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    59 minutes ago, Turner said:

    What i find interesting is this thread began with comparisons to Tapscott and is currently comparing him to Nibbler but no one has mentioned Chandler.

    I think that is the most similar profile currently. Chandler was afforded 3 years at Casey without debut, came in and I wasn't sold, was a small forward without much goal sense or creativity, tackled a bit. But he has offered a much better showing up the ground as a more mature body and with an improved work rate he still tackles and has a good enough step to get the ball out into some space. Do i think he will ever be a 200 gamer, unlikely, will he ever finish higher than 5-10 in a BnF probably/hopefully not. But he is at least a serviceable 15-30 player on the list.

    Kolt probably has that sort of career in him if he can work on his obvious deviciencies. Do i think he would be better served playing inside mid in the VFL for the rest of the season. Probably. is there anyone I'd rather see in the side for the next 6 weeks, Sharp yes, Windsor yes, Pup at least for a few games, he might be an ordinary kick but his tackle pressure i am a fan of.

    Spargo, Hendo, Culley, Johnson dont bother. and i dont see how we can continue to play Sparrow/Viney/Oliver/Langdon all in the same side if we're giving Langford/Lindsay/Windsor the wing rotations

    If I had to try and compare him to someone it'd be Cam Rayner. Similar height and potential to be a high impact, explosive player. That's who he should model his game off but also to be 10x more consistent than what Rayner is. As a first round selection you want a player who can have a significant impact on the team.

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    3 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    The same Darcy Wilson that was omitted this week from the mediocre St Kilda side?

    The mediocre side that is on one less win than us that also beat us by 5 goals? Wilson is still having a far better year than Kolt (who I can almost guarantee he'll get dropped this week). He's an elite runner who finished 4th in the rising star last year and had had games of 3 goals.

    Put simply, at this stage, the Saints chose the better player.

    I really can't understand his draft selection if I'm being completely honest. He's not skillful, he's not quick, he's not tall, he's not mercurial, so what were his strengths?

    His draft profile says he is a fierce competitor with an enormous work rate. Did Kolt win our 3km time trial in 2024? Because Darcy Wilson did at the Saints.

    To me, he seems like another Goody selection where he's valued competitiveness over what's required in the modern game. I thought by the 2023 draft we were done with this mantra but perhaps it only hit home in 2024.

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    Credit to Goody and the coaches. I thought at half time we were going to be overwhelmed with North's use of the corridor and drive off half back from McKercher and Daniel. However, they really put the clamps on them and we shut down their flow.

    Really impressed with Fritsch's game higher up the ground, Trac and Oliver's clearance work was the best I've seen in months and Langford is a star.

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    I don't mind the deebrief pod. Sometimes when I feel like listening to a quick rant about the club it definitely helps.

    I like it when they have Cados on. He actually sees the game pretty well and he's usually pretty optimistic.

    One thing Demonland can learn from this pod is the length. 1hr episodes are a lot more digestible than 2.5hr shows.

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    I agree the whole the coaching dept needs a reboot.

    Changing Chaplin from defense to forwards coach was a horrible idea. You've got probably the second best defensive coach in the league (behind Matthew Boyd I'd say) and you move him to the forwards coach? The only conclusion I've come up with was it was to satisfy Chaplin's ambition as a senior coach and round out his experience. So defensively we're the worst we've been in a decade under Bassett, while our forward line has actually gone even further backwards.

    Regarding the midfield, Yze made some tremendous changes around the guys ability to burst from stoppage and chain up. It was a pillar to our 2021 premiership. What I think did start to rear its head in 2023 was the poor inside 50s. McQualter comes in and that entry issue persists from the mids but then he changes something around our method and we start losing clearance and contest. 2024 was diabolical for our midfield. In 2025 I think it has improved on 2024 as we were the best clearance side for our 7 week patch but unfortunately we've lost focus again.

    Starting 2026 I'd be moving on Richo and Basset and put Chaplin as defensive coach. I haven't given up hope on Jones as I think he's improved alot of the mess McQualter made.

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    21 hours ago, adonski said:

    Hopefully this is just OPTIX management and we've already cleared out Jake's metaphorical locker internally

    I watched the full interview and I've noticed in the last 3 media interviews/pressers, Goody has mentioned "building towards our next premiership team/list". It seems like a change of narrative where he's preaching patience while acknowledging supporter frustration. Reminds me a bit like Clarkson...

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    So you're telling me, as a mid, Petracca attended the most center bounces, but he didn't even get one center clearance 😳

    He also attended probably another 30 stoppages yet he finished the game with 0 clearances. Jake Soligo is half the player Trac is and he had 5 center clearances.

    That's a very good reason to take him out of them next week and play him in the forward 50 and drop Fritsch.

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    I just remembered that it was only a bit over 4 years ago against the Crows that Clarry played one of the greatest individual performances probably ever played by a mid at Adelaide oval. 40 disposals, 3 goals, 14 clearances (including 7 center clearance). Think his player rating for that game is still in the top 10

    Crazy to think how much has changed with him.

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    Bring Petty in and drop Fritsch. There's no way Petty's ground level stuff is worse than Fritsch leaving us look too tall. North play with 3 tall defenders so it'd be a good time to try 3 talls up forward.

    Dropping Jeffo after 1 game will do nothing for him.

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    Just now, Pirlo said:

    So if we'd doubled our wins for the season we'd be close to making finals?

    All I'm calling out is that if we had beaten the teams below us in those blocks our season would still be alive.

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    41 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

    2 blocks of 5 consecutive losses, Simon can not rationalise that.

    The first block came against:

    8th

    16th

    7th

    4th

    13th

    The second block has come against

    15th

    1st

    11th

    7th

    3rd

    If we had gone 2-3 in both those blocks we'd be equal 6th on the ladder.

    The North, Essendon, Saints and Port games have cost us our season.

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    It's just a game of whack-a-mole with us. You fix our intercept defenders but then we get belted around the ball which has been a strength of ours before the bye.

    You fix our goal kicking from the second qtr onwards but then we don't get it in there enough (mostly due to being belted around the ball)

    McVee's had a couple games like that. He just plays too loose. Salem was garbage and Bowey got shut down

    Rankine and Soligo love playing against us.

    Also, Fritsch has had some poor games in his time but that was horrific. But who comes in for him? I'd actually rather Petracca play that half forward role and leave Viney, Oliver and Pickett in the middle.

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