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7 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Great, and I recall saying right off the bat that it's your opinion and I respect that.  I did not 'howl you down'.  I thought it was a good, back and forth discussion.  If that's your definition of being 'howled down' then I'd hate to see how you feel during a proper argument.

Kozzie aint the problem.  Neither are Rivers or Lockhart.  I'd be dropping Melksham, Hunt and AVB before I look at dropping Kozzie.  He at least puts some pressure on.  Those three did little of that yesterday.

Agree with you on all points and have made the same suggestions. Disagree on Lockhart. While he didnt have the mistake riddled game of the week before, he had no obvious matchup and added little yesterday, but then again, maybe it was the coaching again. I’ve seen him play forward and they could have been toyed with yesterday. As it stands today though, Kozzie is an elite kid which has yet to translate to AFL level performance. Goodwin in his presser of last week when explaining Bennell said he had things to work on in his game and when the Rd 2 side was selected, Pickett and AVB weren’t available for selection. So he has inferred that those two are ahead of Bennell, which is complete bulldust.

43 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Howled down? Hardly. I thought we had a good discussion about that, and I showed plenty of respect for your position. No need to act like a petulant child. 

You said he was up to AFL standard and ready to go and took umbrage at the suggestion he was ‘gifted’ games based on potential. Yesterday was another example of him not having any influence or output. It’s not his fault. He is a kid. You asked me who I’d have ahead of him. I am saying Bennell right now is ahead of him by a fair way, even at 50% game time. He doesn’t have the great positioning right night and with Hunt being equally out of his depth as a forward pocket, we are not playing our best 22. That was the point I made. 

It can’t hurt. Swing TMac back, add May forward and Brown/Weed to CHF. All seems fairly simple. Add Omac in place of Smith

Friday afternoon I saw Clayton Oliver riding a bike in the pouring rain through camberwell. Made me think he isn’t very smart 

1 minute ago, CYB said:

I’m in your camp trout. I thought it was injuries too but the game has moved on and we were caught with our pants down over investing in contested players and recruiting for our back line. Given we have no real draft picks, we need to look long and hard to trade back into relevance.

There will be some hard names to trade, but we have to get some existing kicking talent < 25 years into our team otherwise we will waste the next 5 years of this team. We have to secure the next Neale or Mitchell type trade if there is even one - Josh Kelly maybe?.. What do we need to give up? One Or two of Brayshaw, Harmes, Viney or Salem I’m afraid. they might not get you a first rounder to trade but you may get 2 picks under 20 for two of em.

What would a Jack Martin have done in this team ??? 

The player you describe sounds a lot like that guy Harley Bennell. If only we had him

Our midfield looked better once Harmes went in there in the last 1/4. For mine, he is the only classy mid with a big of genuine pace. 

52 minutes ago, Half forward flank said:

I do not disagree.   Kozzie being thrown to the wolves.  Time for a rest.

Yep. Goodwin is using the season as a pre season type situation. Currently Kozzy is being played on potential and not output

21 minutes ago, olisik said:

Guarantee not every player left behind is injured, so are they meant to just sit on there hands with no prospect of playing due to someone’s misso taking there seat? I would be livid.

Port Adelaide did the same thing and were leading the comp until this weekend. You are reading too much into it 

How much would I need to raise via GoFundMe to pay out Goodwin’s contract ? 

1 hour ago, loges said:

Re Kozzie, will be a star as you say but you need not to look dangerous you actually need to be dangerous. It will come but it's not there yet.

Yep and I was howled down by @Wiseblood this week for saying as much. He is a kid who needs development for his confidence at this level. Bennell is a better option right now. 

5 minutes ago, loges said:

Re Kozzie, will be a star as you say but you need not to look dangerous you actually need to be dangerous. It will come but it's not there yet.

Yep and I was howled down by @Wiseblood this week for saying as much. He is a kid who needs development for his confidence at this level. Bennell is a better option right now. 

Guys on the chopping block:

Smith 

Tomlinson 

Lockhart 

Melksham

Hunt

and Oliver.

We need to play Harmes in the middle, as evidenced in the last quarter. 
 

We must add a KPF next week. I am not sure Kozzie is ready. He will be a star and the chase down tackle was his highlight. He has not hit the scoreboard enough. 
 

we lack scoring power and I’d try Bennell as a forward, at the expense of hunt or Melksham 

Clayton you [censored]

What was going on with Kozzie and Hunt. One of them needed to take the ball. No communication 

Smith pathetic and Tomlinson idiotic 

1 minute ago, Rusty Nails said:

Viney is done as a Mid.  Sorry but he rarely, if ever, connects with a forward coming inside 50.  Too many dumb bomb turnovers.

I agree and been highly critical, but he wins it out of the middle and then has no tall to go to

Tomlinson another terrible switch kick

Get Smith out of the backline. When is the move going to be made. Any moves? Any at all? I hate Goodwin. May kicks out to 3 or one

Completely lost Melbourne. Got no idea what we are doing. Kicking to hunt as a key forward

No changes 

Just now, The Swimming Dee said:

I just don’t understand it. That handball makes no sense at all

Agree completely. Flat footed and manned up. No space. Useless

The Fritsch forward experiment is done. Get smith up there

Fritsch another VFL standard player

This is about to get ugly 

Martin throws it. Play on