Just a good hit out for mine against a quality side. Plenty for Yze to work on, and if gives him a clear picture of where we're at. Prefer a 5 goal loss against a good side, than a 5 goal win against a poor side.
Happy to trial Balta up forward, but FFS he's an elite interceptor in the backline, and he's an 80 metre player with speed to get us out of trouble. Sure he got some kicked on him last year and has some brain farts, but let him develop there. I think Gibbo would be more comfortable as a forward.
As has been mentioned, 23-8 frees. Obviously we're use to this nonsense, but it doesn't make it any easier to cope with. You can see the despondency in the players. Work your arse off only for the umps to pay a soft free to the oppo, or miss one to us. Our players were baffled by that *smile* one, threw his head back and got the free.
Collingwood are very fortunate, good luck to them but FFS. Getting 3 elite F/Ss in one team is lucky. Lucky their parents had a boy, and not a girl like most of our ex-players. Lucky they have elite skills, unlike our F/Ss Raines, Naish, Roach etc. And then you have Pendlebury and Sidebottom still playing elite footy at their age. Imagine if we still had Cotch and Lambert still playing in 2017 form.