26 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Let's not "gift games" to anyone. On the other hand give him [BL16] games, but only if he deserves it.

I don’t think he would be getting gifted games considering he’s always one of the best in the vfl

11 hours ago, dees189227 said:

Seriously, who are we going to put on NAS?

Langdon got the job done against Daicos and would seem the only viable choice

20 minutes ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

I don't. Aside from 2 goals he has been disappointing both weeks. Culley they will want in the side asap and he has been able to run and participate in drills without contact. Toss up between Laurie and Kolt for last spot and if Culley not there Kolt plays.

I'm still holding my Kolt shares - for now.

Hes got to get super fit and strong, the latter because he's a power player.

And he really needto lock into a position. I'm not convinced he'll make ir as a defender, and atm he's not likely to play mid.

Meaning hia bedt shot is a half forward who gets up and down the ground, gets one or two goals a game an kick the sort of goal he did on Friday - be a spor up option neat the arc and convert from 50.

Wherever he plays

7 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

I have always noticed that when two corridor teams play each other scores are often low due to turnovers and crowding of the corridor.

Under Goodwin we remained a boundary team. It will be interesting to see if under the new coach we become a diagonal team a la Collingwood or a corridor team such as Adelaide.

Diagonal.

There seems to be a bit of a naritive that this is St Kilda's game to loose.

I don't buy it.

We were like what 40 points up at 3/4 time in our last outing against them, with a team that wasn't playing as cohesively as we look to be at the moment. If we get in that position against them again, they aren't coming back from it.

7 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

I have always noticed that when two corridor teams play each other scores are often low due to turnovers and crowding of the corridor.

Under Goodwin we remained a boundary team. It will be interesting to see if under the new coach we become a diagonal team a la Collingwood or a corridor team such as Adelaide.

Diagonal.

Give wonderboy Chandler the gig! Why not??

1 hour ago, fr_ap said:

Sharp has the tank and speed to go with Nas all day, but not the IQ. He'll get caught out. Sparrow similar minus the pace.

It probably decides the game ...I do not expect Koz to be able to get away from Windhager.

I agree with the poster who suggested we be the first to go after Nas physically. Would love it if we got totally unsociable on him!!! Windhager does it to Kozzie....

Jiath? Can he be physical?

Just now, No10 said:

Jiath? Can he be physical?

CJ doesn't strike me as a strong defensive 1-on-1 type. I would love to be proven wrong though!

3 minutes ago, OutOfTheCentre21 said:

CJ doesn't strike me as a strong defensive 1-on-1 type. I would love to be proven wrong though!

NAS is more roaming so seems a task less about defensive positioning and more about blanketing. Someone mentioned Langdon, I think for that reason. But I feel like CJ could add the physical edge.

Congrats to May on a fantastic career.

I thought Langdon played on Wanganeen-Milera last time and got a bath.

I don't think anyone played well enough in the VFL to be considered.

I think Culley has to play at least 1 VFL game before being considered.

I think Steele would know Wanganeen-Milera's game inside out. I'd consider him to do the job on Wanganeen-Milera in the middle and Turner to go on him when he goes forward.

The only change I would make to my side is Sharp to emergency and Melksham out.

Is Chandler Pickett's new Spargo?

B: Lever, Petty, Salem

HB: Jiath, Turner, Lindsay

C: Langford, Steele, Langdon

HF: Chandler, van Rooyen, K.Pickett

F: Fritsch, Miocek, L.Pickett

FOLL: Gawn, Rivers, Windsor

IC: Sparrow, Howes, Tholstrup, Laurie, McDonald

EMERG: Culley, Heath, Sharp

Edited 17 hours ago17 hr by WERRIDEE

4 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

There seems to be a bit of a naritive that this is St Kilda's game to loose.

I don't buy it.

We were like what 40 points up at 3/4 time in our last outing against them, with a team that wasn't playing as cohesively as we look to be at the moment. If we get in that position against them again, they aren't coming back from it.

They're a year older and wiser plus they've brought in some very good and experienced players. Meanwhile, out of our side from last year we'll be without 6 first-choicers: Bowey, Viney, McVee, Petracca, Oliver and May.

If we're any points up at 3/4 time we'll be doing well.

5 minutes ago, bing181 said:

They're a year older and wiser plus they've brought in some very good and experienced players. Meanwhile, out of our side from last year we'll be without 6 first-choicers: Bowey, Viney, McVee, Petracca, Oliver and May.

