In this game no there can be no defence against the charge of being soft and that's what we were tonight. the second half in particular was utterly dispicable. SOFT. I hope the players can react to this charge as it will be what they will be reading and hearing about themselves all week in the medi...

Our forward line has no parrallel in terms of its ability to do a complete 180 degrees and go from absolutely brilliant to absolutely woeful. We clearly struggle when any pressure is applied and we need to sort it out because this inconsistency of the forward line is causing us serious problems.

Well, they deserve to talk themselves up and bag them. But lets not forget how bad they were in the 1st quarter. Plenty of other teams would have steamrolled them from there and made them look pathetic. They'll be around the mark but I can't see them really challenging for anything too serious.

The first quarter shows that we do have a system or at least a potential system. Win the ball out of the centre and kick it long and either take a grab or have crumbers waiting. But a little pressure and this all goes out the window and were suddenly indirect, wide, making bad decisions, just bombin...

The fact that Lenny and Bally were our two best midfielders with 15 disposals each just sums up how dirty a night it was for our midfield. No matter how good the defensive pressure you simply need more than 15 touches from your elite midfielders.

He would have had to have been extremely putrid to be the reason we lost by 40 points. But he wasn't great and is lacking confidence which I hope to god he can find soon because otherwise we aren't going to see that much improvement. He should probably be dropped and probably shouldn't have been the...

Gram is a good player and his long kicking is normally an asset and should be an asset but he cannot simply just bomb away with virtually no regard for where's it going with all his disposals. It definately needs to be redifined because it is normally a weapon for us but it is going to cost us on th...

There isn't a game I can remember being so angry and feeling so much emotion after a game as tonights game. A complete capitulation. To have a 75 point turnaround is completely unacceptable. We were completely dominate out of the midfield and did not work hard enough and were made to look soft. Our ...

Top post. Agree with pretty much everything. Totally agree with Kosi. He needs to have a good run at the ball and not get involved in a grapple. He's inexperienced as a FF and therefore does not yet now how to use his body the way Gehrig does. Is much better running at the ball and crashing into the...

Someone had to make way for Goodard and Raph was the unlucky one. But just because he isn't playing doesn't mean all gloom for Raph. He's going to improve with every game no matter whether its with us or the Scorpions and there's a big difference between being dropped on form and dropped to make way...

Must be had for VFL coaches trying to win the match when they have to juggle the requirements of AFL players. Must be pretty hard watching your team lose with star players on the bench unable to do anything.

With Gardy getting better and better and his fitness improving he is going to be able to play more minutes per game. He played 61% on Saturday which is probably slightly more than he has been playing and he'll soon be able to play 75%. However, this meant King only played 48% of which he is capable ...

Eljay and chivers played in the reserves... both did well especially chivers. Played at CHF and presented very well up the ground. Eljay did some good things around the ground and put in quite a few 1 percenters. Round one next week for the reserves. Were they the only two to play reserves or were ...

He was really good Saturday night. His tackling has always been fantastic but it seems hes taken it to a slightly higher level this year. Still obviously, struggling with his kicking but he seems to be able to adapt to the way his body is and better able to cope and still play effectively with the w...

While our game will be interesting I can't wait to see the outcome of Melbourne versus Geelong. If Geelong play like they did today and Melbourne like they did yesterday a 200 point margin is a possibility with Geelong a chance to beat the record highest score. However, these things just never seem ...

Let's hope we get past the Bulldoys this Friday but it will be an interesting match. We'll be able to see where we are at the moment and just how good and how far Geelong is ahead of everybody else.

Good effort by Milney. If all goes well he could slot into the top 5 by season's end.

Max would have to get the job on Johnson with Fisher on Welsh where he can play with more freedom and exploit him. While Fisher is a great defensive player, he's too good a player to play on Johnson because he'd have to play tight on Johnson and we'd lose his run, especially if Max can do the job.

Well, I think most realise just how good he is. All I can say is watchout when Goose is back and firing and Sam is the third backmen. Fingers crossed, Goose can be back fit and firing because a HB line of Fisher, Maguire, Gram will be devastating.

We should be able to beat the Bulldogs and the Bombers and even if we lose to both Port and Geelong we'd be 4-2 which is a relatively good position. Today, suggests that everyone was a bit quick to jump on the Bomber's bandwagon but they'll be by no means easy to beat. We seem to have the wood over ...

He had a great game and while he wasn't as clean as he could be and made a few clangers he has to get his hands on the ball first. His worth to the team is priceless and his inside work is evidence of that. He looks life he's set for a big year and is continuing on from his real strong second half o...

Did anyone see or hear about Armo's report and what the possible results could be?

5- Lenny Hayes
4- Xavier Clarke
3- Leigh Montagna
2- Sam Fisher
1- Luke Ball

Fiora was good tonight and played his best game so far this year including the NAB Cup. Raph was alright and was neither good nor bad but will be so much better with more experience and confidence. I can't see him being fantastic this year but if he can play 15-20 games and stay relatively injury-fr...

I reckon he could be in for a big game next week. Tonight he got Thornton who is probably their best defender while next week Harris (Lake) will probably go to Gehrig because he matches up well with Frase and Hargrave to Riewodlt leaving Cameron Wight to Koschitzke. I'd bet on Koschitzke kicking a f...