The heart beats true

I think I see what you are getting at… That we are heavily fatigued from a large block of training and our efficiency by foot drops off as games go on, resulting in poorer shots at goal? Right?

And that makes it 8 straight losses (most of them capitulations) by teams coming off a bye playing teams that didn’t. 🤔

Hawthorn look terrible after beating Brisbane. The bye is the new Covid.

Does Fox know Jeremy Howe only missed 3 months of football? They are carrying on like he’s been cryogenically frozen since 1928.

Imagine having to show up at work everyday and heap praise on the guy who took your job, and makes you look like a fool? Nathan seems to do it with ease. I’m not sure self reflection is a strength of his.

I wonder if Collingwood would have won that game if they sold it to the NT government and played it at Alice Springs?

Did when we played that mob.

That’s 2 games that Adelaide should have won against Collingwood in 10 weeks.

Cox is the biggest a-hole in the AFL.

Watch how often The Crows are hand passing to the player running by from a mark or free - literally every time. Breaks up Collingwood’s zone completely. They are being found out here. This is the blueprint.

Umpires a wake up to Pies Mason Cox on the mark trick in front of goal this week. Twice they’ve called Cox off the make and the offending player back to man it.

I love listening to Bucks talking so confidently about how well Collingwood are setting up and their structure. He’d be a great coach for them.

Only 4 teams got to play each other off a bye this year, todays Crows and Collingwood, and Saints and Swans a few weeks back. The numbers are terrible for teams of the bye. No team has won playing a team who didn’t have the bye the week before. The loses include: Lions to Hawks Dockers to Tigers Geelong to Port Suns to Carlton Essendon to Dockers Eagles to Swans Horror show Us in Geelong The only team not to play yet is the hawks who play the Suns today. If they lose literally every team off the bye has lost playing against a team that played. It’s obviously not a coincidence.

Wasn’t much criticism of them after the Collingwood game. Strange that isn’t it? A loss seems to require a reason, while a win is just the expectation. In a strange way it’s the proof that this is the best time to be a Melbourne supporter in 50 years.

Realistically we are paying Grundy about 600k - which puts him at about 80. It’s Collingwood who are making him a top 10 player.

I would buy this argument in 2011-2021, but not anymore. The AFL missed out on 30,000 extra attendees if they played this game at the G on a Friday or Saturday. 19,000 people at a Victorian game featuring the last 2 premiers, both Victorian sides, is a stinker from a financial and brand perspective. The AFL just completely stuffed this fixture up.

Write to the club and tell them. While you are at it tell them not to sell home games interstate. If you are respectful and constructive they’ll listen and respond.

This game should be called the ‘How did we lose to this mob?’ cup.

It’s terrible that we sell a game to the NT. It’s a super tight season, and we expect the players to do all the little things for optimal performance. The club needs to the same thing and protect both the playing group and the supporters.

@binman Eagles loading?

Negative nazis is a bit of a tautology. Nazis weren’t exactly brimming with rainbows. Didn’t look banged up 2 weeks ago when we beat the top team. Did we get banged up over the bye? Rest fatigue? Couch related soreness?

I know it seems knee jerk, but I’ve actually been observing it over a 3-4 month period and my analysis really stacks up.

I don’t rate Ashcroft’s hair.

I do! Now they all go out of there way to promote holistic options.

I did a hammy and my Osteo waved a half a pack of Oreo’s over my leg. Sorted me right out.