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Understand your points with regards to match ups but ideally that’s why we are playing the 3 talls. Out of interest (I’d have to look) since TMac has been dominating up fwd how many of those games has Garlett been in the team.

After the last few weeks, if nothing else surely now TMac plays at full forward and no where else.

Went looking for the VFL report and came across this. Rest up and come back stronger, hopefully can force his way back into the team in the back half of the year and have an impact.

In order to impose manic pressure or pressure of any kind onto the opposition you actually have to be standing next to your opponent. We need to stop this garbage of guarding space and corralling (in some cases standing 5-10 metres from our opponents) and play directly on them. This is also beneficial if your opponent is quicker than you, your opponent doesn’t have a head start on you and you’re more likely to pressure their disposal/marking the ball. If your opponent moves, move with him. Hawthorn/Richmond and now Collingwood were all able to move the ball from one end of the ground to the other not only without us touching it but almost unoposed. When teams are kicking in from a behind we seem to conceed the first kick, (normally to deep in the pocket) then at times the second kick (somewhere around the 50). Both these kicks are being taken uncontested because our players are too busy guarding an irrelevant space. From here teams can do one of two things, continue to kick to free teammates as we still guard space and work their way up the ground or outwork and outrun us and create the overlap, handball receive then run and carry then a kick inside 50. Yesterday was a combination of both for Collingwood. One thing we’ve been good at doing this year is taking a mark inside 50 then turning quickly and kicking to a teammate in a better position. For some reason we failed to defend against this yesterday. We know we’re not the quickest, we pride ourselves on contested possession so let’s make every possession by the opposition accountable. (Guard space when the opposition has marked and is kicking inside 50, put a man front and centre of the goals, and where the keys forwards are going to lead to) Our tackling let us down again, even in the previous games we’ve won this season it’s been an issue. On most occasions one player should be able to tackle the player with the ball. When we tackle we allow the ball carrier to off load a handball. At times yesterday we had 2 and 3 players tackling the ball carrier and he still managed to get a handball off and away they went. The suggestions that Lever’s absence was a large contributing factor to the back lines pantsing and the loss as a whole are comical. Hogan had a bad day, it happens, but can he stop playing for frees and stop throwing his hands in the air while the opposition runs off with the ball. Lead by example. Can we now all acknowledge that TMac is Neita MARK2. Feel free to rotate Hogan and “inset name” but can we just leave him planted in the goal square for the remainder of the season. He is by far our best contested mark and set shot for goal in the team. Leaving him there was the best thing Goodwin did. Petracca needs to be dropped, if it was good enough for Watts, enough said. Poor decision making across the board, kicking to 1 on 2 or 2 on 3. Players running inside 50 from the centre square and kicking to an outnumbered fwd. Take ownership, be accountable and kick the goal. The Pies worked harder than us and wanted it more, they hunted in numbers and put us away with ease. On paper we had them covered but it was evident we were rattled from the first bounce. 100 point drubbings of lower placed sides clearly count for nothing, when we are challenged in big games and there’s something to play for we continue to choke. No this doesn’t mark the end of the season but this does raise a number of questions, some of them reoccurring ones. As posted earlier, it’s not that we lost, it’s the way we lost. If they kicked straight we could of been down by 8 goals at qtr time.

Waiting for the “besides the 1st qtr post”....

We’ve had a nine day break. Last few weeks had nothing to do with it.

Corralling....their run and spread they have hit up unmarked opponents all day.

Finding out quick smart that cheap wins count for nothing. Totally outworked and outsmarted. 9 day break, basically full list, no excuses. Make no mistake, we are choking.

Who would you rather?

The umpires from the Dockers/Crows game flew over. Hogan needs to stop playing for the whistle. Melksham’s disposal cost us two. Tackle to hurt, tackle so they can’t dispose of the bloody thing. 3 key forwards and we’re still bombing it inside 50.

Just read it’s Petracc’a 50th game today. No more cameos please, time to tear it apart.

Would be ideal but let’s be honest, it’s never going to happen. And as we know a goal kicked or missed could then change the game going forward. 2 decisions last night which were blatantly obvious in the first qtr were the Crows player running towards the goals chasing the ball which was heading for a behind and pushed squarely in the back and over the line. An obvious free kick and an easy snap would of resulted in a goal. The second was the Texan marking the ball right on qtr time. He didn’t push his opponent he used his forearm which is legal and the umpire could see how it played out. I hate 17 other clubs with a passion (Richmond by far the most) but I do enjoy a punt. I bet small (to modest) amounts on multi bets containing all the games of the round. Whilst I understand mistakes are made by umpires (as well as players) when they are as obvious as the ones mentioned above, I along with others have the right to feel ripped off.

I watched 3/4 of that game, the umpiring in parts was disgraceful. Crows lost a couple of early goals because of it. If the AFL wants to benefit from gambling then punters should be made aware of which teams will be favoured week to week by the umpires.

Well that is poor form. I know he wasn’t playing his last game but I still think he should of been extended the courtesy.

I missed the majority of the game due to work and haven’t had a chance to read this whole thread but am I right in thinking that the Bulldogs players didn’t stay on the ground to form a guard of honour for Jones when he was carried off?

If Port can’t win tonight they might as well shut up shop for the year.

Is there a reason that thread can’t be pinned?

Fully pumped, massive signing. Flying down Thursday night for 5 days. Can’t wait for Monday.

Fair call, their losing margin has reduced significantly this year. Definitely playing a better brand of footy this year.

So what will this weeks upsets be? Suns over the Cats? Bombers over the Tigers? Hawks v Port will be interesting.

Changes for next week. Out : Whoever the [censored] is playing Friday night. In : I want the Eagles or a rematch against the Tigers at the G.

We came to play. Our ball movement. Our selflessness. Our forward options. Angus Brayshaw. and finally.... Hogans goal kicking accuracy is back.

Smith holding his marks today, he’s played well.

The most exciting thing is it’s hard to single any one player out, they have come to play and are coming to play week in week out. Continuity is key.

Regardless of foot/ankle how bloody frustrating for everyone involved. Please be nothing serious.