Wells 11

I knew they were gonna play fast footy but how tough is this team as well! awesome win.

Agreed.

Is it my just my dee bias or have the dees had waaaay more foot injuries than other clubs? Maybe I never got over Trengove and Grimes or Petty just before the finals in 23 but already this year its Viney and now Fritta ( for the second time) Is there a foot god we can pray to???...and dont suggest Achilles as A./ he was only ever a demi god and B./ he never got over his injury.

Fully concur. Im expecting a game a lot closer than I think most pundits anticipate. Dees by 10. Langford with a goal after the siren.

She may have accidentally helped us get king by putting Buckley off… so I have a soft spot fr her now.

Also, on the character front, he is said to be both honest and selfless. Exactly what we needed. Saints losing him has a decidedly junior mac feel about it. So stoked we have him.

I think you’re misunderstanding the use of the game day thread. It’s simply a release. like a seedy punk night club from the early 80’s where everyone is either fully or partly off their face. Dark imaginings come and go as quickly as wildly beatific insights. Threats appear and evaporate … and reappear . The music is loud . Everyone’s jumping up and down and crashing into each other … it’s a place to lose yourself ….but not for reason. When the game is done and the dance club closes everyone wanders out to the post game thread and reason re establishes itself. Reason will never rule in the game day thread. It’s part insane asylum , part passion , part therapy. looking for “reasonable” in the game day thread is a lost cause!

doing it fr max

looks like we came to play … cough cough

Even thinking about it finishes my gardening for 2026.

So many of our fumbles and / or turnovers led directly to goals. Some players seemed more prone to this, Rivers and CJ in particular ...but this was not confined to them by any means. Here's the question. Was that just a " bad day at the office" affected by the pressure, actual or perceived, they brought to bear. They are a very good side after all. Or is our defensive structure just too easily picked apart now we're trying to get forward of the ball?

Our skills have been so poor today and our ball handling so sloppy. Freo a good side but I think we’ve made them look even better.

welcome the melbourne demons Kingy. you’ve got a lot of work to do.

we always said we were going to get some shellackings this year. this is what it looks like when we’re getting it wrong. Very much a work in progress.

we look seriously outclassed here.