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I’d say great Sparrow also will be earmarked to take the next step

Bennell to play 10 games without complications

salivating if you load up at TAB on the opposition key forwards.

My gut says he's had full seasons every year until last year. maybe just hold our nerve a little.

Hannam is the other one. Sadly still in rehab. When I looked at our highlights and goals in 2018 his passing was exceptional. We need his kicking skills.

I disagree. Melksham TMac and Petracca have elite attributes in the forward line. Frisch showed plenty in the last 7-8 games. Thats4 players of real quality. Only Petracca looked to be in a position of fully fit and playing forward last year. We have great competition for a second tall with weideman, petty, Jackson and Smith. Our gaping hole is forward pocket but we have some talent in Kossi, chandler and Bedford coming through. On paper if we got all those fit for round one we should do some damage.

Nope. Nope and nope.

Spargo is one of our better users. but he doesn't get it enough.

I think Oliver has the ability to improve that area, ANB perhaps but Hunt is our worst field kick and terrible by hand as well. Brayshaw is also on the list of those needing to improve dramatically.

Exactly, that last game against the saints was like watching under 12s. They knew our glaring weakness and just ran it around the boundary at every opportunity, and we had no answer for it. It was that simple and Goodwin had zero ability to counter it. It was embarrassing as it gets and as easy a win for the saints without actually needing to play well.

I hope the Weid and Preuss perform and we let him develop in the background. as it should be for a tall. and bring him in when he knocks the door down and some.

I was thinking that. maybe they can read the writing on the wall now.

I think J Smith is absolutely up and running but agree on the other two.

I agree, without Tmac we looked impotent. realistically though a fit Weideman, Petty and now Jackson creates great competition for talls up forward just in case Tmac has a poor year.. I do wonder if Tmac lost form how he and May would go as key backs with Lever as a floating tall. that could be awesome.

It’ would be logical to assume we are taking best available in Taylor’Eyes given our real needs wouldn’t it?

I enjoyed this ) touche'. It also zeros in on a particularly controversial MBI technique when the analysts at Melbourne could be using a number of different techniques and perhaps not even use that technique mentioned. I'm an analytics professional and you're job is to get as much data as possible to test hypothesis. and its the analyst responsibility to work out what is statistically significant. Almost everything has error, so its a question of how much error you are willing to accept, and non analytical types will have no idea usually as to what is acceptable. the onus is on the analyst.

i remember that blues game and that sums him up, great long goal at the end to help win it, great pace but at times his disposal was woeful, his handballing especially. To me he is the opposite to Spargo, physical attributes in pace and a decent mark but game sense and disposal is not good enough. he kills us most weeks.

interesting 'cherry picked' statistic. His 6 years prior to joining Melbourne he played 17-19 games. since he became established he hasn't missed big chunks of the season until last year. I think the fitness thing is a massive over reaction.

you don't rate Taylors record at top draft picks at Collingwood and Melbourne ?

and if we take Green and our chances at pick 8 or teen picks then everyone will scream we just added to our inside bull strength and not addressed weaknesses.

this. Competitiveness goes a loooong way. as they need to improve and adjust as they go. Calrksons speech for Lewis when he retired was telling. Lewis was valuable for the team as a competitor. He was the go to man as third man up at the ruck contest. then they changed the rule. He was execellent at impacting the contest slinding low into packs. then they changed the rule. Yet he found a way to be valuable and played 300 games. Was not quick, great reader of play, started as a poor kick too, but was very observant on the field and thought about the game. the ultimate competitor.

Howe who left the Dees as a more than capable kick, handpass and sensational mark ? he was ahead of Hunt when he walked in the door.

I effectively see him as a replacement for Tim Smith and Brown is better. and on output I put Smith ahead of Weideman. Hopefully that changes but round 1 I think Brown would be selected ahead of the Weid.

Heard the same thing. Same source said Petracca is working on his goal kicking. maybe we have the same source.

sounds like Dusty did. I expect him to win a brownlow, a premiership and attempt to stab someone with a chopstick.