dazzledavey36

The last thing we need in our midfield right now is a slow 36 year old. Giant mids running rings around him on the outside. Speed and outside skill is what we want.

They need a settler here.

They should be at least 50 points up

Some are so easily pleased by stats.. 👆

I'd be very surprised if some are still concerned especially after last night's performance.

[censored] LOL. Imagine being this dude referencing Donald Trump to an AFL team. Cooked.

Can't help but be super impressed with the way they go about it. Putting Port to the sword and they genuinely look like a premiership contender in my opinion. They should absolutely dare to dream because they play a brand that is well equipped on the big stage. I mean watching Jesse Hogan in itself makes me depressed but I'm bloody happy for him and hope he gets success. Toby Green, Josh Kelly and Lachie Whitfield are genuine stars of the competition They're my go to team for the finals.

That wasn't him.

I'm seriously in love with the GIANTS!!

No way is Logan Morris is the best key forward in the draft.

How we've refused to address this is beyond me.

Games into kids such as JVR, McVee, Woewodin and Laurie. Thats it.

Lol what game were you watching? Viney was incredibly poor last night and was one of our bottom 5 players of the night. His turnover last night summed his night up because that's all he basically did was cough it up. Hes form in this year's finals series and last year have been incredibly disappointing for a guy that is usually well renowned for performing in big games.

This week has been some sort of emotional roller-coaster. Rip great man..

Love ya work mate 👏

Any targets for the Dees mate?

Bernie Vince on triple M

Crows are after Petty.

I see Woewodin as an upgraded version of Jordon. Wouldn't be surprised if he has a break out year next year.

Maybe that's the issue in itself. This whole focus of winning at the G just puts more added pressure and expectation. Focus on winning a bloody final first.

Great thread. He was a colossal down back. I actually feel for the big fella because they were doing their job perfectly down back but yet our forwards let us down. The hurt and anger on his face last night was very evident. Love your work Maysey

Not going to dwelve into last night's performance because I think that's been done to death. With the list we have we simply should be contending deep into finals but the fact we've gone 2 years in a row with straight set exits is to put it bluntly, unacceptable and embarrassing. I'll raise a few point and see how others feel. • Coaching restructure. I think the likes of Stafford and Yze have done their time. I'm hoping Yze gets the senior gig at Richmond and Stafford is moved on. Since 2020, we've made zero changes to our coaching structure and if you're not careful players can get really stale with the same voice over and over again. Some fresh coaches with fresh ideas is what needed imo. • Ruthless list management calls on senior players. Tmac and Benny Brown are beyond cooked and still have a year to run on their contract. One or both need to be tapped on the shoulder and told thanks for your service because they're two injury prone blokes that continue to break down and clog up list space. To watch Tmac dish up that performance last night was embarrassing really. I would also put Salem up for trade. I know his form in the last two years has been poor but he'll be 29 next year and I cannot see him getting back to his standard of 2021. If he can net us a late 1st rounder or early 2nd then I'd jump at the opportunity. Another who struggles to play a full season out due to injury/illness. I'd also reward Melksham with a 1 year contract and put him on the rookie list. Trade out Jordon and Harmes for peanuts but keep Tomlinson. • Review our list management process. The Brodie Grundy trade was an absolute blunder, there is no way sugar coating it. Blind Freddie could see that bringing in another a genuine number one ruck was never going to work. There were many, me included, who raised concerns regarding this decision last year and our worst fears came to fruition when we attempted to turn him into a forward which turned into another blunder. I feel bad for Grundy but Sydney will be a much better fit. We dont need to be going out and buying expensive rucks, we just need to bring in someone that come in and play a role when needed to relieve Max and even pinch hit up forward. Hayden McLean type. On other list management decisions, don't sell it to guys like Dunstan and Schache and say that there certainly will be opportunities there and then refuse to play them when we've had those opportunities open up. Goody is part of this process so he too needs to seriously reconsider how he approaches this when targeting players. We had poor Dunstan racking up close to 40 touches a game and yet we rewarded the same guys in Harmes and Jordon who were giving us absolute zero output at AFL level. • Captaincy decision? I'm really torn on this and hesitated leaving this one out. But is it time to make a call on the captaincy? We all love Gawn for what he's done for this footy club but he's also getting on. The two misses last night were very costly and when you're needing your captain to stand up in the moment unfortunately he just couldnt grab his chances. He also doesn't have much time left in the game and I'm starting to think maybe a fresh leader with a fresh voice could be good for the group perhaps. Still torn on this one.

One of the all time recruiting blunders under Goodwins coaching tenure. Stevie Wonder could see that it was never going to work with two genuine number 1 rucks in the one team. Get whatever compo we can for Grundy and learn from this lesson.

Nick Watson and Zane Duursma

That was exactly the Tom Sparrow game that I've been pleading for. He was pretty much our best mid all night and I hope now he uses tonight game as a stepping stone into next year. If he plays like that regularly each game next year then our midfield will be okay. Stick lacks quality depth but it's guys like Sparrow that we really need stepping up next year. Also quick shout out to McVee. Did not one look overawed in the occasion in this year's final series and certainly embarrassed his more senior leaders around composure and being calm in the crisis. 25 games this year is a great development year which will only hold him in good stead over the next few years A future 150-200 gamer in the making.