Autopsy And we are into another Granny! comprehensive 36 point win over Port.

[Ticky009]

 

[The King!]

So a hamstring strain is just a niggle, ok.

There's some things you can work around to get through a game, others you can't.

Mild strain

 

[caesar88]

Have you been on the turps lol , late posting today

Ahh you know me well.

 

[Bloods86]

Mild strain

Still not something you generally come back from so quickly.

Anyway I haven't ruled him out, but he needs to be thoroughly tested, like try and do everything to redo it. No trying to manage it into the game.

 

[The King!]

Still not something you generally come back from so quickly.

Anyway I haven't ruled him out, but he needs to be thoroughly tested, like try and do everything to redo it. No trying to manage it into the game.

Agree with that,

But yeah if he is sprinting laps then it must be a pretty mild strain is all

 

[Kirkswan]

Mills missed one game and you mention continuity but one game ago Campbell was our best sub in ages. I am not sure if by it's that crazy .

Also not sure we have drop Roberts

anyway like you say they will make the right call,
we have options

True... probably it was just that we are really coming back into form, and not the specific players...

Thank god I'm not on the selection committee... we'd be completely buggared!

 

[the hypnotoad]

I might be overly optimistic but I reckon if we can snag this Grand Final we'll win the next three premierships. Just need to overcome our mental demons. We're clearly the best team in the comp and on the verge of entering our prime. Stars are beginning to align.

i agree, i don't think that's an outrageous call at all ... keep this core group together, sort out a ruck to replace grundy (whenever), and bring on a few of our young seconds players ... in fact, we're contenders for as long as heeney, warner, gulden and rowbottom are together ...
but yeah, let's get this one on the shelf first

 

[The King!]

True... probably it was just that we are really coming back into form, and not the specific players...

Thank god I'm not on the selection committee... we'd be completely buggared!

Me too!!

 

[Kirkswan]

If its a choice between Mills & Roberts then I'm going with Roberts. One player is fit, the other is lacking match fitness & has a dodgy hammy.

Tbh, I'm not worried about the dodgy hammy... I reckon they'll make the right call on that; my issue is the lack of continuity.

Having said that, Mills has heaps more experience and leadership than Roberts...

I have no idea who what they will do, and probably should stick to spectatoring!

 

[Kirkswan]

People who don't want Mills in wanted Jmac dropped

That is not true at all!

I totally agree, it was a massive gamble... but I completely understand why...

If he's fit and is just rusty, then the only way to get him up to speed is to play him. Can't play him in the VFL, we didn't make them and they're not hard or fast enough at that level. Can't bring him on as sub, cause you want the sub to make an impact. so you play him and sub him, giving him as much time as you dare... all the while knowing that you have a loss up your sleeve...

In my view, yes it was a gamble... but it was the right call

 

[bloodsbigot]

Gotta agree. That Standing O was really something else. Sadly, looking at the replay, I'm not sure the TV coverage captured it at all.

We do our thing as supporters on game day. We cheer, and vent and carry on, each making our own contribution to the community goals and aspirations. Lifting players, correcting umpires, trying to put opponents off their game. Then, on the siren, we unite to sing our community song.

To rise as one and applaud, while the game is still in progress, can only be seen, not as the celebration of a moment or an individual, but as a salute to the team that actually represents our community.

Maybe I'm getting old and soppy but I felt quite emotional about it all.

It was definitely the highlight of the night for me watching from home. The crowd rising up as one in the last minute after Heeney gave a little fist pump on the big screen.

Ps. I got emotional too. Teared up a little.

 

[the hypnotoad]

I’m not sure Amartey is getting the love he deserves. That was a sensational game by him. Tackling and chasing hard, breaking packs, clunking marks, kicking goals. I reckon he might pull a Tom Hawkins and really announce himself on GF day.

The part of his game I liked the most is that the big moments didn’t get to him. When the game was in the balance, he converted his set shots with confidence.

he played with a bit of authority, even a bit of swagger... and lived up to it ... the consistent tackling and pressure have been one of the big improvements in amartey

 

[Kbroome]

Think the marking inside 50 and especially just the talls and medium tall forwards was a massive game breaker

 

[the hypnotoad]

I'm hungover

oh for goodness sake! how did that happen!?

 

[ShireSwan]

Do we play Mills as the sub?

