DistrACTION Jackson

Surely the teams for this are out?

We wouldn't be allowed to do that. The AFL would advise when teams need to be announced

That's ridiculous...

When do the teams come out? Im really hoping the Kolt comes in for Mcadam. Think he deserves another crack.

He looks like he will be a real work-horse type player in the Mihocek mould. Him, JVR and Jefferson could work well together

That's exactly right. Collingwood have shown they don't value ruckman, if I'm Tim Lamb I'd be mentioning how much value we do put in ruckman.

Long weekend started early for you ?

I think we will be very active in this off-season and we will have to be! We've already heard of a number of targets such as Ryan Angwin, Ned Moyle & Josh Battle. I also really hope we are going hard for Davies-Uniacke if he is considering leaving, given we lost Brayshaw from our midfield. Given the likely departures of Brown, Tomlinson & Joel Smith, plus the potential retirement of McDonald (not a guarantee), we should have a decent amount of salary cap space to chase multiple players. If we were to get all of the above and keep our first round pick that would be a great way to replenish our list on the run. This would essentially be a mini-rebuild and would lower the overall age of our list given LDU is 24, Moyle 22, Battle is 25 and Angwin is 21. I know this is probably a fanciful scenario, but I really hope Lamb and the team go hard.

Petty has shown less than nothing at AFL level....

I think both Mcadam and Petty need to go back to Casey. Petty should go play down back there and get some form. JVR hopefully will come in and I think it's time to give Fullarton a run as the ruck/forward. Hunter will also be out and I'd like to see the Kolt come in as the pressure forward role and Langdon back to the wing. Hard to see many more than 3 changes though.

Sparrow should be dropped well before Clarry.

I guess there is a difference between playing and competing....

McVee played against Freo?

Agree with this and similar to the Schache selection in the semi final, or picking Spargo in opening round

Not trying to make excuses, just posing the thought out there. I think the biggest issue is we have Petty, Oliver & McAdam all who have had a limited preseason and struggling to have an impact on the game. Our best forward pressure player is now required to play through the midfield due to our lack of footspeed. I think the other thing is our list isn't built for the high speed turnover game that teams like Collingwood and Sydney are playing with their elite foot skills and speed. We just have to get back to what we are good at, focusing on a forward half game until we have the right balance of players.

Not saying it is the sole reason, just pointing to a potential reason for the lack of run in the players. I also think we have too many of the same type of players. Sparrow is a great team guy but he is really lacking any point of difference to blokes like viney and oliver.

9 tackles for the Kolt.... surely he gets another call up to try and add some pressure in the forward half this week? I know everyone is getting stuck into Fullarton and I didn't watch the whole game, but would we be better if he played second ruck to allow JVR to only play at full forward?

Multiple years of finals and late starts to preseasons catching up to us? It is almost better to have a year out of finals, have a full break over the offseason and get a 2-3 week head start on the other finalists. Plus you also get an easier draw in theory. Not saying I want the club to miss finals, just a thought.

The media do the same thing. It isn't fun talking about Melbourne making another finals series, but if we talk about how an up and coming team can make it let's do that.

The media do the same thing. It isn't fun talking about Melbourne making another finals series, but if we talk about how an up and coming team can make it let's do that.

🤨 I was asking Pennant for his opinions on him given his involvement in the WAFL....

Watching the Casey VFL games he would be a considerable downgrade on Bowey, Rivers, McVee and Salem, which is why he isn’t in the team and is who he is competing with. He didn’t make it as a forward so they’ve moved him to half back, so comparing him to Billings doesn’t make sense as they are in different roles.

Omg Jesus! Shouldn’t you be a Saints fan?

Sounds like he has dealt with some injury issues and illness according to JT, which probably has impacted him. He's a speculative key forward pick, as are pretty much all key position selections in any form of draft.

That says he's kicked 12.2?