DemonDave

If sentiment is weak then as well as not playing Miller next week, we also dont play James McDonald. If neither are going to be around next year, using your rationale they both get quietly put out to pasture without giving the fans the chance to say goodbye to 2 players in our Leaderhip Group who have given 20+ years of service collectively to this this club. I look forward to cheering them both off next week after a win against the bunch of sooks led by 'Bloomer' Harvey. Would love to see Miller smash into him and tell him thats a payback for getting Lynden Dunn reported. But I digress.

Morton went missing for huge lengths during the game, just because one report lists him in the best doesnt mean he was, he was appalling today. Same with Trengove, he looked listless at times, how he gets in the best is baffling. You can gloat all you want, but theres no way Morton or Trengove deserve to be in the best today

If a player is stretchered off, they are not allowed to return to the field for 20 minutes. This rule was introduced due to David Parkin deploying the stretcher as a delaying, cooling off tactic (most noticeably I think it was Barry Mitchell against us at the MCG many moons ago) when opposition teams got on a run. Thus if anyone saw the Freo-Sydney game the reluctance of the Swans to make the call of sending the stretcher out for Jarrad Moore at a crucial stage late in the 3rd quarter, only reluctantly calling for it after he fell over for about the third time due to his heavy concussion/hit to the head and thus ruling him out for effectively the rest of the game. At the time, it was impossible to tell how bad Daveys injury was, and by the time he got nearer to the bench he was actually limping-jogging off unassisted.

He can spend some quality time with his brother Alwyn who broke his arm a few weeks ago. Not an ideal way to end the year for Aaron, but given our finals campaign is all but over, we can at least replace him with some more kids...

You forgot this player: A Jakovich 78

Finally someone willing to congratulate Miller rather than bag him! What more does he have to do? I didnt see Bate or Newton kick ten goals today, nor have I seen too many other forwards in the comp this year kick ten against the GC backline. Why cant people see this for what it was, a bloody brilliant individual game by Miller, rather than dismissing it due to circumstance? For those that didnt see the game but are still willing to give their judgement on Millers game today, yes a lot of his marks were contested packs or one-on-one marks, and to contrast this yes he did miss 2 or 3 easy shots at goal. Yet others from 45-50 out he comfortably drilled. Is he part of our future? Probably not. But he has for now justifiably put himself back in the selection frame.

Tapscott was reasonably busy early in the game although some of his kicks were sprayed. He seemed to disappear somewhat in the 2nd half as we gained momentum. Blease was hardly sighted early, which is understandable as he worked his way into the game adjusting to the pace, but wow that last quarter and a half really showed glimpses of the future the way he was able to find space and break lines. Don't think he'd get a senior AFL game before the end of the year, and on that performance likewise Tapscott, but you can see he'd probably adjust quite comfortably to life at AFL level.

Jones is stiff, but going forward these are the hard decisions we will frequently have to make. Gives him more chances to go surfing and update his twitter account I guess. Could we see in a year or so these sort of players being placed up for trade for a particular deficiency we may need to fill, ie. theyre still young and an attractive proposition for other sides?

Im a huge fan of Bartram, I get much more satisfaction watching a player with limited skills who has to work hard and persevere to make it such as Barts, versus a player blessed with oodles of natural talent who doesnt apply himself but merely coast through games (see Johnstone). I watched the game again this morning and this one incident caught my eye, I hadnt noticed it on the night. Another fine example of what Barts offers to the team.

Fantastic result for the Scorps! Against the odds, that consolidates our spot in the Top 4. That young Buckley kid for Collingwood sounds like a goer, maybe we should trade for him?

Would hardly think the ideal time to trial someone down the opposite end of the ground to which they have become accustomed to would be in their first senior game in 16 months. Hes had 14 weeks down at Casey with a chance to make himself more adaptable. Jetta would surely break his goal duck if that matchup occured. No-one has advocated Bartram being dropped yet, despite being named in the 18. Whats going on?

Have a look at the way Ablett gets a good proportion of his possessions. In an almost identical fashion to Davey. You need to get the ball in the hands of people who either use it well, or have the ability to break lines and open things up.

And its replayed on Foxtel on Wednesday at I think 4:30PM, for those that got to the game without remembering to IQ it. Sorry cant help with 7Two. They do have online tv guides, you could look that up...

Cotchin? Roughhead? J Selwood? Petterd? Hurley? All of these guys were dead-set certs to goto GC in the last 12 months, and they've all re-signed. Take any speculation on players to GC with a large grain of Saxa table salt.

Like this?

Did Byron Pickett see out his contract term? Or did he retire early? Also, is it still mandatory to have a minimum of three draft picks for the National Draft? If so, we'd need to delist at least 4 off the senior list, possibly 5, for the permanent elevation of McKenzie, and possibly Spencer.

The other option is to drop PJ. Sandilands cant ruck the whole game either you wouldnt think, so you could simply pinch hit with Dunn or Sylvia every time Sandilands is rested, and thus not lose too much.

When was the last time Clint Bartram was dropped? Aint gonna happen. Sheesh. Changes would probably boil down to matchups with Freos forward line. Pavlich leads their goalkicking with 44, from Ballantyne on 21 and Barlow on 15. Its then a pretty even spread of the likes of Hill, Hasleby, Mayne etc. So they dont really have a big tall, cumbersome forward line. Therefore you'd think only 3 of Frawley, Garland, Rivers and MacDonald would be needed. I'd favour the first 3, so MacDonald would miss for mine. Cheney and Bartram are needed to counter the smaller, quicker forward line which is in reality resting mids, and Garland and Frawley can both play on talls and smalls. So for mine, In: Morton (or Bail) Out: MacDonald

Brian Dixon, our recently inducted Hall Of Famer, was left-footed wasnt he?

I'd delist from the senior list: Bell McNamara P Johnson Maric From the rookie list: Healey Hughes Meeson Newton Permanently upgrade McKenzie. And I think Spencer has now been on the rookie list the maximum allowed time, someone else could confirm this, so I'd also permanently upgrade him also.

St Kilda - Stephen Baker Hawthorn - Thomas Murphy Collingwood - Tyson Goldsack Carlton - Dennis Armfield Freo - Clancee Pearce Most top teams have a questionably skilled player who regularly gets a gig deep in defence, usually whose mail aim is to nullify a dangerous opposition small forward.

It irks me greatly that every Thursdays team selection thread sees people asking for Bartram and Bruce to be dropped. Both play a vital role in our team, it may not be as glamorous as others roles, but equally as important. Whenever Bartam has been fit over the course of his career, hes been a starting 18 player. Each and every week he does his job with a minimum of fuss, and invariably beats his opponent.

A Frankston player got 6 out of their 7 goals and didnt even get named best player? Stiff! Will the wide expanses of Subiaco suit Bails game, or does he not have quite enough pace for that ground? And whose place does he take, assuming it has to be a like for like.

This article here on the same front page of this website, in its first sentence calls David Neitz and Garry Lyon Tasmanian. So this is clearly a non-researched fan site where fans can submit pieces and have their journalistic 15 minutes of fame.

Brad Green to top our posession count.