It's not like Mills has been lighting it up for months...he's had one good game for the year.
Talk of him being selected is reidiculous.

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Mids went ok I reckon.

They went ok in junk time. They were soundly beaten in the first half.
First use of the footy remains the team's achilles heel.

I have big reservations on our KPFs bailiing them out against the much better defenses of Brissy or Geelong. The Port defense we faced last night probably the weakest in prelim in recent history.

We simply won't win unless we address the clearances issue in a big way IMO. That might involve Adams in for Campbell.

 

[the hypnotoad]

Mclean contested marking was superb last night. We need him to clunk those marks, especially when it's a long kick out of defence. It helps wrestle back momentum.

yeah, mclean back to his best, really great hands, but also the fact he was taking marks under pressure in important situations ... and back as that strong linking mark on the wings, the way he was early in the season
he's another one who's coming back into form at the very best time

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Oops, my information was not so good then. Serves me right for believing a follow BF poster and not doing my own research. There's a lesson for all the kids out there

75% of what you read on the internet is outright lies. - Abraham Lincoln.

 

[bloodsbigot]

i agree, i don't think that's an outrageous call at all ... keep this core group together, sort out a ruck to replace grundy (whenever), and bring on a few of our young seconds players ... in fact, we're contenders for as long as heeney, warner, gulden and rowbottom are together ...
but yeah, let's get this one on the shelf first

 

[the hypnotoad]

He'll be good to go Punts.
Grab yourself a few beers & nibbles, sit back & watch the Cats & Lions smash each other for a few hours knowing that we are already in the big one.
That's what I'm doing.
I'll take a sip everytime one of them get bruised.

yeah, i'm really looking forward to this game, and my own selection of refreshments ...

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Gotta agree. That Standing O was really something else. Sadly, looking at the replay, I'm not sure the TV coverage captured it at all.

We do our thing as supporters on game day. We cheer, and vent and carry on, each making our own contribution to the community goals and aspirations. Lifting players, correcting umpires, trying to put opponents off their game. Then, on the siren, we unite to sing our community song.

To rise as one and applaud, while the game is still in progress, can only be seen, not as the celebration of a moment or an individual, but as a salute to the team that actually represents our community.

Maybe I'm getting old and soppy but I felt quite emotional about it all.

Beautiful.

 

[GoulburnSwan]

Anything better than 2014 or 2022 please... please!

I’m thinking that umpire no 9 will officiating on GF day like he did on 2012, 2016 & 22 (not sure if he was on in 2014)

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Gotta agree. That Standing O was really something else. Sadly, looking at the replay, I'm not sure the TV coverage captured it at all.

We do our thing as supporters on game day. We cheer, and vent and carry on, each making our own contribution to the community goals and aspirations. Lifting players, correcting umpires, trying to put opponents off their game. Then, on the siren, we unite to sing our community song.

To rise as one and applaud, while the game is still in progress, can only be seen, not as the celebration of a moment or an individual, but as a salute to the team that actually represents our community.

Maybe I'm getting old and soppy but I felt quite emotional about it all.

PS and I love that the crowd “corrects” the umpires.

 

[bloodsbigot]

I guess the theory that having an extra week off disadvantaged us was a crock of shit by the way. If anything Port looked knackered by the end.
I wonder how much of an advantage the extra day off will give us this time around?

 

[ShireSwan]

Still not something you generally come back from so quickly.

Anyway I haven't ruled him out, but he needs to be thoroughly tested, like try and do everything to redo it. No trying to manage it into the game.

Media all said it was a 21 day injury and there were 17 days till the GF.
It's not like we've needed him all year and are desperate to include him. He's been out and played one decent game, and one good one since back. Given the last GF it would be idiocy to risk it IMO.

 

[ShireSwan]

I guess the theory that having an extra week off disadvantaged us was a crock of shit by the way. If anything Port looked knackered by the end.
I wonder how much of an advantage the extra day off will give us this time around?

The extra day, and the last quarter off ought to be big if today's game goes down to the wire.

 

[The King!]

Media all said it was a 21 day injury and there were 17 days till the GF.
It's not like we've needed him all year and are desperate to include him. He's been out and played one decent game, and one good one since back. Given the last GF it would be idiocy to risk it IMO.

Not all injuries are the same, Reid had an adductor . Mills seemed precautionary. Think you are underrating what Mills has done when playing this year . Anyway like people keep saying tough calls to be made