Undeeterred

7 minutes ago, Deedubs said:

Will do. But if we start dropping games against semi-decent teams regularly I'm going to keep people accountable for refusing to look at exposed form and sticking their head in the sand. 

We aren’t going to go 22-0. News flash

16 minutes ago, Deedubs said:

We haven't played anyone in the top 4 and only 2 of the top 8 teams. We have a very hard fixture coming home. 

I wouldn't have expected us to lose to WCE or North the last 2 weeks...so the last fortnight has taught us nothing other than we make every game a grind regardless of how bad the opponent is. 

We won by a combined 21 goals! Christ!

23 hours ago, David-Demon said:

My view. Watch this space.. !! 

No problems at all! It’s just that you’re wrong. 
 

No weight at all is placed on how long it takes to bring a claim in a Court, other than if you miss the limitation period 

14 hours ago, David-Demon said:

my view is that whilst I have no issues with the guy when at Melbourne, because our integrity is beyond reproach always,  I feel that he maybe losing some traction with his case against the Colliewobbles or that he wants more attention by the Press on his claims. A Court of Law would ask the same questions as to " why bring these matters forth now" ?

Sorry but that’s absolute nonsense.

27 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

The second the siren goes he's with shoes off. Clearly his foot is not 100% and he is labouring.

 

We looked absolutely flat and physically tired yesterday, which all makes sense. Mentally it would have been really exhausting to go through the week with so many unknowns and Lever and Viney both back from Covid meant they were never going to be at their best. Viney looked exhausted when he was coming to the bench, which is unusual for him as he's extremely fit. 

But when we needed to, we put the foot down and ended the game. This is just what we do.

Saints will be buggered after their game this week, whereas we conserved energy in the last quarter. Smart move. 

I’ve noticed Lever always takes his boots off quickly - always has. Maybe he just likes walking in the grass in damp socks?

Early in the last quarter, we were up by 33 and one more would have killed off the game, but Tom McDonald burned half the forward line, kicked a point, and they ran up the other end and kicked a goal.

Lost me. 

8 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I think it was also TMac who had a shot from about 45 out from the Warne Stand side to the city end when he had two players screaming for it on their own about 20 out directly in front. Terribly selfish and he missed the shot.

That was the point in the game which solved the TMac v Weed debate. Shockingly selfish 

9 hours ago, Roy Boy said:

FMD what is going on with our forward line? Leading patterns are non existent, Brown and Weed both going up for marks hoping to clunk one. I sat down the Punt Road end, and watched numerous time Brown and Weed just standing there waiting for something to happen instead of making something happen, frustrates the crap out of me.  I honestly see better forward line movement at local footy. We could be so much better.

And what is with the kick ins after the opposition scores a behind? Our plan seems to be kick it to a pack and hope for the best, time and time again. Do the coaches just think we'll back our team against the opposition instead of coming up with a plan??

Mate, kicking it to Gawn between the square and the boundary line is the plan. And you might have worked out, it’s working 

They’re not tanking their just old and washed up.

imagine how disheartening it would be for the Hurns, Kennedy’s etc to go around once more and be where they are now. They’d just be giving up and waiting for their super to kick in at the end of the year. They may as well retire about 4 of them right now 

I’d be a bit nervous about the next emergencies in line - not sure our depth is all it’s cracked up to be 

8 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

I'd put money on Yze being a fantastic head coach (and possibly soon).

He's been a massive influence on the relationships in the club between coaches and players, and was asked very early in his tenure to help improve a few relationships. Don't think for one second that just because he's publicly known as a tactician that any of his other skills aren't as equally amazing.

Details!!

54 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

I dont pay my membership for these punks to be out mixing with the general public. FFS there is a consecutive premiership to be won

Please tell me you’re kidding 

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Remember everyone if you are a defender and your opponent takes a mark, if you put your arms out in frustration- that alone is justification for a 50. As we heard from the umpire at the time 

will this get mentioned as the absolute farce that it is????!

How hard is it though to just not?

1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

Don't get me wrong, I think we're the best side in it and I think our first four games have been fantastic given the opponents, the fixture, the back-to-back six day breaks and the missing players we've had. I'm incredibly pleased with where we sit and IMO we're playing football that is better than anyone else so far (our percentage exceeds everyone except Brisbane, who belted North by 100 points. We're nearly 10% clear of the rest of the competition).

