Search results for query: *

Lol. Go watch Ablett’s highlights from the 2008 GF. Right now. 34 disposals, 2 goals, 8 i50s, 8 clearances, 5 tackles. In the losing side.

Not Stanley. He has been critical for us in key games (early rounds when we were near the top of the ladder) and the QF)

We wouldn’t have beaten Sydney next week, especially with Holmes out

We don’t deserve to win this. Lions have been the better team overall

Terrible kicking into 50 from us

Poor skills from us all day, and got worse in that 3rd quarter. Fumbling, over-running the ball, kicking straight to opponents. Playing as if the rain has been bucketing down all day

will be impossible to get to 2nd, unless Port cop a massive loss against Freo. Our current live percentage will only go down from now until the end of the game (every goal that west coast kick will massively reduce our percentage for this match)

If you could choose our QF opponent, which would you pick? A) Swans @ SCG B) Port @ AO These are the only likely scenarios (will be basically impossible to get our percentage high enough to finish 2nd on the ladder). I feel like (A) would be the better option, in which case we should probably...

we might want to take the foot off the pedal here. Moving into 3rd on the ladder is probably a disadvantage - I’d rather play Sydney @ SCG than Port @ AO. Port are in great form, and recently beat Sydney by 112 points

I can’t remember the last time we conceded such a high score. In the game where Sydney smashed us by 110 points in 2014, they only scored 148. We’d probably have to go back 20+ years to find our last time conceding 164+ points?

AFL premiership games shouldn’t be played in Darwin. Way too hot/humid for a sport of this kind. Maybe have some pre-season games there if necessary, but not normal season games.

You know your midfield is cooked when you put one of the best defenders in the AFL (Stewart) in the midfield.

Cats fans need to create more of a home ground advantage. Other fans bring real hostility by booing free kicks, set shots, etc. Our so-called fortress hasn’t been a fortress for several years now.

why the hell did we rest Bowes

Agreed. Quite surprising - fans often talk about old players “falling off a cliff” in a figurative sense, but it has happened in a very literal way for Hawkins. He was great between 2020-2023, but terrible in 2024. I really hope he can turn things around, because his role is one of the most...

Great prediction from January 2008 - when Joel had only played 25 odd games!

I agree that this might be the case, but the situation is quite different to Moonry/Hawkins, and it’s a bit worrying. At the start of 2011 (Mooney’s last year), Hawkins had already played 65 AFL games and kicked roughly 80 goals. On the other hand, right now, Neale has only played 6 games and...

Serious question: what’s a rebuild?

Losing Tom Stewart to concussion obviously will hurt us, but during his 4-week suspension in 2022, we comfortably beat Carlton, Melbourne and Port. We certainly can win without Stewart.

Just watched the highlights. Was surprised with how much red (Saints fans) I saw in the crowd, and how loud they were. Don't think I've ever seen a game at KP where the opposition team have had that much support. Almost felt like a neutral match-up at the MCG/Marvel.

From Chris Scott's presser yesterday: Rhys Stanley has a hip/groin injury concern and could be in doubt for next week. Concerns also around Gary Rohan - he will have to be assessed.

Remarkably, it's quite possible that we won't have to play any final outside of Melbourne this September. This is Squiggle's latest prediction of the ladder. This is probably the best case outcome from here.

The recent flurry of losses for flag favourites (Brisbane losing to GC, Port losing 3 in a row, Collingwood losing to Carlton+Hawthorn) make me feel like this year has been a wasted opportunity for us. Sure, we had injuries in the first few months, but if we'd been hungry enough to finish...

Surely we don't expect Hawkins to retire end of this year? He's been our leading goalkicker for the past 11 years (would have been 12 if he didn't do his hammy on Saturday). Furthermore, he's durable - between 2013-2023, Hawkins has played the 2nd most games of any AFL-listed player.

Yeah. We’ve been poor all season, but a few bright glimpses (mostly against crap teams) and Chris Scott’s optimism has kept us all thinking that we are actually a good team. The reality is that we’re a bottom 10 team and have been all year.

You have nothing to worry about. Tom DeKoning re-signed with Carlton a few days ago, so he won’t be coming to us!

no. Appalling football from Geelong has cost us.

The sad reality is that our players have just got much worse over the past 12 months. Even with almost all of our first-choice players available, we’re horrendous.

Obviously we want to finish as high on the ladder as possible, but the other thing that we really want is for Adelaide to not make the top 8, because it opens up the risk of us facing them in Adelaide in week 1. If we do get through week 1, we’ll almost certainly have to travel for either the...

Sydney are on track to increase their ladder percentage by 10% points (going from 98% to 108%) just from this belting of West Coast. Many other teams have benefited from this so far, and more will do so in the coming months, including many of the teams that we'll be fighting against for top 8...