Who are we barracking for tonight?

[estibador]

Tonight's dumbarseness from Geelong shows how valuable a player like Mzungu is. If they had a tireless runner like that constantly providing an outlet for his teammates they wouldn't have needed to go the hail mary to a stagnant bunch over and over again.

(Yes I'm watching our final again and feeling the love)

 

[Lach72]

I reckon there's a slide coming for Geelong. Podsiadly, Hunt, Chapman and Corey are finished, Hawkins back is stuffed and the ruck division is shit.
Christiansen and Stokes are over rated.

If Pods plays next year, Scott needs a punch in the face.

 

[samFFC]

Anyone heard more about Roughead? ABC Radio was saying he might be in trouble for an incident behind the ball?

 

[Freomaniac]

Didnt matter who won tonight. The result of the Grand final would of been the Same. Freo will win.

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

Anyone heard more about Roughead? ABC Radio was saying he might be in trouble for an incident behind the ball?

Nope, he is fine, was a nothing incident.

 

[estibador]

Anyone heard more about Roughead? ABC Radio was saying he might be in trouble for an incident behind the ball?

Looked ok from the grainy footage they showed.

Looked like one of those where you would need high def slow mo to show the millimetre of contact to the jaw if the guy was going to be in any trouble.

In any case the AFL wouldn't let a player miss a GF for that. You know how flexible their 'rules' are.

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

Whitecross is a huge loss for the Hawkers though, plus I suspect Buddy and Puopolololololololo won't be 100% next week.

 

[estibador]

Puopolo surely hasn't been 100% since the 2nd game of his career.

You can only play like an eagle for so long without sustaining brain damage.

 

[clogged]

I reckon there's a slide coming for Geelong. Podsiadly, Hunt, Chapman and Corey are finished, Hawkins back is stuffed and the ruck division is shit.
Christiansen and Stokes are over rated.

If Pods plays next year, Scott needs a punch in the face.

Hawks too, way too reliant on a bunch of old blokes like Mitchell to get it done.

 

[caterina]

Whitecross is a huge loss for the Hawkers though, plus I suspect Buddy and Puopolololololololo won't be 100% next week.

I don't really think they lose much replacing Whitecross with Savage. I agree there will be a few sore hawks boys though.

 

[samFFC]

Looked ok from the grainy footage they showed.

Looked like one of those where you would need high def slow mo to show the millimetre of contact to the jaw if the guy was going to be in any trouble.

In any case the AFL wouldn't let a player miss a GF for that. You know how flexible their 'rules' are.

Nope, he is fine, was a nothing incident.

Damn! Oh well!

 

[Wigarus]

I reckon there's a slide coming for Geelong. Podsiadly, Hunt, Chapman and Corey are finished, Hawkins back is stuffed and the ruck division is shit.
Christiansen and Stokes are over rated.

If Pods plays next year, Scott needs a punch in the face.

Dawson Simpson looked pretty good and I think Blicavs is a good find. Plus Hawkins is still young.

I don't think their young mids will be as much chop without as many stars around them though.

 

[estibador]

Plus Hawkins is still young.

Young and chocked with puppy fat. Is there an AFL player with higher bodyfat levels than him? No wonder he's so bloody slow.

He has shoulceps (that's a cankles derivative I just invented), certainly wouldn't fit our <8% or GTFO policy.

 

[clogged]

Blicavs has no physical presence. And it's not a matter of size, it's a matter of attitude.

Geelong have deep problems.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

hmmm ... so is it now the the scarlett curse ?!?

 

[caterina]

Blicavs has no physical presence. And it's not a matter of size, it's a matter of attitude.

Geelong have deep problems.

You get the feeling they won't cope that well with being on the slide, when they start losing games over the next 1-2 years to young teams on the up like Gold Coast they will implode.
Having said that, they have been pretty astounding this year, I thought they'd struggle to make the 8 after losing to us in the 2012 EF.

 

[dymot]

You get the feeling they won't cope that well with being on the slide, when they start losing games over the next 1-2 years to young teams on the up like Gold Coast they will implode.
Having said that, they have been pretty astounding this year, I thought they'd struggle to make the 8 after losing to us in the 2012 EF.

Hey not wanting to invade but have afew points to make on your post but firstly hope you win this week and again next Saturday will be supporting you through the remainder.