I just don't believe we're so far in front of Brisbane, Geelong or Sydney that it's a lay down misere, and even if we are that far in front, it doesn't guarantee anything.

Geelong are a year older, and we are a year better, from an absolute flogging. We understand their game and can counter it.

The only thing that might save Geelong on their day is Jeremy Cameron having a blinder, which he didn’t do last year against us. 

7 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

We're going to lose at some point this year. IMO, we'll drop one of the next four (GWS, Richmond, Hawthorn, St Kilda), despite them all being at the MCG.

We've been up for a while, we're still unsettled personnel-wise in defence, and Petracca's learning to play through hard tags.

When we do lose, I suspect many of those who have said in this thread that there's daylight between us and the rest of the competition are going to regret saying that.

Besides which, there are plenty of examples in history of dominant H&A sides not winning it. St Kilda went 19-0 in 2019, finished 20-2, and didn't win it. Richmond was 19-3 in 2018 and didn't win it. Adelaide was the best H&A side in 2017 and didn't win it. Port was on top of the ladder literally every week in 2020 and didn't win it.

I won’t regret it.

The difference is we have form on belting top 4 sides, like, absolutely belting them, when it counts. 

It’s absolute daylight. Nobody comes near us this year 

8 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

[censored] you Melbourne. That was a trash display of footy.

Had the opportunity to really put the foot down but instead we tried to be too cute with our ball use going forward. 3 weeks in a row now that we've just played sloppy and let opposition back into the game.

Are McDonald and Weideman actually for real?? 2nd week in a row where they've had opportunity to cement their spot while Brown is out and both failed miserably.

Both could barely give a contest or bring the ball to ground. Sooner these two are phased out for good the better.

Petracca is a star and all but [censored] hell he's sloppy and selfish at times. 

Thank God for Steven May.

 

That’s a very negative assessment of a game where we were 51 points up with 8 minutes to go. Live a little Dazzle the wins might not pile up forever

Have to admit some panic when in my early morning haze I thought it was Clarry in the photo

6 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Sparrow’s goal very underrated. Kicks it from 52m off one step. Elite!

Huge moment too - he misses that and we go in 13 points up, very gettable. I think it was such a big hit that it kind of made the Dogs collapse and give us the next one.

Sparrow is a ripper 

36 minutes ago, Rocky said:

maybe Woewodin can be trained up? that'd be perfect.

Haven’t tracked him much! Let’s hope so

1 hour ago, Marcus94 said:

I feel like having Sparrow and Jordon in the midfield is great for our future, plus if rivers gets a bigger tank he could play midfield as well

Rivers is the wildcard. He’s a long term midfielder I reckon so we’d be needing to look at someone to replace him down back. 

2 hours ago, Skuit said:

The suggestion of him going back to Adelaide has been floating around for a while now. Then a poster said we could lose a couple fringe-22 players (not of the 2019 crop) in our pursuit of Cerra. But letting him go would be a big mistake in my opinion. 

Massive mistake, I agree. 

Sparrow isn’t fringe, he’s clearly best 22.

And had some outstanding moments last night - the kick to Fritsch on the goal line was perfect, and the goal he kicked from 50, off a step, to put us three goals up was absolutely huge. It’s not his first big goal from that distance (think Brisbane on the run, last quarter). 

Plus, he’s a regular at my local cafe with Jimmy Jordon and the two of them look about 14 years old. They’ll be even better when they grow up. 

15 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I recon he's due and looking primed to kick a bag. 

If he sticks his mitts up like last week and drags them down the Dogs don’t have a defender that can go with him

We talk about Viney being ‘built’ for finals. Honestly, this has been the point of our list build. Viney, along with:

Gawn, Petracca, Pickett, Jackson, Spargo, ANB, Harmes, Lever, Bowey, Hibberd, Sparrow, Salem

These are guys who on the evidence so far just step it up in massive games. 

They’ve got Bailey Smith, Bont, Naughton and funnily enough Mitch Hannan

It’s a bit of a no brainer really, sad as that is.