At the break of Gawn

That's why I planned it during the bye week. My partner still hasn't worked out why I picked that week.

Feels like he needs to reset over the preseason, get his body right and establish that connection with the midfielders. The connection is gone at the minute, he's not getting around the ground as much, and I somehow feel he's not going to fix this in the matter of a week or two.

Throughly enjoy my week's holiday in Bali.

Can't get much more of a glowing review than that. Only real omission is the mention of getting back to AFL level. From Plapp's review of Bugg I'd say he'll be in the VFL for a few more weeks. Watts has probably done enough to earn a recall but he might just be unlucky due to team balance. I think the move into the midfield really showcased his ability to play a variety of roles, but if he's been pigeon holed as a tall marking forward in Goody's structure, and he only wants 2 tall forwards, then there's no way he'll be picked.

Can't see Bugg being back in the side after 1 VFL performance. Will need more credits in the bank. Out: Wagner, Stretch In: Watts, Salem Harmes or Watts to play wing.

Goody is just annoyed about the constant questions regarding Watts as they always ask about him an no one else. That's why he keeps on reeling out the "He'll be treated like everyone else, it wasn't just him dropped etc etc". The club has always stated he should be treated like every other player on the list.

Pretty good summary this time. Stretch seems to have a bit of Jimmy Toumpas about him lately

Yep, this. Although Hannan has had a very quiet run of games apart from last week's last quarter cameo.

Doubt Viney will play next week i'd say

Most of those diseases occurred after the domestications of farm animals. Given the Aborigines didn't really have cows, sheep etc domesticated I'd say the life expectancy was quite good after you made it through childhood. I've also read something similar that the life style of our ancestral hunter gatherers was potentially better than what we have today. Except for those with a birth defect and the elderly who were often killed so they wouldn't slow down the group.

All the results falling our way so far... Win tomorrow and we can almost certainly cement a spot. A 10 goal win will make it almost impossible for West coast to overtake us.

Pretty good summary. Thought Frost ran into trouble a bit too much though. JKH would've been BoG if his finishing skills were better. 18 tackles is amazing though Watts by far the cleanest in really scrappy conditions. Was always going to be hard for Weid with those conditions.

Haha yep, sorry I j jumped onto the Casey thread afterwards and saw your other posts. 2nd quarter was pretty scrappy and the move into the midfield helped him. Yes he did arrive late, but he had to commit to the contest. Would have looked even worse had he pulled out. Trust Watts to get reported for one of the softest bumps you'll ever see.

What rubbish. 20 disposals and 12 marks 4 of them inside 50 I think) and a few shots on goal. Can't kick it as long it seems due to the hammy though. But played all over the ground and easily the best ball user out there today. Also, that report was the softest thing I've ever seen. As he said on the interview at the end of the game "if I get done for that..."

Will depend if Wattsy is at training tomorrow or not I guess if he's in the mix. VFL squad normally wouldn't train the day before a game or perhaps only do something very light. Shaping up to be one of the most interesting match selections this week. Really have no idea, and I reckon most were way off predicting the 4 being dropped last week.

Harris Andrews is an excellent defender with a huge reach and I doubt he'd kick any on him. He might do better on McStay, but not much.

Not going to choose a guy simply on tackles. Might as well recruit Jordan McKenzie again then to play the position.

2nd fastest 20m sprint by a non indigenous, bro.

Agreed. Goodwin is a solution based coach. When Watts has solved his problematic areas, he'll come back in.

Yeah, Carlisle's ability to run off Weid killed us in the third qtr so in that sense he was actually inhibiting the team. I reckon Harris Andrews will mark every ball kicked to him next week unless Tmac plays forward.

Like the rest of the posters, would like to see Watts in the VFL another week to work on those things Goody asked of him. I'm thinking: In: Stretch Out: Wagner No way Bugg comes back in the side after a 6 week suspension. Hannah is lucky he kicked those 2 goals in the last qtr, was Mr. Invisible up until then and didn't even have a kick until after half time.

Goody isn't going to bag him out in the media. Don't think it was necessary about comparing Watts with what Weideman can bring. Think the issue was more so what Watts was bringing compared to what he is capable of. Why wasn't Hulett given a chance instead or is he on the rookie list?

Yeah, nah. Only 9 pressure acts. Watts doubled that against the Giants and tripled that against the Roos. Watts also averages 2-3 tackles a game this season which is pretty good for a tall forward. Watts is out of form, been looking for the out the backs and hasn't been flying for them as much as he used to. AKA back to old habits. The posters who keep on saying it's due to pressure acts and tackles from Watts look misinformed when you read the stats. Watts needed to go back to VFL to recapture form and do the things mentioned above. Weid was the only option for Goodwin to choose, with the key word being only.

I watched Curnow last night. He is going to be a superstar. If it wasn't for that drink driving thing we would have selected him. Not sure what attributes Weid brings apart from his courage in the air.

Don't think any of the "statement ins" made much of an impact though. Gus was building and was likely to come in for Maynard. The move of Tmac back steadied us. Wagner and Weid were underwhelming to say the least.