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2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

But the idea that someone is being 'gifted' games is that they don't deserve them.  Clearly, both of these boys deserve their spots as they have been good at senior level so far.  Rivers looks like a 10 year plus player for us, while Kozzie brings an exciting dynamic to our forward line, one we have been crying out for for a while.  They have more than justified their selection in the side, and thus are not being 'gifted' games.

And on form, right now, is Jetta better than Lockhart?  Hard to say.  I love Nev, but his form has been poor.  Lockhart probably didn't do a whole lot better on the weekend so they would cancel each other out.  

No, Bennell isn't a better option than Kozzie.  Kozzie has already proven that.  While Harley is a slick ball user, he can't run out games and doesn't do nearly the amount of defensive work that Kozzie does.

So, in my opinion, those three you mentioned are not being gifted games at all.  While Lockhart would need a better game than last week to potentially keep his spot, his pre-season form and his game against the Eagles suggests that he has earned the right to get games.  Rivers and Kozzie are, to me, already best 22 players and will be for a long time to come.

Agree to disagree. I don’t think we have picked our best 22 and fwiw of the three mentioned, Lockhart is the only one I would have dropped. Melksham and AVB are lucky to retain spots this week. But it’s just an opinion

Just now, Wiseblood said:

What 'kids' are being gifted games?

And no, Lockhart isn't in that boat.  While he made a few mistakes last weekend, his pre-season form was excellent, as was his game against the Eagles prior to the shutdown.  Even Goodwin said he was unlucky to miss the Carlton game.

What other kids are being 'gifted games'?

Kozzie is being picked on potential is he not? Rivers a bit the same? I am saying that if the 2s were up and running, these blokes would, in any other side, be earning their spots. We are playing kids as if this season is a development year. Answer me this is: Jetta better than Lockhart at the moment? Is Bennell a better option than Kozzie at present? I am not saying these blokes won’t surpass their peers before year’s end, but I am not sure they are ahead right now. 
 

goodwin has clearly shown his incompetence at the selection table this week. If I see Lockhart laughing after making a mistake this week, I’ll cancel my $450 jumper purchase 

17 minutes ago, rjay said:

I would like him to select the best 22 before he tries to stabilise it...

This all day long and twice on Sunday. Idiotic to select an inferior 22. The time for practise matches ended in February. He is gifting kids games when they aren’t up to it yet. Lockhart is in that boat. 

Is there a chance Viney elects not to go to NSW? Haven’t seen it discussed, but his wife just gave birth. Good chance he stays behind

No goals coming up again. We don’t have mids to kick goals. A midget forward line all out of from and a key forward who hasn’t fired a shot since the Carlton match last year 

22 minutes ago, Demon_spurs said:

I watched Spargo in 2018 and some of his delivery as the 2nd last person in the chain was excellent, however he's never looked fit to me, puffing and hands on knees constantly

You mustn’t have seen his first game of 2020z it was deplorable. Didn’t hit a single target: he is a putrid footballer. He also tries to lead at the football and doesn’t realise he is 4ft 7 and can’t take an overhead mark. He can ship right off.

2 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

But we could have gone to Qld or SA

Isn't it strange that the three lowest drawing teams go to the State with the lowest permitted crowds.

Sunday afternoon games aplenty for us I'm sure... we are a sponsor's dreamchild

Mate, get the tinfoil hat off. It has nothing to do with crowds and everything to do with who plays who. This is one of the most absurd posts I’ve read on here and that says something

Goodwin will be gone by rd10 when we are 1-9. He is a moron. It’s plain and simple. TMac has been given 26 rounds to work on his game. VIney keeps falling over at every contest and continually blazes away inside 50, but he is all good. Get stuffed simple Simon...

They got a priority pick on top of all the other talent on their list and added a decent coach. 

22 minutes ago, TheKozzieExperience said:

Maximum of 2 changes please, we cant be making 5 changes a week and expect to win games.

In -     Bennell,  LJ

Out  -   Melksham,   Hibberd

Move Fritsch up into Melkshams role, have LJ and T Mac as forward 50 targets.

Why Hibberd? He was quite good. 

Based on the report from Egan, Jones was dominant and right now I think we could use his leadership and experience. Vanders needs more time. If he only managed 60% game time, then he isn’t at full fitness. We cannot carry him again this week.

Bennell played as a forward. There is no reason he can’t play 80% game time as a forward pocket. He is that dangerous. I’d have him in. 
 

All key forwards sounded ineffective. As much as I’d love one of the three in to exploit the Tigers small defence, Goodwin won’t be convinced. 

I have not seen it mentioned here at all, but is there any merit in trying Tomlinson as a forward and pushing Salem to the wing? Or even Hunt? Tomlinson has good size. I know some here have knocked him this week, but actually thought he was pretty good. 

Just now, waynewussell said:

Bennell 4 goals... Brown 2 goals

Source ? 

To not drop Lockhart after his giggle session after he critically cost the side at crucial stages would send the wrong message completely. If a player thinks that cocking up that badly is a joke, he does NOT deserve a spot in the side. He should have learnt from the first error and Not repeated it and not still found it funny. A coach like Clarkson would have torn him an absolute new one. Goody probably gave him a cuddle and whispered a few sweet nothings in his ear. 

Wears a half half jumper

30 minutes ago, gs77 said:

Just watched the Goodwin post-match press conference. We was asked about the possibility of another tall (e.g. Wied or Brown) up forward and he was adamant the current mix was to be persevered with. Hard to fathom based on today's performance.

If that is the case, he can go before next week. Watch Alir Alir have a field day picking us off next week. 

Lockhart out for being caught holding the ball three times and laughing about it with his opponent. He can get stuffed with that attitude. 

8 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Goodwin in his presser:

"we couldn't get the ball off them"

"Next time we play a team that wants to hold on to possession we'll be better prepared"

Seriously, If I was Goodwin I would resign in shame - if not after that game, then after comments like the above.

It's the stock standard way to beat melbourne. We all know it, the rest of the league know it but our genius coach hasn't yet worked it out.

Holy cow. Anyone that was wavering about Goodwin's ability to coach look no further than the two lines above.

 

If tht is what he said, the board should sack him now and install Allan Richardson as coach on the current pay rate he is on. If he isn’t prepared to do it, find some u9s coach, coz the donkey at the wheel has NFI and they couldn’t be any worse. It’s abysmal to sit here and read those comments. The same happened against Eagles. Does this bloke actually review games? Or does he have his head so far up his ar$3 that he just backs his genius game plan to the hills? I’m sick of it. Has not bought in to the club, it’s members and fans. Truly disconnected. Pizz off

Lockhart is a stinker. Cocky pure stinker. 

Goodwin has to go. He is giving the side no hope playing this ‘brand’ of football. Our best football looks great, but he is actively playing guys out of form. It’s pathetic. The club needs to have some balls and dismiss him before he does a neeld on the entire list

If Lockhart wants to have a laugh with his mate after that shocking effort, he can ****mmm right off

Putrid. Unskilled crapy 

No forwards. No win. Pathetic selections 

Putrid selection . Putrid putrid putrid: this is a blight on the club. Setting us up for failure 

There it is. Three inside fifties with no forward target and they have one and some skinny lanky tall marks. Goodwin get stuffed