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Apparently Goodwin has already mentioned that Pickett will come straight in.

Interestingly i was just looking at the stats from the weekend and we actually won the clearances by 1, and contested footy 111 Carlton to Melbourne's 114. I was shocked when i saw that as i felt they really had the upper measure in both aspects.

You've made some good points here. I am also in the camp of just getting Weideman in and play him for the rest of the year. We have [censored] around with his development and he needs continuity in his game. I am also in the thought of having all 3 of Jackson, Weid, and Mcdonald as our 3 key forward. Jackson to part time ruck which leaves Weideman and McDonald to just focus on being key forwards full time. I also hate this whole playing Bayley Fritsch from deep full forward. Justin Plapp our forwards coach has a lot to answer to this. He's best utilised as a half forward which his clean kicking skills on display.

Interestingly Hayden Young debuted on the weekend who plays a similar role to what Rivers does. Young had 11 disposals 46% disposal efficiency 3 tackles and 92 metres gain. Rivers had 12 Disposals, 87% disposals efficiency, 2 tackles and 286 metres gain. They'll both have good careers, but Rivers impact on the game over the weekend cannot be underestimated.

How do you imply we got smashed on the outside when we actually won the uncontested possession count 187 to Carltons 162.......

Loved Sparrows game from the marsh game against Adelaide. Unfortunately he's pretty much the same player as Viney. Doubt he'll get much of a look unless injuries.

It was McKay, i do remember that bit of play. His closing speed was actually quite remarkable. I think it was in the pocket? I'm honestly bullish on him. Besides 2 brain fades he actually defended quite well. I feel like he is the type of player that just gets better with each game of experience. Lets take into account it was his first game since March 2019. Hes come straight in on tje back of no VFL form. He'll get better.

Wing and half back

He is a yarrawonga boy like myself so I've seen his football growing up as he is good friends with my younger brother. Watched a live game of him last year. Hes a good kid with maturity beyond his years. But seriously mate, he might get a game or two but to suggest he'll overtake Brayshaw is simply laughable. He is a good honest plodder, who struggles first half of the year at VFL last year. I'll revisit this thread when he's starting mid by the end od the year.

Agree, hes an honest plodder. With the list reductions this year, i expect Jordon to be cut.

No he wont.

What a stupid thing to say He just finished 3rd in the brownlow and look destined to become a star of the competition. We had just traded Hogan and trading Brayshaw at the time would have been a real uproar with supporters. Everyone is a hindsight hero at times.

He was barely in the center circle throughout game and at times was on the wing.

I too have done some reflection mate and even watched the first quarter on replay. It was right up there with some of the best performance I've seen since the 2018 finals against Geelong. And you're right mate, our first quarter was as good as any this round. We really do need the likes of Melksham, Lever, McDonald and even Bennell to hit form to play consistent 4 quarter footy. They're quick on the outside. On the inside they're useless. Really hope Viney, Oliver, Gawn and Petracca tske advantage of this.

True that, it was a mix of both. Sydney applying the same pressure as what Carlton did to us and now shutting them off from their game style. If we can play 4 consistent qtrs like we did with our first yesterday then we can absolutely knock some of these good sides off.

Watching the Essendon. Bombers look fast and cleaned. So only flew into Sydney this morning then had to wait a couple of hours. Out of all the teams I've watched this weekend, Essendon look the best so far.

Nothing in it.

No but its been well documented by Mclean in the past that his family were close friends with the Morans back in the peak of when all that chaos was happening in Melbourne.

Vineys low imput was due to them having Ed Curnow doing a hard tag for majority of the game. I expect him to bounce back next week.

Gone are those days DD. Look how that turned out when a certain Mark Neeld tried to pull that [censored] off.

Apparently Weideman kicked about 5 or 6 goals in today's scratch match.

I think his run and jump is best suited up forward. For some strange reason we had the skinny Fritsch playing the legit full forward role on Liam Jones. This is the type of role Smith could utilise his athletic attributes. Bit like last year against Brisbane when he snagged 4 playing from the square

Besides two brain fades, I thought Smith defended well. I can certainly see why the coaches are in love with him. His athletic ability is quite freakish. I do wish he was playing up forward though.

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