The heart beats true

I didn’t say more than us, I said ‘everything’ in the context that as individuals they are all playing to avoid some of the blame for ultimately failing their coach. It was undoubtedly an emotion driven win for them, as if you’ve seen them for the last few months they’ve played with nowhere near that level of intensity and energy. The moment he was gone it was always going to be infinitely trickier for us.

That’s a massive over reaction. We lost a game, but it won’t cost us finals. They always play well against us, and aside from last year have beaten us consistently for 5 years. They had everything to play for today, and we just looked tired and flat. Lets not throw the baby out with the bath water. It’s ok to be disappointed, but let’s not fall apart.

My 2 observations: 1. If I was Buckley, I’d be furious. Where has that level of intensity been for them all year? I’ve seen a fair bit of their footy and their tackling intensity and ball use was horrific. They choose when to go, and it was us unfortunately. 2. We looked very flat all game. Not clean, constantly fumbling, and not bringing our team mates into the game with first options. I don’t mind if the press come for us now. We need a rocket, and 2 weeks to reset and focus on what we want to be.

Yep, he got his chance. Didn’t take it.

A better quarter but a few of our players could give the first option and help their teammates out.

By any logic in any professional sport that would cost that umpire being dropped. they never get dropped

Very well put.

Our midfielders are getting killed at the fall of the ball. Not working hard enough, and not winning enough contests. Thats the game.

Why has the umpire in the middle of the ground called play on 5 times when no player has moved? It’s bizarre.

Whose this [censored]? ?

Eagles aren’t good enough.

Riewoldt gets into a verbal altercation with Waterman over something. Waterman puts his hand out to apologise. Riewoldt pushes it away. He’s such a hypocrite. Likes to pretend he’s better.

A 2 losers draw. North shouldn’t have let that slip, and GWS shouldn’t have left it so late. Plus GWS need wins. The draw is essentially a loss.

Sounds like another football forum I frequent.

It was poor - but they had so few players available you can’t read too much into it. For what it’s worth I really rate Ratten. He had our midfield performing above where it should have been when he was midfield coach, and I think he understands the game really well.

That’s a new low from the Saints.

Yep. It’s a very strong competition.

That’s comedy gold ?

Yep, I’m 43. Have been told for 2 weeks I can get vaccinated. Made an appointment 9 days ago for this morning. Fronted up today at Prahran Town Hall to be told (like 90% of people there because of the age demographics) that they don’t have any Pfizer, and they don’t know when they’ll get it, and we’ll all have to go home - and hope that when we make our next appointment they might have it then, but they probably won’t. Yet somehow all the politicians seem obsessed with the idea that we need to incentivise people to get vaccinated. How about we just get it right the first time? I can guarantee you that 90% of the thousands turned away today won’t make another appointment now - we all took time off work to do our bit. Meanwhile friends and family in the US and UK have been fully vaccinated for months. The vaccine program has been stuffed up royally - and it’s only the most important public health program of the last 100 years.

I blame Tim Kelly for this whole thing! He goes to any other club first and the cats don’t have the picks they’ve used to bring in players that have made them substantially better. It’s so irritating that he ended up being such a gun as a mature age player - and got them so many picks after just 2 years in their system. They did nothing to develop the guy and it kissed them on the [censored].

I’d expect Benny Brown is named as an emergency given TMac’s second child is due next week - and he’s already said he’d come home if the baby comes early. Be interesting to see if Mitch Brown is named instead though. Might be a good indicator of where Ben is in the current pecking order. Still nervous about Salem too.

Last year my partner was diagnosed with MS after he temporarily lost the ability to speak, and then my brother got diagnosed with liver and lung cancer - and for the last few weeks of his life couldn’t speak to us properly. To watch people who you love lose the ability to communicate is so cruel. For Neale to handle it with the grace and good will that he has is a real insight into what an amazing person he is. I literally can’t believe how brave he is. What an incredible spirit. To support a club that has an association with such a quality person makes me feel proud. I can only imagine how proud his family are of him.

He’s easily the most disrespected journalist in the AFL - and the best thing about it is he’s so thick he’s never even noticed.

He handled himself so incredibly well in that press conference. Regardless of some of the internal stuff that’s clearly gone on, and continues to go on, at Collingwood Buckley is a very polished media performer. He’s very well suited to a Director of Football role at a club who is developing.

Buckley stepping down