The heart beats true

Sidebottom and Pendlebury have been so good for so long, but they both look like they stayed at the fair for one ride too many.

That was out of bounds. Collingwood fans are going to massacre the umpires here.

Cut to the Melbourne supporter in the crowd clearly barracking against Collingwood. Love it!

Opposition fans clearly booing Maynard for the 3rd week in a row. It’s so good. I hope it gets so bad the AFL has to comment on it. What are they going to say?

Joel Selwood continuing the trend of former premiership captains who get employed by channel 7- only to have zero on screen charisma, and a dull, monotonous voice.

They are getting so sucked into going at every opportunity. They’ve been their own worst enemy the last 10 minutes.

St Kilda getting sucked into a game plan they can’t sustain.

I’m so glad we are going to have a Tasmanian team. It’s long overdue. Which brings me to the jumper. It feels older - like it was designed mid century. I like it. It feels like a middle finger to the AFL. A way to say ‘should have been done decades ago’. I also like that it’s associated with state of origin. Gives the club a really unified ‘us against the world’ attitude right from the start. Sport is tribal, and this really delivers on that. I personally can’t stand the devil motif. It’s far too over worked. They’ve got some time to refine that and get it right. The crows took a while to figure out how to make their bird feel premium, and iconic. It’ll come together. It’s all great for the sport, and for Tassie. I hope its success highlights some of the AFL’s poor decision making to chase ‘potential populations’, instead of delivering to established football communities.

They should make the top 6 every year by default with such a huge advantage.

Imagine how hard it would be to win away games if every Victorian team had a bespoke stadium that they train on, and then they only allowed 40,000 people in, and just 5% of that got allocated to opposition supporters? Thats what Geelong have. It’s the biggest advantage in the modern game by quite some margin.

That free kick was atrocious to Dangerfield.

I think he’s got mercury poisoning.

Maynard is clearly getting booed at the unfurling of their premiership flag, against an interstate club. The AFL can pretend all they like, but I can guarantee they are hearing. The general public is appalled.

Collingwood’s desire to get the ball to Daicos is logical, but it can be exploited by the right side.

Snap! 😂

That’s his head.

I’d love to see a graph of momentum shifts in games tracked to show forward half free kicks. Nobody wants to talk about it but forward half frees are worth their weight in gold, and decide far too many games.

Surprisingly they didn’t name him.

The bulldogs back 6 isn’t exactly stacked with quality key defenders. I hope Brown is fit because that’s where we have a clear advantage. Jones has to go to him, freeing up JVR for a big size advantage. C’mon Dees!

This is doing nothing to give me confidence in the AFL’s ability to separate its financial desires from the outcomes of games.

Umpires got the memo

Next weeks Collingwood Vs Sydney game will be fascinating.

Agree. Every thread ends up being the same. As a result I find myself engaging less with this site - which is a shame.

Gees that’s a horror show from Brisbane.

I’ll explain it to you. Grundy was the only ruckman picked for the 6 rounds Max didn’t play last year, and he was very average. He was dominated by Essendon, and it was embarrassing. He showed none of the agility or presence he showed last night. He then got annoyed by lack of rucking options when Gawn was available, and didn’t offer enough around the ground. I’ve heard he made himself unavailable for us in the finals, as he wanted out. He’s a good player, but he brought none of the necessary intensity required for us last year. That’s not the clubs fault. Trying to blame Gawn for it seems like an odd thing to do to our best player of the last decade.