The heart beats true

Tom Lynch is certainly not very popular on the Gold Coast. Good to hear some old fashioned booing.

Just a thought... We’ve all seen the lack of connection between our midfield and forwards the last 2 years. Any chance Jesse had a reason to be upset, and actually helped cover over that glaring issue during his time at the club? I’d love him back. We need natural competitors with skills.

The Grimes and Langdon situation highlight the growing problem with the two layered system of the AFL. Both players won free kicks, and then only later does a separate group of people decide the action was wrong. So logically that would mean the umpires that issued these free kicks would be demoted because they got the decisions wrong? Nope. That never happens. So instead we just have weekly show trials that end up being completely irrelevant, except to signal the league’s virtue by punishing those that are seen as more disposable. The media have a roll to play here. They need to be much more vocal about how confusing it is, and how biased it looks.

You can bet it was Melbourne who only gave Bontempelli 4 votes. Couldn’t bring themselves to give him 5, since they clearly don’t rate him that much. ?

I think one of the things that I've really noticed about Langdon watching the game on the TV is that he's a natural outside player. He holds his shape exceptionally well. It's been such a glaring problem that having him do his role properly has only further emphasised what i think is a clear list imbalance. He's the only one that does is consistently, which is why he's become such a link player for us. Speed is important, but we have too many guys who get caught in no mans land 10 metres from the pack when playing outside. If you maintain your shape in relation to the contest you're much more useful both defensively and moving forward. We seem to struggle to teach players how to do that, so I'd be keen to bring in someone else with experience at the end of the year to whom it comes naturally.

Right? It clearly depends whose doing the shoving. He doesn’t need to touch him, so it should have been 50 under the new adjudication.

I was responding to your comment where you said that it’s not Goodwin’s fault, and then noted us being killed on outside run. You don’t need to defend the list choices. They’re not yours to defend. But someone will be held to account, and it’ll be the coach, because that’s how the system works. At this point it’s his system, and it don’t work often enough under pressure.

Sorry, whose responsible for our lack of outside run, and one dimensional list? The coach, whose had 4 years to get the list that suits his game plan?

Structures worked out at half time, Bulldogs players adjusted to it, and we simply don’t have a counter plan. If anyone knows I’d be fascinated by how many games we’ve lost since Goodwin took over where one quarter of being completely out structured cost us the game? It has to be over 20. Our coach is not dynamic enough for the modern game. I want him gone. Why? Because we have a better list than that this. We are far too one dimensional. He’s got the balance of the list wrong, which also helps reinforce our one dimensionality, and makes us easy to coach against.

Bontempelli beats Melbourne every time we play. I’m glad we’ve had such a solid plan for him this time. Well coached

This. Every week. One plan, and if it don’t work it don’t work.

Our team defence was absolutely destroyed that quarter. Our back 6 have been good all game. What does that tell you....? That in a head to head between coaches and game styles we just got out scored by 6 goals in a short quarter, and didn’t respond. Please can Goodwin go. He’s simply got no plan B, and isn’t creative.

Watching Channel 7 cover this Essendon game proves how biased the media coverage of the AFL is. If Melbourne, the Saints, North or the Dogs has delivered up a spineless half like that they would be (rightly) nailed to the cross. Instead they keep trying to barrack for them to come back into the contest.

That I wouldn’t recognise 5 of the last 10 premiership ruckman if I saw them on the street? ?

My takeaway from the last few weeks isn’t that we don’t need Max, it’s 2 things: 1. That when Jackson is there he offers something different. As he builds his aerobic capacity he’ll be able to be more dynamic for longer, and that will make us more diverse. His agility is set to terrify over the coming years. 2. That when Oliver and Petracca run from stoppage with ball in hand instead of hand passing it 2 metres the shape of our midfield spread is MUCH better. Previously we all operated in a phone box and opposition sides pushed us in closer and closer. If we can run forward more regularly Max’s hitouts become significantly more important. He’s been getting it to the right spots, but the team was too one dimensional with the second and third touch (short backward or lateral hand pass).

What’s the free kick count? This is an absolute disgrace to watch. we can’t accept this as a club. It’s ridiculous.

It’s a strange article. My big takeaway is that Mick doesn’t bother to do any recent research. Why are we still talking about Cale Morton and Grimes in 2020? Did we fluff the development of Darren Cuthbertson in 1992 as well Mick? It’s ok Grandad. I’ll get you some milk.

In one of them (I think the last one shown in that video) the ball is 80 metres away, but there’s an umpire 10 meters from the incident and he does nothing. Theres no way the club didn’t make that video and leak it. I’m glad they did.

It’s a very entertaining game this Port and Richmond game. Being absolutely destroyed by average umpiring, but it’s good to watch.

This might have been covered and I missed it, but does anyone know what time the team is announced? Cheers ?

This is all easily solved. Allow any club to challenge at the tribunal. That way the Tribunal would have to deal with the constant threat that Melbourne is waiting in the wings to challenge when Ablett slings someone the week before the finals. It would ensure consistency, and protect smaller clubs. Short of that, step up and defend the club Melbourne. I’m tired of supporting a spineless club.

He’s been incredible this year. He’s won them multiple games off his own boot.

Bloody Butler is the difference in this game. St Kilda got so lucky with him. He’s won them 3-4 games this year.

Is it me, or does Dean Kent look heavy?

If the club has balls they should argue the case on its merits, wait for the Tribunal to hand out its garbage, and then appeal with the Burgoyne case as TWO sighted examples of the rules being applied with much more leniency. But they won’t, which is so weak.