leave it to deever

Not sure where our goals will come from. Petty will need to play well and hit the scoreboard. Not confident at all. Maybe Kozzie to kick a bag.

Especially for a fair dinkum footy act. I mean let's be consistent at least. Is Maynard one of the league's players most hated players?

AFL umpire number 15... Nichols needs to get over himself and retire.

Looking at the average number of goals kicked by our fwd line players this year and there is reason for concern. Not sure we have this one. Same old story in that we don't have enough talent fwd. Unless Petty comes good in this game, we will lose.

Yep although I found my hatred of Carlton has reached new Heights.

In his own mind perhaps.

I think it may be too late . By the time we fix our fwd line I reckon the window will be closed We won a flag and then wandered to second chances two years in a row. We may get a third as the comp is so even but I can't see us doing it four years in a row.

To be fair, Jesse Hogan would work still. But other than that one wonders. Why do we recruit players like the last two on your list and now never play them? Throw in Grundy and you have to wonder what we were thinking at times? But, I give Jvr a definite pass.

Reason and umpiring....hmmmm.

I'm in the camp that has Kozzie stay at ground level and do what he does best That said there were a couple of occasions when Kozzie was against two saints defenders by himself and his practice from leaping helped him prevent them from marking it. But I think in the scheme of things, if Kozzie was going to mark most of those he flies for, it would have clicked for him by now. Love his intent and courage but he just doesn't hold these and more often than not, they are unrealistic. Stick to your crumbling KP. You are brilliant at it.

Both he and Max cut from the same clothe.

Must have had a long extension cord back then.

After Tmac's recent reincarnation, I slightly more disposed to not writing off anyone. Maybe Bbb still has some great footy left in him like Tmac has been showcasing of late .

I just wish they would stop changing the rule 20 times per game and especially when Clarrie gets the ball.

Love the guy in the middle with red shirt stealing a kiss while everyone's distracted. Thought I had that move patented.

Doesn't add up. I mean it's not like pies fans are computer literate.

I wish there was some way to ensure only fans from teams playing are able to attend games. ( Especially grand finals). Perhaps show their membership. Also there are too many areas taken up by corporate boxes IMHO. I'm certainly no socialist but when it comes to Afl...it should be available to the man. And get rid of ticketfek. And those outrageous beer prices. Sheesh. A man ( or woman Stan) should be allowed to drink at his preferred sport without having to check his mortgage status. End of rant. Thanks.

Yea, I think your right on this.

My thoughts exactly. Even if it's for half a game. Worth a shot surely. And it's not like Petty can't go into the backline for that half. Could be a win..win.

I really hope every Melbourne supporter and their dog can get to this game so as to boo that dog that so deserves it. I don't advocate for violence on the field but I'd be more than happy to see players use all their strength within the rules and laws of the game to remind a certain someone that he unfairly robbed us of a flag as well as destroying a good and decent player's career. A few touted the idea of fans wearing imitation Gus helmets which I reckon is a cracker of an idea. I'm expecting fireworks and a big win would probably be the best statement we could make.

Goody rarely makes changes after a good win or at least to the barest minimum. And it was a good win. Sure it was scrappy but we really walloped them in the second half and if not for the junk goals in the last would have been a ten goal win. All this after two losses, the last one being very embarrassing. So kudos for the fightback and especially getting back into the top four. Ideally we could be sitting second had we not been so flat footed in the Carlton first quarter and goodness knows what happened v the eagles. Maybe we should have got to Perth sooner. Who knows. So the only likely change is Petty from possible injury. Who would replace him though. McAdam will stay for the same reason. We don't have too many choices. The only likely change is Fullarton for an injured Petty and I'd suggest resting the Duke. Maybe revisit the Kolt. Or give Woey the role and have the Kolt as sub? I know we kicked 100 points v st Kilda but I still worry about our fwd line. How is Disco travelling...is he still injured? I wouldn't mind seeing him given another chance up fwd.

I feel after watching the Saints game that Tmac seems to have gained a few metres in pace of late. He took some great intercept marks and I know he's stated he can't play up fwd anymore....on his recent form it would be exciting to see him there again. Alas that's not going to happen which means it's him, Maysie and Lever in our backline. That means no Tommo and Petty still fwd. Could we trial Tommo as a sub fwd like we used to with Smith or is this too risky? Is there any possibility of pinch switching May and Petty fwd and back on occasion? Or is that too far left field. Perhaps Petty will finally find his feet up fwd so to speak and this is all a moot discussion. I do think Petts does well in restricting Oppo players from at least marking and his limited ruck work has been good. I think I just feel for Tommo who when he is called upon does incredibly well especially after the length of time he has been absent from the team. As others have pointed out he probably isn't quick enough to be a fwd. Bit props to him for his great effort v the Saints.

As great as a player as Tracca is, I have noticed quite consistently that he is a slow starter. I think it's his fitness and endurance that make him dominate second halves much more than his firsts. Perhaps he wears tags or opponents out. But so often he will amass many more of his disposals in the second half of games. Maybe there's a connection.

I guess ideally we find another gun mid and play Tracca fwd all day and most of our problems are solved.

Thanks Jnm. I would love to see him playing more games like he did against Geelong. Recovery from injury would certainly account for some low games. I guess he in an ideal world he should be coming back via the twos where he could be managed better and perhaps have less risk of further injury. I do feel that his lack of goal scoring and marks inside fifty seem to almost have is a player down but perhaps we have no choice. That's where this topic comes from though. Given his present form, I don't really feel we have much to lose trialling someone else. Even May when Lever gets back. I really want to keep Tmac down back because as we saw yesterday he played very well . But the same applies to poor Tommo. I'm not sure if I've seen him play since after he played a blinder last year and was dropped. The bloke comes in 12 months later and was one of our best. I don't want to see him languishing at Casey anymore. I know that's footy but are there any permutations that you could think of to see him playing and our fwd line revamped by someone? We now have five very good tall defenders. Acknowledgement of Tmac not changing, is there anything that can be done?