Amid calls for Luke Hodge to be crucified for drink driving or given a sainthood for his services to puff-piece interviews and “whataguy” montages, the season ends for all but the top eight teams.
Carlton brings its tally to a couple of bad seasons… er… a couple of spoons… ok… 3 or 4 wooden spoons. Fine! Four spoons.
Just when are the AFL going to bring runners under control?
West Coast leap from 9th in 2014 to 2nd in 2015. An All-WA Grand Final coming up?
Friday, Sept 4
Richmond 16.12.108 def North Melbourne 10.7.67
“The AFL made us play at that poxy little stadium for our home game. Norf come out trying to scrag us and play a shit standard of footy. The commentators drooled over the prospect of an upset. And we stuck it up all their asses. Wonderful stuff.”- Tiger Titus
“Did what we had to do, no point giving to much away for next week. Lids best, good to see Ty and Jack get some confidence late. No reports, no injuries and a 9 day break.” – Maveric
“Deledio 3 votes again, showing he’s definitely worthy of AA 22 spot.
Rance outstanding as usual, AA lock.
Cotchin played well in all 4 quarters, that’s what we need every week, rapt.
Titch proving how important he is when he has more kms under his belt, what a gun.
Dusty had an absolute mare, but at least he pulled his finger out and booted 3 in the last quarter. Junk time or not, we needed the %.” – mcuzzy
“Fitting to see Axel chaired from game, well done Tiges ” – Bustoff
“Nothing short of a success, to be honest. Our young fellas smashed them for a half and we’re playing in Melbourne next week.” – Engimal
“Look I know half the tram was out but I don’t like losing, especially in that way. Black was poor, Daw good, dumont okay, turner is gone – I hope he’s okay. Oh and we need to drop some falls and find pace desperately. Otherwise its a bit of meaningless game.” – rippersnipper
“We found a weakness in their game. A few blokes put their hand up.
If Kanye is right to go he starts ahead of Garner. Dumont will be stiff to miss out, but will is my hunch.
Bmac and Gibbo will be a close call, Gibbo will probably get the nod due to experience. Other then that jobs done, with fresh legs we expect nothing less then 200% commitment next week. ” – trooroo4life
Saturday, September 5
Geelong Cats 17.17.119 def Adelaide Crows 11.14.80
“Proud of the team to rally. Good to see Stevie enjoying some theatrics. Good win. Reload next year guys, I think it’s going to be a good year. ” – xtatik222k
“Think of this game as the passing of the baton somewhat. These young guys better have soaked up as much of that knowledge as they could, 700 games of experience gone. Well played legends.” – Cezz The Catter
“I am concerned with why the Boys couldn’t show the same passion all year. ” – Nakia
“Great way to send off three absolute champions of the club, with Stevie proving he still has plenty left in him. Also good to beat the Crows and ensure they don’t get a home final. Their fans sure were getting mouthy. Perhaps not as good as they think they are.” – Biggy_Boy
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“Right.
I don’t give a shit if this match was a dead rubber before it started. I don’t care that we are already in the finals and Geelong were trying to send off their stars in the best way possible. I don’t care that we were playing at a stadium we haven’t won at since 2003.
We didn’t put in effort. We played a full strength team and from the first center bounce we didn’t even bother showing up. In my eyes that is ******* despicable.
We should have been preparing to play finals footy away from home, we should have been keeping our form as strong as it has been over the last month.
Instead, we rock up at the stadium and we weren’t mentally switched on at all. We concede a massive amount of clearances in the first quarter despite Jacobs absolutely dominating in the ruck. Our midfield, defenders and even some forwards had absolute shockers today and they should be embarrassed.
Geelong should have demolished us, but they missed a fair few sitters. We should be absolutely embarrassed as a team about to play finals after we played like that.
I expect to see effort from our players no matter how irrelevant the game is. If we had tried but ultimately lost the game I probably wouldn’t have cared. But instead we proved once again we are a mentally weak team.
