Undeeterred

We kicked 10.0 off the boot in the first three quarters. The two behinds were both rushed. In absolutely belting rain.

Yep, and still lost.

Um, he's played 5 games or something. Honestly, this is absurd.

But we might the team to give Essendon their only one.

Brilliant.

Really sucked some life out of us.

This is the most wrong you've ever got it old fella. Joeboy - misread game completely.

Not up there. No way.

He also had to kill that ball in the last, when Bruest kept it in and whoever it was over the back kicked the sealer. Just had to tougher than that and kill the ball over the line.

I count St Kilda and Carlton as the only games for the rest of the year in which we'll go in with a better than 50/50 chance. We're going to have to win some of these games, some time, to get any improvement at all this year. Edit: I'd be surprised if we beat Freo up in Darwin.

We just had to win today. We won't get many opportunities that good and we just weren't classy enough to take it.

Free agent.

Set fire to it mate. You'll have more fun.

No, you learn to dominate in the VFL, so that you are actually able to hold down a spot in the AFL without making people around you look like muppets

Yeah, a few people have said that. It's a good point, but it smacks of throwing this game, which I don't like.

Yep, you're probably right. But still seems like it happened incredibly quickly. I don't think Dawes is a long term bet, though.

Seems weird - he was actually playing really well before he went out. Would hate there to be something seriously wrong, but would hate it more if he were down the pecking order below Dawes.

Another 100+ gamer out the door, to be replaced by a 5 gamer with potential. And so the cycle continues.

You're probably right. I think they seriously misjudged last week and thought we'd get over the line with the sameish team as has been playing all year. I think it has probably put a massive spanner in the works, because we'll get monstered this week running a number of players into AFL match fitness.

Nah that was 186 I think.

No, we want to give him 100 games because a football club is made up of human beings, and building culture and looking after players is important to the general success of the organisation. Why do people (not you necessarily) consistently forget that players and others in a football club aren't robots?

He plays a totally different position.

VDB - baffling inclusion Kennedy - baffling omission Grimes, Pedersen and Dunn - baffling non-recalls Oscar McDonald and Kent - baffling that they've stayed in Again, I'm scratching my head. Why are we bringing in THREE underdone players against Hawthorn? Just doesn't make sense.

Deelicious irony.

Heritier is definitely best 22. Sorry.