As for the club think there are some signs of potential/possible problems with the list but think there are alot of factors to take into account you missesd/might not see or know about.

1. Dawson is our ruck choice but injured made him useless unfortunately. So with Blicavs think the number one struggle for him will always be not his fitness but his strength. Very hard for steeplechaseras like him who are really thin like weeds to put on at his age also coosidering his height it makes it even harder. Think ruck will be fine as Vardy is yung still and Dawson is only 24.

2. There is the choice/concern by asome to feel and say we are going to blow up but think the side will gain fresh meat as soon as next year as there have been a number of guys not selected in senior side this year who have high potentiaal and elite aBILITY in the vfl.

3. There is the view we will lose games but think that will be while the list regenerates and builds experience onto the new guys. Could take as much as 5 years but think it will be worth it.

 

[estibador]

You get the feeling they won't cope that well with being on the slide, when they start losing games over the next 1-2 years to young teams on the up like Gold Coast they will implode.

Look for a lot of suspensions to their senior players over the next season or two. They're already an entitled bunch who get aggressive when things don't go their way.

 

[dymot]

Look for a lot of suspensions to their senior players over the next season or two. They're already an entitled bunch who get aggressive when things don't go their way.

There will be retirements of some this year and a few will be getting forced out slowly either wilfully or by stealth. Pod, Hunt and Corey are three near certainties while Chap is here or htere.

 

[estibador]

There will be retirements of some this year and a few will be getting forced out slowly either wilfully or by stealth. Pod, Hunt and Corey are three near certainties while Chap is here or htere.

What happened to Hunt's eyes out of curiosity? Was that from last week or some off-field thing?

It's pretty unusual to see two black eyes like that unless someone has badly broken their nose.

 

[dymot]

What happened to Hunt's eyes out of curiosity? Was that from last week or some off-field thing?

It's pretty unusual to see two black eyes like that unless someone has badly broken their nose.

Hunt got a knock pretty sure but who knows what he has been up to lol he's that sort of guy who goes hard in everything.

 

[caterina]

Look for a lot of suspensions to their senior players over the next season or two. They're already an entitled bunch who get aggressive when things don't go their way.

Yep, I feel the same way. I guess they would say at least their senior players still have some passion, unlike Collingwood's this year that just turned into sooks when things didn't go their way.

 

[caterina]

Hey not wanting to invade but have afew points to make on your post but firstly hope you win this week and again next Saturday will be supporting you through the remainder.

As for the club think there are some signs of potential/possible problems with the list but think there are alot of factors to take into account you missesd/might not see or know about.

1. Dawson is our ruck choice but injured made him useless unfortunately. So with Blicavs think the number one struggle for him will always be not his fitness but his strength. Very hard for steeplechaseras like him who are really thin like weeds to put on at his age also coosidering his height it makes it even harder. Think ruck will be fine as Vardy is yung still and Dawson is only 24.

2. There is the choice/concern by asome to feel and say we are going to blow up but think the side will gain fresh meat as soon as next year as there have been a number of guys not selected in senior side this year who have high potentiaal and elite aBILITY in the vfl.

3. There is the view we will lose games but think that will be while the list regenerates and builds experience onto the new guys. Could take as much as 5 years but think it will be worth it.

How's Mitch Brown going, hardly got a game with you this year yet at the end of last year seems like you had to fight reasonably hard to keep him as he was making noises about moving on. Is he in the best 25 for you next year?

 

[dymot]

How's Mitch Brown going, hardly got a game with you this year yet at the end of last year seems like you had to fight reasonably hard to keep him as he was making noises about moving on. Is he in the best 25 for you next year?

There are guys like him who will move up next year. Was amazn in state level this year and has really pshed for being chosen in the ones. Think while it is amazing the club thinks it can and has done it in playing the older guys predominately welll and winnin enough gams they need to blood these guys for the future and in order to retain their top talen outside the team atm to compete.

 

[awaremind]

Undecided. I think we suit playing Geelong but I can't stand them. It'd be nice to win a flag as well with beating all other top 4 teams so Hawks.

Just hope for a hard slog with maybe a hammy ping or two to the guns ; )

Fully agree! glad they won, sick of beating Geelong!