I think we can win next week in Melbourne, and I’m keeping positive after the past month of generally pretty good footy. But if we show up once again and aren’t switched on from the opening bounce, it’ll be another tough match to watch.” – Scorpus
“Let’s just win the next four and forget about it ” – Dogs105
“-85 possessions
-11 clearances
-11 inside 50s
-24 contested possessions
-20 tackles
+34 hitouts
SOFT performance. Absolutely ******* soft. ” – SloaneysDanger
“That was poor on numerous levels. Certainly not going to throw a tantrum and bag the crap out of our players though. We have a final to play – hopefully the people who were so willing to talk up our team after 4 straight are willing to keep a positive and resilient attitude after losing a game before a final. ” – pjcrows
“Too early to throw our hands up and say we’ll get flogged next week. Pretty obvious we went in with the wrong attitude today, too busy looking at next week and it showed.
Not to mention Geelong were always going to throw absolutely everything at us to send off thier guys in style in front of a home crowd while our guys looked like they were more worried about not getting injured than playing the game.
We’re in finals for the first time in 3 years, lets not fall apart over one shit performance when we should be celebrating. ” – Crows4Eva
Brisbane Lions 19.16.130 def Western Bulldogs 19.8.122
“Typical lions… play with 4Q intensity at the end of the game when the win means nothing. Gets people hopeful then early next season we get spanked again.”- Balony_pony15
“Great game Lions – deserved win. Have a great break & recover for next year – you were a lot better than your win/loss ratio ended up – very proud of the whole team today ” – piari
“I would rather win and get Scache then lose and get Scache. Great to win for Jed. Shame fox footy cut away immediately the morons. ” – royboys4eva
“Adcock so happy for him! Not sure how costly it will be in the draft, but whatever. Green with over 3 goals also!” – Tripwire
“I think us finishing above Carlton is about right. We are a much better side than they are with a much greater upside. Super stuff from the boys. To fight back from those 9 straight goals and end up winning that is brilliant.” – Bucking Beads
“Adcock’s a champ. Looks like a lot of Lions fans got down to the Gabba in the second half. Hopefully that gets them back on board for next season. My mates have very recently gotten right into Footy, so I wouldn’t mind heading to a few more next year – especially if they have a similar atmosphere to the one today.” – SSwans2011
“So happy, no wooden spoon for us and that’s all I care about.
The players and coaching staff should have plenty of footage from today for what we need to be doing regularly next year.
Fix our skills, have an injury free year and we will surprise a few teams.
Hopefully we get Schache as well and don’t have another exodus.
Couldn’t be more proud that we didn’t fold over and play for picks, great job boys!” – BeamStar17
“Abysmal, insipid, horseshit. Use any of those three words and it doesn’t come close to covering how we played today.” – Testekill
“I think we took our foot off the pedal after quarter time. Brisbane were always going to throw everything at us, and what’s the point in us giving everything?
Better to lose this one and conserve energy for next week than go balls to the wall this week and not pull up next week.” – The Mirror
“Meh don’t care, was a nothing game.” – Ant_
“Poor by standards and too many passengers in this game. If this game isn’t a wake up call for them they’ll be making an early exit in the finals ” – Mike_
Port Adelaide 18.14.122 def Fremantle 8.5.53
“Can only beat the team put in front of you and we did it very well. That win was for us supporters after a disappointing season.” – Shane_Mag
“The reason why we’ve had such a good finish to the season is because of the fringe players stepping up and actually looking like they belong at AFL level. I’d like to keep most of these guys because what we’ve been missing since 2004 is depth.
Kudos to SGray, Ah Chee, Neade, O’Shea, Neade, Butcher, Impey ” – Shaucob_Burjan
“Butcher is the family dog everyone loves that the vet tells you needs to be put down ” – Portia
“Sam, Hammer, Westy – well done.. Ebo in it but disposal his usual recent up and down, Krak’s disposal his usual spot on.
