Adzman

Chomp earned his 2 years. Has continued to build his game and is in best 22 now. A bit surprised with wags, but it makes sense for depth considering Vince might not go on and lever is 10 months away from playing footy. I hope both boys can have some success

I f we want to cultivate a premiership culture then we need to recruit coaches with premiership experience. No point bringing our old crew back, they haven't tasted premiership success so how are they going to help build a premiership culture here?

I think the easiest way to beat us is to play accountable football for 4 quarters. That's contributed to a number of our losses this season. Mind you, when we play 4 quarters of accountable football we win. Pretty hard to knock us off when we are up.

At least Lewis didn't reference bathwater or fugazi.... I'm glad he came out and said exactly what he should have. No nonsense and factual about where we are at.

Of the Dee's get offered a pick around 40-50 they will probably take it.

Good luck to him. If anyone deserves some luck from the football gods it's him.

Hard to see any finals matches having less than 40k in attendance. They need to adjust to the big stage quickly.

The only way Hunt comes back a month early is if he is playing for Essendon in 2012 during the Hird/Dank administration.... Probably just an oversight..

Season isn't lost, we just have to win against some quality opposition. It's no fun just beating up on the bottom 6 then getting done by the top 8. Vince and Lewis aren't a viable option down back together, but there aren't too many other options to replace them given neither player can move into the middle. Not sure who could go back, shame Hunt is injured. Would like to see what we have in Petty, Baker, Weeds and even Balic in the back end of the season. Not saying they will immediately help but will give us an idea of where they fit next season.

I think most would agree with you there.

No wrist slashing here, it's called a dose of reality. My comments are fair. We haven't beaten anyone, and until we do we are not contenders. Port aren't contenders either, but I'm not talking about them Lord.

Lewis is pretty safe with the ball. I'm under no illusions that he could out run a tortoise, but he is not the problem. His job is to lead and steer the troops off the ball which he is doing a good job of. Our defensive spread is pretty good, and Lewis has been huge helping that happen. Last night wasn't his best game, but he wasn't near our bottom 6 or 8 last night.

I don't think he would be a high dollar player, and Carlton will coerce him into free agency to land a high compo pick. Would be a short term upgrade for us. I'm not convinced our midfiled is complete, and could use him to go up a notch.

I woke up angry. I stayed off here last night because my blood was boiling, and didn't want to offend my demon brethren. This one annoyed me more than the Hawks and Pies loss. We dominated and still lost!!!???! We pay superstar dollars but don't get superstar performances from our big names on the big stage. So very angry about this one.

The way I see it is that we have dropped two winnable games in a row, and a message needs to be sent to to the crew that it simply isn't good enough. There are probably about 6 guys in the side that should be dropped after the past two weeks, but we don't have 6 to replace them. The club needs to roll the dice and see what we have with a Petty or Baker. Could be an upgrade over Joel or Tim Smith. Garlett needs to come back in and it think we need to look and see if Balic is capable at AFL level.

Finals is a bare passing grade. A pass for me is to win at least one final. If we want a flag, we need finals experience, and that includes how to win one! We can't win the flag this year but we are good enough to win a final before being knocked out.

The game hasn't evolved, it's become Frankenstein's monster with all of the rule changes. I would consider myself an educated fan, but even I sit there and wonder how a rule can consistently be policed or interpreted differentlly each week. I don't have the answers, but leaving the game alone for 10 years might help it settle down and allow the players and umpires to adjust and get the game. While there is ambiguity with the rules, there will be issues playing and watching the game.

Beating those 3 sides isn't going to prove much other than holding firm in the 8. We are the new flat track bullies, we beat up on the poor teams but can't get the job done against good competition. I'm sorry to say it but this side cannot win a flag this season. Unlike the dogs of 16, and tigers of 17 we have not been able to win games against good opposition. Until we can do that, we are just flat track bullies.

I would like to see McKenna at VFL level first before putting a line though him. He hasn't really played so he is a massive unknown.

Nah, Port have the best team by far. They have a number of top 5 picks running around in the 2s so they must have great depth...........

Wow, poor bloke. It seems like his name is almost always on the injury list. Hope he can bounce back.

Wow, I didn't have him that high but he has outperformed his draft position without question. Happy we have him.

If I was a forensic accountant I would be fantasising about auditing Hawthorn. They have been making cap room magically appear for the last decade.

Jeffy has probably fallen down many of our own personal lists. IMO still a best 22 player but has fallen out of favor with the coaching panel. Would love to see him back at his best.

Interesting posts RE: Kent. In form and fit he is still a very useful player. It all depends on if the club thinks he can stay on the paddock. He might be able to move into the middle, he has some pace and mongrel about him. He is a long way down the pecking order, but I would like to see him get a run in the middle before deciding his fate.