B.M wrote: ↑Sun 14 Apr 2024 8:30pm Easy position to rack up numbers

Across HB

And you don’t need a huge tank to sit behind the footy and let it come to you

You don’t see Battle and Wilkie racking up those sorts of numbers though do you.

Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Sun 14 Apr 2024 9:30pm

bigcarl wrote: ↑Sun 14 Apr 2024 7:46pm Multiple routes to goal.

What a novel idea

It’s amazing how often clubs become over reliant on one man as the main target. Makes you predictable and easy to counter. It needs constant vigilance.

What's happened to the presumption of innocence?? In recent times state DPPs have come under severe criticism from judges for prosecuting alleged male perpetrators of sexual crimes against women only for these to be thrown out of court for lack of evidence. In some European countries the media are ...

B.M wrote: ↑Sun 14 Apr 2024 3:31pm He needs a reset

His brother is playing far better - in a better system

I think he needs out of the goal square

Play Caminiti deep and get Max out and moving around what used to called CHF. Gives the forward line a more dangerous looks. Multiple routes to goal.

Arie doesn’t have the tank or speed for a wing. He’s playing good footy but plays the role of Battle or Wilkie, two of our better and more durable players. Unless he replaces Sharman, in that forward/ back hybrid (nothing) role I don’t see it. I would love to see him get a run and bang a couple of ...

From inside sources - P hillipou has asked for more time in the midfield to learn the craft. Considerably hard position to learn. Which is probably why some of his games need to be at Sandy where he can play as a mid all game. He came to us a year early, so in some ways one should think of this as ...

About halfway through this. https://twitter.com/footyonnine/status/1777983825529757844?s=46&t=H9mqi6jezy4nQ-R0fglBvA Seems you were right about his house being rocked Curly. And I didn’t realise his wife has terminal cancer. He must feel the whole world is caving in on him. Hope he is ok.

Bne player's gesture to Mel's Petty? A case of bullying to be answered, notwithstanding size difference? Mental health priorities and all. Perhaps the AFL's social justice line is drawn a bit above that sort of banter. It was ugly, nasty and poor sportsmanship. No one likes a bad winner. I don’t th...

Where do you draw the line, though? Who decides what is a spur of the moment brainfade like Finlayson’s or a genuine attempt to stir up hatred against, in this case, gays. I think it is a slippery slope. Scotland has had thousands of complaints in the first week of the new law, many I suspect to se...

Where do you draw the line, though? Who decides what is a spur of the moment brainfade like Finlayson’s or a genuine attempt to stir up hatred against, in this case, gays. I think it is a slippery slope. Scotland has had thousands of complaints in the first week of the new law, many I suspect to se...

Where do you draw the line, though? Who decides what is a spur of the moment brainfade like Finlayson’s or a genuine attempt to stir up hatred against, in this case, gays. I think it is a slippery slope. Scotland has had thousands of complaints in the first week of the new law, many I suspect to set...

Smashing someone’s head to the ground, cool. Old time rubbish politically incorrect slur, 3 weeks. I would suggest the if the recipient of the slur, was in fact, er, um, genuinely linked to the slur, then one to two weeks. Call me a civil libertarian. I’m much more concerned about what people do th...

Fix the midfield. A good midfield can make an average forward line look fantastic. That’s got to be the priority. The other thing is, do we have anyone with natural goal-sense up forward? Don’t think we have a Milne or Gehrig … someone who just knows where they are instinctively. Higgins, for examp...

Glad we got Max over Ben. He has seniority and is the alpha, not to mention his mum’s favourite

cwrcyn wrote: ↑Tue 09 Apr 2024 9:29am He's fumbling below his knees at the moment and snatching at the ball. I'm confident he'll turn it around.

Timing was a bit off, I think. It will come

Owens was definitely up the ground more in the 2nd half yesterday and we were using Hammer as 2nd ruck Also saw a bit more run and movement from Pou with a bit more kicking than usual Well I wouldn’t be surprised if Phillipou becomes an A-grade or better midfielder, but I reckon it’s a couple of ye...

So we lack star quality in the midfield and I have been hoping Owens and Windhager can become our version of Dangerfield and Selwood or our Petracca-Oliver or Dusty-Cotchin. Maybe that is a little ambitious, but it’s ok to dream .., I saw the match only on TV and was wondering if anyone at the groun...

Yes I accept they are a fact of life, but we do seem to get whacked with the injury stick more than others. Even at full strength, our midfield lacks that star quality other clubs seems to have. Good, solid players yes, but there’s no Bontempelli or Petracca or Cripps … not yet at least. I would say...

skeptic wrote: ↑Fri 05 Apr 2024 6:08pm I’m a not thrilled by this.

By this logic… one would think that either Caminati or Coops would be sub for the sake of balance.

Let's hope one of them gets the nod as second ruck instead of Michito, who we need as a ground mid at clearances in the absence of Crouch, Windy, etc

Need to ensure we are not smashed at clearances like last week, which is difficult without players such as Crouch, Windhager, Dow, Clark - all injured or suspended. People say poor conversion was the culprit last week and, sure, it played a role … but Essendon finished all over us. Ideally Owens is ...

2nd coming of Carey was tongue in cheek - we do overrate him though. Imo he would be a weapon as an inside mid - as he was as a junior I’d have Steele - Crouch Windhager - Dow Owens - Phillipou Ad inside mids So we’re down a few clearance midfielders. Crouch, Dow, Windy all injured or suspended thi...

So who is 2nd ruck if Owens isn’t? We don’t have one Marshall needs more of a chop out - he was too tired at the end and it really cost us I don’t think Ross is going to play Campbell unless as first ruck if Marshall falls over. He’d say not mobile enough and you don’t get enough out of him in othe...

Look at who’s won Browlows - the ‘money men’ Cripps Neale Wines Martin Dangerfield Bull mids - of which he should be one!!! Yes, I wonder why the reluctance. Here’s a few possibilities: He doesn’t have the tank. He’s too valuable forward. We need him to be second ruck. I could cop the first one if ...

9-1 centre clearances against in the second half. Needs something

Needs to play on ball. Not a good enough kick to be a forward

And there's this:

Essendon went on to win the clearance count 23-10, including 9-1 centre clearances, in the second half.