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Another unforgivable last 10 minutes. There was absolutely no reason for them to turn that around the way they did. They had nothing going for them. No momentum, no structure, nothing. We just rolled over. Sums up our season.

Our recent recruiting has set us back years. No hits on first rounders, nothing but VFL top ups and delisting candidates in the second rounds. No surprise packets in late rounds that excite the fans. Dematia looks like a bust already, and we don't have a 1st this year. Aside from Nick we have...

Thats as insipid and embarrassing loss as they come. Puts the final nail in the coffin that is season 2024. An absolute power of work is required to get us back on track for next year

One of the most gutless performances I've ever seen.

Players noticably underperorming this year: Moore Markov Quaynor Frampton J.Daicos Schultz Lipinski Hill Crisp Players with interrupted seasons through injury: Mihochek Cox Mitchell DeGoey Elliott Richards Hoskin Elliott Kreuger Howe McStay McCreery Players performing at or above expected...

Destroyed in the air tonight. Embarrassingly so. Every time we needed to half a contest we let one of their plodders take a contested grab and make it look easy. Every time we needed to win a key contest or control the ball we missed a tackle or turned it over, leaving them free to slingshot...

Whatever our pre-season program was, it either wasn't enough or was too casual and interrupted after the flag. I've not seen a team come off a flag looking so unorganised and so underprepared. The reality of last season is that it was so tight at the top end. For us to enter pre-season and...

First two games of the season have been so hard to watch. We look as slow, clumsy and disorganised as we've ever been under Fly. Two weeks in a row we've constantly allowed sub-par to mediocre forwards kill us by taking contested mark after contested mark nside 50 with us barely getting a...

I don't think this is true mate. While McStay has been good recently, our forward line is hardly humming with its current structure. This team has shown the resilience and ability to play well both tall and short all year long. Cameron and Cox are playing well enough to rotate ruck/forward, and...

For me it's: Out - McStay In - Noble (sub) Ginnivan gets another chance to show what he's capable of in big games and starts. We've lacked a bit of forward smarts and creativity recently and we get that in a full game out of Ginni. Cox/Cameron to increase their TOG to about 80% each and just...

Flanders is number 1 on my wish list for us next year. Kid is an absolute stud and would help set our midfield up for years. His asking price will have significantly increased in the past couple of months. Not sure our first alone would be enough right now

While I agree that form can lead to increased confidence, belief and hunger. I don't think this applies to us. Our form is down, but no one at the club seems phased or worried about it, and I certainly am not either. We have built confidence, belief, and hunger to succeed over a longer period...

People need to realise this isn't a year like most others. All this talk of momentum and winning at the right time is valid, but with the same glass half full approach you can mount a case for any team to fail this year: Port have fallen off the cliff worse than us Brisbane's record at the G is...

Would like to see us try Cox rucking a whole game pre-finals. Darce is in ordinary form and the mids just aren't getting first crack at it. Ginnivan and Frampton must play the rest of the regular season at least. Ginni was pivotal in our forward cohesion tonight. Not sure who starts sub, but it...

There's been a fair bit of discussion on these threads about the possibility that we rolled out a heavy training block during July. For me, there was no greater evidence of this than the output of our players on the weekend. Another slow, sluggish and hesitant effort from the majority of the...

Given the entire top 4 are playing pretty underwhelming football right now, is there anyone you see as being capable of "flicking the switch"? Or should we be bracing for a 2016 repeat in your eyes? I agree we're playing horrible football right now, but who is? At the end of the day, when the...

The positive in all of this is that while we aren't playing great footy, neither is anyone in the top 4. If you look at the teams in good form recently, it's those that are throwing everything at teams to claw their way into a 5th-8th spot. These teams are a genuine threat to take good form...

While we weren't playing overly convincing footy prior to the Port game, once we got over that hurdle I feel like most of our players (and potentially coaches) took the foot off the gas mentally and are trying to cruise to finals knowing we've all but locked up top spot. Problem with this is we...

Been scratching my head over this since the mega trade dropped yesterday. JHF pick 1, 17 games in 2022, dropped twice Henry pick 17, 15 games in 2022, dropped twice. Both players shown glimpses of star potential but nothing to suggest either will fully reach it, both been dropped multiple...

Make it 2 picks then. Surely they're expecting something back for 7 and a player they've previously deemed worthy of an $800k contract.

Maybe we could use our 1st, Dees 1st and, Cats 1st to go after Fiorini, Bowes & 7.

Absolute must that we play hard ball here. For him to nominate, they've clearly assured him that they would be able to get a deal done. There is absolutely zero reason for us to bend over and give up a promising young player to a premier after 2 seasons without a fight

If we can find a way to turn Henry into pick 7 I'd be ok with that.

It's a massively flawed system when a team that's just won the flag is able to take 2x 1st round picks off clubs in their first 2 years. Time for a change in the draftee contracts

A lot of panic about Frampton possibly costing us a 3rd and Hill a 2nd. If we are a genuine chance at bringing in the 5 players linked to us, plus our own 1st, plus the possible 1st/2nd for Grundy, there's a likelihood we wouldn't use those picks in the draft anyway. I'm not fussed with late...

Wouldn't mind us defending the air inside defensive 50 this half

The shitfighting on this page re: McStay is incredible. Until Graeme Wright steers us in the wrong direction, I'm inclined to trust he knows what's best for the team far beyond anyone on this forum does. McStay wants to play for the black and white, give the big fella a chance

**** you Geelong

I wanted to respond when i wasnt so filthy. 2 hours later, im still filthy. I feel we deserved that win more than the Cats, and my biggest pet peeve with the Cats is how many "get out of jail" cards they seem to have. Funny concept considering our recent run of luck. Anyway. Deep breath...

Just couldn't get anything going today. Sydney's pressure and defence is absolutely elite, and was sustained from start to finish. In weeks gone by, when we've put the foot down we've been able to break teams. We couldn't do that today. Credit to the Swannies, they were my pre-season...