Have a few for me at the GDV. Greetings from Canberra.” – Portology
“Butchers goal was play of the day by daylight. A definite keep IMO with Schulz gone. He’s just not a Full forward. To pull a ‘Lingey’, if you take out his kicking for goal you’d be happy with that performance from a 100 game KPF. Contested marks, drawing opponents, goal assists, excellent pressure.
Stick Dixon at FF and Butcher at CHF were his strengths are just as useful and his weakness not so noticeable.
For the rest of the game the first quarter was pure 2015 – believing the press that it would just happen, without making it happen.
Thankfully the quarter time spray rectified that. You can’t take a lot out of the game, but after being as soft as butter until our season was cooked our continued hard attack on the ball and body was good to see. And the push and shove fired up the boys and fans. I know I called I wanted to see blood” – Andre
“Enjoyable end to an otherwise disappointing season! Pleasing to see Sammy G absolutely kill it once again, what a player we have on our hands with him and Robbie and Schulz kicked truly and Hamish was one of our best again!
Regardless of the weak side Fremantle sent over, history has us with another win over Fremantle today, and it squares the ledger between Hinkley and Lyon, 3-3. ” – AusHorrorStory
“the Power are running on top of us, but the young ones fought gallantly against the play for the best part of 4 quarters. And gave us quite a bit of joy in the 1st.
Weller, Langdon, Blakely – most promising.
Smith – has improved more than expected. Will probably be on the list next year.
Duffy – talent but no fitness. Is that an attitude/work ethic thing? 50/50
Tabs – just needs a little bit more to click. I hope he finds it.
Ballard – should’ve played a full game.
Hughes – something to work with there.
Barlow – should be played in the middle, all game, every game. Shining light and leading from the front.
Suban – showing why he keeps his spot today, aggro.
Neale and Sherro – thumbs up, cemented their spots as 22.
Clarke – WTF?!
Crozier – why isn’t he delivering? Is it because we are playing him out of his best position? He has all the tools required, but why can’t it all come together?” – Grape Bear
“I think we have reason to be cheerful after that. Other than Duffy’s lack of fitness (and even he had a couple of good moments), none of the B team disgraced themselves at all, and you can make a case for all of them sticking around.
Weller, Blakely and Langdon all very good. Brady Grey got schooled a bit, but showed that he can be AFL quality too. Ballard did enough in his brief time on ground to show he is worth persisting with. Ditto Smith, who is very much the new Zac Dawson but actually did show a bit under extreme bombardment.
Hughes was surprising, and worked well into the game the longer it went.
It has mystified me why Tabs was seemingly banished halfway through the season – his development is going along OK, and he is starting to clunk them more. Pity his goalkicking boot went amiss today, but he will be a fixture in this team for a long time.
And I’ll go in to bat for Hannath also. He’s limited, will always be a depth player, but contributed much more than the disinterested Clarke today and actually looks like he wants a career at Freo.
That was probably the last we’ll ever see of Max Duffy, and presumably Paul Duffield also. I wish it was the last we’re going to see of Mzungu for the year too; he was always Mr Reliable, but he has waned so, so much this season.
Good to see that no matter the personnel we still can’t maintain a functioning forward line, just bombing it in to outnumbered giants and this time even with no ground pressure either.
For all that…I’m glad the Freo of 2017/18 and beyond has got an early chance to play all together. Will we be contenders? Perhaps, if Fyfe continues to go bang and we free agent well – but even so, the club’s gonna be alright, I think… ” – FFC4ME
Hawthorn 17.11.113 def Carlton 8.8.56
“Horrible, horrible game.
Only good things:
1 – Win
2 – Mitchell should get the 2 votes after Judd
3 – Another spoon for Carlton” – Hedgehodgy
“Played crappy, Smithy got injured, Gunners looked sore.
Lucky we won or I’d be really shitty.