If we're any points up at 3/4 time we'll be doing well.

So they’re a year older and wiser but we’re not?

They’ve brought in good and experienced players but Steele, Mihocek and Jiath aren’t relevant?

And our change in coach/approach doesn’t factor either?

10 hours ago, OutOfTheCentre21 said:

CJ doesn't strike me as a strong defensive 1-on-1 type. I would love to be proven wrong though!

Jiath was cleared by the poohs and wees for exactly that reason. His game in Ballarat was terrible; repeated dropped marks, errant disposal by hand and foot and running into trouble. He has Casey written all over him and if injuries mean he gets games, we are in trouble.

10 hours ago, binman said:

Diagonal.

I think you're right. That gamestyle does require great kicking skills but it also reduces the number of turnovers that you see in corridor play.

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by Diamond_Jim

13 minutes ago, Miles from Nowhere said:

Jiath was cleared by the poohs and wees for exactly that reason. His game in Ballarat was terrible; repeated dropped marks, errant disposal by hand and foot and running into trouble. He has Casey written all over him and if injuries mean he gets games, we are in trouble.

Wow! Just a bit over the top don’t you think???

CJ is strong, fast, brave and versatile .

Yes he may have butchered 2-3 disposals but he adds greatly to the team with all his other traits

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56 minutes ago, Miles from Nowhere said:

Jiath was cleared by the poohs and wees for exactly that reason. His game in Ballarat was terrible; repeated dropped marks, errant disposal by hand and foot and running into trouble. He has Casey written all over him and if injuries mean he gets games, we are in trouble.

We are ‘in trouble’…

What do some of think is going to happen this year?

CJ is almost identical to our Sam Frost. Capable player who is on the fringes of good and skilful teams due to his errant run and dash, and is desired for bad and stagnant teams for his errant run and dash…

I am glad to watch him try to get us going this year.

My bet is that we will start well this year then get flogged by a couple teams and become inert, and I wager CJ will be one of the few who try to play footy and get us going.

17 hours ago, picket fence said:

Sharp has Pace

Not a bad shout, could actually suit him. Give him a task.

18 hours ago, picket fence said:

Sharp has Pace

It’s not enough to warrant a spot.

With Luker gone for weeks, is JVR going back into the ruck between the 12 and 20 minute marks of each quarter?

Who played on NWM before they were subbed out last round? They did the job from memory, before subs were done and then he was off to the races

On 28/02/2026 at 10:31, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

Backs  Lindsay TMac Lever

Half backs Salem Turner Howes

Centre Langford Rivers Langdon

Half forward Sparrow JVR Chandler

Forward Fritsch Mihocek L Pickett

Rucks Gawn Steele K Pickett

IC Windsor Heath Jiath Culley Laurie

Emergencies Petty Tholstrup Taylor

Good to see you have Petty as an emergency. Hope he gets little to no senior games this year... Wish we'd traded him to Adelaide when he had good currency...

On 28/02/2026 at 13:06, Fat Tony said:

Think we would be much better playing JVR as second ruck than Heath. The new rules are anti-second ruckman (and we shouldnt play a second ruck with Gawn anyway).

Think Steel, Langford, Fritsch and Culley (if he plays) give us another forward marking threat. I also want to see Melksham in the side when he is AFL match fit. The side looks ok on paper but we could do with more pace. Bowey is a loss.

Can we leave JVR to focus on being a forward. He's been under the pump for a while and hadn't been developing enough. This pre-season he hasn't been doing as much ruck craft and frankly is looking more like a dangerous forward than ever...

1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

Who played on NWM before they were subbed out last round? They did the job from memory, before subs were done and then he was off to the races

Windsor played on him last year.

He was doing such a great job. I still remember thinking why on earth would we take him off! Then moments later NAS went absolutely nuts. We lost the moment Windsor got subbed.

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by Demongirl35

5 hours ago, Miles from Nowhere said:

Jiath was cleared by the poohs and wees for exactly that reason. His game in Ballarat was terrible; repeated dropped marks, errant disposal by hand and foot and running into trouble. He has Casey written all over him and if injuries mean he gets games, we are in trouble.

I'm not sure it is that doom and gloom. I wasn't impressed with his defensive efforts on Maurice Rioli Jr, but it was a small sample size. CJ also hasn't had much time to gel with the team yet.

Fingers crossed we can make use of his assets, being speed on the rebound!