Bay Riffin

Yes he showed last year his elite qualities are intercept marking and reading of the play, but not great one on one. That’s why May in theory is a great pick up if we can get it to all come together.

cant take a break at the Dees. and coming off a very productive game too.

actually they were the Steven Bradbury. We smashed them all night and couldn't convert. if they won it was becuase we couldn't put them away. almost a miracle if they won that. We tripped over then got up for one last go to win.

So. Us the game in the end and you choose to bag him. Laughable.

blues list is looking better ? umm no. lets not lose perspective here. our midfield is light years ahead and up and running have more powerful talls.

North are having their honesty session this week. We have to wait a week at least to do another one.

Summed up perfectly. Get it outside and it’s almost [censored] the gate on us. Its unconyested passions that kill us. And I was complaining about this when Roos was coach. We have bugger all athletic players. We need line breakers and outside players.

Roos was better defensively but I also watched him recruit good decent footballers without pace. Top 10 picks on Salem and Tyson and prime example. Then just kept picking them. These were his ‘types’. We are now left with a good hard tough football side with no balance. We spread like treacle and he is partly to blame. No balance.

Well we gave up a bloke who is fast and can kick. He was always someone who could be a 20 possession 3 goal player. SOmething we sorely lack. Blind Freddy could see that and it’s our own fault.

But they hook onto fad eating routines like paleo etc. where do you get your guidance from? I think dietitians vary too much and have such ridiculous eating plans.

hes a fairly good intercept mark but poor kick. I think he is overrated but AFL worthy nonetheless.

looks a natural footballer to me and I see a lot of potential in him. thought against Port he had good awareness despite being a bit off the higher pace. looks a good footballer and was easily our most assured backman last night.

hell probably beat May back

agreed. his only hope is extracting through the midfield. and he is losing confidence I feel. not quick enough to play at the pointy end or the wing. well maybe 'just' be able to. he should be playing Tysons role. I think its also a glaring weakness that we have no wingers of note and he has to play there. Kolodjashnij has been very underwhelming. Hunt is lost there. and not sure we have recruited any new ones from the 2018 draft either.

both are out injured. over statement ?

Well yes and its inexcusable that Lewis plays for 2 years and we still haven't found a few players to 'become' that type with experience and leadership in the backline. To me its the most disappointing factor to Goodwin. we don't have blokes coming off the back of the square due to the new rules, and we cant play traiditional defensive roles all of a sudden. He's chose his line coaches and Chaplin is coaching a disorganised rabble. this is now his real test as a coach and he is failing. He has the cattle to beat Port and beat Essendon.

agreed. now was the time for him as a more experienced player to take the game on, kill the ball and take some intercept marks. try and be like Astbury at Richmond. but hes bereft of confidence. unfair to bring in Petty till hes cherry ripe.

totally agree. if we at least had an organised backline we would be 2-1. Midfield not the problem, forward line down especially with TMac playing injured / underdone. but the backline is a chaotic shambles. no pace, no teamwork, no system.

well I actually hope that's the case here, as he looked slow and underdone.

what did people think of his first game ? I was a bit underwhelmed to be honest. Thought he was an outside player ? but seemed to lack pace to me. and intensity.

this resonated with me. I felt a shift but too many years of this then to finally get up off the canvass and compete with the big boys, then get hit down so quickly. well there is actually a breaking point. The new 'brand' and new psyche of this club is about to be truelly tested.

Hunt epitomises our problems at present. Has no confidence no intensity at the contest all night, appears lost like the rest of our backline and showing little skill. Mill be surprised if he’s not dropped.

yes I can see a future Ben Brown type player as he fills out.

why don't we turn the table, play Preuss with Gawn still not 100 % and rough up Stanley who is hardly in Max's level. same with Ratugolea. They both love a nice clean run at the ball like Port so give them something to think about. The amount of time Max was bumped or pushed outside the fall of the ball was a joke. if its goes unpunished then why not give it back in spades ?

like how he had O'Meara up for the final ? or how half their backline has been missing for ages ? I think the clubs with more mature players over the years give us a biased assessment of fitness staff like they are miracle workers. Wingard playing is hardly a miracle, and Scully has yet to perform at AFL level again. so we will see. same with Mitchell.