Earl Hood

Yes interesting that role players that excel at their role don’t get coaches votes either! Never expect the outside observers to recognise the role players. Of course in the club B&F voting they usually do get some votes, but interesting the coaches don’t throw the odd one vote to their favourite role player.

6 Oliver 5 Harmes 4 Lever 3 Gawn 2 Brayshaw 1 Fritsch

Let’s get the first two and put it beyond doubt early!

Angus has been playing his designated role particularly well for the past 3 or 4 weeks but few seemed to have noticed( I gave him votes last week). Tonight he is doing it again.

Yes if call those you have to call the doggies wild shot at goal that went out of bounds surely that quarter. Yes he was going for goal but got it wrong just as we were looking for someone but got it wrong.

Yes good point we have hardly seen Langdon, not sure why but this game is a tad different with the lack of midfield contesting, it’s been a bit like a basketball match, all attack/defence, no midfield contest, so Langdon is being bypassed.

Remember they had a 100 point winning training run last week against the Saints so it’s taken them 20 minutes to realise we aren’t witches hats.

If all are fit bring in Sparrow, Salem, Viney and Ben Brown to stretch the Dogs backline outs - Harmes, Jetta, Weid, Melksham

6 Oliver 5 Gawn 4 Petracca 3 Langdon 2 Lever 1 Brayshaw

I still reckon Weid would make a good CHB, he has good hands, size and mobility. Can he read the play? Don’t know. Is he a bit like Darcy Moore he may be better value back than forward. But of course we don’t have a need back unless we decide to throw Petty forward and Weid back?

Unfortunately the jury is still out as this game was a horror for all the tall forwards, our delivery was [censored]. TMacc good early but then nothing. Jackson better in the ruck and the Weid had 3 shots but not accurate. If we trust BB as a more accurate set shot we should go with him.

Which one exactly we fumbled so uncharacteristicly all day

The deliberate out of bounds could be no clearer. I am expecting the AFL umpiring department to admit the error just as they have admitted game changing errors favouring Geelong this year.

The Lions should smash them from here, but they need to kick straight.

Yes definitely thought there were two sets of rules in play for the big forwards yesterday. McKay got 2 pretty soft ones awarded for chopping arms that ended in goals but up the other end Weid and Fritsch seemed get similar treatment but play on?

6 Salem 5 Oliver 4 Lever 3 TMacc 2 Langdon 1 Jordon

Gee Saints did some coach killing stuff tonight. Under 15 errors at times, 20m passes missing their target and as we know if you don’t nail multiple set shots from inside 30m you ain’t going to win anything. Geelong gets another 4 points to add to the other 8 pts they should not have.

I agree to an extent. Not now but perhaps in the next 5 weeks we need to look at it. Happy to rest a mid and let Gus go in the middle for couple of games. Rest a big forward to give Weid a run. Generally if players at Casey are knocking the door down you should give them a taste.

6 Oliver 5 TMacc 4 May 3 Harmes 2 Langdon 1 Gawn

Apart from TMacc, May, Langdon and Lever everyone else is struggling. Oliver and Tracc getting possessions but their delivery is all over the place, getting caught, coughing it up. Need a big last quarter!

Should be 4 goals up. We kicked well early but missed 2 soda set shots there and Tracc needs to nail those snaps if he is to be elite. Hopefully second half we get our goal kicking accuracy right.

The policing of the 15m kick rule has gone out the window that’s for sure. Just seen two 8m passes to a forward in 5/minutes.

Gee where is Dusty when the Tiges are under the pump? No where to be seen.

Yes when you slow it down it looks premeditated. Try playing at normal speed, in a second, I grab possession in heavy traffic, I see a tackler coming at me at speed and low, I fend off or take the full force of the hit/tackle. This is not the case of a tackler choosing to bump rather than tackle the ball carrier, this is a ball carrier facing an aggressive tackler and looking to protect himself and escape traffic. Hawkins flailing about is careless too! A bit like Steven King rearranging Jeff White’s face with a flailing boot back in 2005. Deemed to be just one those things!

It seems it all depends on the AFL definitions for accidental vs careless. Is it as simple as if you aren’t looking at the guy you hit, it’s accidental. If you are looking at him it’s careless?