With our injury list at a minimum we need to be rotating the kids through. Keeler, Hotton, Allison, McLennan, Heath - should each get a block of 3 games over the next 10. Collard and Hastie 2 games over the next 10 Pou a block in the VFL, potentially Wilson pending form. There's a few in your list ...

Battle is arguably one of our most important players without question. Can't see him going anywhere, in fact I'm sure of it.

Devilhead wrote: ↑Tue 21 May 2024 8:34pm Think they see Owens like a Hamill or Stringer or Stevie J type ... that bullocking dynamic x-factor goal kicking half forward who can pinch hit in the middle every now and again

It stands out like dogs bulls aye!

Ross - as he does - has pigeonholed Owens It's become more obvious with each game Mitch plays that not only is he not a full time midfielder, sorry I meant "Midfield Bull", that he also looks like he could be that 3rd tall forward we've been desperately looking for. My guess is he's being...

SS Bulletin #1 - Midfield Talent Spotting Credibility It is advised posters refrain from over using the word "Bull" to describe a young player who you believe is capable of playing a midfield role. This is even if you believe said midfielder looks like an "actual" Bull as this wi...

Devilhead wrote: ↑Tue 21 May 2024 6:33pm When is Part III coming out?

Sequels can be very hit-and-miss especially if the original is one of the all time classics.

A worthwhile initiative, we need to play less under a roof and be more balanced in terms of our experience and resilience when not playing under a roof, which is every ground in the AFL except for Docklands.

Is this one way of looking at this issue: Yes Ross is not perfect, the questions marks are: 1. Can he rebuild, (record at Freo will haunt him possibly until proven otherwise); 2. is his management style too autocratic and anchored to old methodologies. These 2 question marks in a nutshell seem to su...

.the other guy who creates energy and enthusiasm is Caminiti. He has to stay in the team Has in spades what our forward line needs as much as anything else. I'm over that goal celebration by King of waiving his index finger like the Queen waved at crowds but showing less emotion than the Queen wass...

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Clarko said the win was more important than Harely Reid.

I know hindsight is a marvellous thing but I wonder how important that win feels now.

..Sharman should be played deep forward and left there for four or five games surely that opportunity has been given in spades, he's just not up to AFL standard. A handful of times at best, until he had been moved up the ground to play in other positions in most matches. Yeah I'm not sure that's ex...

spert wrote: ↑Mon 20 May 2024 10:48am
..Sharman should be played deep forward and left there for four or five games

surely that opportunity has been given in spades, he's just not up to AFL standard.

Mmmm...this to me is a classic chicken or egg delima. Yes in the breadbasket would have been easier to mark But that was a dropped regulation catch at the elite level by a highly skilled player. Hill stuffed that up for mine. Hill should have grabbed that mark easily, it was a good kick to him in t...

Will get better when we get more firepower inside support .... see Crouch & Clark ..... also with Higgins back he can move to a that wing- half forward connector role we say him play against the Pies .... cutting thru the center on the outside One disappointing play on the weekend was just befo...

Have gone back and watched the replay… Kick really wasn’t that bad. Whilst I stand by my earlier post RE kick out pecking order… that one is entirely on Hill. Kick could have been better sure but it was very markable and wouldn’t constitute a Clanger. Unforced error by Hill and his opponent did get...

B.M wrote: ↑Sun 19 May 2024 10:20pm In case I’m wrong

I’m not 100% on it

4 years but I think he'll need longer to build a list capable of challenging, we can't take short cuts this time.

Does Allison get a game ahead of Sharman on that effort? I think both players will be cut at seasons end unless of coarse Allison keeps delivering consistently from this point but I'd say the coaches have seen enough of Sharman to know he's not going to make it at AFL level. I think we'll see Hayes...

B.M wrote: ↑Sun 19 May 2024 10:16pm Wasn’t it a 4 year deal for Ross

Why are you asking a question you know the answer to?

It's a rarity for me to be on the same page as my old mate Vortex, but I couldn't agree more with his succinct comments! To be fair, my views on the coach versus talent debate hasn't changed one little bit since before Richo departed, and then before Ratts departed and then I kept expressing the sa...

It's a rarity for me to be on the same page as my old mate Vortex, but I couldn't agree more with his succinct comments! To be fair, my views on the coach versus talent debate hasn't changed one little bit since before Richo departed, and then before Ratts departed and then I kept expressing the sa...

Devils Advocate again Maybe we win 2-3 more games for the year. Worst case scenario sees us finish 16th. More probable is 15th. Yes...that gets us pick 4 or pick 5...but Instead of the talk about who St Kilda might bring in, could our poor performances herald an exodus of our best players? Suppose ...

I already blame our next coach, his game plan sucks.

Mmmm...this to me is a classic chicken or egg delima.

Yes in the breadbasket would have been easier to mark

But that was a dropped regulation catch at the elite level by a highly skilled player.

Hill stuffed that up for mine.

Max competed hard is the Narrative.

So did Caminiti, and also brings energy and passion....AND kicked goals.

I'm really worried about Max long term, he his a really average player currently.