dazzledavey36

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You're not going to develope forward craft all of a sudden at 29 years of age at VFL level. I was always against the move from the start and was worried we'd get to this point where it simply hasn't worked and we have to leave one out to get team balance right. I must admit, I have felt Brodie's ruck work and follow up at ground level was much better then Gawns. I know they can't drop a captain but I had to pick between the two on form then I'm picking Grundy. Intrigued to see how we'll go tonight. Only takes Gawn to go down and then we're left with JVR as our main ruckman.

Jeff desperately wants Kalani drafted doesn't he.

Grundy dropped. Puts to bed on some whom were saying he was rested lol.

I agree, I think he's been in far better form then Gawn in ruck, so for me, it's a bit of loss to the team. With that in mind, it means more minutes for Gawn in the ruck and could make us more mobile as you stated.

How so

Mitch Cleary saying Grundy in doubt.

Probably 5 years ago. Watched him recently and he's completely cooked as a footballer. Feel like he's never been the same player since the Brayshaw incident.

This is really interesting and good take. I've always seen him as someone that will potentially step into the midfield. To me he's very similar to Zak Butters from Port Adelaide in terms of speed, size and toughness. I mean, we genuinely underestimate how hard he is for such a little fella. I remember Jason Taylor's comment in the 2020 draft video where he stated that Bowey could be a Sam Mitchell type midfielder. So the potential to move up the ground is there.

I think its silly to rule it out as 'Ever'. He was drafted as a 1st rounder playing as a pure half forward/wing. So he's got the talent in that area that Goodwin will experiment with imo. @Demon Dynasty Even spoke to Jake at Training and Bowey mentioned that this is an option that the club may look into over the next year or two.

Yep agree, tagging two mids at once just takes away our midfield strength as well. Why have two starting mids play a negating role whilst the other is left to then fight and scrap from an offensive point of view.. Back our system in. Sparrow imo, is edging close to a break out game in the midfield. He's been building the last couple of weeks. Potential 30 plus on Friday night hopefully.

Now we're talking...

Then how does he get back in? To be honest I haven't seen any signs of McVee looking tired. I'm all for resting blokes if need but only if it's there. Can't see why he can't play every game from here on. Remember Rivers, Jackson and Pickett all played every game of the year in their 2nd season back in 2021.

I'd be incredibly shocked. No one has still answered my question in who he's replacing in our back 6? If Bowey had to come through the 2's off the back off a one week concussion then Hibberd is doing the exact same off a 3 week injury.

Mate it'll have zero long term effect. It's a muscle strain. Further strengthening around the legs and his core will get him back to normal again Nd hopefully better management by the club would be a good start.

Doesn't need a rising star nomination to justify how much of an absolute gun he is.

Unfortunately for Dew I think this had to happen. Their list is choc full of talent but yet they're one of the most irrelevant club in thr competition. They stand for nothing and I think Dimma will give them some edge and toughness about them on and off the field.

Running around with it cost us in the end because Rohan was able to kick two quick goals in the last to put us out of reach. Probably didn't help also that our sub was a 173cm small forward... Just to clarify I'm absolutely not putting the blame on Hibbo at all because there were other factors in the game why we lost. So then who comes out for him? Our back 6 are keeping opposition sides to a relatively low scores whether we win or lose. They're all executing their roles perfectly imo. This is my take • Rivers is one of our most improved players over the 12 months and its laughable there's mentions of him being dropped. • Since Bowey has come back in he's completely shut down Dan Butler and Toby Bedford so he absolutely stays. • Judd McVee is one of tthe most coolest and composed young player I think I've ever seen. I say that because he's playing in a position where the pressure stakes can be extremely high when opposition teams are generating forward entries. His ability to not only defend first but compose himself with ball in hand will be extremely crucial come finals. He absolutely stays in the team. • Salem is Salem. A gun. There's no arguments for this one. Then that leaves us with May, Petty and Lever. All 3 are rock solid and I'm starting to see some good cohesion again with these guys back playing together again. With all that in mind we're still forgetting that Brayshae will go back once Oliver is back in the team. Another who imo plays his best footy down back. Hibbo will just need to bide his time unless a spot opens up.

Hibbo is cooked unfortunately and should be made to earn his spot back. Love the guy big time but the reality is he's body is simply letting down and his last performance against Gary Rohan was to be quite blunt, was embarrassing as he got exposed for speed and height. Back 6 is fine as it is. I have zero concerns with them especially as Brayshaw can also come back if need.

Disappointing that we're still at this point where it seems we are no where near close to finding a home base. Wasn't this the reason why Roffey was put in place for president because of her expertise in this field of work?

Nah this is a [censored] take. To play 100 games at two different clubs is a rare feat now days. A nice little acknowledgement would have been nice still. Takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice to get to that position and he's given the club fantastic service over the years.

Blake Howes seemed to be walking fine after the game.

I hate watching it on TV, but you think most interstate supporters can simply just turn up to games on a Saturday night? So of course you're going to get many who judge a football game based on what they see on TV. The saints pressure was very evident just watching it TV as well you know? I made this exact same comment in the game day thread late in the last quarter. Their pressure was immense and we were able to adsorb that well. Whilst i agree that sometimes you cant see the work that's being put in by the players off the screen, there's really not even a gap at all between what you see on the ground and on the screen.