Dee Zephyr

Freo on 75 points with 42 inside 50s at half time. Way to go Ross.

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That’s what stood out to me numerous times. Our two tall forwards would push up the ground and even when they marked the ball it was someone like a Harmes sprinting into our forward 50 to create an option in between 3 Port defenders. Our defensive transition yesterday was nonexistent, it was no fluke we looked really good last year during our six game winning streak when Lever was hitting his straps playing alongside Lewis as generals. We lacked that yesterday. Wagner was ok on debut but at times he looked confused at to where he should set up when Port where attacking from the back. No fault of his own, first game and all that in a new system. Just putting it down to a really bad day as evidenced by one of our 666 set ups in the last quarter when it looked like we started with 5 in the back to allow Gray to have a coffee, read the paper and mark the ball inside 50 straight from a Port center clearance with our nearest defender in the next post code. Massive task next week but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we pull it off, hoping anyway.

I don’t know Werridee, is there such a position anymore? A few times today I saw T Mac and Weid lead up to the middle/half back for marks. When we won the ball off the pack we would go forward quick and suddenly realise we had no one to kick to especially in the last quarter. Imo, I’d have Trac deep and isolated as much as possible.

Again, unless we’ve been told a big fat lie, Smith is out for 4-6 weeks WERRIDEE.

Oh oh , Thor has lost his hammer.

Solid debut, was still having a massive crack well into the last quarter. The two times we looked like scoring in the last was when the ball was in his hands. Shame his kick didn’t carry another metre for a goal after the Jones dropped mark.

6. Salem 5. Melksham 4. Brayshaw 3. Harmes 2. Fritsch 1. Sparrow

Just blow the siren to save ourselves more embarrassment. Onto next week.

The Upfield line could be an option for Mernda line users. There doesn’t seem to be any disruptions to that line on the schedule. Depending which side of the Mernda line you reside you could get to an Upfield line station in 15 mins or so. Replacement buses can be a pain in the backside. Hope Norfies treats you well.

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Lol Buckley’s look.

Don’t worry about extending the goalsquare, extend the sticks. Spraying them all over the place tonight.

You’re right Smokey, I have no context at all but what I have seen is appalling behaviour. An innocent party could have got hurt from the altercation was my point. These ugly scenes aren’t needed in the game. Yes, I was outraged from the clip and we don’t need to get to a stage where fans think twice about taking their family to the footy.

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Anyone seen the video of the ugly brawl in the stands after the game last night? Absolutely appalling behaviour by one Richmond fan in particular. The article reports one man was charged with riotous behaviour and fined $322. The victims don’t wish to pursue further police action but i sincerely hope the MCG step in and ban the thug for life. We play them in a few weeks and we shouldn’t have to put our kids at risk with thugs like that.

Great post DIO, can’t really add much more. I though Lauren Pearce was phenomenal all season. She was brilliant to watch and hope she gets the recognition she deserves for a wonderful season. Zanker is the player I’m looking forward to watching next year and her goal from the boundary is GOTY for mine. Not completely sold on the coach, but with more teams coming in next year it could be a tad risky going with a new coach imo. I’d keep him on for next season. Freo loss was most disappointing as I thought we had the win, not much room for slip ups in a 7 week season. We’ve had one each season so far that’s proved costly. Crows game is best forgotten, shame as the girls were so upbeat on family day. It’s not often we make an early call, but it was the right call back in round 2 where you could see the conference system was a joke. Hopefully they put a lot more thought into the fixturing next season, I’d like to see 13 rounds. Overall, we enjoyed the spectacle as a family and kids were into it a lot more this season.

I hope this kickstarts a comeback.

1. Richmond 2. Melbourne 3. Adelaide 4. Collingwood 5. WCE 6. GWS 7. Sydney 8. Geelong 9. Essendon 10. North Melbourne 11. Hawthorn 12. Port 13. Brisbane 14. Western Bulldogs 15. St Kilda 16. Carlton 17. Fremantle 18. Gold Coast

I was told by the club the tickets will be available/emailed to us in the week leading up to the game. We should be able to print out or download sometime next week. Hope this helps S_T.

Does anyone think we will spring a surprise by selecting Petty over Frost?

Interested to see if GWS have the welcoming committee out for Shiel’s return. Wonder if we will hear the boo.

Joel Smith?

Damn shame. Just when Vanders seems to have his issues under control, bang, misses another chunk of football. He was flying in the preseason of 2017 also before the foot issue. Although not ideal, a month or so on the sidelines is better than the 18 months it took him to get back previously. Hopefully it’s not the latter again.

Probably one of the most anticipated training threads coming up tomorrow. Which ‘landers are reporting for duty?