Game Day Round 11: Gold Coast v Essendon, Wed 12th August, 7.10pm AEST, Metricon Stadium

[HirdsTheWord]

Like bemoaning "dumb play" from Snelling, when he was well over 10 metres away?

He doesn’t do much else
Most of the time. Turns it over a lot though

 

[fairbump_playon]

Snelling though - stupid

Francis is dead out of confidence. It’s almost funny. But not.

Stewart - good on you buddy, enjoying the set shot success. Showing glimpses of what he would be like as a 2nd or 3rd tall LOL.

Can we please roll Smith and Snelling into some machine that turns them into one decent large player

 

[Blood Bomber]

So just tuned in. Should I watch the 2nd half or just get drunk?

 

[sameolds33]

There’s this stupid thinking around the rule that’s process based rather than outcome. The purpose is to stop players going in and impeding. So why not just pay 50s post facto if players actually impede

That's just so sensible it'll never be implemented

 

[DapperJong]

Guelfi and his dad can get stuffed

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Few players trying to carry the team. Too many shit campaigners, schoolboys, pencil necks and VFL players masquerading as AFL footballers.

 

[bennyg12]

Shiel's on 800k a year Greenwood 400k a year that's this s*(t clubs problem..everything we do is wrong

 

[sameolds33]

So just tuned in. Should I watch the 2nd half or just get drunk?

2nd half best watched drunk - so both, is my vote

 

[MiguelM]

Is cutler even playing?

 

[fairbump_playon]

Realistically where does our midfield ranj in the AFL. Who are we better than?

Brisbane

Ha haaaaaa

 

[JayJ20]

McGrath's disposals are disappointing. 19 disposals and had close to no impact on the game.

 

[Jesse Custer]

What excuses this week? Injuries? Umpires? "It's only pre-season"?

Another wasted year for the mighty Dons.

Learnings.

 

[Milanista28]

We look confused all the time, the players are trying but it seems they're set up to fail because our system or lack thereof falls apart

 

[Mr Bultitude]

If only I could like this more than once.

I was thinking to myself "gee I'm taking this really well" and then realised it's because I don't think I care

 

[Falcon27]

Said it last week, but our game plan that shows no respect to what the opposition do is diabolical. Opposition teams don’t have worry about our game (whatever it is), because we are too dumb, lazy and unskilled to execute anything meaningful.

 

[Jacques_]

Still think our biggest issue is our lack of transition defence, really poor.

 

[Vander18]

Feel like we are on top in the midfield and defence holding up - they have taken their chances but nobody other Rankine, at times, looks super dangerous.

We are actually marking the ball inside 50....if we can apply some pressure when we don’t and generate repeat entries then I think we will win. Right now it’s straight back out as soon as it’s hits the deck.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Realistically where does our midfield ranj in the AFL. Who are we better than?

Adelaide

 

[eth-dog]

He doesn’t do much else
Most of the time. Turns it over a lot though

Nah.

 

[Mercurial89]

There has been some improvement from them going into the 50 which is at least something.
McKenna might not be getting volume but he has forward nous. Hope he can stay there rest of the year.

McGrath at one stage went to blind hack kick and then changed his mind and made his own space, that was a welcome change.

Stewart good to get some rewards, it would have been a long 700 days or whatever it was so happy for him.

 

[andleanback]

If we think this is poor. Wait until we play the saints off a 4 day break on Sunday.

 

[MightyDon]

McKenna should be playing mid field if he wants to be up the ground, he has no idea what he’s doing when the ball is coming inside 50, he’s good when he’s running with the flow of the ball coming inside 50 or delivering it but not when the ball is coming at him

 

[bennyg12]

Is cutler even playing?

Hide and seek

 

[Pandas Dons]

How come I never see Truck addressing the group? It's always assistant coaches speaking to the boys like it's the storytime nap scene in Kindergarten Cop

Need Rutten to get a little fired up and give the boys a spray ffs

I have thought for a long time that our coaches do not appear to be angry when they should. Look at Hardwick, Clarko, Fagan, Hinkley etc - they all get angry and show the team when they should. Our coaches = its all about learnings... nothing changes.

Last coach we had that showed any anger and heart, Hirdy (forget the saga) and Sheedy - last time we were really competitive

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Beauty..scratch match for Joey in 2 weeks. We should get him cherry ripe for his debut for swans.