dazzledavey36

Jesse Hogan from watching him Round 1 of the VFL

@binman who was there in the night said he played 4 quarters.

I heard the comment too and get why May would be relieved. In all honesty Smith lack of footy awareness and smarts shows out pretty evidently on game days.

A fair few were saying the exact same thing with the like of Jayden Hunt and James Jordon as well after their first year. What they proved was that sometimes players just need a little bit of extra time more then others. Just to point out a little perspective on Laurie, he has basically missed 2 years of competive footy. His under 18's year was completely wiped out with covid, and then his first year in the AFL system last year he only managed 3 VFL games due to a severe injury and then covid as well wiping out the VFL competition. Right now the way I look at it is that this will be a development year for him and people expecting him to play AFL games need to temper those expectations. He needs to just have a year of getting use to playing against the bigger bodies and the pace of the game as well and then hopefully with another full pre season under his belt we'll see him come in and start to make an impact in the way that James Jordon did last year after spending his first 2 years just toiling away in the VFL.

Forget the fine I'd suspend Smith for 2 weeks.

In what way?

Thanks 'Bin' Are you able to give a run down on player's who impressed you and some of our young players. If I get time I'd like to watch the replay later.

Did Petty play the 3 quarters that was said during the week or the full 4 quarter game?

The other issue was Weideman had a pretty injury interrupted junior career as well so whether he got the required off field coaching and education as well then who knows. Unfortunately you're right about his psychological nature. It was pretty evident last year and it brought back memories of Jimmy Toumpas in tears when he was subbed out for a game against Brisbane. Knew then that he wouldn't survive at AFL level after seeing that. I think Weideman may be heading down that same road as well.

I don't think intensity was the issue for Brown. His was more that he was really behind the 8 ball in terms of fitness and conditioning. Let's not forget we're talking about a well established senior player in Brown who's kicked over 60 goals a year 3 years in a row at AFL level, compared to a guy who's battled at VFL level for 6 years running due to lack of intensity and form. Brown knows what the requirement of AFL intensity is and his record speaks for itself. Weideman is still lacking in that department.

That's a significant concern for me then. 6 years in the system at 24 years of age and he still needs coaching in intensity?

It's way too early to suggest Brisbane Geelong and the doggies have dropped off. Port are cooked so they're gone. Geelong and Brisbane have shown that they will absolutely be there about as much as it pains me to say about Geelong. Doggies the only team i can see not making top 4. The likes of the Blues and Swans are easily top 4 material who can beat us on the day if they match it with our mids and defence.

Tonight speaks more about Brisbane then Geelong. The fact Brisbane still couldn't beat Geelong without Selwood and Stewart is why I questioned that at the start of the year whether they could win the flag. If they can't even perform at the Gabba come finals how will they perform at the MCG in front of 90k come September. These are the games they should have easily mopped up if they want to be a genuine contender. Cam Rayner for me is a little overrated imo

Seems to float back a bit more then usual. At one stage I saw him sprint from the 50m arc into deep defence and took a great intercept mark. Gains leadership and coaching is catching on it seems on young Jacko.

Weideman was really poor last night and has frustrated me for a while, but I think you're right. He needs a good block of 4 week stretch of games alongside BB to see if he has what it takes. He's now in his 7th year in the AFL system so the excuses are running out for Sam. There's a young bloke by the name of Jacob Van Rooyen who's breathing down his neck if he keeps his VFL form up.

He may have had a slow start to the year (has slow starts every year) but he's certainly not slowing down anytime soon. Keep this form up and he's on his way to being a 6 x All Australian.

I think there has been little snippets here and there, but if I take Brayshaw on face value he seems to enjoy playing a variety of roles. Behind closed doors might be a completely different story.

Not a contract discussion, but has anyone noticed Jacko is really starting to clunk his marks around the ground? First time I've really noticed him taking a few intercept marks down back ala Max Gawn style.

JJ has really surprised me with how good he's playing the wing role. His work rate and defensive ability is elite imo. It's no wonder Adem Yze rates JJ extremely highly.

Yep, I'd be looking to drop Spargo to be honest. Has barely fired a shot this year and reckon his defensive work has dropped off. Think you'll find Pickett is getting the extra hard tag this year compared to last year. When you've just come off a 40 goal year as a 2nd year small forward in a premiership team then you're absolutely prone to get a hard tag. I have no issues with kozzie forms because he's giving elite pressure the other way. The offensive stuff will eventually fall into place.

Mids were too busy going one ball too many which then cause turn over. I know mids are just as much to blame but both Weid ans McDonald barely got to enough contests to bring the ball down.

[censored] you Melbourne. That was a trash display of footy. Had the opportunity to really put the foot down but instead we tried to be too cute with our ball use going forward. 3 weeks in a row now that we've just played sloppy and let opposition back into the game. Are McDonald and Weideman actually for real?? 2nd week in a row where they've had opportunity to cement their spot while Brown is out and both failed miserably. Both could barely give a contest or bring the ball to ground. Sooner these two are phased out for good the better. Petracca is a star and all but [censored] hell he's sloppy and selfish at times. Thank God for Steven May.

[censored] ****house.

This game is trash. We haven't played that well at all.