2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Pretty sure we have a "No D***head Policy"

I call (mild) B.S.

We have one S.May on our list who is a repeat offender.

Exceptions made considering the talent at hand.

Got robbed of at least one clear on grab mark on the weekend that would have been paid to: Hawkins, King, McKay, Naughton etc.

23 hours ago, chook fowler said:

Hands like trampolines - the ball just bounces out of them. Seems to lack upper body strength. He’s not exploiting his reach the way he was last year. This is in contrast to TMac - I think they are much better in tandem 

The injury to Tmac has alot to do with this, he is getting double, triple teamed at every contest.

The coaching staff would be also reiterating to bring the ball to ground at all cost which to be fair he is doing and the smalls have been going to work in the last couple of weeks.

I know he hasn't been brilliant in the way of Marks and goals but is providing a reference point for our smalls to crumb and go to work.

57 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

The injury to Tmac has alot to do with this, he is getting double, triple teamed at every contest.

The coaching staff would be also reiterating to bring the ball to ground at all cost which to be fair he is doing and the smalls have been going to work in the last couple of weeks.

I know he hasn't been brilliant in the way of Marks and goals but is providing a reference point for our smalls to crumb and go to work.

If that is the case, we use him as a decoy and have teams guessing what we are doing. Onfield leadership need to identify this as it may change within the game.

i.e. if he is getting double or triple teamed, lead to the fat-side /  open of the ground and then have Fritta and/or Brown / Weid run to the ball carrier leaving the other in the goal square. This is forward craft and will always have opposition defense guessing which equals free kicks or aerial domination.

We saw some improvement against Adelaide in shorter / better kicks rather than kicking it in deep without thinking. Some of this was also a result of quicker ball movement, meaning opposition had less time to flood back.  

1 hour ago, faultydet said:

I'm comparing his efforts to those of Weideman who cannot crash a pack to save himself.

Yes, I am serious.

You are talking of the Pedo of today!!!! Ffs.

Be real. Sam will contribute and play a team role to get us over the line. 

1 hour ago, faultydet said:

I call (mild) B.S.

We have one S.May on our list who is a repeat offender.

Exceptions made considering the talent at hand.

I think there are quite large differences between someone like May and someone like De Goey or Tex Walker. I don't think they are in the same category.

But yes May can clearly be a DH

The "No DH" policy also means that we didn't draft and have foregone any chance to trade for Dan Houston,  Dyson Heppell, Daniel Howe, Dougal Howard and Dan Hanneberry.

I remember when we failed to take Jack Darling all those years back because he was rumoured to be a bit rough around the edges and took Lucas Cook instead still haunts me. Sometimes you have to rely on your coaching fraternity to sort those behaviour issues out but then again we may have lacked that finesse at the time!!

What we are all talking about is our forwards not getting a fair go, come on stop beating around the bush and say it. We have to hold it longer  Be more viciously attacked around the neck, not dispute, unlike every other forward in the comp, and get away with it, and lastly don't think you get tripped when you know you have or arm chopped when you have as well..

2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

I remember when we failed to take Jack Darling all those years back because he was rumoured to be a bit rough around the edges and took Lucas Cook instead still haunts me. Sometimes you have to rely on your coaching fraternity to sort those behaviour issues out but then again we may have lacked that finesse at the time!!

Yeah, Bails and Neeldy would have had him on the straight and narrow in no time.

4 hours ago, DeeZone said:

I remember when we failed to take Jack Darling all those years back because he was rumoured to be a bit rough around the edges and took Lucas Cook instead still haunts me. Sometimes you have to rely on your coaching fraternity to sort those behaviour issues out but then again we may have lacked that finesse at the time!!

Every other club passed on JD too.  He went at pick 26 and would have been a disaster at the Dees.

Garry Lyon was spot on tonight, having Brown in his sights for soft efforts in the Good, Bad and Ugly segment. Brown is a passenger at the moment. 

7 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

Garry Lyon was spot on tonight, having Brown in his sights for soft efforts in the Good, Bad and Ugly segment. Brown is a passenger at the moment. 

Maybe Fat Tony but every time he goes for the pill he has 2 or 3 oppo players on him. Rarely gets out marked so therefore he is bringing ball to the ground. This is where the likes of Picket etc. need to be. I know BB is 7 foot 20 and needs to impose more but let's wait and see if this happens leading to finals. Still have a little bit of faith in him.

DISLIKES - BEN BROWN

Ben Brown has been targeted inside 50m one-on-one 45 times this season. He has taken one mark from those battles — a junk-time grab on Marcus Adams (Lions) late in the fourth quarter. He has been out-marked eight times. The Demons don’t trust Sam Weideman or Mitch Brown and so it’s a mighty concern for Melbourne as the absence of Tom McDonald — the swingman they attempted to offload in 2020 — aches. On Thursday night the Dees took six marks inside 50m, their equal fewest this season, and the disconnection is also disarming Kozzie Pickett and Charlie Spargo while Bayley Fritsch has been accused of being goal hungry. Contrast Brown’s numbers to Geelong goliath Tom Hawkins, who gobbles 38 per cent of his one-on-ones. The next best in the AFL is Darcy Cameron (Collingwood), who marks 25 per cent of his one-on-ones.