More on to next week ” – TBoyleSuperstar
“Could’ve won by 200 and it still would’ve been a bad result given the Smith injury. Less said about this game the better. ” – cryptor
“Fell asleep watching it.
Hope Smith is ok.
Carlton are a joke.
That’s about the long and the short of it. ” – Max Powers
“What I learnt today.
You can throw the ball when tackled by Hawthorn player. No need to worry about the whistle, it’s play on nothing to see here!
Hawthorn play like that then straight sets.
No Hodge
No Cyril
No Breust
And no Silk!!
Isaac will be touch and go next week.
Good to see Langers and Hill in real good form.
Worst commentating EVER!! It was ‘Hawthorn Injury Watch’ and Carlton Trade talk . Awful. ” – TyHawk
“Very happy with today’s effort, Cripps has sealed the deal as our first rising star winner, and Tutt and Bucks have battled hard.
A much, much better performance than the 138 fiasco 6 weeks ago” – DaVillaBlues
“In all my years of watching footy (30 plus years), I have never seen a team stuff up the easiest of hand balls and kicks as much as our players do. It’s not a confidence thing, our players simply do not have the required skills to be AFL footballers, yet somehow they are on our list and getting games every week. ” – carlton2dabone
“This seems rather telling to me … in the other years we have gotten wooden spoons, we have kicked 244 goals (2002), 293 (2005) and 257 (2006)
This year …. 219
Also, We barely reached 1,500 total points (1525) ” – BringBackSOS
Sydney Swans 19.13.127 def Gold Coast SUNS 9.10.64
“1. Some Sydney supporters can’t be pleased.
2. Did what we needed to do.
3. Towers impressed me. Deserves to be in the side ahead of Lloyd.
4. Really need to win next week, that week off will ne crucial. ” – PVF
“Tippett is a massive asset in his current form and could be crucial
Ditto reid
If buddy gets going we might just be unstoppable forward especially with the odd goodes cameo
Is this all finally coming together up forward
Late season pre finals injuries suck
And really the nights highlight was towers, well done ” – Sir Swans
“1. Mitchell is elite and has stood up big time when Parker and Jack went down.
2. Reid looks better on the wing.
3. Tippett is in career best form. Buddy did what he needed to do but needs to bring it next week.
3a. We have a lot of sore boys. If we don’t win next week and get the week off we’ll be out in straight sets. ” – kneecapper
“1. Our best is as good as any other team’s. Just need to put it all together, or at least do our best not to concede too many goals during our shit patches, and we’ll go far come finals.
2. Goodes is still a midfielder, I don’t get why we refuse to play him there for more than the occasional stint.
3. Brandon Jack is a strange player. He has such pace, but he hasn’t quite figured out how to exploit it at AFL level yet. On the other hand, he’s had some super important touches in close over the last month or so, and tonight was no exception. A ton of quick handballs out of congestion that you don’t quite catch turned out to be from him. 4 clearances from extremely limited midfield time tells the story as well. Is he a better option than Ben McGlynn? I think I prefer Benny right now, but he has a very promising future, especially if he can play more solid midfield minutes and learn to use his pace.
4. Nice to see Rampe FINALLY land a bomb from outside 50. He’s had a few tries without much luck this year.
5. Maybe Dean Towers has a future as an AFL player after all. Keep it up Dean. #KeenForDean” – BarneyBent
“Well, we lost by less than Freo. Not bad.
The booing of Adam Goodes… it’s really past a joke ” – SandyToes
“well done to everyone for enduring a horrible season and not completely losing the plot. here’s to a bigger and better 2016, and i’ll see you all in the draft/trading threads.” – exile
“No one could have predicted we’d lose our entire first choice midfield for the basically the entire year. I’ve never seen an injury list like it.
