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Did we let them back in just so that we could practise the art of killing seconds - sharpening up for a whole series of close finishes again this year.

Second half was a disgrace, do we have any forward system at all? After Hardwick kicked his second, did not anyone think that pehaps he needed some attention?

20 rounds to go. Only need 13-14 wins to qualify. I'm disappointed at what I've seen so far but I'm not cutting my wrists just yet. A loss next week, which is likely, will eat up almost half of allowable losses. I'm at a loss to define where the synergy has gone - not clean handling the ball...

Why are the AFL employing blind umpires? A disgrace tonight.

Our skills, understanding and flair are stuck somewhere in the off season. Looks clumsy and ineffectual in attack tonight. Be nice to kick to a forwards advantage.

32 points last, 33 points tonight. Not the start I was hoping for but we don't need to panic. In McInnes, Frampton, time & space.

Both GWS and Sydney consistently hit targets, Collingwood - not so much.

Feel bad for Dean, two years is a long time to wait just to find out you're not good enough.

A couple of weeks ago Tim Watson remarked that we looked sharp. Trouble was we were training against ourselves.

Who played well in the VFL today?

The Swans forwards are getting excellent service. our forwards are starving to death. Would be nice to have some inside kicks to advantage. I'm concerned that Charlie Dean might not live up to his hype. Much happier with Cox this week. Hoping that we can get some systematic entry into the front...

Well a really inauspicious start. GWS were sharp around goals, we were poor. They gave us little opportunity to run and carry and under pressure our skill execution was down. Tough night for Dean as a starter, quite a few players will delete this game from their archive of memories. Hoping...

Round 1 - looks like this could end quite badly. We're clearly short of a run and GWS are sharp as there are many players who are down. Defence is a shambles and the forwards have been wasteful. Schultz is industrious hoping his skills come out soon.

All he needs to do is show that he's a better option than those already in the team.

What's this again stuff - Daicos has always been great.

Kick back tomorrow and celebrate a memorable year. Trust that the new year will be equally providential.

I don't recall the 58 and 60 Grand Finals but I've bled through all the others. 64, 66,70, 77&77, 79, 80, 81, 90, 02, 03, 10&10, 18 and now 23. This week I was oddly, anxiety free. It always felt right despite any Lions score I knew we'd dash, bash and crash the ball forward and score when we...

Well, that was way harder than it should have been. Suspension would have been a travesty with far reaching effects on the game.

Ok, McStay can stay. Lapinski off Ginnivan on please.

McStay off Ginnivan on please.

Teams that have been smashed the week before playing Collingwood tend to rally, striving to regain some credibility to wash away the embarrassment. I expect a better Essendon but not a winning one.

Precisely my point. Yet there's been talk about having a "good selection problem" where players were performing at VFL level and "knocking down the door" to be selected. It's not a case of having someone come in and "play that role". The rhetoric glosses over the fact that we can't just pull...

The injuries we've had is highlighting our lack of real depth. We just cannot cover the likes of Daicos, Moore and DeGoe. Howe looks very much at the croos roads and is a shadow of himself in the forward line. Sure we can bring in a kid like Ryan which surprised me when it was announced. Now he...

I've been waiting, breathing deeply and seeking my calm place. Now that I'm there I can gaze into the pool of reflection. What I see is an expanse of disappointment. I enjoyed all the early wins but all season I've not been able to shake a sneaking feeling of mediocrity. It has been there all...

Melbourne too good today. Our forwards never looked likely which is indicative of less drive out of the middle. A week off is welcome.

A good deal sanctimonious commentary in the media by former footballers who would have us believed that they never bumped a player. My initial reaction was that it wasn't too bad but I can see that when you slow the action down the ball had gone and some contact with the head occurred. In real...

Sp many good players but if you haven't got Carmen and Greening in then you've missed out on something special.

I'm not sure what the media don't understand about being a football supporter. Do they expect a polite round of applause and a "well done No. 23". Franklin has been a very successful player and will rank highly in the years to come. At that time people will not 'Boo' him. They might occasionally...

So many wasted entries.

Some remedial education/posterior percussion required at umpires school this week. They were miserable.