KingDingAling

Port should be 8-9 goals up

1 minute ago, Clint Bizkit said:

JVR forever running under the ball.

But he has a dip. 

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

If this isn’t the most pathetic midfield game you’ve seen us play in 3 years I want to know what is

Look, I think it’s expected. We need a midfield coach.

Petracca needed to start in the middle. Oliver is being blanketed and their better mids running rampant.

2 hours ago, John Crow Batty said:

Freo Big Footy lamenting something Amiss.

 

Thing is I don't think JVR would've been a reach at pick 10. All the recruiters must've been on drugs or some s**t for him to slide to 19.

We’re gonna regret not picking JVR up Freo supporter, right under our noses this ******* club.

 

we are ******s not picking up this kid

 

Amiss is a jet. Thoroughly impressed by that young lad. I hope he’s a target for us. Can play mid as well. Will be a top 5 player in that draft. I do understand the frustration of Freo supporters in respect to JVR, as he is a young KPF, looks to be exactly what Freo needed. Now their capped out with Jackson who is essentially Grundy to us - surplus to needs, but they used picks too.

22 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I would 1000% be into getting him on the cheap. Very talented with lots of upside. 

At this point, Petty is probably the better - and safer - option. And he’s on our list. No guarantees with the ACL, will take a couple years to come good regardless, teams will be into MG and still pay overs. Not worth it for us. We have Brown and Tmac still contracted next year.

Richmond are ordinary and were massively aided by one sided umpiring. That aside, it’s hard to see us beating the well coached sides this year. I do think we’ve had the best list in the league the past few years, but that alone isn’t enough. Sides like Collingwood, who are well coached, daring and agile, will always have our number. We are a one trick pony, we lack the versatility to switch it up. We made hard work of a faded veteran tonight. Wasting our window. Thank Christ we got Freos picks as they are deadset hopeless.

Good to see wiser heads somewhere in the coaches box prevail and shift Gus in the middle. Correlated with goals. 

Most important signing in a long time. Young kid appears to have it all. Opposition sides would be going a million plus a year. So good on him if he does stick with us.

3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Can't say I have a great deal in trust with Harmes when the opportunity presents itself. 

He's form has been pretty poor since he was dropped and relegated to sub duties last year. Can be sloppy with his ball use and his continued don't argues which results him getting pinged doesn't seem to have clicked inside him that they don't work. 

Did what he did at VFL level as expected but like @JimmyGadson mentioned, one game shouldnt justify an immediate AFL selection. Laurie deserves his opportunity far greater then Harmes.

 

When up and running Harmes is an impact player for us. We needed him at his best last week. We need him at his best going forward. Suspect it’s why he’s been relegated. He either displays his class in the VFL and comes back in and has an impact, or he stays in the VFL. I’m glad he shown his class. Our midfield needs him badly. Harmes up and running is our 3rd best mid.

Would like to see some hungry VFL players get a turn. 

Oliver and Petracca need to lift. 

6 hours ago, BDA said:

We all know whats going to happen to the Suns list. King will move, Lucosius will go back to the Crows or Port. Noah anderson will be rescued by a Victorian club (would be great if we could nab him cos he's a gun). They are just a feeder club at this stage.  And i feel for players like Miller and swallow who've wasted their career battling away at this pointless club. Pull the pin already. 

I do tend to agree about GC being a feeder club. I’d hope we could land Anderson, but sadly I doubt we’d have the cap space. Pickett offers better polish, and defensive pressure and that isn’t a disservice to Anderson as he is tracking to be AA.

Freo won’t make finals. It’s more than dropping a couple games, they just haven’t moved the ball with flow, and struggle going inside 50. A problem that is compounded by not having great forwards if they do go inside 50 well. Many of their goals yesterday came from either opportune moments from goal sneaks or umpire frees. 

Freo have no forward line.

13 hours ago, Brownie said:

I'm really enjoying watching our women's team. Not only in the way they play but the culture they seem to have created. 
Not only do they seem really tight together but they also seem to really be enjoying their football and being part of our club.

Back on the field for the start of the third quarter, only 2 points up in a qualifying final and they're in a huddle and having a huge laugh together!
Two minutes later, they're back into it in a ferocious manner and smashing the reigning premiers.