What was really disappointing for me was the reports in the preseason that we had everyone running PBs in time trials, the players were fitter than ever before, but in reality as the season unfolded it was clear we were well behind the pack in required fitness levels. I mean, what on earth has the club been doing the past five years? Blights clearly saw that Bluey, Schwerdt etc. did not have these players anywhere near where they needed to be. Hopefully this new guy Cordy is the right man for the job.
O’Meara is the biggest hope but also the biggest concern for me. If he can come back, and that’s a big if, that will give us so much more grunt and class through the midfield.
Looking forward to hopefully fielding sides every week that resemble our best 22 in 2016. Would be a first for this club though. Do that and we’re a finals chance. ” – TheSunGod
West Coast Eagles 18.17.125 def St Kilda 4.6.30
“Positives:
– We finished 2nd on the AFL ladder. We finished 2nd. On the AFL ladder. In 2015.
– JK Coleman lock
– Our forward line is absolutely unstoppable
– Dom Sheed has come on leaps and bounds, excellent game
– Shep is the man
– Nic Nat is the best ruckman in the league, bar none, most influence and silver service. Nice that he got the stats to maybe make a dent in the national media this week.
– Our second halves have been excellent, fitness is there
– JK, Gov, Nic came out unscathed – huge for our spine
– Quick transition is gorgeous when it’s there. First half was a little slow and calculated, when it really gets going it’s a thing of beauty.
– Managed to slow down St Kilda a few times and make them kick through our zone, rather than run through it. I’m a broken record with how horrible our transition defence is, but today we looked to have focused on really slowing it down and preventing the fast break.
Negatives:
– Masto injury :(
– Nelson struggled, had a great year but really battled to have anything his way today
– Piss poor from the AFL. We pay them all that bribe money to buy the umpires, and Richmond end the season with 82 more free kicks than is. Piss poor. 487, 405 for us. North also finished well ahead of us. We had a deal AFL, we had a ******* deal.
Time to hunt.” – HoneyBadger35
“Another positive was that we conceded only one goal in the second half while we kicked 11 goals. Also, thought we found our mojo again in the second half. Let’s hope that some of our more rusty players have regained touch now. ” – Crimson King
“Congratulations to the whole team, from JK to Mcinnes, everyone who contributed. This post may seem slightly negative all things considered but it’s more a look to next weeks needed improvements. The stuff that matters. Very proud of all involved.
Positives:
The silk – Lecca, Shuey, Gaff, Nicnat …. their skills stood above the others quite clearly.
Coleman – Just a good reward for his effort.
Home final, the boys will be better for it.
The effort … from everyone was there, it was a step in the right direction, the skills were lacking at times but they always had effort, very promising to see.
Shellingham: These two as a combination make everyone look better down back
Improvements:
Hurn: Not really sure what’s going on here, wasn’t bad but I haven’t felt his presence in the last month
Ellis: Lost a bit, hope he’s fit enough to run out a full finals game, looks a bit tired at the moment.
Butler: Some stupid errors, blame it on rust, also hope he’s fit enough to run for a full on physical game.
Jackson Nelson: Saw some awesome things but 2 brain fades that stuck out
Sheed: Being very very picky here, capable of brilliant kicks and a clearance machine, still prone to some howlers unfortunately
Goal kicking: JK dominated around the ground and everywhere except for his shots at goal, hope he nails 30% more in finals
Gameplan: Went to shit early, just not enforced by anyone, was some horrible decision making, I mean behind the mark as well AFTER assessing the options, this just can’t be done in the finals
Handballs: Honestly, my biggest gripe, the simplest of skills. Hit the chest, keep momentum, create attack. Hit the ground, kill momentum, stoppage. It’s such a simple thing with such a drastic differential outcome.
Darling: Looked a touch off, thought he was marking a lot better last week
The Masten injury sucks big time, he looked hungry, he was actively pressuring the mark, chasing, creating a LOT of run. In a way it’s similar to Hawthorn losing Smith in that both teams have lost a massive part of their link up play. ” – wce4premiership
“a disappointing end to the season.
