DubDee

Thanks for that. For many if the past 15 years we have been on the wrong side of this analysis. The 20 games we have on average is significant. People wondering where our improvement might come from, it’s the maturity of our core group

Just watch the games from last year

Commentary gold from Brayshaw so far: “bontempelli - he is a really good player” “Macrae - he is left footer” someone send him a tape of Richie Benaud or Martin Tyler

Omg hilarious free given. The AFL have kept in the below the knees nonsense. wallis on the ground taps the ball fwd, a Pies player behind him falls over Wallis. Free kick wow

Man the quarters seem so long after last year! multiple changes in momentum can happen.

Hard to say. Buckley and Hardwick survived years of no finals and poor performance and tuned it around. We have been a contested team for years, hard to turn around quickly. Guys like May and Kozzi also help

No [censored]. Just mentioning that we are trying to address the issue. They are no ready to play just yet. Hopefully we’ll see one or both in a few weeks

He’s worked on that since he was 18. Can kick 50 now, just.

No, it’s a brainer. Spargo is a young developing fwd. he took steps last year and started scoring more. He is already a very good tackler and great kick inside 50. he more than deserves a start. Bowey has no runs on the board and needs to earn a game at Casey. With 4+ senior players out we need to limit debutants

The Lost at Selection crazies are out early. Barring one or two minor changes, it is pretty much as good as we can be without Viney, Weed, brown, Hibberd, Melksham etc defence looks good but I worry about Hunt back there. His defending and concentration does not give me confidence. Perhaps he will play on the wing? i expect Swallow to play a role maybe on Ryan or someone we want to negate. chandler my guess for the sub i get Harmes is not ideal but I don’t think baker has done enough to play. Harmes is an upgrade imo. Or maybe Hunt or Tomo play there.

This is why we drafted in quality ball users in Bowey and Laurie. we have May, Lever, Rivers, Bowey, Salem down back. All good kicks Trac, Fristch, Melksham are critical to our connection from def - mid - fwd and we are a bit light on in this area. guys like Jones, Spargo, and Kozzi need to get their hands on the ball and provide good inside 50’s so overall we don’t excel in this area but we are ok and building.

McKay choked on a couple of occasions tonight. Or maybe you just see Melbourne players faults. I would much prefer to have O Mac on our list over Daw or M Brown. I reckon he has some talent up forward Weideman will come good. I really think he will be a quality forward for us

Lol. People trying to talk down his performance to make themselves feel better. he played a great half against the premiers. we played him forward maybe a few quarters. terrible list management

We’ll need a Spread of 8-9 players. fristch 3. T Mac and Kozzi 2 Trac, ANB, Spargo, Gus, Oliver, Jackson, gawn, Langdon etc kicking one as the tigers have shown you don’t need one or two players kicking 5-6 goals. It’s a team effort

Is there anything worse than a player that kicks a goal rubbing the hair of the defender. Complete lack of respect and class. you have to respect your opponent

I hope bombers fans are crying looking at Saad

Sorry OD didn’t mean to offend. I know you are a big Blues fan

Anyone know what a chiseler is? BT language or a actual thing?

Sam is not soft. Never squibs a contest and plays the ball hard. And doesn’t crap his pants when he has a shot on goal

Might be tougher but had zero composure and can’t convert. imagine if the Weed played the 3 quarters McKay played. He’d be crucified on here

I’d take the Weed anyday. Can kick straight

I thought McKay was meant to be good? A decent tall fwd would have 4 goals. complete lack of composure. Kicked a banana from 30m on no angle and then played on from the square. oscar will be starting next week. No doubt

Oscar Plugger McDonald. what an impact! I’m delighted for him makes you wonder why we never tried him forward for a few games. Looks a natural fwd

Is it true that if you are subbed off you can’t play for 12 days?? so you have a bad knock or corky you have to miss a game you don’t need to? This could lead to players playing on injured

Tigers player manning the mark inside 50 walks off, no fifty. carlton player manning the mark runs backward to defend. It’s a 50!?! What the actual [censored]