dazzledavey36

If you look at Ed Richards stats for his first two years at AFL, its pretty much pretty similar, so a good call in terms of player comparisons.

Dont ever make Howes the sub. I might be in the minority but I rate Howes pretty highly and I think over the last few weeks he's taken some really big steps forward. Him being the sub was genuinely an odd decision. Make Sparrow the sub if we have too.

Just your personal opinion or have you heard something?

Yes and its a great mention regarding Cripps. I have watched him closely this year and he is step behind the contest now with how quick the game is going. Oliver is the same. In terms of adding more strings, I agree once again. Issue is i dont know what exactly that would be and thats a concerns in itself. Maybe a new coach may find other ways to utilise him but again, thats not guaranteed.

When you say hes missed so much footy, exactly how much are we talking about? Because so far this years hes only missed one game this year off the back of two last year. So a total of 3 games in two years so far which is really a solid effort. The excuses were out last year with the broken hand and everyone said he only needed a full preseason and he will be back to full form. Did the whole pre season so he came into this season fully fit and ready to go. This isnt a criticism of Oliver off the back of yesterdays performance because he was actually quiet good, but honestly, we really need to stop finding every single excuse in the world for Oliver. He's been okay year this year, but not great to justify the 1.5ml we are paying him. Champion data alone has him ranked the 211th best player in the competition. That's only a slight improvement from last year. I watched Marcus Bontempelli yesterday who mind you is two years older then Oliver and missed the first 7 games of this year with injury and you'd excuse him if he was playing poorly this year because the difference in terms of input and class between he and Oliver/Petracca was stark. Can't be justifying excuses for Oliver this year when someone like Bont who only a few years ago Oliver was rated above him, has missed significant chunk of the first half the season with injury only to come out and put in a quality season so far where hes still rated inside top 10 players of the competition this year. I mean its not even guarantee that Oliver will be back to his best anyhow? The game is sliding away from having a contested beast inside your midfield and turning into a more quick transition, free flowing game. This is where Oliver has been caught out at times this year. I'm still in the trade Oliver camp at the end of the year and have been for a while, but I also now understand if a new coach wants to try and rediscover his form in some capacity.

Why? Simpson didnt delist him.. If anything, Simpson actually gave him a decent crack at senior level.

I personally couldn't seeing it work. He'd get exposed for pace against the likes of Charlie Cameron, Bobby Hill and even a Izak Rankine.

Proud of the effort. The close loses once again does my head in. Viney is a dead set liability. New coach either needs to find him a new position or trade him off.

Windsor hammy an absolute sour day on what was almost a breakout game for him.

Bloody hell go dees!

Culley is an absolute gun.

Players very jovial and carrying on as they run out. Doesn't look a team that has had players sulking away all week..

Brilliantly put.

I'd happily keep him on as long as we have a senior midfield assistant to help support and guide Jonesy through his coaching journey.

Jeez he's a angry bastard isnt he.. certainly doesn't take a backward step.

Agree. He stuck with the same midfield soldiers that won a flag 4 years when everyone in the comp saw that the game was changing to more transition. Only took him this year to realise that he actually had to change the game plan to a more running and transition style He was pretty slow to adapt.

Define building phase exactly? Because 2019 and 2020 was a complete and utter failure from a year where 2018 was going to be the stepping stone for being a contender on a consistent level. Chappy will say that. But reality is, hes a good coach, not brilliant.