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And yes, @binman my bad on the personal jibe at you. My apologies.

I'm sorry, back them up with what exactly? If you're believer by the looks of it then what's your take on it? Intrigued to hear your personal opinion you have on it as you are a regular training attendee. Because I would like to think you're simply not just jumping on the back of others purely because your dislike for myself has a different narrative that doesn't wear rosy red and blue glasses like you'd all like us to be and just calls it as he sees it....

If you think there isn't far more pressing concerns other then your 'loading' fantasy then you're delusional once again. Bit like last year. The fact that you genuinely think that the cats the just clicked their fingers and realised that all those years it was all just due to loading is a [censored] take from your end. You don't even have the facts to even back this up. Cats have been loading year after year. The fact is, the cats had a complete revamped of their whole footballer department at the end of 2021 after the loss in the preliminary and had a mini review at the end of the season. Scott completely changed his whole coaching structure and brought in new Intel into the group which meant they had a complete revamp of their game plan. They played a far more attacking style that was a complete opposite to what Scott had ran with previous years of the chip, slow and controlled ball movement. Not only that, they rested players in the 2nd half of the year which had them absolutely cherry ripe for September. They had the luxury of doing as they played some lower end teams. Complete opposite to what we did last year when we sent Gawn and Lever up to Perth against West Coast with back and ankle issues when the opportunity was there to rest them. So as I am pointing out, Geelong identified far bigger concerns that was holding them back instead of pin pointing loading as their main key target. I mean thanks for the laugh though. In terms of more pressing concerns then 'loading'. • Forward connection is one. Forwards starting behind defenders and not willing to lead at the ball carrier. We struggled to connect in the first quarter. This has zero to do with 'loading'. We're still fresh even in the first quarter. No player ever goes into a game feeling gassed from a main training session especially when recover now days is at an all time premium. Nothing to do with loading. • Botched team selections. Playing a completely underdone Petty off 6 weeks with zero match condition over an in form and fit Tomlinson. Not only that, he started down back after Goodwin promised that he'd be spending most of the year up forward. Spargo as a sub was just bizarre. James Jordon who has zero influence over the game ahead of Jake Bowey who would have added cleanness and speed off half back. Again, nothing to do with loading. • Form concerns of certain players. Pickett, Langdon, Gawn, Spargo, Chandler, ANB, May are all in a form slump and need to find ways to get themselves out of it because it's costing us. They all seem bereft of confidence and are simply struggling. When I see Kozzie picky try and toe poke a ball forward instead of bending down and picking up the footy then it's got absolutely nothing to do with loading, but more so on confidence. • Game plan. We've reverted back to the slow ball movement style which simply gets picked apart, eerily similar to last year as well. I remember watching the Doggies and Sydney and thinking that this will be the game plan that'll win us the flag this year. We played a fast attacking brand that caught teams off side with the way we were able to sling shot off half back generate scoring pressure so quickly. It's why we were at one stage the highest scoring team in the competition. Nothing to do with loading, it's the tinkering of game plan that is evident.

Funny that.

I think people want to find excuses for the sake of it. It's like putting a band aid on a bigger wound. There are more pressing concerns then then this loading myth which was put to bed the moment we lost our first final. The believers were telling us all that we were in a huge loading phase this time last year and it would set us up well come September. How did that go? The believers went MIA after our finals exit last year and couldn't even come up with an answer when they were questioned about it. And here we are again, Déjà vu.

Oh dear... Loading discussion has reared its head into this thread for the 2nd year in a row @JimmyGadson Couldn't make this stuff up.

On top of the disgusting 50m penalty against Sloane..

Umpires cost Adelaide the game.

Tex!!

Taylor Walker is a genuine [censored] star!

After yesterday's effort, that is increasingly alarming to read 😳

Personally I don't think it's worked at all. Having the two genuine ruckman leaves us a tall forward short. Both Grundy and Max cannot play forward as they simply dont have the forward natural ability and insticts, and if they're not rucking then they're not really adding much else elsewhere. I thought Max spending more time up forward would work but it simply hasn't unfortunately.

I know all of that. But I'm not talking about individual awards. I'm talking about the combination in itself this year and the money spent on another ruckman that's averaging around 66% game time which we're pretty much roughly paying 650-700k in which Collingwood are paying the rest. Is that really worth the money? On face value right now, don't think so. Gawn is completely out of form and a shadow of himself and Grundy shows bits here and there. The Petracca and Oliver deals bargains indeed.

I reckon he's off to Sydney.

For?

Wow... expensive rucks.. Not entirely sure its worked either.

Weideman really is having a stinker...

Ask Gery Pert.

I just think another big bodied mid is needed whilst we don't Oliver and Viney is copping a battering.

Well time is ticking now, not the back end of the season. (Not having a crack at you, just frustrated with this)

Certainly right up there in my time under Goodwin

Definitely has bravey and isn't afraid to fly for his marks. I like that in a skinny kid who's still developing.

So no different to the rest of our midfield in the seniors? Personally I didn't think it was that bad at all? Really do think it gets overblown with his disposal. Petracca for instance is one of our biggest ball butchers in our team but doesn't get called out for it because he's good at other things that make him stand out. His ball use on Thursday night was horrifically bad for a player of his calibre.

Interesting because I barely noticed Jefferson last night.