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Luke Jackson in response to any criticism

4 smalls fwds doesn’t go into 3 and Chandler can’t be dropped after that so it’s out of ANB and Spargo as stiff as that may be on one of them. Nothing silly like dropping Brown for Pickett will happen if Brown is injured another tall will come in. Pickett also can’t play the minutes in the mid to replace Sparrow or Jordan either so I’d say they are safe as well. Tough week for the selection committee

So I’m assuming with hibbard in petty goes fwd and plays the tmac role and backup ruck

Disappointing dogs bring effort and can do this to lions and we dish up what we did last week.

All preseason we were playing schache as 2nd ruck if Gawn or Grundy wasn’t taking part in the sims, I’d say it’s almost certain he will come in and play that role now. If not for making to many changes at once I’d be bring in Vanrooyen for Tmac next week anyway. Along with Schache for Gawn and May for Tomlinson

So where do we stand smashed dogs, humbled by lions

Yea can’t see why our mid gets smashed so badly even without Gawn

Worse than the finals by far, least we lead those at some point

Brayshaw always been average kick

Worst game I’ve seen by dees in a long time just getting smashed round the ball

Question now is what to do for the rest of the year

Time to prep for 2024

Key word there is minimum, they might have better luck arguing it wasn’t front on but side on and therefore that doesn’t need to apply and it can be downgraded to low

Freo have the dream draw going to 2023 first 5 games vs teams that didn’t play finals including the bottom 2 teams they should have been 5-0 to start the year

There is a reason no one plays 4 talls, if you don’t mark it the ball will just come straight out, they will be severely lacking ground ball and tackling pressure up fwd if they go in like that. I’ll enjoy if they try play with that setup and watching it blow up in there face

I was most interested in Hunter and Grundy. I’m extremely happy with Hunter really put his best foot forward, if he plays like that he will be a great pickup, Grundy on the other hand left a lot to be desired. Looks unfit. Not sure how him and Gawn were ever considered equals the difference is so stark. I just hope this isn’t representative of what to expect. Great also to see a fit Tmac really makes a difference when he is isn’t hampered by injury. If he can stay fit it will go a long way to us going deep in September. Main takeaway is the team looks fit and ready to hit the ground running come round 1. Looks like they all want redemption for the way last year ended.

After the Jackson saga last year I don’t have much faith Kozzie will be sticking round. He already has a new contract offer from dees in front of him for a while now, if he hasn’t signed yet it’s unlikely he will. Only question is when do dees start blooding a replacement rather than putting more games into another teams player as of 2024.

The new 23rd man now Bedford is gone. Or will that be 24th now the bench might get got extended 😀 Hopefully he can get a few more chances this coming year.

We are in mix but how much improvement is left in our mid and back, to win another the difference will need to come up fwd.

At least they are making it known, nothing worse than when the player says what the recruiters want to hear then turns round a year or 2 later. I think north would like a redo of last years draft if Francis was up front.

Hunter is an upgrade to Jordan on the wing, so long as he is over his mental issues. Have to assume that’s accounted for in what we trade for him and his contract

Well it’s something the clubs agree to as part of the trade, it probably won’t ever be publicly confirmed what the exact terms are by either club so you won’t ever see something offical one way or the other. Up to you who you want to believe in the media as it will be speculated about to no end and certainly some would have legit sources. All we have officially is Pies saying they would pay upto 300k per year prior to the trade period but who know what stings came with that and if we used that as just a starting point.

Think it’s front loaded but over the whole contract, ie 350 year one and 150 by year 5

Tomorrow at 8pm if the deal falls over

I’d call there bluff, it only hurts pies more to try keep him