dazzledavey36

To people who question Caro's sources and integrity. From a footy journo mate of mine.

Absolutely we should be going after Maynard. Remember also his old man works for Casey Demons already. Great replacement for Hibberd.

Just to clarify my comment, I am meaning next year not this year in terms of replacement.

I'll throw a spanner.. If we lost Yze to a senior gig, would you take Buckley as a midfield coach?

This worries me with Yze and Williams...

Do you have the 2000 one mate?

What a bizarre year.. we were 20 minutes from playing off in the prelim.

Yes I do.. I use to have Hotter Then Hell, the 2000 and 2002 videos as well.

We were missing Langdon and Viney.

I said pre game that I question Brisbane mental capacity when it comes to big finals games. If we can get them on an MCG come September I'll be licking my lips. I question their leaderships ability to take hold of a game and swing it their way when going gets tough.

This is our coaching team drilling this kind of stuff into our players.

Funny you say that. When Sparrow initially fumbled I thought straight away Zorko's got him here.. nope, Sparrow had so much time in the world to pick up, gather and slot it through. Very poor and lazy leadership.

Official.

Mini Viney

Me too. This is why I think think the Weideman/Brown combo could still work. Let's just say if Brown was playing last Friday night, Andrews immediately goes to Brown leaving Weideman to the the 2nd and 3rd best defender. Weideman then gets off the lease and is able to impact further. Goodwin talks about forward cohesion and Weideman and Brown have played one game together at AFL level. Weideman, McDonald and Brown is a pretty strong forward set up.

This is a stab guess, but I think they really want to nail Boweys defensive game first. His offence is elite, but being able to defend first is something they'll be educating him first. This was something Rivers spoke about last week was the high importance in being able to defend first and the rest falls into place with the offensive side. Could be wrong though...

Mate, seriously? I'm not shouting about it at all about this topic. I have been measured in my response around my concerns with Weideman on the back of his performance this year. If I am not allowed to express that on here then I'll happy close my account for good. Read the response. All discussions have been good and well written out by everyone.

I never said it was about possessions? It's all good and well to says it's all about bringing the ball to ground, but at some stage he'll need to start impacting the scoreboard like good solid key forwards otherwise he'll find himself out of the team Ben Brown right now is a 60 goal per forward who's been able to do that for 3 years in a row. Brown may not be the player he once use to be. But as Montagna pointed out last night, for us to be a complete team then surely it's Ben Brown as first choice. Also I'm still intrigued about you saying we shouldn't be comparing him to the best young key forwards of the game in terms of impact, even though I mentioned those key forwards were in fact younger then Weids which is already a concern in itself considering he too was a high draft pick like them. But anyhow, what's the right comparison for him then? I named McKay and Hipwood as as two who were in the same draft but taken couple of picks later. I like Weid, I really do and want him to make it. I have been his biggest supporter even right through 2019 where he was simply disappointing. The first time I really questioned his ability and stay mentally in the game was at the end of last season when in the last 4 games of the year he kicked 1 single goal, had 7 marks in total and averaged 6 disposals for all 4 games. If he's playing a decoy role up forward in limiting the likes of Andrews, then so be it. Would be good if coaching staff could maybe clarify that? then at least it absolutely makes sense in his current role because then relieves expectation in a way. I had Weideman as an out this week. But the more I thought about it, the more I think they'll give him another chance. If he's role is to negate Darcy Moore then it'll be a good match up.

Yep. Playing the Neville Jetta lock down role and doing it just fine. You talk about sacrificing your game well Hibberd's done that this year. On form, he goes again next year.

He was a pick 9 in a draft that's now been seen as one of the quality drafts to be seen. Same draft as Hipwood and McKay mind you. Both those players are performing to the standard the should be now. The club has invested a lot with not much in return. I'll steal a quote about Sam Weideman that I stole from another Melbourne forum thay was discussed on First Crack last night. I don't know how much clear cut it's needs to be made out. He's simply not performing to the standard he should be. They had a stat on First Crack last night. Weid has never scored average or above ranking points for his position relative to his age. But more to the point, as a 24 year old KPF, this year his ranking points average is almost 60% worse than the average for his position.

Well said. This is his 6th year at AFL level. I'm watching the likes Ben King, Aaron Naughton, Oscar Allen and Harry McKay speed right past him in terms of talent and impact of games. Not only that, the first 3 players I named are at least 2-3 years younger then Sam. McKay came from the same draft as Weideman and he'll go close to winning the Coleman this year. I've been a supporter of Sam, but excuses are running out for him. We have a 60 goal a year key forward who's ready to go and right now if it was up to me he'd be playing right now.

I watched Collingwood on the weekend. They played a completely different brand and took the game on much quicker through the corridor. The same way Adelaide beat us. This game isn't a walk in the park. No game is. Bring that game style again on the weekend and Collingwood are a chance.

Me too please.

Surprised no one has mentioned Michael Hibberd's game on Charlie Cameron. I know he kicked 2 goals but he was completely shut out of the game and never looked like he he was going to threaten. Well done Hibbo.