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Absolutely the mere fact that we can contemplate a guy his size playing midfield speaks volumes for his ability he picks the ball up better than May and we need a tall defender and successor to May and Petty disco isn’t it - not big enough

I think this is another “fugazi” moment Noise that isn’t as King suggests detracting from our performances i don’t think it’s us against the world anymore than any other season If we aren’t going forward with our list and player development then we are going backwards because several of 2023’s pretenders will evolve to be contenders in 24

Tim Lamb will be holding his cards very close to his chest but at his presser he doesn’t sound like he is laser focussed on Reid ”west coast have the golden ticket” very happy with 6 and 11 if we can get a bit higher etc It’s at 3.26 of the attached what do you think?

Our free agents Im not stressing on

For me it’s you do the best with the cards dealt The net result is improved fwd firepower in Fullarton McAdam, ruck insurance/ relief and some outside improvement in delivery in Billings Grundy is better than Fullarton as ruck relief but weaker as a fwd C+ is about right

True but at 194cm he has to mind 200cm opponents and was not favoured much by selectors I think it time we had some bigger better key defenders

“Versatile tall who can play at both ends” maybe he’s a defensive option as well? with petty fwd I still like a tall in defence with May Lever

Teakle for depth at the right price and assuming he is injury free

That only looks at one side of the equation and in retrospect. it all depends on what we get in return

I’m still banging on about Liam Reidy at Fremantle https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/players/4806/liam-reidy He he is behind Darcy and Jackson originally a fwd converted to ruck beautiful left foot kick 23 yo 204 cm 104 kg provides a fwd and ruck option comes from Melbourne I’m not saying Reidy as the the main play go after Hawkins lynch et al but as depth Reidy would be cheap

Excellent point we beat ourselves up about how poor our disposal efficiency is from Trac Oliver etc but that ignores the pressure they are under

I agree i would have thought Grundy the better option but what would I know?

In a contest you don’t need to shoulder him aside you just breathe heavily to knock him sideways the reason is he weighs 94 kgs ollie wines weighs 94 kgs! Ish ruckmen weigh plus 100 so he has limited scope to chop out and he has shown little as a KPF even though we had pretty mint supply to the fwd line at Casey

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I’d look at this guy as stock he isn’t Jeremy Cameron t lynch etc We can afford him he is behind Luke Jackson and Darcy at Freo he is a fwd who evolved to be a ruck not other way round https://demonland.com/forums/topic/54418-the-liam-reidy-thread/?do=getNewComment

Isaac smith was positive on the Dees on the footy show on Saturday basically don’t overreact good list No fundamental deficiencies that can’t be addressed

I don’t want to patch together a fwd line we should aim higher

I thought Kozzies indiscipline was disgraceful for all his brilliance his brainfarts cause me to question his importance he certainly didnt perform in 23 like in 21 and the kozzie midfield experiment might need reconsideration

And 50m when we least needed it delist

It’s @binman s contention that our game plan is built for finals - one behind the contest, lose the clearances but score on the rebound apparently. Ignore the bombing in it is argued because statistically it still delivers enough score and anyway we don’t have the elite kicks to do something else On the evidence that got us one GF but it now demands reconsideration On personnel I think we lack a quality tall defender Gawn succession midfield pace and a tall fwd we have invested heavily in inside mids The return on investment there needs to be considered

Maybe you should be respectful of Sidebottom my point is not that the red and blue can do no wrong it’s that you have to be right on your game to beat the best and too often we here ignore the quality of the opposition and see only the faults of our players

Absolutely It had irony written all over it

Typical dland comment no respect for Sidebottoms game and career we weren’t playing witches hats collingwood played well cox was competitive in the first qr when Collingwood surged