At the break of Gawn

The Crows getting Dunstall in to do an external review is a great idea. I forgot that it was Dunstall who did the overhaul at Hawthorn and he appointed Clarko. The Dees could do no harm bringing him in to do something for us if things don’t improve next year.

Just imagine if he hadn’t of done his hammy in 2017? He could have had 4 AA on the trot.

Could become one of our most decorated players.

Wow, nailed it.

Cameron will be CHF

I feel there are too many mids who may squeeze him out.

Wow, who’d of thought that Goody’s idea of just keeping players with a killer instinct wasn’t so good after all when he found out they can’t execute the fundamentals of the game of AFL? (E.g AnB) Anyway, even though I think Watts may finally have his head screwed on straight after the exposure of his less than saintly personal life, there’s no way he’ll be traded back. Sincerely hope he has a ripper season for ? next year.

That’s what happens when you have the best coach over the last 50 years or so.

I hope he took full responsibility for that horrible kick in the last 2 minutes. On replay it was even worse as Gawn was in the right position a long the boundary calling for it.

Spot on.

@joeboy Can we also please get a 3 word player analysis for their season? ?

I decided to make plans today to avoid watching today’s game (probably for the first time in 5 years). I was intermittently checking the scores though, and when I saw that we were a point up with 2-3 mins remaining, I started watching on my phone to see our co-captain take a mark in defence and do what a first gamer would do in a similar situation. I just smirked and thought, of course. No doubt his last kick as a captain of this club.

Just have an inkling that Goodwin and co will get things right over the summer and we’ll jump out of the blocks. I see us finishing 5th-6th but still short of class of beating the top tier teams such as Richmond, West Coast, Lions (I think they’ll be good again next year) etc. We’ll win our first final but play a tough away semi-final and fall short. If we somehow do finish top 4, due to a really soft draw and win week 1, I think we could almost get to the GF. I think this prediction is probably 90% red + blue optimism with about 10% logic.

The Gawn captain campaign is gaining some more momentum after Goody was asked about it on SEN. Gawn was asked by Footy classified on Monday about being captain - there's a small video snippet on twitter of him being asked the question. In Max's usual style, he was humble about it and joked about his limited captain experience while also saying he's a "Nathan Jones" man. Didn't even mention Viney which was strange. https://twitter.com/FootyClassified/status/1163430123304919040 - edit have pasted the link. Got no idea how to embed tweets on DL.

Pretty sure the AFLPA requires the players to have a minimum of 6-8 weeks break or something a long those lines. Goody and his coaches need that 6 weeks to devise a game plan that will get us back into finals and ready to present to the players Day 1.

That's an interesting point. Our points against this year is 1,907 so the time-on against score of 635 represents 33%. Let's say there's on average 30mins of game time in a qtr, so that means there's close to 33% of our scores against us happen in the last 10 mins of play. Comparing to Geelong who's total points against is 1,401; their 471 scores conceded also represents 33% - so it's all relative really. Bottom line: Points conceded in time on is basically an exact mirror of the points conceded as a whole - therefore this analysis doesn't really provide any different insight.

I'm sorry, but how did he destroy either of those clubs? St.Kilda were an absolute rabble under Grant Thomas. He took them to consecutive grand finals and was one good bounce away from being a Premiership Coach. Also got Freo to a grand final and consecutive finals series but faced a once-in-a-generation Hawks side. I know he left the Saints when the wheels started to fall off, but it was only time I can remember when the Saints were actually a formidable side.

Despite all the game plan tinkering which Goodwin has admitted to as a failure, I still think the lack of preseason to a lot of players is still the major factor. Goodwin stated on radio that he had some severe doubts about the prospect of the season as early as the summer and by round 3 those doubts were full blown alarms. Goodwin knows his footy and he knows exactly how hard a playing group has to work and he knew we were miles behind the pack. As supporters, we’ll be acutely aware of how well we’re going to fare by February when we start seeing intraclub matches and our first JLT. We won’t have to wait for round 1. We should, in theory, witness a massive up swing in two way running, spreading from the contest, spread on transition, defensive efforts, skills execution and more.

There's no way May will be made VC due to his fitness levels this year as well as his drinking indiscretion. There will be too much bad PR with that appointment. He needs some credits in the bank - I'd say 2021 would be good for May to be in the LG or even as a VC. For me it'll be one of the two scenarios next year: 1) Captain: Max Gawn VC: Viney (Clubs just don't dump you from Co-Captain to just in the LG unless you're in the twilight of your career). LG: Jetta and Tmac 2) Co-Captains: Gawn/Viney LG: Jetta and Tmac. This way you have a leader in every aspect of the ground. I think they'll give Lever another year of focusing on his game before naming him in the LG. I just get the feeling the club won't have the gall to drop Viney straight out of any vice or co-captaincy duties. At a minimum I think they'll keep him in the LG.

100% agree. Anyone with ACL risk you’d leave out.

Max Gawn - Sole captain Delist: JKH, AnB, Stretch and J.Wagner Trade out: J Viney (I know it won’t happen though), OMac Trade in: Langdon, Hill New game plan over off season Solidified forward line over the preseason of: Tmac, Weid, Fritsch, J Smith, Hannan and Vandenberg Burgess to reshape Trac into an explosive mid Off-field: New Footy GM (someone like Balme) Let go of: Chaplin New assistants (obviously)

Yes - I just see it as an expensive charitable donation but where I’ve lost the receipt.

I’ll need to give that a listen. So does that mean we’re getting a new Footy GM?

100% agree. Unlike some of the commentators on Fox, Dunstall often talks a lot of sense.

I’m 33, which might be young to some supporters on this page, and started following us in 1996. This is without a doubt the worst season I’ve experienced. The disappointment after so much hype is just absolutely crushing. Something really stinks with this club. There’s something rotting and I really hope this internal review yields something.