DistrACTION Jackson

I told you so

Agreed. But it's good to see them really put away opposition. I want that ruthless edge in the senior team.

Has does Spargo look Vogon? Think he will get a run in the seniors this season?

Weid has three

Looking stronger? Obviously you have to take the level of opposition into account, however it's good to see him playing well.

Frankston look like they will struggle this year.... good to see them back though

Out of curiosity has there been discussions in the past about altering the VFL season to be in line with the AFL? How ridiculous that we are into Round 2 and the VFL is still in practice matches. Surely this is a simple fix??

Anyone heading down? Would be nice to get some updates.

How's everyone looking?

Right. Hopefully nothing too serious and he can continue playing..... otherwise we will have a very small forward line this week....

Where did you hear this?

While I think Wagner was good after half time (1st half was terrible but so was most of our defensive players). I just think we should play Lever as the third tall OMac & Frost the others, which means I can't see a spot for Wagner while those three play. Lever plays that role perfectly, similar to someone like Rance, so why don't we setup that way? Ideally I'd love us to get a genuine lock-down defender at the end of this season, someone like a Tarrant.

Garry probably plucked that theory straight off of demonland....

After some reflection of yesterday's game I have surmised that the reason we lost was due to a number of our players being well below their best. Specifically I'm thinking Hibberd, Jetta, Garlett, Lever & Hannan, but there were a few more. Before the game I thought that our main strength against the Cats was that we have greater depth across the whole ground, I still believe that. However, the Cats have the elite stars in Selwood & Ablett who were the two best players on the ground (Max comes close). To win I thought we needed an even contribution to outweigh the impact of their stars. Unfortunately, we didn't get that and it was left to our stars in Gawn, Petracca & Oliver to carry the majority of the load. They couldn't quite get the job done, but I took a lot out of the game knowing we were well below our best and still matched it with them. For us to play finals and possibly win finals we are going to need n even contribution from the side, and I'm backing the players in to turn it around!

If we are going to play Wagner as the third tall I'd prefer we play Oscar and Frost and have Lever third tall to play the intercept role. I also think playing Maynard as a tagger was a poor decision and as much as he puts in, he isn't a natural footballer at the moment. Jetta & Hibberd played really poor games today so I will back them both in to play a lot better for the remainder of the season. Lewis was poor early but better in the last quarter and a half. He plays much better as the sweeper these days. Garlett was obviously poor but I'll also be backing him in to bounce back and put it down to match fitness. Without Viney we need more ball winners in the middle. People say Tyson can butcher the ball, well I would've loved a guy who can rack up 30 touches running through the middle today to help Oliver and Petracca. My team for Round 2: B: Jetta Frost Hibberd HB: Lever O Mac Lewis C: Hunt Tyson Vince HF: Petracca Hogan ANB F: Garlett Pedo Melksham R: Gawn Oliver Jones Int: Salem Fritsch Brayshaw Hannan Ins: Tyson Brayshaw Frost Out: Maynard Wagner Harmes

Chat with Olisik. He seems to wish we selected every player in the draft except the ones we actually picked.

You've lost it Olisik. I'm glad I'm not you.

He will play well in games that Port dominate and go missing when the game is tight. Did the same thing for us. I wish him well and maybe the penny dropped, or maybe it will be same old. Time will tell.

Fair enough. We can agree to disagree. Time will tell but I'm very concerned about Wagner's inclusion. Less so about Maynard as I like his hardness. Lets hope we get the win!

Well at least Dom Tyson won't miss a target now Spud Wagner is in.

No point of that. Doubt that bloke listens to anyone. Looking forward to Wagner turning it over in the first quarter to gift Geelong a goal. Do you honestly believe he is any good? I have him in the bottom 10 on our list.

STMJ you're a [censored]. If you think Wagner is a better player than Tyson you're kidding yourself. He is a spud and will cost u the game on Sunday.

I'm still in disbelief. I can take Maynard for Brayshaw as he seems like a brute and that could be handy in the middle. I can't stand Wagner. He is almost useless and to pick him over Tyson is embarrassing.

Pretty disappointed with that bench. Wagner is a liability on the field. Worse field kicking than Tyson and gets a lot less of the ball. Not happy. Maynard over a Brayshaw is so-so as I like his hardness. No longer as confident as I was!

You can add Viney to that list (still 23). So my Under 23 side would be: B: Hunt Lever Smith HB: Baker O Mac Salem C: Stretch Oliver ANB HF: Petracca Hogan Fritsch F: Spargo Weid JKH R: King Brayshaw Viney Int: Balic Johnstone Wagner Petty I have highlighted the players from this list that are currently in the best 22 (11). So a team thea is expected to play finals this year, currently has half it's team made up o players 23 and under.