Jaded No More

Umpires Putrid. Port going hard which is exactly what I expected.

I think that if we can start off well and open up a good margin, the game will be over at quarter time. Port will be flat and so will their fans. It's very important to kill the contest early.

Geelong but is Brisbane are serious they should win If Sydney don’t win by over 10 goals I’m calling it a loss West Coast are rooted. Pies by plenty. Dogs but it’s a 50/50 at the G Who knows. Two teams you never put money on Bombers finally Saints? Could go either way but MCG helps Hawks I hope GC! Time for Carlton to lose

Teams have learnt to read Gawn’s taps. But Jackson is the one who is difficult to play against because he gets his own ball.

I know a few people who had Covid and their other household members didn’t get it. However I don’t know a single family who had small snotty Covid positive children who didn’t pass it along to everyone else in the house. It’s super hard to avoid having contact with small kids who you are trying to keep alive.

I give this thread 10 stars. How much for the NFT of this thread @Demonland?

I’m fairly sure it was his wife who had it. Doesn’t mean the kids didn’t get it either.

Germany in soccer perhaps? Could be wrong.

Hopefully Brown isn’t playing because they thought it was risky to fly him out tomorrow after a week at home, and not because he now has Covid. And hopefully Smith is just a close contact and not actually suffering from Covid.

According to Tom Brown on channel 7 Brown is not playing.

Just upgraded our seats for Anzac Eve. Gosh what a rip off. $600 for a membership and I have to pay $43 for the pleasure of getting a decent seat.

I think it’s pleasing that we won despite conceding more than usual. Particularly as we lost the two games last year. I also think it’s amazing how tight our defense has remained despite missing 3 key players.

Oh to never be this depressed again…

Weideman got coaches votes this week. No chance they’re dropping him. It’s either Tmac out for Brown or no Brown for another week.

How concerned is he about big momentum shifts that we seem to have with our midfield where we can dominate and then get dominated within the same game and sometimes also within the same quarter?

I think it depends how we want to set up if we drop Hunt or Tomlinson for Lever. Port's smaller forwardline means Hunt is probably more likely to stay and Tommo misses out. Or we may choose to not drop a defender, but actually push Gus back to the wing and make JJ sub. However given the form Gus has been in down back, I think we won't take him out of there until both Lever and Petty are back and up to game speed. Thank goodness Petty is back in the VFL this week. He has been sorely missed, as has Jake. As for Ben Brown, unless he actually gets Covid, I can't see him missing out. Many players have missed a week of training and then went on to play. He is far too good to leave out if he's fit. We really missed his marking ability on the weekend, not to mention his goal kicking skills. I may not rate Port, but they are still a good team, they will have loads of pressure on them to win this week, and the home ground advantage. Can't take them too lightly.

We won’t know if Weideman can replace TMac until we play Weideman in his position Weideman played a traditional FF role on the weekend in replacing BB. Tmac plays a high forward role and does a power of work with his leading patterns which actually frees the forwardline up and gives BB and Fritta space to lead into. I am unconvinced that Weideman has the tank to play that very important role, however I totally agree that we need to let him try because TMac is not in good form and other than his aerobic capacity isn’t giving us much in terms of marking or goal kicking.

Sydney - play a similar style to us, good even spread across the ground. Very talented side and superbly coached. Brisbane- talent on every line. Excellent midfield. Will challenge again. Question marks over their ability to get it done in finals and at the MCG. Carlton- I have my doubts about their defense and defensive work rate but their mids and forwards are elite GWS- can be and do anything but probably won’t Geelong - old Dogs- poor defensively The rest do not keep me awake at night.

Two big clubs at 2-0 with a lot of bandwagoners.

I also rate Carlton. They have a list they can build something really good with and their draw is a complete joke so they should make the 8 comfortably. But until they sort out their defensive two way running work, and can sustain their attacking game style for 4 quarters, I will not be backing them in for a flag. As you said Melbourne 2018. Up, down, glitz and glamour attacking dazzle, and then a complete blow up against top sides and when the heat comes.

As per Collingwood, this 1000% manic intensity of footy is totally unsustainable especially when you don’t have a defensive structure to hold onto a lead and shut a game down. Good lists are one thing. Good systems are another. Both Carlton and Pies need to adjust their system if they want to go deep in September

Backline is still suspect. No ruckman. Midfield and Forwards are elite.

Carlton being a good team is not it for me.