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I’m much happier being back to having the problem of conversion being why we lose a game rather than last years issues. Conversion is easier to work with. At afl grounds we won’t kick as badly as that. Even for us that was an outlier. Fremantle are a side we have had no idea what to do with for years, so to see us stack up in a much better way is very promising. Lots to work with. A bit of confidence in ball movement, game plan, positioning and kicking will see things start to look pretty good.

I think they have pretty defined roles. Especially within our powerhouse all team defensive structure that has been industry standard for years now. I imagine it depends on the team we are playing and where the game is at and I also imagine each midfielder has a different set of instructions around things of that nature. It seems to me even when we are in all out attack there is a lot of structure and discipline around remaining defensively sound and in correct formation. Defense first has been a team mantra for many years.

You reckon all midfielders just roam free? Free range midfielders?

Of course he can. But taking the best contested footballer of the last however many years and bemoaning the fact he doesn’t kick goals is in my opinion a waste of time. You say he has license to roam. How do you know this? Maybe he has direction to position himself defensively

I’ve never seen a footballer without a deficiency. Strange way to measure a footballer.

Like me, he suffers from resting bored face.

Hehe. Great stuff.

Come you masters of spin. You that build all the headlines. you that build the big stories. you that hide behind walls. you that hide behind desks. i just want you to know i can see through your masks. you that never done nothin but build to destroy.

Thank you. It’s late. My editor went to bed.

Yet public statements by him and the club suggest he’s fine, we’re fine. Etc. Everyone’s within their rights to explore options without it meaning the sky is falling. Remember when Brayshaw was weighing up his future at contract time. The sky was falling then for a brief moment. Clubs, players, managers do play games with each other, clearly. Doesn’t necessarily add up to much. Dusty was nearly gone. Now he’s the greatest tiger ever. A lot of things happen within teams and groups of people who work together for long periods of time in high performance, stressful environments. You can spin it a million ways and read tea leaves and join dots and come up with theories forever. The truth is none of us know exactly what is what. Only those who seem to believe the media have complete theories that conveniently fit their prior narratives about us being a [censored] of an organisation. Meanwhile players keep signing on and extending. Players who are forced to leave for personal reasons seem genuinely upset that they have to move on from a club they love. It is possible that we have both some internal issues and are at the same time doing a lot right. Like every other club in the land. Recent history suggests we’ve done plenty right in my view. No other club can boast two top four finishes after winning a flag recently. despite that I still think we have some glaring holes/problems as well. I’d be looking at Sydney’s under performance in grand finals and collingwoods lack of follow up and their genuinely poor culture that keeps rearing its ugly head if I was the media. Not to mention Carlton’s constant underachieving given their amazing list and potential. What about west coasts constant mismanagement and weirdly poor performance recently. Maybe when looking at the league as a whole without taking cues from Bottom feeding scumbags we are just fine.

Players meet with other clubs all the time. It doesn’t mean everything else is true. It seems in a long career just about every player has met with another club. If a club is that into you you’ll probably go meet with them at some point. you also have to consider everything Clarry and the club have said against that piece of info.

Why is it that some like to ignore all the direct quotes from players and club but hold up media theories and secondhand info as gospel and jump all over those who question them. I have a theory. In their life time they had a media that was more trust worthy than it is now. They haven’t adjusted to the new media landscape. Which is basically there is no good information other than direct sources. The rest is dribble. As well as that they are of a generation in which the man leads and what he says goes and are therefore not all that used to being told they are full of you know what and struggle with the idea they could be wrong. Especially by a woman or those younger than them. As well as this they have this idea that they could do things better if only they had been given a chance, so they criticise, criticise, criticise. Like their dads did to them and their dads before them and so on and so forth. In conclusion, how good is it we have Clarry and trac running around with the biggest preseason they’ve had in years. go Dees

I’m much happier with the two top ten draft picks over a very good half back flanker. Also Collingwood can run rings around us with their history of cultural problems. It’s all nonsense.

Imagine defending the media

Now that Clarry and trac are both staying can we be done with the idea that where there is smoke there is fire. This just allows the bottom feeder journalists whose records are genuinely garbage, much worse than our clubs record, to be seen as relevant. Not to mention it turns this place into a [censored] show.

However, many on here think that if you think things aren’t as bad as the media say then you fall into this category, which is an opinion that lacks nuance. People just want to throw everyone on here in to two categories. One of the great problems of our times. Not to mention it’s just so god damn boring.

So boring. So so boring

No one can claim to be an expert talent spotter after the first round. It becomes a gamble very quickly at that point.

Even if trac and Clarry stay we are still well down on midfield rotations. It’s clearly the biggest area of need either way.

You’re like Alistair lynch in the 2004 grand final

Angry little man

Largely made up

Footy

Yes it does. Just not the light you want it to shed cause you seem to hate the club for some reason.

If you’re going to go in to bat for the media then 1. defend their record and 2. tell me how their business model could possibly lead to honest and ethical reporting. Then when you’re done with that tell me how you know they are right in this scenario. You may want them to be right, but it doesn’t mean they are. Some people wait till things play out and listen to facts rather than play the anxiety provoking game of follow the media and all their bull [censored]