DistrACTION Jackson

Oliver is 3 years younger. Has an 8% better disposal efficiency and is more damaging with his handballs and more explosive. Oliver without a doubt.

The only thing that really matters at the end of the day is revenue generated from memberships, not the number. Giving out memberships is only patching over the issues, which are deep judging by reports of the Saints finncial performances the last few years.

Why the AFL use a different tribunal each time is confusing? Surely you would you the same people for the entirety of the year to ensure the outcomes are consistent?

Demonland logic for you..... The grass is always greener

I love Dom but he is really up and down at the moment and Viney needs to come in to get an AFL game under the belt before we take on the Crows in the NT. Out: Tyson In: Viney B: Jetta OMac Hibberd HB: Hibberd Lever Lewis c : Brayshaw Oliver Salem HF: Fritsch Hogan Melksham F: Spargo TMac Weideman R: Gawn Jones Viney Int: Neal-Bullen Harmes Petracca Vince

I think about this type of thing also, however I think it is best to just continue to play the best options and see how things evolve. You never know, we may draft a young guy who comes in and is a gun small defender or we move a player into defence and they do well. The team is constantly evolving and I don't think you could look much further than a few weeks into the future.

We've got Carlton, Adelaide, Bulldogs & Collingwood before the bye. Realistically we could be 8-4 heading into the bye. After the bye we have Port, Saints, Fremantle & Bulldogs. So realistically we could be 11-5 after that stint.

How does Viney look?

How good would another Yze running around be! One of my all time favs.

What a farce. The AFL think they are doing the right thing by trying to 'grow' the women's game but I think it will have negative impact. The level of games next season will be abysmal and people will stop watching. They should have kept the same teams for 4-5 years and then try to integrate new sides (maximum 2 per year).

It's the wife's birthday so I can't make it.... might try sneak a few quarters on TV. Really got to come out and put the Saints away. There are no stand out sides in this competition and everyone seems to be inconsistent (except the Tigers and Eagles). So we've got a huge chance over the next 3 weeks to establish ourselves as contenders.

I feel Sloane is similar to the players we already have, while Gaff is a genuine point of difference. Gaff! Gaff! Gaff!

My hope is that we bring in Gaff as a replacement for the two..... may be just a dream though. He would compliment our side perfectly as that gut running outside mid.

I'll give this a go as it is always a bit of fun. One thing I feel we've got wrong to start the season and that was rectified against the Bombers is the balance within the side. We have played some players who may be 'in form', but including them limits the overall team. Wagner is the prime example, I'm not knocking him as I think he has been decent, but really he is fighting for a similar spot to Hibberd and having them both seemed to hurt our drive from the backline. I also think we were playing too many 'inside' type players and need the outside run, with Hannan provided last week. B: Jetta O Mac Hibberd HB: Hunt Lever Lewis c : Salem Jones Vince HF: Trac Hogan Melksham F: T Mac Weid Garlett R: Gawn Oliver Viney Int: Tyson Brayshaw Hannan Fritsch Emg: Spargo Frost Harmes Neal-Bullen This is assuming all players are at their best. I love little Spargo but if Garlett finds his best form he is a proven, 40 goal a year small forward so he has to be in. I think Harmes and Neal-Bullen have good potential and are long-term players but they just miss out and Frost is an obvious back-up for a tall if required. I didn't like when we played the small forward line, I don't think it works for us and you need genuine gun small forwards which we probably don't quite have. We need to play to our strengths and the biggest is that we have two of the most mobile KPF's in the game in Hogan and TMac so Weid can easily play as the 3rd tall and back up ruck.

My general feeling is unders for both.

Gaff is the one we need as a free agent. Would compliment our mids so well and would be that gut-running link up man on the wings of the MCG that we lack at the moment. Get him Dees!

Agree that we still have a lot to work on but I think we can take the way we played in the second half and use that as confidence over the next few weeks. Some things I was happy with today: Angus Brayshaw: thought he was outstanding in the 3rd quarter and seems to be moving well. If he can get his confidence back and start to work towards his best this will go a long way to helping us reach finals. Christian Salem: thought that he looked good across half back and would prefer we use him more there with stints in the midfield. He can win his own ball but I prefer him as more of a distributor. Bayley Fritsch: love the way this guy goes about it and he looks to be building confidence that he belongs at this level. Could become a very handy medium tall in the mould of Jack Gunston. Charlie Spargo: great debut by this young fella and just love his attack on the ball and man. We have really been lacking that energetic, quick forward and when Garlett is down we seem to struggle. Hopefully he can get back to his best and these two could really cause havoc up forward together. Mitch Hannan: great return game for his and he is another we really need to get back to his best. I could see him becoming a really damaging wingman and I think this is what he should be aiming for. Max Gawn was great again, I thought Sam Weideman fought on hard after a tough first 3 quarters and clunked a few great marks in the last. There is no point playing him at Casey anymore and we just need to keep playing him. He will have a game where he kicks 3-4 goals soon, I can feel it.

What is everyones obsession with draft picks? We stocked up on them the last 5 years. Gaff is a free agent and is a gun and exactly what we need, someone who can run and spread from a contest. If we don't go after him we are stupid. We just need to keep topping up our list through trades and free agency to plug the holes we find, he nucleus of the team is there.

Got a feeling Spargo will play this weekend. We need quick players who tackle, this is his specialty.

He's struggling anyway. I'll back us in to beat them no matter what side they put on the park.

The Pies have been good, but the Crows have been absolutely insipid tonight.

They lost this one at the selection table. Walker, Fogarty, Lynch, Jenkins, Jacobs, Talia, Hartigan, Kelly, Doedee. Wayyyy too tall for a wet weather game. Only need 5 of those playing. Jacobs, 2 tall forwards and 2 tall mobile backs. Also shows how hard it is to replace your best players. Both Crouches out and they are poo. We had no Gawn, Viney, Hogan & Jones for large portions of last season and it was never mentioned by the 'experts'.

How does Viney, Wines and Martin at all relate to Wagnr and Omac?

It looks like the players had a quieter day spent at the Botanical Gardens judging by Instagram. Good to hear TMac & Viney running a bit more now. Will be great to have them both at full fitness for the 2nd half of the season!

I love seeing things like this. Players working hard to get the best out of themselves! That is what wins you flags, not just talent alone.