I am considering going to another training session because I want to see exactly what it is we practice. Clearly its not tackling, manning up, passing properly to our own players or giving decent delivery to the forwards. I know we have key players injured and we are playing kids. Plus lets not forget that we are rebuilding which we seem to be have doing for the last 20 years. Considering all those things however our performances have been getting progressively worse. Even Brisbane has looked better than us (especially that pitiful effort last week).

Here's my prediction for this year. We finish last and then we get rid of a few experienced players but not the ones that should go, then we don't bother trying to draft players for positions that we are in desperate need of and in season 2018 we finish near the bottom of the ladder and the cycle of mediocrity continues.

Smashed round the ball
Cant hold a tackle in forward line

The Scotts are both inane nutbags.

Brad had done nothing with North. Chris walks around like he's a genius because he's a "premiership coach" and acts like a primary school kid in the coaches box.

They are a blight on the game, both of them.

Sorry I thought it was self evident- without having to say our mid field is poor.

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Winston Churchill

Can't cop the lack of pressure and effort. We all know the mitigants and our lack of midfield depth but we are barely competitive out there.

Extremely tough to watch.

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We are on our way back...

Hopper sounds good. No ball winners tonight. Cripps is hurting us.

Generous

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

More we don't pin the arms. Our tackles are too low, and kids not strong enough yet.

This is what happens when you have had such poor list management

Having to rely on a bunch of youngsters to win games

Ain't going to happen

It is so predictable considering our senior players are now shot for the year

Worst scoring side in the competition, easy to see why. I feel like I'm bemoaning our awful disposal year after year, you don't win many games when you keep giving the ball back.

Lucky to be so close.
BB didn't do anything except try and get Selwood off Gibbs, which didn't work.
Having Murphy on the bench for the whole quarter didn't help. Actually I know that wasn't the case but when Gibbs is down, Murphy should step up. I think he got one decent touch for the quarter.

Anybody who thinks Casboult isn't worth keeping is delirious as well as having no clues about football.. I will concede that last kick was slow but he has dominated the F50 apart from that.
Kreuzer must have an enormous tank or we have two of him on the ground. One minute he's contesting inside fifty and the next he's touching it as it goes through at the other end.

SPS doesn't get many possessions but he doesn't waste what he does get.
Curnow is showing us what is in store with his skills even though we are getting a hiding.
McKay is not scared to have a fly. I like that. His first goal was a gem for many reasons, the most important of which was that he didn't panic under pressure.

Fisher worries me. He hasn't been sighted again. He is quick but he needs to get a few touches.

I still want BB to try something in the midfield. Put Murphy inside and try Wright or Curnow. Hard nuts who can get it out. Put Gibbs on the wing. ANYTHING.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Yeah nah we'll have a good crack at this

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"In better news for Blues fans, Jarrad Waite was not named on the club's injury list."

Cripps. #1 contested possession player in the AFL last year.

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

Out and about in Beijing at the moment - not unahppy that I am missing this. Hoping for a better second half.

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"our electorate seeks less to be informed and more to be validated." Sad times.

I'm not fussed. We have that many kids in the team, and so tall.

Nice Charlie

Like how he kicks the ball as though he's 50m out.

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

Did we just go down the corridor for a shot at goal?

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

just about the only thing worth watching

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

Beautiful mark and goal Charlie

Hawkins lol. Hadn't had a kick for 2 months. Genius tonight.

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