mo64

Billings is 28. Wilson and White were in their early 20's and Moore had a better career at the Pies.

I strongly disagree with this. He's 28 and coming off 2 poor years, so where's his massive upside come from? We've recently brought in the likes of Dunstan, Hunter, Grundy and Schache from other clubs, and none of them improved in our supposed "elite environment". At best he's a depth player that could challenge Hunter and Langdon, but I'd prefer Woey and Howes to be given that opportunity.

108 goals from 155 games is NOT close to a goal a game average, lol.

That's what I meant by not being successful. Hunter was ok this year but didn't really make us better. Schache. Enough said. If Billings was 23, I'd be all in, but at 28 seems like his best is past him. And since we got McAdam, I don't think he addresses a need.

The post says "early days". Really? Do they want a time extension to get a trade done. Lamb's last day specials haven't exactly been a success. Billings is no different to Grundy and Hunter. Coming off a poor season, and is probably going to be cheap as chips for a reason. I'd rather have some of our kids pushing for selection than Billings. Or we may as well kept Harmes.

Manson family?

Melbs? WTF. 🤮

Where's @Nudge. Been awfully quiet. Would have thought his source would have come up with something concrete by now, seeing as though there is no reason to protect his source. Still waiting for the big fish as promised.

These stats are telling. The players who generally score from set shots have an excellent conversion rate. I haven't seen the stats across all teams, but it seems like our conversion rate against the better teams is poor. If that's the case, then it comes down to our scoring attempts in broken play. We rarely kick to the "hot spot" in broken play, instead we kick to the flank. Naturally this will lead to a lower conversion rate. So it boils down to the gameplan rather than just the players.

Yes we have enough of those types at the club in Kossie and Spargo.

It's my opinion that we don't take advantage of our midfield and defensive dominance during big games. Our transition out of defense was non existent during the finals. But that's a discussion for another thread.

We've lost Jordan but gained McAdams. 😁

I'm still bullish about our list, but you've ignored our coaching. We've lost 4 finals in a row over the last 2 seasons, and we can't keep making excuses. In 2022 the players were burnt out, and this year we were hit by injuries to our forwards. Those excuses don't cut it. Oh that's right, it's all due to loading, lol. Despite the top end talent in our team, our gamestyle is risk averse, and we have to grind out wins against the better teams. You can never question the effort of our players, but I just feel that due to Goody's gameplan, there is rarely any scoreboard reward for our efforts against better teams. Until I see some evidence of a gameplan tweak by Goody, I'll be a pessimist of our premiership chances.

No. Is on big money and really hasn't done anything for a while.

I hear his nickname is "Slow As".

If Lamb and Taylor don't rate Henry, then they didn't watch any Dockers games this year. He had a better season than both Langdon and Hunter, and adds outside run that we need.

As a forward, he's well ahead of ANB, Sparrow, Spargo, Chandler, and Smith. Mcadam has X factor that our forward line needs.

I can't see the point of taking either McLean or Hately. All being well, we have a core midfield of Trac, Viney, Oliver, Brayshaw and Sparrow. Kozzie, ANB and Hunter can also be used as inside mids if necessary. Tim Lamb said in that recent interview that we are happy with our youth coming through, so I take that to mean that Laurie, Woey, Howes and AMW will be given opportunities. Plus hopefully we draft a couple of mids with our early selections. If Dunstan couldn't get a game when we were hit by injuries, I can't see the club pursuing McLean or Hately.

Great deal for North, but can't see other clubs agreeing to it. WCE aren't guaranteed getting Curtin and we don't get Reid.

I'd love to have a wager on that. North are clearly in the box seat. Our F1 could be 14-18. North's have far greater draft capital, and Eagles are guaranteed of getting Curtin with pick 2 or 3.

I honestly think that North are playing games at the moment. WCE probably requested pick 2 or 3 plus another 1st rounder and a future 1st. North countered with 4 middling picks which wouldn't net the Eagles Curtin. The Eagles seem set on Curtin, whilst wanting to leverage the no.1 pick. The only club that can guarantee that result is North. I reckon it ends up being Pick 2 + 2 late 1st round picks.

Curtin plays at Casey all year whilst Reid wins the Eagles BnF. They'd be asking for Curtin + 2 top 5 picks for Reid.

My source in Perth said that West Coast see Reid as a flight risk, so they will definitely be trading pick 1. And I still think that he's going to North with either pick 2 or 3 plus add-ons.

I gather that some people don't watch Eagles games. Darling is cooked, but let's pay him $800k for 2 years, and trade JVR.

JVR isn't KPF depth. He was essentially our no.1 KPF this year in his 1st season of AFL, and had to take on ruck duties later in the year. Naturally he tired, and his performance suffered. As for the astute appraisal, what are the main avenues to goal for the likes of Lynch, Hawkins, King brothers. Larkey, Mitch Lewis, Marshall? I don't see them as goal poachers. And how does our forward structure look if Ben King doesn't become available next year?