DistrACTION Jackson

Fullarton just has to play this weekend. I know he isn't anything special, but we are crying out for a 200cm forward who can at least bring the ball to ground! I also think if we aren't going to drop JVR, throw him back for a while as a bit of education playing on other key forwards and keep Petty forward. B: Bowey May van Rooyen HB: Salem McDonald Lindsay C: Windsor Oliver Langdon HF: Chandler Petty Pickett F: Fristch Fullarton Viney R: Gawn Petracca Rivers Int: Langford Sparrow Spargo Melksham Sub: Tholstrup Ins: Fullarton & Tholstrup Outs: Henderson & Sharp

I have full confidence Lindsay will be an A grader, same with Langford and Windsor. Not as sure on Tholstrup, but he seems to be one of those outstanding personalities that all clubs need like an Angus Brayshaw. At least we didn't trade our future first for Houston, I reckon that was on the cards until he walked away from us!

You don’t rate Lindsay then?

Gotta love our players, get a flag and then [censored] off. Disgrace

Apparently still trying… not sure whether it will happen though

I think you would have Chappy step into the caretaker role and they can continue to work on whatever it is they are trying to work on now. The sacking of the coach is more symbolic of change and also to clear the air to commence looking for a new coaching setup. Not the best look to be interviewing new coaches while Goody is still the head coach, though some teams have done it in the past ala the Ross Lyon sagas.

The rumours doing the rounds is that we are seeking out Bartel to take over from Richo, hope it’s true.

Yep agreed. We need to move on asap and start looking for our next coach and planning for the next 3-4 years.

So now we move a key defender forward because we can’t take marks and have a bunch of small/medium forwards. Can’t make this stuff up. The whole coaching group have lost me now

And we have a 200cm guy who can take marks. Mind blowingly stupid

Who knew that when you play one key forward who is only 193cm you won’t take F50 marks…. Oh that’s right every demon supporter and person other than the coaches.

There's a little write up on the website re the NGA academy U15 game and a few familiar names coming through! Oliver Green (son of Brad) Tigga Johnstone (son of trav) Tex Robertson (son of Russell) Max McDonald (son of Anthony) Plus some Alice springs players who were flown down. Love what we are trying to do with the Alice Springs area and the time and effort put into building it.

That may be true, but then by that logic you can't blame the coach that we are losing as it could be due to other factors. The truth is it is somewhere in the middle, of course he should get some credit for helping us a win a flag. The same as Yze & Chappy should also, plus all the players. But it may be that now his message is becoming stale and we need a new voice at the top. Time will tell.

100% If we aren't on the phones with the AFL and umpires association discussing this then we are run by morons....

Yep. Should’ve gone Fullarton and JVR as key forwards with JVR to ruck. Sharp to emergency and Melksham the sub

This could be spectacularly terrible. Everytime in the past we’ve gone in with a small forward line we’ve consistently bombed it to no one. No idea what Goody and the match committee are thinking, but he may fall on his own sword if we get smashed. There’s really no rhyme or reason with our team selections this year. The structure of our side has been consistently changing, so how are we trying to play? If they want to go the small forward line we are going to have to be precise with our kicking and we will also have to put on high pressure for most of the game. Don’t do that and we will lose this game by 6 goals easily.

Remember it well…. Was just happy to get a win! The Richmond game was when I started to believe.

He could well end up there if we can find better forward options.

I think that’s Chaplin’s role and maybe a bit of Sam Radford. The issue is the caps put on coach spending, which probably limits where we can spend our money.

Bit left field and no world beater, but Tom Cole from West Coast is one I'd be interested in as an UFA. He is 27 and a good size and has good speed. Could be our lock down small defender to release McVee, Windsor, Bowey more. He was a part of the 2018 premiership side, so has played roles in good sides before.

I like the positive spin! I think a big part is where we are playing certain personnel. Some hard decisions may need to be made if we want to get our season back on track.

Will Day is out for up to 4 months I saw today.... will be interesting to see how badly that affects the Hawks top 4 chances.

100% agree with this and glad we are pushing it.

You're telling me there's someone on our list that can play like a forward?!

He needs to be given a crack this week, purely because we have to reward VFL form when our 1st side is struggling to score and is winless. We need to get some selection integrity going to hopefully get some wins in the AFL!