Yes , Young is an easy out . Between the arcs and around stoppages as you point out is number one problem glaringly so . Walsh MUST go to the wing for mine to provide that connection that we badly miss . After all , Acres can't do it all .

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Our team defence is a HUGE worry.... The second KPF is more of a worry due to the delivery by the midfield (and just not enough pressure)..

The last few weeks it seems our opponent has been delivering to 30 metres out directly in front while we're trying to kick them from the boundary and outside 50 (I know that's not exactly true but without looking at the stats I'm guessing the opposition is getting better marks inside 50 and shots from better positions than us).

Boyd back in... Kemp playing back, McGovern back, Newman and Weiters is a good enough defence IF the ball isn't served up on a platter

Go Blues

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Greg Lee

Walsh to the wing or whatever he was foing from HF when he won his AA Blazer.

Centreline: Acres Cripps Walsh

Like. Very much.

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Too right.

2nd KPF is a huge hole imo, but we have to cover that, and the only way is with midfielder defensive support.

Marchbank Kemp McGovern are intercept marks, 3rd talls. They can work cohesively within a team defence, and that includes mids and wings.
Young is the only other KPD. Cox and Cameron are tall. Interesting to see which way Vossy goes.

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I feel almost as bad as I did before Rd23 2022.

Unfortunately I can see us shitting the bed next week, getting trounced against the hawks, scraping by the Eagles and coming down to the last game vs the Saints and Ross Lyon ensuring we fall into their trap and sliding out again.

Prove me wrong, Blues.

On the bright side, this could be the season where someone placed 7 or 8 wins the flag.

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Saints will probably sakc Ross before the game too.

me too. i'm flying out to mexico on thursday so i'll miss this game and the next - i should be looking forward to the trip, but i'm too worried about the footy....

this bloody club affects my head way too much.... i was hoping to go away with finals secured, but now i'll have to avoid all media while i'm there to keep my anxiety at bay...

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my last one was rubbish

3 weeks ago the dogs were pretenders and no chance of finals. Now flag contenders
Swans have lost 4 in 5. Gone?
Port fans boo their coach yet they are top 4 fancies
Hawks were in the wooden spoon chat room, now form team of the comp
Essendon* were good, now they are not good. Thank goodness


We got complacent and lost to GWS because we got ahead of ourself.
Dogs are now the team to beat, we were close.
Port have won 90% of marvel games and Friday night games, and we turned up with 2 massive key position outs and a third player who goes unheralded, and we dominated until we ran out of puff after a short day break (following a hard hitting game). 5 minutes to go and we were lining up for the lead.
We are close enough if good enough.

Lost to the pies and the turmoil is real.
Win and we are on track.
Flog them and we are the real deal.

Is this the definition of line in the sand?

i believe so mate. it's as close to do or die as it gets really. and it's against them.

The 8 day break plus McKay and Acres replacing Young and Carroll will make a big difference.
I think our boys will be glad to get away from Marvel and return to the MCG.

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There is no footy god

IF we beat the Pies, I really believe we win the last 3 after that
It will not just be the line in the sand but the elixer that will have us running over the top of the ground
Our mindset will change

BIG IF...

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Do you actually watch Young play.
If you start the game 1 man down you never recover.
There is a reason Weiters does not want him down back.
He is the ultimate Chicken little.
I nearly fell off the chair when he took a contested mark on the wing without ducking his head.
When he ran forward with the centre clearance he was so afraid of body contact he just coughed the ball up.
Had an eternity to find an option on the wing /hf and completely froze.

We lost by 14 points he cost us at least 30

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They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

I have been saying this for a while. We lack width and the outskirts of the contest is a huge problem (very evident in the Port and Western Bulldogs games). With his running power we will still see Walsh in the midfield but more so on the outskirts of contested situations. I don't believe Walsh had a second half fadeout due to his back but more the stuffing is getting knocked out of him. Cerra is good at preventing the easy clearance exit so let's get him back there.

And on the topic of Young lets not make him the easy scapegoat. He doesn't have a forward craft ... his mix should have been a combination of Back and Ruck. McGovern with his aerial ability would have been been able to provide better contests up forward and bring the ball to ground. I think Voss has played around with Young's confidence and he is a better player than what he is showing. I was staggered that Durdin (who has played hardly any football in 2 years) was selected ahead of Young when we played North Melbourne.

We will beat Collingwood.

I'm not overly concerned about this week at the moment. We're experts at spoiling Collingwood's party and Pendle's 400th is the perfect target.
We need to get the hunger back. It's not overly structural. It's pressure and contest. When we get our pressure around 200, most can't go with us.

I don't believe you can maintain high pressure for an extended time. Look at Sydney as well. Teams suffer a lull but the opportunity is there to go again. Some tough games coming (Hawks and Saints are flying) but the reality is, it's 6 wins to get to a grand final. 4 of those games against teams currently out of the 8.
We've shown we can go on 6-8 game runs of high intensity footy. It needs to start this week.

I'm definitely not a fan of Young but he has to play. Kemp has coughed up a shitload of goals the past month and as tough as it sounds, he has cost us games. He can't play this week. We need a tall to mind Mason Cox and Young is the best choice.

Charlie was huge. Elijah looked good on the wing rotation and I'd go with that again. But him and Ollie can jam the Hollands brothers waxing system they have going. You dispose to the best option, not the lesser option because it's your @#$%&! brother.
Ollie, Kemp and Cunners out. Harry, Acres and Martin in. Cowan to Elliott. I'd even consider Binns for Cottrell.

I know I'll cop some grief for this but Cripps has to step up as our midfield leader this week. It good to bully little blokes but when players like Dunkley and Wines go with him at centre bounces, he has to power through it. He attended 92% of the centre bounces for 1 centre clearance. As a team we had 1 centre clearance in the second half to 6. If you want the most opportunities, you need to perform or get out and give someone else a go at being top banana. 7 stoppage clearances are great but the middle of the ground is where we need him to get back his best. His job is not to run past calling for cheap handballs but to be a beast at centre bounces.
Same with Pitto, no tackles, no centre clearances. Fire the @#$%&! up.

Tough, aggressive, pressure footy. It's this teams DNA. Get it back and we're on a roll again.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

What about Boyd BV?

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#DonTheStash

Reflecting on this Week's round of footy, I can see all the Contenders for the 8th did what they need to do and got the Win, regardless of where they played or whom they came against.

Only Two Teams were exposed and rightly so should be called " Pretenders ". Carlton & Essendon*.


This week, we are playing against Pendles 400, not against the Pies. What a massive occasion and the worst possible time for us. They will play like crazy and want to win it for their Captain. Unless we get some players back, We will Lose

Surely Swans are pretenders too? On a worse 5 game run than us, beaten far more easily this weekend by a lower ranked side.

They have secured a top 2 Spot 6 weeks a go, they got nothing to worry about. They need to lose next 3 Games again before maybe they will lose top Spot.

Big difference between us & Them. If we lose this week, we could easily drop out of the 8th