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Surely there is something there with Riley-  ok taps aren’t worth everything, but jeez that’s a lot of them,  if we can teach him to use the better, surely he could be a weapon.  A decent amount of touches as well.  There must be something there

Quote from: Lods – on June 21, 2026, 06:45:25 am

Maybe give him one more week, but it's probably time for Ison to have a week or two back in the VFL.
Just as a developmental thing.
He's struggled a bit the last few weeks.
Let him go back and get a bit of confidence and a few possessions.

Weiters in, Ison out?

Cottrell selection is a bit hard to understand.

This game is set for 16:15 in Sydney on Saturday afternoon.
The Giants lost to the 'Aints, which means they will be desperate not to fall off the pack.

Please bombers were screwed over. We would be filthy the other way around which is often usually the case.

Farewell to a truly amazing and inspirational Australian who made a difference on the world stage through his work in pathology and oncology. A remarkable human being who at 59 years of age had so much more to give to science and cancer treatment.
RIP Professor Scolyer, your work is done but that of your colleagues is not.

Quote from: Milhanna13 – on June 07, 2026, 11:09:40 pm

Really think jack ison is going to be what Moir should have been.  Same skill level, but just harder and wants it more.  Doing the little things well, which Moir hasn’t done

Moir doesnt appreciate the natural talent he has, the skills are easy for him but there is more to the game than just having great skills and having to concentrate for 4 quarters and not be carefree seems too hard for him.

Win's a win but that was hard to watch given how we have played the previous 3 weeks.

Quote from: laj – on June 07, 2026, 05:01:24 pm

It's a game we should win comfortably but for some reason I feel edgy. Think i'm just mentally scarred after all these years.

I too are not comfortable at all about tonight's game, complacency may bring us undone. 

Quote from: LP – on June 05, 2026, 07:47:34 pm

If you have to, it's a good time to do a mid-season restoration.

But I'm a bit worried about Weiters, since Voss departed he's looked a little indifferent, and the rumours never quite go away!

Disagree LP. I thought he was really solid last week, even smiled broadly after the win.
Seems engaged to me.

Quote from: LP – on June 03, 2026, 09:42:17 pm

Watching the replay McGovern was almost playing the decoy lead-up game, he made lead after lead that was ignored or the opportunity was missed through hesitation. At least twice he was inside F50 tens of metres clear of his opponent and we held the footy too long to hit him up as an open target,

Now fans who ball watch will say he didn't touch it all night, but in reality he was doing a lot of hard work that was either sacrificial or not being honoured.

The other thing I noticed, between Gov and Hayward they seemed to be waxing about who would draw the opponents, several of Haywards marks are one on one contests because Gov drew the opponents out of the F50 and Hayward benefits.

I don't think that Gov was a decoy.  He took five marks and, of our forwards, only Hayward took more.  His kicking for goal has been excellent this season but he had an off night.  He also wasn't as effective as he has been when the ball hit the ground and didn't get the handball receives.  An average performance in comparison to his other games but he was still a threat and demanded defensive attention.  His running patterns, and his scoring potential, made it difficult for his opponents to drop off and provide help defence ... and you could probably say the same for all of our forwards.

I'm a bit late to comment on the game - everything has been covered in depth - but there's one thing that I don't think has been raised previously; Jack Ison's two goal assist handpasses to Young and Hayward were like lightning.  Quick thinking, great decisions and elite execution!

Quote from: LP – on June 01, 2026, 06:48:57 pm

I'd rather not underestimate CheatsFC, they are most likely playing possum just to stick it to us.

My personal preference is that if I see them playing dead on the road is to line them up on the right front and accelerate!

Our older heads should be using this game to put the CheatsFC kids into a submissive and subservient mindset for the next decade, like so many teams have done to us before. Hurt them so much, they can't see any hope against us!

Whoever (teams) hasn't realised you have to play 4 qtrs at high level week after week, will get beaten by anyone. The penny seems to have dropped with our blokes, they have a taste of winning and it seems they like it. Flirt with form and odds at your peril.