Very Jaded

I don’t disagree. McCrae only having 4 score involvements is very poor considering his possession count. He is a distributor but he doesn’t create damage forward of the center. It’s why I don’t think we cared that he was racking them up. I don’t dispute that Smith deserved votes. I just think it’s a bit rich of Bevo (and again I’m assuming it was him who gave him the 4 votes), to rate his game that much higher than Clarry’s who had more score involvements and was significantly better by foot. But it’s ok because Bevo not rating our midfield suits me just fine. Worked out super well for him the last two times we’ve met.

They’ve had a good list for a while. They just seem to fall apart under pressure. If they can fix that they’ll go a long way to winning a flag. But you don’t win flags if your team isn’t capable of playing high pressure footy.

Yet McRae doesn’t crack a single vote?

Well we had 27 scoring shots to 16 so it makes sense. Inaccurate goal kicking kept them in touch at quarter time after we had 9 scoring shots to 4.

He is a good player who can’t kick very well.

They are moody, inconsistent and emotionally fragile… tell me where I’m wrong 😂

Viney is excited.

No but do we need Lever, Tomlinson, May and Petty in the same backline? If Tomlinson is playing good footy and Tmac struggles up forward as he did second half of last season and Weideman is giving us nothing, why wouldn’t you try Petty? He is too good to play VFL.

Petty can also play forward.

Smith is one of the most overrated footballers going around. If he did not look the way he looks and have 15 year old girls swooning over him, he would rarely be talked about.

Those conditions should have suited Brisbane. It was their home game and they played poorly. I doubt Fagan is thrilled with what they showed.

Bailey Smith with 66% disposal efficiency versus Oliver at 75%. Smith 5 score involvements, Oliver 8…I know who Goodwin rates here 😉

I’m wondering if we keep Tmac down back until Petty is ready to return and this opens up the door for Weideman to try and prove he belongs at senior level.

Everyone hates us

Jackson with a poster too to start the last quarter.

If we kicked straight in the first or the end of the third quarter, this game would have been a demolition. Ben Brown and Fritta missed two gimmes in the third they would both usually kick. Sparrow sprayed one too on the run. And let’s not talk about the umpiring. Absolutely putrid one sided rubbish. So many “in the backs” for minimal contact to the Dogs. Gawn has his head taken in every marking contest, play on.

Robinson didn’t get the message then. He was screaming at teammates this week. Another reason to hate him.

So I’m finally watching a bit of the replay on my lunch break (thank you Covid for this WFH win!). And one thing I really love is how well we play as a team. I watched a few teams on the weekend yelling and abusing teammates for bad kicks which I thought was so poor. In contrast we support one another, we group together and chat and make decisions on the field. We don’t attack, we don’t point fingers and we don’t let anything phase us. I think that is a sign of a really good team that trusts the process and trusts one another. For example third quarter, we just took the lead back. ANB gets BB and Fritta together for a chat to point our positioning. This is a guy who last year was on the trash pile and he’s now setting up forward structures. Just wonderful to watch.

Ben Brown seems sad about that

Brisbane really disappointed me. Port wins that game if not for injuries. Poor skills. Slow. Very uninspiring. Sydney were the standout for me. Quality list. Good balance all over the ground. Excellent coaching. Will trouble most teams. Can’t write GWS off. They’ll improve when Greene returns and Hogan is fit. They lacked fire power on the weekend. Carlton were impressive but again we need to see if they can sustain that effort. They have a good list. Defense is very suspect but excellent midfield that will only improve when Walsh returns. And we can’t judge the Dogs. They played a hard opposition 😂

I’m very glad Gold Coast won last night. Not only does it take pressure off them, it also makes it less likely that we take this game lightly. Our record against poorer sides last year was not good.

Sorry yes I meant Hunt on Rankine and May on Lukosius. He’s very dangerous. He can’t kick set shots to save himself but he’s a very good player in space.

I think the defenders we currently have available will actually match up well on GC. Smith will be a good matchup on Chol, Tomlinson will probably take Casboult, Hunt to Lukosius and I would play May on Rankine. Rankine is definitely the one forward they have who can go nuts, and we know May can definitely play mid size. It will also allow May to play as a third man up. I doubt very much we risk Lever unless he is 110% right to go.

But equally look who is on top 🤮

Didn’t even get a free for that poor Rowell. He’s a bull.