Henrietta Lumbago

Ive noticed Dom Barry and Richard Tambling playing in the NT comp, still putrid players.

I don't get it eithor, but looking at our forward line we have 4 talls in Hogan, Pedersen, Watts and Fitzpatrick.....this is where we can beat them but again it is going to come down to the midfield. We look top heavy and maybe we are going tall because Paul knows that we can't match their midfield so he is taking this strategy. They have so many runners in a Picken, Dalhaus, Bontempelli, Boyd etc we might get run off our feet.

Apparently we were in this over- trained state in 2012, because the pre-season was so intense and full of fitness work. But in my opinion we haven't been a fit team in a long time...just look at how we finished off last season...

So is Travis Cloke...

Shiel is having a great year, but he has no way surpassed Dangerfield.

. Brisbane are just as desperate now for a forward as we were back when we drafted him.

You know what I mean, their captain, no 1 ruckman and two of their best midfielders...translate that to our team means that N Jones, Tyson, Vince and our number 1 ruckman were out...

Its a really bad sign to be making so many changes each week, it shows our weekness. We need to get a lineup and stick with that team so they can get used to playing with each other.Hardly any of the team has actually played a game of football with Harmes and so there will be mistakes come game day due to this, all I'm saying is we need to bounce back due to the last 3 performances, it's not a time to have anyone on debut.

Are we trying to win games or in some sort of a rebuild...? Brayshaw, Hogan, Stretch, Vandenberg....I don't think we can really afford to have a player on debut who will have a limited impact on the game.

Please no more debut's for a while....

Hodge, Lewis Isaac Smith and Mccevoy were bigger outs than ours...

He might ask Paul to be dropped.

He needs to start pushing guys around and making his presence felt, he needs to get creative like Hogan as he should know by now he won't get it served up to him playing at Melbourne with Toumpas, bail and co playing in the midfield

Definately like the sound of getting a midfielder for Dawes, but Aish is not the one we want.

Who's down the end?

We need a ruckman just as bad as midfielders, Zac Smith and Dylan Shiel, Treloar and Bellchambers...

The point is, that our midfield players don't find enough of the ball, probably because Bail, M Jones and Toumpas have been playing in the 2's this year and get thrown in against the two of the hardest teams in the competition Hawthorn and Sydney, did Paul really expect these guys to come back in the team and have a big impact on the game...I don't think so! I would love to see the number of games played for our midfield compared to Fremantle, Sydney's and Hawthorns.

Sorry but let's not get too excited about a player in the development league who is on an AFL list that wins 4 games a year, when he gets six in the VFL he will deserve a pump up. Football is his full time job, he should be kicking bags of goals in the development games.

Now let's look at the number 2 draft picks from the draft pools you have listed... Justin Kosckitze 200 gamer 3 grand finals Luke Ball club captain, all australian, premiership player Daniel Wells All australian squad member Andrew Walker nearly at 200 games Jarred Roughead superstar Dale Thomas premiership player, all australian Scott Gumbleton BUST Trent Cotchin superstar Nick Natinui all australian Jack Trengove youngest ever VFL/AFL club captain From this list I would say the only bust is Scott Gumbleton. Nearly One third of these picked at number 2 have gone on to captain their club. 6/10 have been selected in an all australian squad at some stage. And by the time all of their careers are over 80% will have played 200 games of AFL, apart from Gumbleton and Trengove! So your theory on the draft isn't as convincing as you make it out to be. And how can you argue with people who have high expectation of Jimmy Toumpas?

Someone mentioned Adelaide were interested in him, I see him as worthless, but if we can get a player in return who can add something to our best 22 like a Newton from Port Adelaide then we should do it. Trade Toumpas and our second rounder for a player and their third rounder.

Gawn had shown the least out of all 3.

Ah not really when Spencer only managed 7 disposals for the game.

M Jones, Bail, Michie and Toumpas are all midfielders...Rioli, Bruest, Litherland and Duryea are eithor forwards or defenders. How can you call Bail, M Jones and Michie kids..?

M jones, bail, Toumpas, Michie ...11,12,11,12 disposals each respectively...how can you win when the midfield performs like this???

In. Gawn, Viney, Jetta, Hogan, Newton Out. Stretch, Toumpas, Spencer, Salem, M jones