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We are a dispirited bunch.

The Battle of Bell St.
Does Bell St. need battling over? I've never thought so, but.... 
The game is set for the Queen's Birthday Monday at Coburg (Piranha Park, no less) at 2:00 PM.

I wonder if they know that a Brazilian Prostitute is known as a Piranha?

Forget Adam Goodes' war dance
I've just discovered the greatest dancer of all time has recently passed away.

RIP Gene Gene.

[flash=400,400]https://www.youtube.com/v/xuJHKVQ2kLA[/flash]

(featuring Chuck Barris the greatest TV show host (and CIA assassin) of all time)

My in to frequent post about certain points in the game which cause me frustration is back.

This first post in this series is Andrew Walker. Now he has played forward with some success and OK down back, but to often his kicks out of defence put us in more trouble than good.

We are crying our for tall running Midfielders, why have we not tried that again?

Anyway one perfect example of this is in the Third Quarter. (AFL Match Replay, Harry Cunningham Behind if you want to see the footage.)





Here we have a Kick out and set up pretty well - we have left plenty of space on the wing, with two waves of players making there way to that side. Sydney have defended OK, but we have Andrew Walker in close as the get out option.



Walker gets the kick, Yarran and Thomas move towards the line to provide an option, and create space behind them, with the next wave ready to fill that space and provide an option or create a contest (they are trailing there men, which is a sign of workrate). Guess where Walker Kicks it?? He runs onto his non preferred side and kicks it smack bang into the middle of the Swans players (the Target).



I have seperated where the corridor probably starts. I don't mind kicks comiung back through there, but the have to be short, sharp and hit targets. Walker kicks a wobbler on his non preferred, with players having to now change directions.



Result: Easy pickings for the Swans and a simple mark to Buddy. he moves it on into the space for Cunningham who luckily misses from in front. notice we have half the side (9 players) in one area, so we worked to that side all to be undone by a very poor decision and even poorer kick.

Walker tends to not kick into the corridor or the boundary, hedges his bets and kicks indiscriminately to a very dangerous area. He does this time and time again. Time to play him as a midfielder or back as a high half forward when he regains full fitness.

It's probably a symptom of the times but we seem to be getting a fair bit of personal abuse on the forum at present.

No doubt some of the topics are things people feel strongly about and as such can cause an emotional response.

We would just ask that members keep the posts as the target rather than the poster.

While labeling folk with derogatory nicknames is one aspect....this also extends to telling posters to"feck off" and using acronyms like GAGF and EAD.

On Saturday at 1:40 we play Eddie Betts and Sauce Jacobs at the MCG. Last week we noticed a considerable improvement in our effort. It will be interesting to see how we go against a team not quite as well performed as Sydney was.

Patty has now played two games where he looks like a champion in the making.

St Kilda and Sydney.

Both have had Judd not in the side. I took note this week at Patty and when the ball goes up, he is on he move, where last week he played a stationary game.

Should Juddy retire now and allow Cripps to be the number 1 extractor?

There were some signs of improvement again: we actually had more tackles tonight than in any previous 2 games, but the result was the same. However, we did play against a much better team tonight than we did last week. So, it is time to rewards the guys who did their bit.

Remember:
[1] At least 3 players need to get a mention.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player.
[3] Give a rating of team performance. It can be anywhere from A+ to F. Please don't leave this blank. Our guys do not deserve the default setting (B).
[4] Votes must add up to 15.

Well, it is over and we lost. But it was not the shocker that it could have been.
We still have a LONG way to go before we will be truly competitive.

Start of a new era.
Hopefully the start of the journey upwards.
Go Blues

We're paying $17.00 win
Have a shilling on it

LATE CHANGES

Sydney Swans: Heath Grundy (quad) replaced in selected side by Brandon Jack
Carlton: Nil

FINAL INTERCHANGES

Sydney Swans: Tom Mitchell, Harry Cunningham, Jeremy Laidler

Substitute: Brandon Jack 
Carlton: Sam Docherty, Jason Tutt, Nick Graham
Substitute: Dylan Buckley