KingDingAling

well and truly cooked IMO. Going on 'well done' with another couple of years to run on his contract. I'd move him into a coaching role at the end of the year.

Oliver. And I think he will win more than one Brownlow by the time he is finished.

I think there may be something wrong with Gerard Healy. Surely he knows that we only played McDonald in the ruck because Max Gawn was off.

Our wins in Adelaide over the past few years have been some of our better wins I have seen. The umps were against us both times, and we just ignored them and played hard contested football. We broke Adelaide. Geelong would have to do the same, but with Danger and Selwood not at 100% it seems unlikely.

Curnow is a real talent. He looks one of the better players of that draft. Drafting isn't exact science and you can't always get the best player. But what we do have is Weideman, and he should develop into everything we need him to be.

Vince, Melksham and Stretch have been liabilities. Hannan is going to be a serious player. Tom McDonald is a now a forward. ANB playing really well.

Technically it probably was 50m, but I think it was well umpired.

I think Scully cops a lot of hate because of his smug arrogance. No one could begrudge him for taking a pay day, but when you hear stories of him bagging out our club to youngsters like Toumpas (when he was just starting out), you start to see what kind of person Tom Scully is. He doesn't have a good character IMO. I am glad we offloaded Tom Scully anyway, he isn't much of a footballer.

I think a lot of the criticism stems from the fact AFL players are well paid. The assumption from many that money solves all the problems in the world - so these players cop a lot of projection. Then there is the tribal nature of bagging out anyone who isn't associated with your tribe. I liked to bag out Schofield's whack to Oliver - but I didn't go at Tom Bugg as hard. Why? Because he is a Demon. There is the obvious bias. But on Jack Watts, I have always been a big fan of his. I know a family member who met him many years ago, and she spoke of his humility. Whats humbled himself when many wouldn't have. It sounded different to most stories I hear of AFL players, and this was not long after he was drafted. I have always held the belief that Watts would dominate as he gets older. Tom Hawkins like in that regard.

Oscar McDonald is developing really well. We forget that he is a young defender, and he is learning his craft on the job. I think he is coming off of his best month of football. He is improving at a rate I wouldn't of anticipated. He is starting to look more balanced as the weeks go on. So much improvement still left to come. IMO you are being harsh on OMAC.

When I first watched the footage I assumed he was going to king hit multiple players. He had such clear intent and momentum, that I believed he was just going to go whack, onto the next - whack, etc. Then I heard that after he hit the first guy, that he actually tried to run away after that. Of course it is far worse than the Bugg incident. I think Fahour should definitely be doing time in jail over this. I heard he copped 2 weeks, that can't be right? Although, nothing in the minor leagues surprises me. I have seen it all in the minor leagues - from players gang bashing the oppositions best player leading into finals, to players smashing an opponents jaw to the extent that it had to be fully rewired. In the minor leagues if a player is any good, then he can expect to be king hit a few times throughout his career. That is accepted in the minor leagues. I quit those leagues many years ago. I have seen terrible things. I have never understand how people can be allowed to assault others just because they are on a football field. I never really rated football that highly, so have never really understood it. This Fahour thug should be in jail. Gil will probably give him a promotion.

.I'd bring Maynard or BenKen in. But the club will know if Maynard was ready. I thought it was a good move to bring White in this week, and he wasn't ready. He turned the ball over a lot. So it looks as though there is a big gulf between VFL and AFL, and perhaps a bigger gulf than I previously thought. Whether that gulf is quite as large for an inside midfielder - I am not sure. It may be that contested ball is a weaker area in the AFL - as opposed to the position Mitch White was playing, where if you miss a target you will be exposed.

He is a lazy footballer. I watched him in the VFL last week. Lazy decision maker. He could be in better shape as well. I hope we cut him at years end. He does have talent but he doesn't work hard enough.

Lever will sign at Adelaide. Looking forward to seeing who we draft though. Taylor is essentially putting the finishing touches on his list now. Anything he can prize out now is a bonus. He has had some time now and he has done a fantastic job IMO. We are due for a Fyfe, Cripps, Parker or Powell-Pepper. Every other side has managed to eek out a prime mover in the first couple of rounds. I hope it is our turn.

Ling never has his own opinion, and he either sides with the umpires, or the majority. Within a game of football there are plenty of opportunities to have your own opinion on things, and its hard to believe that your own opinion would always be on the side of the umps, or the majority in the box. I don't know why any sports broadcaster would waste their time on someone like that. Ling needs to go.

OP - overwhelmed by publicity.

Pfft. Not in a million years would I have Dean Kent in ahead of JKH or BenKen. Dean Kent is a lazy SOB. I believe he is very talented, but he is out of shape, and lazy. He is not only a lazy player, but a lazy decision maker. I'd be happy not to see Kent in the AFL again.

I agree. We got smashed in close tonight. We got torn up.

Intent. They both have absolute intent to get that football. They will both put their body on the line. BenKen is similar to Viney. BenKen is the most similar player to Viney that we have on our list. Does that guarantee him a game? NO. But if both Jones and Viney are out next week - then BenKen should come into the frame. Tonight we got smashed around the contests. It was embarrassing. Providing BenKen goes well at Casey I'd expect he will be in next week.

BenKen is a good replacement for Viney. The club may go with JKH just to reward performance (he has been performing well). I would probably go with BenKen. He does bring a lot of grunt. Viney out we need that grunt. We lacked it tonight. JKH could probably even come in for Dom Tyson. I thought Tyson was mediocre. Whether JKH would be better is another question. Looks poor at AFL level, but probably deserves a couple of full games in the middle to determine where he is at in our plans. I do suspect JKH will be better than Tyson, and I would play him ahead of Tyson. Why? He involves others. Tyson doesn't. Dom Tyson is slow, and he doesn't have great awareness. One of the better players in the wet we have had at our club though. Mitch White is a really poor user of the football. But I haven't seen enough of him to know if that is just a first game thing, or whether that is actually normal for him. He did show good pace though. Surprisingly he is quite quick. He may be a player, but he isn't a player right now. Based on tonight his level is Casey. I do think it was worth playing him though, but perhaps not ahead of Jack Trengove - who is a better user of the football, and could have pushed forward, allowing Hunt to roam the back line. We didn't expose Sydney's talls. Run out of the backline does that. We didn't do that, and it was evident we should have.

Its a Bugg problem. He did the wrong thing and has taken account. Primarily the club needs to do the best thing for the club. This is the best thing for the club. Bugg did the wrong thing, and he had to face the music. You can't reward Bugg for this by protecting him. We have a whole list to think of. That list doesn't need to distraction of T.Bugg. Now the spotlight is firmly on Bugg and not MFC. Well played by whoever allowed Bugg to get interviewed.

He needs to ping for the goals. Petracca is always chasing that goal. Oliver doesn't seem interested in kicking goals. He needs to be damaging forward of centre. He is still a great young player. Oliver's work in and around a contest is up there with the best I have seen, but I think he can push forward - he just isn't. Why he isn't may be something we need to get to the bottom of. Because he is capable of pushing forward and kicking goals.

He was on the bench for the first 12 minutes of the game. Oliver has been in and around the contest, but just hasn't been able to get his hands on it. We were getting absolutely smashed in and around the contests before Oliver was even on the ground. I suspect Oliver has nothing to do with why we have been ordinary. He always tries, and tonight he can hold his head high.

You called it early. Our pressure was miles off, and it was remained miles off. We shouldn't even be within 50 points of this mob.

They have a Bugg in their heads.