There is no doubt that the free kick count is severely damning but rather than simply blame the umpiring, can we see ways in which we can avoid giving away so may free kicks, and can we see what WCE did to avoid giving away frees (crowd noise aside).
we were smashed in contested possessions
we were smashed in the ruck
we were smashed in defence (and yet Goddard was taken off?) ” – Kildonan
“Lets not get too emotional about this result. Turn back to early July, when we were forecasting final ladder position and many on this forum (accurately) predicted that a turn of luck in the injury department, fatigue on a young playing group and a very tough run home would lead to some heavy losses in the final few weeks. That’s what this result is.
Now, bring on trade period” – Rahul
“Any positives we had from winning 6 games for the season have been completely smashed with the last 2 losses! The quoted 2018 window by the club will need reviewing we are a long long way off having the players to play finals again!
The club are lucky that most of us Saints supporters have short memories and will roll up again next year for another 23 games of punishment. Finnis and the membership crew will have fun generating excitement selling next year!
Anyway go the Zebras hopefully they can give us something to smile about tomorrow! ” – Winners Only
“Game fell away in the second half.
WCE are a very well drilled, mature outfit gunning for second place. We are an unbalanced team with lots of veterans and young players, stuck in 13th place. Result isn’t surprising but it always stings to see your team lose.
The biggest positive for me was our ability to methodically move the ball forward (in the first half) and create inside 50s. WCE are an excellent zoning team and the fact we did this showed good planning and pretty good execution.
Also, how awesome was Nic Nat? His hit outs, turn of speed, skills and goals. Absolute weapon of a player.” – Hollywood
Sunday, Sept 6
Melbourne 15.13.103 def GWS GIANTS 11.11.77
“Good to see Brayshaw and Hogan one more time before the curse of Melbourne takes over and turns them into failed draft picks again ” – nickgrant69
“Good: looked good. We actually played like a team that could make a run at finals next year. When we click, we click well.
Like Nate said, we just need to see the difference between these games and the crap ones, and understand what happened differently.
Bad: Toby Greene. God I just wanna punch his munchkin hobbit face.
Great: We won for Crossy! True champion of the game, won me many a dreamteam match ups back in the day. Forever in debt to him” – ptrg
“Couldn’t ask for a better way to end the year. A win, at Etihad, with many young players stepping up.
Time to rehash that horrible Tyson/Salem for Kelly Herald Sun article from April 2014 because Salem ON HIS OWN is better than Kelly. Tyson ON HIS OWN is better than Kelly too. That was a sensational trade.
Hogan’s mark on three quarter time siren and goal was the highlight of the day. That was reminiscent of Jonathan Brown and Carey. Sign him up for 10 years, heck sign him up for life. I don’t care if we’re still paying him when he’s in a wheelchair and in aged-care. He’s a freak. ” – Sylvia Saint
“We won that game without 5 top 5 picks lol
No 1 Draft pick Jack Watts, No 2 Pick Jack Trengove, No 2 Pick Christian Petracca Number 2 Pick Dom Tyson and No 4 pick Jimmy Toumpas
Add in Kent, Vanders, Frost and another top 6 pick or valued player and suddenly 2016 looks bright again ” – nickgrant69
“Sounds like I picked the right game to be driving back from Newcastle for. No radio – just my new Father’s Day CD – Positive Songs for Negative People (Frank Turner).
So I can assume I shouldn’t watch the replay…
How’d Barrett look in his debut? How long did he get? Etc etc. ” – Ichabod Noodle
“We got exposed at ruck down back and up forward…everywhere really.
We do need an experienced ruck to come in, anybody that can’t see that is kidding themselves.
We badly need a big strong defender, even if it’s a Brian Lake on a 12 month deal we need a presence there.
Our forward line is one dimensional, clunky and predictable. They are all tall and do exactly the same thing. We need mobile forward who is a point of difference…Gunston type.