It made me reflect on what seems to be a different culture between the men and the women.
Would the blokes get away with having a laugh on the field like that?
Would the media make a big storm out of it?
I know the blokes are under much more scrutiny, but footy must be a grind at times and this team seems to be really enjoying what they do. This must help build a team first culture.
Is there a couple of leaves that could be taken out of the women's team book by the men's team?

Mick Stinear and his team seem to have done a great job at building culture and even adjusting game plans from last seasons grand final defeat to how they play now. It's all happened very quickly and even the changes made throughout games seem to be quick and effective (probably a slightly different tangent here I guess or maybe not).
Taylor Harris has stated a number of times along the lines of "I'm just happy to be on the field and do what's asked of me as best I can".

It's going to be a shame to lose someone like Daisy from our club too I think. She definitely seems to be part of that bond between them all.

I reflected on the punch on in a french restaurant last year. Maybe there's an extra level of competitveness and sledging that's (generally speaking) just part of male culture?

Maybe some demonlanders closer to the teams can give some more insight.

If you're not watching the girls play yet, you really should. They're a team this club should be really proud of.

The AFL Is a serious league. Its a weakness to be seen to laugh and joke. When you’re playing for sheep stations anything less than serious is seen as a flaw. What the women do in their league is obviously very different, it’s the AFLW is merely a token league. 

Moves well. Should have a good set of mitts, as he appears well coordinated judging from the basketball videos. There is a lot to like from a small sample size of viewing. Rather agile for a big fella. Fact he has played AFL as a kid really helps going forward. 

He is a talent worthy of consideration.

3 hours ago, old55 said:

D+ is very harsh on North. JHF decided to leave and they had to make the best of a bad lot like us with Jackson. They turned JHF into pick 2.

Following that pick 1 into 3 and F1st is good dealing too if you don't want the player GWS does at 1, ie Cadman. You still get the 2 players you want and the F1st.

They got a couple of handy players from Freo for their must-trade assistance picks, which is decent going with their coaching uncertainty.

I thought North were a B-. The rating of D+ is a bit fanciful. They got rid of a problem child in JHF, and managed to get overs for him, and picked up Logue and Tucker, both of whom will be starting 22 players, and both are underrated. 

2 minutes ago, demonoid said:

Any likelihood that we trade next years 1st tied to freo (assuming we still have our first next year. I can’t keep up) and 13 to move up in this year’s draft?

I wouldn’t think so. 13 is a good position to be in this draft. And next years draft will be strong. We need to try bring a couple quality kids in. If we can land 2 out of 3 200 gamers goes a long way to securing our future. 

Well done Lamb. Held his line. I am not big on the Grundy move but for 27 is at least good value on the trade tablet.

It’s not so much do not draft WA, or even interstate draftees. But more about doing our due diligence on a personal level. It doesn’t take Einstein to see that Jackson has lived a very sheltered existence. People say that he isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, but to my eye, it just looks as though he’s never had an opportunity to grow and become independent, and have that confidence to shine.

I wouldn’t rule out every WA potential draftee on the merits of one. 

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Tim Lamb. Hold the ground. Show us you backup the words. Do not blink in this negotiation.
It’s pick 27 or nothing.  
 

We are a club known to bend in trade periods.

3 minutes ago, IRW said:

He's not the sharpest needle in the pack which probably why we didn't put up front and centre very often.

I remember Gawn telling a story that Dogga saw a pineapple and didn’t even know what it was. Sheltered kid. Wish we got more for him because he is worth far more than what we did get. But homesick kids with what I’d probably consider to be an unhealthy attachment to their mother - id rather them gone. I’m surprised she even let him play football to begin with. Basketball is a far safer sport. Then again, the eyes In WA aren’t on it. Deal done now so we move on. As a player I think Jackson was already a gun, and the potential is there to reach further heights. His inside work is up for with any midfielder, and he has an aggression rarely seen for a big man. Freo got a steal and a half. Hopefully as a club we learn our lesson a bit and put more resources in psychological assessments and the mental side of a player.

13 isn’t worth a great deal in this draft. And for the sake of next years which will most likely be around 13. I’d just let Jackson walk through the PSD, or enter the National draft. At some point teams need to set a strong precedent, especially given the increasing movement during trade period. The option should be 1. A fair deal, and 2. No deal you don’t get Jackson. I don’t really understand why football clubs don’t see the bigger picture and set stronger precedents.