BAMF

Thoughts. We were playing with a large number of players out of form at the start of the year and were doing ok. Hawthorn game showed that we were out of form and gave us a reality check We were mentally under the pump in the Richmond game with the aftermath of the Hawks game and were not on our game 4 games against easy opponents, but we now have a number of players who are back in form. This one is ours for the taking. They have a large number of players out and we are in red hot form. Lets do this!

They kicked 5 with umpires gifts in the first. A bunch of soft frees and a couple of 50s in front of goal. At least they earnt the three since quarter time.

1. Umpires loving the doggies. 2. Commentary terrible. 3. McLean ducks and throws 4. Can't believe Mayne gets a game. Pretty much the exact game I had imagined

Yeah weird hey.... Nexminit!!

Loving it! Was the last team we beat by 100 Carlton too? Must have been around 2000? I remember Cameron Bruce being referred to as 'The rookie!' by Dennis Commetii so it must have been a long time ago.

Third on the ladder.

Umpiring has been appalling for both sides.

One more goal and we will be even on percentage with the Crows in third.

40 more points and we will probably take 3rd spot on the ladder. Tough ask. They didnt look like they had much energy left at the end of the third. Would be nice to at least win the final quarter though.

Shiel is one of my favourite players but it would cost 2 first round picks. We dont have the currency, hence the club will be going all guns blazing to bring in a free agent this year.

As an ex chef with some mates and old colleagues who have appeared on the show, I 100% second all of this.

AVB will be gone also.

True. A very good point. I also think that people are mistaken if they think we would have kept Dusty on the straight and narrow.

Weideman will play seniors. Just starting to find some confidence.

It was in the local paper here the other day that he returned for the start of the local season but missed the start of the year with injury. I think it mentioned something about the coaching of the AFLW team, but don't think it said he had given it away but it wouldn't surprise me. Colin has been planning on his return home to play for his junior club North Hobart (Demons) for a long time now. Pretty sure he owns a local pub with his brother and plans on coaching the Demons when the position is vacant. Here is the article for anyone with a News corp pass. https://myaccount.news.com.au/sites/themercury/subscribe.html?sourceCode=TMWEB_MRE170_a_GGL&mode=premium&dest=http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/afl/colin-garland-returns-to-where-it-all-began/news-story/95d0c2e45fe12fb9e01cae69104c379b&memtype=registered#command-form

Don't want the Cats to win, but I always go for the team that plays the Giants. Anything that contributes to their chances of a flag diminishing is a win for me. This abomination was gifted so much. They should have already had at least 1 premiership by now already. Every year that goes by that they don't get one is a win.

Free agent. Forget the drafting picks, it's all about money. He is too old for our group for us to warrant spending the cash. I want Gaff. He will be a bit cheaper and is younger.

I hope it's part of a bigger plan that he misses tomorrow but ones straight back in for Sunday

Meh.

Spot on LordTravis. But they show a lot more too. Lewis horribly out of position. Our press too high. Soft efforts.Too slow. It's really worth a watch if you can. They focus on us for the first 15 minutes. A big point was that the big problems are structural.

My thoughts are that this is you at your best. Great post. I really want to see the agressive attacking game plan reigned in. We open ourselves right up for a quick moving counter attack and we have been caught time and time again and it's been happening since Goodwin took over. Why do we lose momentum and leak multiple goals? It's the game plan. We lost to Geelong because we bombed it forward. They would switch and kick it quickly to their forwards advantage. It's very similar to how we played under Bailey. Full throttle attack with gaping holes in defence. When it clicked under Bailey we looked like a million bucks, but then we would come up against a good defensive team who knew how to slow our momentum and thrash us the other way. I remember playing against Sydney when Tahdg Kennely let loose with both barrels post match saying that we would never beat the better teams with such a poor defensive attitude. Cam Mooney said the same thing on another occasion and I still hate him a bit for it because I knew he was right. We actually have some great defenders now. The difference is the game plan which leaves us exposed, especially against a quicker smaller forward line. OMac has been good all year without being really good. (You have just been blind Steve) Jetta hasnt been good. Hibberd hasn't been good. Frost has been terrible in my opinion. Lever has been shocking. Lewis. Playing Lewis as a spare defender means the opposition has a spare defender. Lewis isn't a great defender. He was a great midfielder. He does 2 things well. 1. Sits 10-15m off the play and is there for the quick pass backwards which works as an 'out' when we are under the pump, and also means he has time to pick the right option. 2. Sits 10-15m off the play and directs players where to position and pass to. He provides great direction and probably leadership. He is also pretty good at getting body contact on his opponent, but this isn't a real positive as he has to do this every time to match his opponents speed. He is too slow to be playing loose and isn't tall enough to intercept. I would rather have Lever as the spare back and bring Hunt back for the pace out of the backline.

Hogan is the more interesting case. Does his first year with us count as a years service? The year where he was only allowed to play VFL? The thought of losing both Brayshaw and Hogan after the loss we just had is too much for me. I think i would give up following AFL

Nope. Not for a long time. 7 years service before you become a restricted free agent. http://www.afl.com.au/afl-hq/the-afl-explained/free-agency

"this is ugly"

Both Brisbane and North had 2 extra runners running in from the wings at all centre bounces to directly negate our 2 who run off the back of the square. The opposition 2 from the wing arrive slightly before our players, and while they dont necessarily help win the opposition the clearence, it stops our 2 from impacting. We have been figured out. I hope we are looking at something new for awhile. Maybe this was it.