Finally Leon needs some help. We’ve been exposed a few times re game plan and a lack of a plan B. Time to shuffle some chairs Leon and get some experienced help instead of a bunch of school coaches and blokes learning on the job.
Window is now, be decisive and ruthless or end up like Gold Coast. ” – Andre the Giant
“For mine Barrett looked a bit like Whiley. He has a crack, puts his body on the line and can get the ball but lacks athleticism and speed.
RE Marchbank, he is going to be a gun. First of all he is a defender and they take 2-3 years minimum in most cases.
Secondly he got hurt early in the game and battled on until succumbing.
Thirdly he from memory is a December baby and only turns 19 in a couple of months.
When he builds his body and tank he will be a jet. Give him time.
The only other positive today was Zac Williams…geez I love this kid, always tries his heart out.” – Andre the Giant
Collingwood 14.8.92 def by Essendon 14.11.95
“what a ******* joke, let those pricks celebrate, the game ends with a free kick from high contact from there own bloody player, where our guy was front n centre ready to kick a goal.
Hope the finals aren’t umpired like that game.. some bizarre stuff.
Good news no long term injuries, the game didn’t matter, bring on next year. I’m going for west coast in finals. ” – stevo86
“Our season finished three weeks ago, I’m not about to lose sleep over this one.
Officiating was tragic both ways. ” – the mighty T
“We have some terrible footballers in our ranks.
From today alone; Toovey, Langdon, Oxley and Kennedy are just not up to it. ” – PendlePie
“Disgrace in so many ways …..umpiring….got smashed in the clearances…..Adams the only one with real intensity” – peter9789
“People cheering draft picks should be ******* embarrassed ” – jerry springer
“Adams was good though, liked his game. Pretty disgusted otherwise. Clear that the team did not put in 100%. We lost the game when we subbed Grundy, baffling decision.
The ******* umps at the end didn’t help either. As for draft position, who cares. It’s going to GWS for Treloar either way. I’d rather we win and build confidence for the group than have the team collectively put in a poor showing and lose. ” – MeisterBot
“Bloody awful game that was completely apt for our season as a whole. I pretty much stayed positive through the whole year, but that’s broken me now. It can all go get stuffed. ” – DAWSOME!!
“Tempting as it is to blame the umpiring, we really have to look inside there. We were woeful, and lost to the worst Essendon side I’ve seen, at the end of a season that has seen them frequently look disinterested and disorganised. Heads should roll, but i guess it didn’t mean anything aye so we shouldn’t get worked up about nothing.
Except, every aspect of today showed things that suggest we will never, ever improve. Lacking skills, lacking a gameplan, lacking heart, lacking composure. We are one big absence, right across the board, a giant black hole where the things that make a successful team should be. And we have to fill it somehow in one offseason, or kicking Buckley out will be the least of our problems. ” – McCrabblett
“thank goodness it’s over
Fare thee well Fletch and Winders ” – Harlequin
“Hockings face when he was watching that kick on goal… He is an intense bastard.” – JD11
“Great win. Nice way to end the season.
That is the worst umpiring performance i have ever seen.
To the tossers who derided my optimism at half time: Blow me. ” – doug85
“Yes! Lol Collingwood ” – Marley10
“Weird that a year in which we beat Hawthorn, Carlton and Collingwood could be such a tough year.
Really happy with Mckenna, Fantasia, Laverde & Gleeson’s games too. ” – TheFrenchCut
“Don’t underestimate what that win will do for our ability to retain players. Leaving the season on a good note. I was so worried about being flogged. ” – Bipolarbear
“We have been a reactive team for far too long now, only responding when challenged rather than making the play/playing on our own terms. It always gives the other team a sniff when they are chasing us. We’d be right up there as the team that gives up the most goals immediately after kicking one I reckon. ” – un_eggs
“Now for the hardest part of the season, Melksham, Kav……. ”
– vast
