Jaded No More

If this isn’t the most pathetic midfield game you’ve seen us play in 3 years I want to know what is

This is not 2021 sadly.

Petty out is simply a disaster. We cannot get the ball past the half back line.

Correct. Kosi and Spargo got them all the time.

Port deserve that lead. We are playing pathetic football. If we don’t start getting our act together through the middle, we can kiss this game goodbye. As for our backline, the less said the better.

FMD what a disaster of a quarter. Sloppy, soft, messy.

Omfg what a mess

Really frustrating watching this quarter. Why is May miles off his man???

This is exactly what I didn’t want to see. They’re walking through us and finding loose man forward. Really poor.

Running through us. Gonna nail those tackles!!!!

How do we let these goals happen? Really it’s just inexcusable

Gus sans helmet. I’m scared.

May needs to not peel off to the wing then.

Did May just overrule Kosi’s coin toss? 😂

I’m so nervous

JJ I assume

Have a look at time in centre bounces and time on ground for Trac, Clarry and Viney this year versus last year. All are under 80% from memory this year. And Trac is playing way more time forward than ever before. Against the Hawks after half time I saw a centre bounce of JJ, Gus and Kosi. Name one time that happened last year. Not even when we were 10-0.

On the one hand, nothing pleases me more than a Geelong loss. On the other hand, MY PRECIOUS DRAFT PICKS💔

3 of our last 5 games were over by half time. Of course those pressure and contest stats are down. When a game is finished at half time, you naturally taper off. We’ve rested our mids considerably over the past 5 weeks, especially when you considering the amount of travel and short breaks we’ve had. I expect that to change tonight.

I hope we rise to the occasion. Big Friday night game against a top performing team. Soft games are good, but too many of them can see complacency kick in. A big contest is just what we need to spark a really strong 4 quarter effort.

Sydney were not ordinary when we beat them. They were equal first on the ladder and hadn’t lost a game at that point. They’ve dropped off significantly since copping a mountain of injuries to all their key position players.

This is a genuine 50/50 game. If we stand up and win it, I think the media will start to really talk us up. If we lose, I think we are rightly back in the pack, with Pies and Brisbane ahead of the rest. We need a strong midfield game tonight. I bet we won't see as many rotations as we have seen until now, with Clarry, Viney and Trac to play their usual heavy midfield minutes. The ruck situation will be fascinating. I think Grundy will actually be a better matchup for Lycett in the ruck, who is a big boy. Grundy's athleticism might challenge him, which means Gawn could play more minutes up forward, and that means Aliir Aliir can't just peel back, because you can't leave Gawn one on one in the square. He will tower over Jonas. Also exciting and nerve wrecking to see how Salo goes. I just hope his body holds up!

I learnt his name the night I nearly jumped the fence to murder him.

Oh noes. Broadbent nearly killed me against Richmond. God no.

You can’t play nice in AFL. Nobody felt sorry for us when we were down. Clubs came poaching Frawley and Rivers and it sucked. But those players wanted success and they got it. You cannot hold back from improving your list because you feel sorry for another club. At the end of the day if Larky wanted out, I would absolutely want us to chase him hard. He’s exactly what we need. Would also chase Ben McKay.