Rodney (Balls) Grinter

Think this is an important game for morale. My take on the past 3 - 4 weeks is that while we havent exactly put the cue in the rack, we've been happy to prioritse blooding new players and perhaps being willing to cop the hits on the scoreboard in an attempt to persevere with ball movement methods in game conditions. Comes a time where loosing week after week has a debilitating effect and we really need to get another win on the board.

Yes agree effective, but wasteful.

Good old fashioned plastic membership card never let's me down (except for the two I lost at the start of the season 🙄)

You mean like it was before we dropped him?

Yeah, like tipping against your side, you don't mind loosing the cash if we win and at least you have the consolation of the bet if we loose.

Pick 26 was pretty good for Jack Viney. I see similar in Kalani to Jack, in so far as he has grown up loving the club, wants it to succeed and being mentored by one of it's greats. I know Taylor and Co do highly value attitude over talent and I think Kalani has alot going for him in this respects. Similarly, I don't think we should undervalue father son players being invested in the club, as opposed to being just the first team that drafted them out of the U18s. The draft can be something of a lottery anyway.

Now you're getting the hang of it Ghosty and my name's not Ron or Rod!

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Just don't tell Jed Adams

100% I think put T Mac in that same category. Guys like this are worth their weight in gold for club culture. We're not too top heavy with aging players, so I'd be giving T Mac and Melky another gig for as long as they're still wanting to play and producing the sort of form that has them on the cusp of senior selection, which it certainly still is in both those cases.

Deriding Hunt like that is harsh. Hunt was a bloody good kick for goal and could do some good things on the burst as well. Take a look at that last few minutes of the game against Carlton a few years back when him, Kossie and Melky basically won us the game at the death. Was pretty good Al round in his last year with us and would have been a premiership player bar injury a few games out from finals.

Identify forward talent - what Kozzie, LJ, Fritta, and JVR aren't enough? I guess you want JT to control the forward entry so it's not just bombs to dead pockets and loose men in defence as well.

Ah, I see. Regardless, their pick still being tied to our lader position does put some imperative to finishing as high as possible regardless of making finals or not. Having Lindsay with a year of development is already a victory I agree. I think we've usually done pretty well with Taylor trading up the order.

We rejigged our game plan somewhat to be less defensive, so I'd put the additional goals conceded by May down to that. Maysie is still a gun and we're definitely a better defensive unit with him in the side.

As far as I understand we swapped our first round pick for this year with Essendon, so finishing higher than them on the ladder would count as something of a victory if that's the case. Kind of like a reverse mini Freo death ride.

Is he a red head like his old man? If so we'd be loading up our backline with a couple of them when you include Bowser.

Definitely not true for Brisbane and Sydney, but may have some legitimacy for GC & GWS. Still sux that we're potentially on the short end of the stick again.

I can see a benifit for those father/sons players to participate in the academies as a measure to lift the elite standards of the academies overall, just that they shouldn't be eligible to then draft them.

If I was AJ, I'd feel pretty had done by as well. Very glad McVee did get off though, he has been getting back towards his best footy in recent weeks and a really important contributor. Want to get yet more development into him and of course extend his contract to 2035.

If the umpires are going to be so pedantic on 50m penalties, then they really do need to pay every one. Earlier in the game against Port, they quite obviously failed to get it back to Max on the full and no 50 - it's infuriating. I'm very quickly getting to the view that the league need to bring it back to 15m forward of centre and/or as a blanket rule, except for the most egregious of offences. 50m penalties hand goals to oppositions as did that crazy decision to give Port a second shot on goal. Games shouldn't regularly be decided by umpires. Before anyone says it wasn't the umpires fault we kicked umpteen behinds, what they did was kept the scoreboard pressure going against us - for a team that has these issues it is a big factor. We're well capable of kicking accurately when we start hitting our straps, just look at the second half Vs the first against the Swans. It's not just missing goals or not, also impacts marking and passing for us and the opposition.

Are you serious? - No way May plays at Casey. His form has been good and he's of also of value to the team in a mentoring capasity and setting the standard. I'd even like him to play up forward with some of our developing forwards. He'd make them walk taller playing along side them and if they're not doing the required team things and/or committing to the contest, I think a Maysy rev-up could actually be a good thing for them too. Melksham should also be played when fit for similar reasons and how funny would it be to see him play in a forward line with May. I'd be quite OK with Lever and/or possibly even Petty being dropped back to Casey to find some form and hunger. Would love to see T Mac given the opportunity to get to 250 games this season - his service to the club and form this year deserves it. Sick of seeing us wasting games on Laurie. Would far rather we get some more games into Tholstrup, Kynan Brown, Adams, Woey jnr, Sestan, Culley and possibly one or two others like Sharp and Verrall. Have loved his season to date, but I think Langford looked tired and lacked impact on Sunday, so could do with a rest. Also time to end the Winsor experiment at half back put the kid back on the wing and let him play his natural game. The irony would be if by playing guys who are keen as to prove them selves, changing things around a bit and releasing the shackles of expectations as bit that we actually play with more freedom, flare and start attacking more effectively and winning games.

What ruck prospect isn't a project player? Asides from LJ

Glad we're leaving no stone unturned and have reached all the way to Europe in pursuit of kicking a drop punt truely through the big sticks 😉 😂

Disco's goal kicking is also pretty solid. Conversely so was Petty's for a while, but he seems to have lost it. Honestly think the answer to alot of our goal kicking woes is a switched on sports psychologist.

I think Petty is the future solid key back we need to build around, along with Disco and Lever (Possibly also throw Adams) If we loose another game or two, I'd really like to see Steven May up forward. I hope he's still got a few more years yet, but he's not the future of our backline. He'd probably also enjoy the oppertunity to have some fun and kick a few goals. Could alternatively play JVR and Jeffo up there around him - he'll make them wall taller and I think he'd provide some great on feild coaching to them as well.