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Not struggling at all. The pies deserved to win, but we did throw away a great chance to win it. I’ve been on about Berry being a weak link for a while and it caught up with us on GF day unfortunately.

Robertson wasn’t so good, he was especially lacking in skills, but he could do a defensive role quite well. I remember a day where he got destroyed by Tippa as well (maybe 3-4 goals in a quarter). It’s just a point that a lot of posters point out Berry’s great defensive half on Oliver last...

Pretty hard when they don’t play. I’d argue Robertson’s final game when he kept Whitfield down to 10 odd disposals when he was averaging over 30 was better than Berry has ever produced as well. Keays has become a great player at the crows once he got the opportunity. If Sharp and Tunstill get...

At the end of the day the club was ruthless with Witherden (shown since to be the right call), Robertson (who played a blinder on Whitfield in his last game before being delisted) and Rich when he started to struggle. But soft in others like Birchall when he wasn’t performing. For us to take...

Sure culture is important but Berry is by far our biggest liability in the 22 and it’s a street to second imo. If he’s considered the best winger we have it’s only because he’s the only one that gets full games there. He plays a couple of decent games a season at best, but always gets a free...

I think Dev would be a huge loss. Doesn’t rate highly in any champion data categories, but much of that is due to his defensive role and lack of TOG. Fages barely got him on in that last quarter in the GF, which was a mistake imo. Runs out games much better than most of our guys. If he goes to...

Adelaide is no chance to match our offer. They don’t want to offer 5 years to a guy coming off 2 knee recos. As Brizzy says he costs us nothing but salary and a 5 year deal.

My two cents from Saturday: Great effort from our guys to get so close. To be honest in general play they looked better, especially through the midfield. Still I’m devastated in that I feel we let one slip. Outside of manning up Hill, we defended well. Elliot and Mihocek and Ginnivan didn’t...

Great win last night Rayner and Daniher were unbelievable. But the key was defensive pressure across the ground, especially around stoppage. Would love to see that sort of intensity if we make it to the MCG. I wouldn’t be changing the team apart from the sub. For me Lyons still looks cooked and...

You realise his role at the moment is to be a defensive stopper and not chase the ball. Often he’s leading his man away from it, clearly what the coaches have asked him to do. I’m sure if his role was to hunt the footy he’s be getting mid to high 20s each week as he does in the reserves. I...

No chance the result will be overturned. The difference between that 2004 one of ours is the lack of a review system back then, so that was it. Both horror calls but this goal umpire had the option to check and didn’t.

Love the “champ” part. Quality post

That has to go down as one of the worst goal umpiring errors of all time considering the review was available to the goal umpire and that was a clear goal. To all the people bagging Keays joke is on you and the goal umpire. Crows absolutely robbed

Maybe it’s total coincidence but I’d be very confident that out of all our players Matho would have the highest winning % of all our players over the last 3 or so seasons. Sure his skills aren’t great, but he lifts the team and cracks in everytime. Not all premiership teams are full of...

Not quite right. Played round 23 but in the prelim played 1 quarter and had our second highest clearances for the game.

Crows are a good side and are going to be unlucky to miss. Their percentage is a pretty good reflection where they are actually at. I’m not too negative about the performance tonight. As mentioned Charlie, Wilmott and McLuggage were great. I don’t agree with the negative talk on Rayner and...

Parish a no from me. Knows how to get the footy but if we want another unaccountable, one way mid then he’ll fit right in.

Berrys best role is run around with the oppositions best mid, but he can’t tackle at the moment. In the last quarter he was switched on to Danger and Danger almost single-handedly got them over the line with Berry nowhere near him. When he gets the ball never looks, always bombs away to the...

Fingers crossed not an ACL for Will, but he’ll definitely be out next week. For me: In: Robertson, Bailey, Lohmann Out: Ashcroft, Berry, Zorko (sub)

Berry? Are you serious. Had another absolute shocker last night. We’re getting close to our best side, but still carrying a couple like Berry and Zorko which is going to cost us come finals time imo

I’d go this way as well, except I’d swap out Oscar for Fort too This suggestion is good too. When Melbourne got that run on late us carrying guys who can’t run was very evident. And not the first time this has happened.

Would really like to see Fort as the main ruck. Oscar gets exposed every time against the better rucks. Gawn almost singlehanded got them over the line there. One of the most one sided ruck duels you’ll ever see

Fages is a great man manager but tactically he isn’t up there with the other coaches. Spot on about Gunston as the spare. Did absolutely nothing while the Dees had the extra around the ball. We were doing fine matching them around the ground. Just bizarre and terrible tactics last 10 minutes.

What a shock Melbourne running into open goals. We’ve picked a slow team again that can’t run defensively and getting exposed again. Let’s drop Dev that’s the answer who actually applies defensive pressure 🤦‍♂️

Great post Grasshopper (sorry Martinson didn’t mean to quote you). This team we’ve put out tomorrow night is decent but can’t win the premiership imo. It’s far, far too slow and against teams like Collingwood and port who run we’re not going to be able to stop their run Melbourne are not...

Everyone is guaranteed to perform this week. Did you see the Sydney game 2 weeks ago? The Eagles don’t chase or defend. I’m looking for Gunston to kick 6-7 from within 20m this week and Fagan will justify the body of work to show what a great selection it was. Then Melbourne next week, 3...

So Gunston will kick 5-6 against the witches hats and be in for rest of the season against teams that defend and run out of defence. Just unbelievable some of these selections. If you’re going to play Tunstill and Lohmann this is the week. Not the oldies

Holder is one of the main reasons they won’t qualify for the next WC. Went for 30 in the super over v Netherlands the other night. Bowls 120kmph floaters and bats well for a number 8/9 except he’s generally at 6. West Indies bowling is just terrible. Pooran and Hetmeyer are great players...

I hope not 3KZ haha

It is a fair discussion. I suspect if Neale gets injured he’d be back in. If disposals at VFL level is the metric you’re measuring then I agree he can’t do much more. But it’s the defensive side of his game and the lack of pressure on the outside where he’s started to get exposed at AFL level...