Undeeterred

Um, no it wasn't. I doubt that very much. And sorry, are you saying that coaching a bad team killed Dean Bailey? Just want to be clear.

This. It gives me the absolute screaming shits. Sure, it's nice they want to share it around and slap each other on the back. But sometimes, for example, it would be nice for Watts to take 3-4 more steps and bang through the goal from the pocket, rather than miskick a dinky 15 metre pass to Hogan who ends up smashing himself into the point post. We are way, way too unselfish inside 50 which can be great, but we stuffed it up a number of times on the weekend.

I know for one that I wouldn't give a flying stuff what my parents, or my brother, thought.

Maybe it's both and they should go down the pub and sort their [censored] out together.

I would.

Absolute drivel. It was an appallingly bad decision, and an even worse kick. If he'd kicked it flat and hard and to Watts' advantage, then it might have been Watts's fault.

It was really odd, but I think that even though Gawn was still getting a hand to it, he was a bit overwhelmed with firepower and wasn't directing it all that well.

Have to say, you sort of can't say that if you have only watched a highlights package and a blooper reel. Having said that, it was bloody dreadful. Literally the only thing that made remotely bearable was losing my sh!t when Watts kicked the winner.

Christ on a bicycle we were awful. And that's not the full list, either.

The point I'm making is being missed. The third man up was often Nicholls himself (ie, the actual ruckman), while another player engaged Gawn, pretending to be the ruck. Not the typical third man up situation. Watts waved his arms around at the ump in the third quarter, in the pocket at the city end, because he didn't know which of the big blokes standing next to him was the designated ruckman. It has to be illegal, surely.

Gold Coast did an interesting thing yesterday on Gawn and it killed us. They designated a ruckman that wasn't Nicholls, who would engage Gawn at the throw up. Then Nicholls would come across and contest the tap, so he was two on one around the ground the whole game. Even when he did manage to get hands on it, he was in so much traffic he seemed to be not able to do much with it.

Absolutely this happens. I've said a number of times before, when Roos admits 'mistakes' in the media, it's almost always being used to cover for and draw heat away from the playing group. Will be interesting to see what happens when they're fully exposed, although I'm pretty confident it will be fine.

He's already made noise about retiring from footy altogether. Too fickle for me, although would improve us massively in a heart beat. In a perfect world he was committed to playing out a full career, I'd have no hesitation handing over a Salem type plus a pick. None whatsoever.

Sure, but the great unknown for us is Goodwin taking over.

I got it....

Totally. Funny thing was, he almost brought it to ground, despite Wright taking it in his hands out in front.

Bang on. As courageous as it gets.

He made a contest out of what looked like an easy mark to Peter Wright today. Just love him - his hardness at it is unquestionable.

That was utter class. Kent was literally standing still and the GC defender still couldn't get close to him. And the pass to Dawes, where he kicked it almost 50m off the outside of his boot to advantage was probably even better.

I was there, and watching. My point was that Jaded was talking about how it looked like his knee was buckling etc, and hoping it didn't get more damaged. But yeah, definitely thought he would have just bruised the bone or something.

I haven't seen any of the post match reporting, but it looked like it would have been a massive knock that cause it to bruise/stiffen up. Don't think they'd have let him go back on if it was structural, or more damage would be done, but the number of people hanging it on him is astonishing in the circumstaces...

All you've done for the last week is [censored] and moan about how performance is irrelevant and that the win is all that matters. Now you're pissing and moaning that the win is irrelevant, and that the performance is all that matters. Do you just like being a whiny, boring person?

For all the idiots potting Hogan - did you miss the bit where he literally couldn't run for the entire second half?

Isn't he a Mormon?

Utter nonsense. He allows Watts to take the third forward. Why do you think Watts was able to outmark his opponent all day?