DistrACTION Jackson

We should definitely see if any of the Suns players want to come home as a result of everything going on up there.

I'd say Hardwick is a shoe in. AFL will pay him an absolute mountain of cash to go up there.

Very true. I think in an ideal world GC have pick 5 or 6 and know they have to trade it for extra points. We will absolutely get involved in this.

Seems that he thinks he is ready and is frustrated and Selwyn doesn't think he is 100% right yet. He's a competitive bloke, so maybe he needs to be protected from himself.

Absolutely zero chance. Whole family are rusted on Demons.

If they have pick 4 or 5 it would be getting tight as to whether they trade it as the bids may come after this pick, but I would say we would have to include pick 33 as well. Pick 4 is worth 2034 points and 15, 26 & 33 are worth 2404 points.

Damning vision...

Woewodin has to come in for Harmes. Agree with JVR in and Smith to stay in as well in the Fritsch role.

Lol we need more than that

So if we look at the current ladder positions we have picks 8, 15, 26 & 33 as our top 4 picks. Gold Coast currently have pick 7 and need points, points and more points. Picks 15 & 26 are worth 1841 points and pick 7 is worth 1644. Without a doubt we know this and it is highly likely we will have 2 top 10 picks in this draft, assuming Freo and GC both miss the 8. So then the question is who would we likely take at picks 7 and 8.... which will be pushed out by the GC academy guys.

I think Nick Watson is a must get for us. We need to add more class to our forward line. I hope we can get two top 10 picks and go hard at the draft again this year.

The thing that is confusing me is our game style/method in first 6-8 weeks is very different to what we are doing now. We were focusing more on transition from half back, whereas we have lately been focused on a high press and locking it in forward. This then leads to 30 players all running around in our forward 50 and just constant hack kicks. Both Geelong and GWS beat us the exact same way, wait until we tire and then get us on counter attack. Our best ball users are all in the backline, so we have no issue getting it to the halfway point, but that's when things fall apart. Viney, Sparrow, Trac, Langdon and Hunter are all butchers of the pill. It's a simple as that. Until we sacrifice one of these guys with a silkier ball user, who may only get 15-20 touches but his high impact we won't be troubling anyone.

I guess the best way to look at it is goals per i50, which was 6.85% to 15.22%. So I agree with what you're saying and I actually think the issue is more our game style than connection. Too much emphasis on forward half pressure.

100% agree. Jefferson is nowhere near AFL level yet. Just because he kicked 4 goals in a 96 point win means absolutely nothing. I watched that game and most of those were joe the gooses.

In a positive note I do need to give a shout out to McVee and Bowey. Along with Salem they are the smartest players in our side and the most skilled. We need the ball in these three guys hands as much as possible and potentially need one to play a bit further up the ground to give us some better looks going inside 50.

That was great. Laughed so hard

Having scans today I think so guess we will know soon.

I do have to question the decision making of our overall selection panel when we have a generational key forward and we choose a journeyman over him. I don't want to see JVR out of this side ever again unless he is injured or needs an actual rest, not to go and play in a wet game down at Casey.

Actually that's not enough. Chandler out, AMW in.

If we don't reward good form in the VFL after that performance I am going to be ropeable. Get your head out of your a$$ Goodwin and ensure there are repercussions for poor form. In: Woewodin, Oliver & van Rooyen Out: Harmes, Smith & Fritsch Chandler & ANB lucky because we literally have no other small forward options.

We have now lost 4 games in the wet and one of the issues is we have a lot of below average skilled players and these guys are found out in bad conditions. ANB, Langdon, Hunter, Trac, Viney (loved his game but still terrible skills), Pickett (he is highly skilled but wtf was that). I am so frustrated watching this side, it is just the worst gamestyle to watch.

Realistically, what tall forward options are there available? Himmelberg & Georgiades? Neither are really a big key forward and play more the 2nd or third tall, maybe less so Himmelberg.

I was impressed with him from what I watched of Casey on the weekend. Think he will be a player.

Interesting this has come up after a game in the wet, when I thought they dominated the game v Collingwood and were a key part of the reason we won. Definitely not worried about this, but I do believe Max is a better option both forward and behind the ball rather than in the centre square.

I'm really not sold on him coming into our side, given he is a liability when the ball hits the deck. We always have a 200cm bloke down there already so not sure we need two.