So who is brave enough....

[Dancin' Douggy]

Re: So who is brave enough....

Bombers will smash us. Stringer will play a blinder. Will complete the worst 4 weeks in football I can remember whilst being in strict home quarantine.

[comrade]

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Bombers will smash us. Stringer will play a blinder. Will complete the worst 4 weeks in football I can remember whilst being in strict home quarantine.

And paying for a membership for the pleasure on top of it all!

[The Underdog]

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And paying for a membership for the pleasure on top of it all!

I mean, you don’t have to do that if you don’t want to.

[comrade]

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I mean, you don’t have to do that if you don’t want to.

Um, I know but thanks for the heads up.

[AshMac]

Re: So who is brave enough....

That throw against Young with just over a minute to go sure looked like a handball on the replay.

Their weight of numbers proved too much in the end - went for a walk after the Rohan winner in Geelong (wow hasn’t THAT come back to bite us) how will I process this?

At least my son’s stopped crying now

I’m not one to focus on umpiring or free kick count - but far out did it feel lopsided last night.

The number of holding the ball decisions paid only one way. The absolute disregard for frees paid in our F50.

It’s not the reason we lost - but it was absurd at times and the young throw is a perfect example

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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Of course we CAN beat them. The team that we’ve seen for most of this season would swat the dons away. But the team we’ve seen to end this season won’t beat them. And that’s the team we’ll see next week. There’s no turning around what we’ve all seen the last 3 weeks. We’re a broken side.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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I’m not one to focus on umpiring or free kick count - but far out did it feel lopsided last night.

The number of holding the ball decisions paid only one way. The absolute disregard for frees paid in our F50.

It’s not the reason we lost - but it was absurd at times and the young throw is a perfect example

Completely agree. There are times I know I’m just sooking about the umps. But last night felt very, very suspicious. Young handballed it. No doubt. But then they overturned Boaks goal which I thought couldn’t be overturned. So who knows.

[Flamethrower]

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I saw some better signs last night that weren't there against Essendon or Hawthorn.

Whether we play GWS, Essendon or Fremantle, we should win if we bring that effort and just tidy up a few issues around stoppage and structure that are easily fixed.

[1eyedog]

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Nah we won't beat Essendon we're not a top 8 side at the moment we are way too far off the pace, we're throwing darts on selection night and I fear our coaching staff have lost the players. We must be receiving AFL hand outs to lose.

[Boots]

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Completely agree. There are times I know I’m just sooking about the umps. But last night felt very, very suspicious. Young handballed it. No doubt. But then they overturned Boaks goal which I thought couldn’t be overturned. So who knows.

I've long since given up on ascribing any real collective intent to the umps. A single ump might have a through-line of things they give away and things they ignore, but collectively they're a mess. And it's not really their fault, either - it's the game itself. The game needs one ump per 4 players on the field and isn't built in two dimensions (forward-back left-right) like rugby. The rules benefit players who pirouette, change direction and swarm in strange, unpredictable ways, all of which block line of sight even if you're standing still, let alone running at full speed to avoid crashing into players. The umps have no real chance of seeing anything consistently.

And no, I don't think we'll beat Essendon. Our boys are so, so tired and flat. They need a break. Even if we do win, it'll be like Collingwood last year, smashing West Coast in week one only to capitulate to the Cats in week 2. We're spent.

[EasternWest]

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We'll beat Essendon.

Get on my back gang I am leading us to the promised land.

[hujsh]

Re: So who is brave enough....

Get on my back gang I am leading us to the promised land.

It's him! The Chosen One...

[Bornadog]

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Nah we won't beat Essendon we're not a top 8 side at the moment we are way too far off the pace, we're throwing darts on selection night and I fear our coaching staff have lost the players. We must be receiving AFL hand outs to lose.

The old reverse psychology worked.