John Demonic

Geelong had a gluttony of midfielders where Caddy was wanting to play and that trade is actually considered one of Geelongs worst trades because they let him go for not much. It was a bizarre trade related to the Deledio request that didnt get done. It's not really a benchmark for future trades. See: https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/afl/josh-caddy-trade-geelong-fans-take-to-social-media-to-express-anger-over-move/news-story/ffebaf85a631a1f75874da40c3ec33e1 Higgins as you said is almost guaranteed an elite 10 year career perhaps of the ilk of Ballantyne or Milne. He's not gettable at the price you are willing to pay. Richmond would want what they used to draft him AND some. They would be budgeting their cap around keeping him and again trimming the fat of their lower 16-22 to draft in more kids.

Let's be realistic. Higgins was their first round pick 2 years ago and you'd have to give them pick 10-15 again and another pick swap. Shai Bolton is a player thats been pushed out due to a gluttony of developed or elite small fwds, was only offered 1 year last year and would come cheaply as he was a pick 29 initially. Edit: But on the other hand, if we're being realistic, Goodwin wouldn't take the risk unless he had some inside midfield attributes lol.

Shai Bolton

And he can train with OMAC all week to build his confidence. And despite those great stats, unfortunately people go the lazy 'soft and kicks joe the goose goals' soundbytes for upvotes, to summarize him. Goodwin should be making a call to his manager after seeing his impact first hand last weekend.

If he and TMAC were swingmen, it would wreak all kinds of havoc on the opposition, having them move back or forward at a whim. Running into the 50 to spoil or mark on the run. You'd be terrified of a Steven May running back with the flight. The unpredictable factor could be one of our weapons. Goody might need to think outside the box for something like this, for 2020 to give us an advantage.

TIL (Today I Learned) Clarko showed Lewis the door by offeringg him a 1 year deal and telling him if he wanted longer he should explore other options. He didn't see the writing on the wall when he performed badly in their Bulldogs semi final. he offered him 1 more year. It was the non-offer of the Hawthorn captaincy that had Lewis slamming the door on his way out. And the week before the semi in 2016, Jordan was BOG with 40 disposals and 153 AF points against Geelong. You don't show someone the door after a performance like that, you're trying to re-write history. You don't rate B&F's? How about grand finals? 2015 GF: 26 disp, 9 marks. 7 clearance. 114 AF points. 2nd highest 2014 GF: 37 disp, 8 marks, 139 AF points. 3rd highest 2013 GF 26 disp, 11 marks, 111 AF points, 1st highest 2012 GF: 20 disp, 1 mark, 86 AF points, 5th highest 2008 GF: 30disp, 7 mark, 93 AF points, 6th highest (22 years old) Lewis is the exact kind of player we needed to bring in for premiership experience, leadership, and to get that 1 year that Clarko thought he had left AND the extra 2 years to lure him to make the move. We all knew he'd slow down in his 2nd year. Making the prelim and expecting May & Lever to make a difference that would provide him the padding to sit back and provide us with disposal out of defence, was our big error this year. If only May had not come back unfit.

Roughead is an interesting one given he's mates with Lewis. I haven't seen much Hawthorn this year, does he have 1 year left? Seems not. But could we bring him in just to fill the void in TGR's life left by the retirement of Lewis?

This is the thread to start after we see how May & Lever are supposed to sure up our defence. Been saying it for the past 3 months. We need to assess which forward to target once it's become absolutely assured that we do need to bring one in

I meant purely in a tactical/defensive coach role for next year. But i'm being a bit presumptous in assuming the club is going to do a full review and bring in new people.

Are you welcome at your old workplace to turn up and just assume you have a role?

That was a good defensive effort by the Blues that day. Really showed that they had put in a good defensive Clarko inspired system. Makes you wonder if Brendan Bolton could bring any expertise to the Dees. That day also shows that our worst is on the level of a bottom team and has been consistently maintained all these years, even when we were gunning for finals/made the finals in 17/18

It's surreal to see a melbourne player with so much effortless speed off a step and around the packs with his sidestep, i'm just used to the explosive speed of Frost & Hunt that are more like straight-line turbo boosts than footwork speed that makes a pack look like it's full of spaces to move and weave around in. Must be what its like to support a team with Brad Hill or Chris Judd in it.

If his last coach was just sacked and his latest is unproven, could it tell us something about his coaching?

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My bad. Whenever i see the word 'current' i always associate it with current best 22. Fair enough to put it in his hands then. I would probably go Tmac ahead of him.

I'm JKelly'ing with ya mate. We'd never do something as stupid as Carlton ?

You left out the letters L and E mate.

Silly Carlton, should've done what we did and traded it for two Liam Stockers ?‍♂️ And then used one of those Liam Stockers to trade for a ruckman that never gets a game.

The kid had probably been parked in that spot for 2 hours, fresh as a daisy

Does anyone know how many Crow fans travel up there? When i saw a shot of the main stadium on the wing, the entire crowd jumped up to their feet in celebration, it was either after either a goal or the siren i can't recall. Made me bloody angry. Aside from our cheer squad and a small pocket of indigenous girls on the half forward flank cheering when Gawn took a mark, i didn't see much support for us.

He should've said: “Neither side showed anything today to suggest that they’re going be any threat come the end of the year – both sides have some work to do,”

With all due respect my friend, i think you're stuck in 2018. There are no lower teams or soft games plural left to play. There is only Carlton.

Were you replying to other people suggesting Petty or Keilty should've played down back? I don't think they'd make any difference. But in hindsight, it looks as though we're no longer robbing peter to pay paul by putting Tmac down back as he has no forward influence, so i think he is the only player that changes the result by locking down Jenkins or Walkers influence. If May or Lever don't come back, then Tmac should be down back and we drop Omac because once again we're on the national stage and need to not look like fools. I think a combination of Smith, Weid & Preuss/Keilty should be tried. Experiment.

Aside from a few weeks of ok form, we're still the same shambolic defence that needed TMAC to go down back to mitigate our awfulness for prime time anzac eve viewing. So that's your answer there.

Sounds like my parents. My dad gets too heated watching it on tv, but somehow nonchalantly can go to his bed at half time and just pop the radio on or turn it off and go to sleep and wake up for the result. And my mum hides in the bathroom or bedroom when a result is even remotely close. Kind of defeats the purpose of following/enjoying watching a sport, but i can think i empathize as i get older and realise it's not good for the heart. It's a very uncomfortable feeling they'd rather avoid. Unless its an important final anyway. I live overseas now, but i find that watching it on delay is the best way for me to take an amount of stress away. i can pause it in and take a break in between goals or even forward thrusts, fast forward through the opponents attack and see if a goal was kicked or if they were repelled. For eg I paused it when Weid marked it and took a 2 minute break to come back to the shot. Makes life easier.