.

Okay my bad then, thanks for clarifying. I still think it was dumb though, he literally grabbed it and ran into the midst of like three Doggies players... and with the umpiring as it was anything could have happened.

That's the rule isn't it? Soon as he grabbed the ball he opened himself up to being pinged, we just needed to get it forward at all costs. It was stupid.

As close as they'll get right now.

What TF was Gawn thinking grabbing the ball out of the ruck on the flank... dumb, dumb, dumb. Too many stupid errors made to have won that. On the other hand, would have been a great game to watch for neutral fans and Jamarra's goal at the end was epic.

Thank god for that

Because this worked for them last year 😂

Season defining day for us, got a good feeling!

But what are they saying in Shelbyville?

I was just taking a look - Majak has been dominant in the ruck when he has played but has missed a number of games... not up to speed with the VFL but assuming he's been injured?

Bugger, shattered for Gawn and Turner, rotten debut for Disco. This will be the making of Dogga.

I feel like I remember Hibberd nailing a couple from outside 50. Could be wrong though...

I do agree with most of that, but Tomlinson is a quality player - people forget how well he was playing last year before he went down. I think it's just a matter of him rediscovering that form. If that does happen and Lever doesn't improve, we could end up with May, Petter and Tommo playing together. FWIW I think Smith was playing well before he went down too.

Lever seems to lose the plot when May is out of the team. Not that he was having a blinder early in the year anyway.

My key takeaways after taking the night to ruminate... Our structures around the ball seem to have disintegrated... is it fitness? Our tall forward depth is shallow as a small pond Ben Brown cannot hold a mark to save himself Too many dump kicks resulting in turnovers... reminded me of 2019/2020 Trac and Gawn need a rest, bad Jordon, Gus and Viney can hold their heads high... Oliver too, obviously Bedford must come in, maybe Van Rooyen too. It can turn around quickly.

I liked what I saw from Turner early, made a couple of errors but did some really nice things and attacked the ball hard. Such a pity he copped that head knock.

Any danger of: - Kicking to a red and blue jumper. or - Ben ‘trampoline hands’ Brown holding a mark?

Absolutely possible. This kind of thing is absolutely rife throughout the league, speaking from a number of first-hand encounters.

Obviously a huge game. We need to galvanise and beat what is a genuinely threatening Collingwood side. Looking like it's going to be a great crowd... just hoping it's not a sea of black and white.

I'm no doctor but that seems like far too soon for an infection to have spread enough to need surgery.

This whole thing pisses me off so much, it's just so cringeworthy.