dazzledavey36

Agree. This selection really has perplexed a lot on here. If there was a time to play Turner then this would have been perfect opportunity. If not now then when? Club needs to start thinking of life after May and how that may look in the future. Instead we bring in a 30 old with wonky knee off the back of being torn to shreds by a kid who was a part time VFL only a week prior to the St Kilda game. I think he would have handled Darcy well especially as he's got genuine grunt and leap to go with him in the air.

That was pre knee Tommo.

He also had Ben Brown kick 6 on him in one of the scratchies. This was confirmed by @picket fence. Even without May I was still confident. Now seeing Tomlinson playing I can't say I'm confident at all now.

Yes.

Oh dear....

Sub maybe.

Sone massive overreaction going on here regarding the May news. I see this as a great challenge for us. We've been blessed with May staying fit since 2020, but now I see this as an opportunity for someone like Petty to show the competition by he should be spoken on the same level as May and Lever. Or perhaps someone like a Daniel Turner who can come in and grab their opportunity with both hands. Good top 4 teams still win games regardless if an individual goes down. Richmond lost Rance to knee reco back in the early rounds of 2019 and went on to win a flag. On the two debutants, I love it! We, including myself were desperate for fresh young talent last year to inject a bit of enthusiasm and spark into the line up. Well I'm glad to see it happen round 1 and regardless of whether Laurie deserves it or not it's a great opportunity to further improve our depth with these two now getting a taste of AFL action. Go well lads.

Tommo got absolutely torn apart by a kid against St Kilda who was only signed a week prior to the SSP. He's cooked and should not be playing unless our backline is in complete crisis in which this instance, it isn't.

I'd be incredibly shocked and bewildered if Joel Smith was his replacement considering he's had zero pre season and zero match fitness. For me it's either Daniel Turner steps up or they move McDonald back and bring in JVR/Schache as replacement.

May in doubt.

Glad we're not taking the risk. Season is a marathon, not a race.

Schache? Could get thrown down back if their tall forwards start to get hold off us.

His knee was heavily strapped and was proppy when he ran out into the ground before the bounce of the ball. He was absolutely not 100% fit and simply should not have played.

We made the stupid mistake of rushing Salem for round 1 last year when he looked completely underdone and it cost him his year. Hopefully history won't repeat himself and we give Jack all the time his knee needs to heal.

Saturday night barby and a couple of beers/glass of red.

Yes you were.. and with a sharp footy brain just to pump your tyres up a tad. Reckon I started out around the same time as you many moons back.

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The guy is a [censored]. And that's an opinion well before all that went down last year. Not sure if he wants a thread also..

We smashed North in last year's practice game and won 10 in a row. What's your point?

Yeah fair point Bin. It's definitely not lost in my observation of both games. Certainly yesterday I noticed it more. I think a part of my frustration is that we simple direct and straight footy this gives guys like Brown and Gawn who both have that long arm reach. This plays to their strengths, so let's hopefully sustain it throughout the year with some tweaks in between.

I see Brisbane have provided a full match summary from their VFL game last night. https://www.lions.com.au/news/1278338/lions-vfl-look-the-goods-in-southport-win Meanwhile there's been just crickets from ours regarding yesterday's game..

No, he wasn't.

Really hope Osker Baker lines up on a wing. Watching Langdon and Hunter completely blow him up in the first quarter will be sweet to watch as endurance was never a strength of his.