Tall poppy syndrome is a bad trait that many Australians possess, and it's rife in the media.
Classic example here. We're the reigning premiers so this becomes a massive story. Any other club and it's nothing.
I seriously doubt Petty will play. Give him 2 weeks off with the bye, and he should hopefully be ready to come back for Brisbane. We'll need him with all of the Lions talls now back in the side.
Bring May in and give Tomlinson another run at it.
2019 Richmond lost in Round 11, 12 and 13. Bad losses too, 37 points, 67 points and 33 points. They never lost again and won the GF by 89 points.
I'm not saying that'll be us, and I'm not saying everything will be fine, but even the best teams cop losses and lose form.
If you go by Brownlow votes, his first half. 20 votes up to round 11, then 11 votes in the remaining 11 rounds. Although the second half of the season also had more losses... it's easier to in the AFLCA than the Brownlow to still poll when you lose.
If we stay clean the next few weeks, we could go into the bye with only 2 players on the injury list, one of them being a first-year player.
Good place to be for the run home.
Roy Morgan releases a yearly 'supporter ladder'. It's robust - huge sample size and weighted to be reflective of Australians 14+.
We're consistently in the bottom five clubs for number of supporters. That will always make it tough to be come a truly "big club". But in our favour is membership...
Even better than the bloke calling with him is a made Dees supporter!
On St Kilda, 2009 they really could've won. They were 7.7 at half time, only one of them was rushed. Geelong were 7.1.
I remember the conditions, it was FREEZING and had been raining most of the day. If the Saints were 10.4...
Has anyone read Gawny's book? It's a light read and full of stories I've heard before, but it's still enjoyable. I like the way the chapters go through each game of the 2021 season, and the chapters also look specificaly at almost every player on the list.
I'm about to read the last chapter...
It's what Topkent said. I'm critical because we have a team who could - perhaps should - win another flag. I want to see that flag with my own eyes at the MCG, and I don't want anything within our control to get in the way.
Poor kicking in a PF or GF scares the s**t out of me.
It probably cost...
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