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I believe we need MEN not boys and EXPERIENCE in bucket loads and so with picks 2, 20, 38, 56 etc..... Trade pick 2 (2517 points) to Lions for picks 16, 19 (2115 and either 44 worth 362 or Cutler, my preference) 16 For Jack Martin from Suns with something back in 3rd 19 for Zak Jones from Swans (or Papley) with something back in 3rd 20 for Ed Langdon from Freo with something back in 3rd Buy on the meat market.. Jamie Elliott from Pies $400k for 3 yrs Thomlinson from Giants $600 k for 5 yrs ( or Patton from Giants for crumbs) Dan Butler from Tigers for 38 Alex Keith from Crows for two 3rd rounders or Stretch and ANB Go to draft with 48, 59, 77, 2020 round one.. Jetta May Lever Frost Keath Salem Langdon Z Jones Thomlinson Martin TMac Melksham Fritsch Weed Elliott Gawn Viney Oliver Bench... from N Jones, Butler, Trac, Harmes, Hibberd, Hunt, Hore, AVB, J Smith, Petty, Hannan, OMac..... Gone... ANB, Stretch, JKH, Lewis, Garlett, J Wags, KK

Perhaps this is part of the explanation for our inconsistency within and between games (notwithstanding injuries skill and game plan factors) Men playing boys... (if you look at every clubs senior list of the number of players they have born before 1994 that is are 26 or older) .. you would get a league ladder like this.. Pies and Cats 20 Hawks and Roos 19 Eagles and Crows 18 Giants and Port 17 Freo 16 Tigers and Swans 15 Bulldogs Bombers and Saints 14 Suns 13 Lions and Blues 12 Dees 11 (and so every Man in the Dees team is critical but if 5 of them Jetta, Vanders, May, Garlett, Melksham and Lewis don’t play many games ... we are in trouble) or you could look at it from the other side of the street and say it’s not just age but experience that is number of players wha have played more than 100 games (lists as of today)... and the expected ladder would be... Pies and Hawks 17 Roos 16 Cats, Eagles, Crows and Port 15 Tigers and Bulldogs 14 Giants 13 Bombers, Swans, and Saints 12 Lions 11 Freo and Dees 10 Blues 9 Suns 8 perhaps there’s a correlation of sorts between these two ladders and the Dees season.. perhaps it says don’t go to the draft but get some mature footballers..

6. Lockhardt 5. Frostick 4. Petty 3. Braydick 2. Jonesdick 1. Vinedick

I wish I’d continued wandering through Turkey and Georgia rather than return to the Northern Rivers to watch that unaccountable slop on Sunday. That’s the most ineffective midfield group we’ve ever put up. So let’s change it up.. (rest Gawn) ... the new mid six is... Preuss, Lewis Petracca and Salem in the square and JKH and Baker on the outside. The front six is T Smith Oliver and ANB, TMac Fritsch Hunt and the back six could be Jones May Hore, Frost Lever Viney... Leaving the bench of Weed to spell Preuss, Maynard as a mid, Hibberd and Lockhart... gotta do something drastic because getting rolled by Carlton would be the pits. Outs..Gawn inj. Brayshaw Petty Harmes Hannan dropped In.. Preuss, Lever, Lewis, JKH, Maynard

Goody did one smart thing last night .. Melksham in the middle.. suddenly someone who can kick... Viney Brayshaw and Oliver in there is killing us all three just give it away either by foot or hand ... perhaps just change it so every centre bounce is Max Melksham Salem and Stretch ... others like Gus and Olly (who could start on the wings) and Jones can play on ball after the bounce and Stretch and Salem go onto the wings .. Weed needs to go back to Casey to work on his game and he can be tried at CHB to develop bits lacking in his game at the moment...bring in Preuss or Keilty... TMac was better , although limping in last quarter (toe?) keep him back ...Jones? Viney? Trac? Lewis? Too many blokes we are trying to hide..

Chilling.. just watched the SBS report on Srl Lanka... my advice to Jonesy, Louie and Jack.. just tell the boys to enjoy it... we all love you

At last something Lewis TMac Hore Salem Frost Frtisch Melksham Viney Oliver Trac t Smith Hunt Jeffy Weed Lockhardt Gawn Harmes Stretch IC... Brayshaw, Jones, ANB, Hibberd ...deck chairs he’s been moved now can we find some heart?

Seems obvious to me .. but not Goody et al... that we need to restructure the forward line to hold it in there longer... you can’t have Trac, Melksh, Preuss, Weed and TMac as 5 of your 6."... too big too slow too inflexible .. I’d keep Preuss as the big target and also to ruck in the forward half so Max helps out the wall.. make a choice between Trac and Melksh ... make a choice between TMac and Weed ... then you have 3 smalls for pressure ... Jeffy, Hunt, and Corey or Spargo, Stretch, and Lockhart, or Sparrow, ANB and Chandler ... Jeff Farmer, Aaron Davey and Keeny Emselle.... at least show the supporters the coaches are trying!!

Goody must know this season is cooked unless he makes some dramatic changes ... even with limited personnel.. the fixture ahead is tough with tigers, pies and eagles twice, hawks giants crows and saints again, and seven possible wins against flakey sides akin to us .. dockers, Lions, blues, dogs, swans , suns, and Roos... but at this point it’s hard to see a win ahead. Here’s an idea Goody for the tigers ... Back six .. Lockhart TMac (Lynch) Hore Salem Frost (Jack R) Frittata Front six.. Melksham Weed Hunt Garlett Preuss Chandler Mid six.. Oliver Harmes (Martin) Brayshaw Gawn Viney Stretch (Oliver and Brayshaw to the wings) I/C... Petracca Sparrow J Wagner Keilty Out.. Lewis, Jones, Hibberd (managed) Jetta (sore) Spargo, C Wagner (omitted) In.. Stretch, Sparrow, Garlett, Chandler, Lockhart Keilty Come on Goody show some imagination!

I went to my first game this year.. sorry but did someone give votes to Petracca ......... wow do i have a different narrative,!!!!!

Petracca.. absolute useless hack

TMac has to go back or go out .. he was an embarrassment this week.. he can’t run! ... although we looked good for twenty minutes while he was injured.. perhaps he will miss 4-6

The fat fella gets another chance ...... ???

Albeit my smoked eyes and watching without sound in the mullumbimby pub could have impacted my judgement but... I thought our two most ineffectual players were the fat boy and little Spargo (and of course Viney who looked sore). consensus is May will come in for either OMac Hore or Frosty... I’d make it OMac to go to Casey and try and get some steel. Happy for Hore to get 3 or 4 games to see if he can get up with the speed of the game. I like frosty’s craziness. billy Stretch has got to have more flexibility than Spargo even if only so Jones or Frittata don’t have to play wing. Spargo can play midfield for Casey and try gain some new tricks. the fat boy is a worry. I’d like him to play at Casey and he can’t get back until he rips it up there two weeks in a row and he would have a license to be selfish. Keilty starts on the bench and gives Weed and Max spells. If Lewis is fit I’d bring him in for Viney who can’t come back until he is pain free and fit enough to play at least 80% game time. 4 changes is a lot but we don’t wan to be 0-2 or 0-4 before we move.. TEAM could look like Jetta May Hore Salem Frost Hibberd Stretch Gus Jones Melksham Weed ANB Hunt Tmac Frittata Gawn Oliver Harmes I/C.... Sparrow Keilty Wagner (Lewis or Viney)

It’s a long way to the grannie so get them all ready.. round one 2019... jetta May Hibberd Salem Lewis Frost pruess Oliver Viney Brayshaw Harmes Kolodjashnij gawn Weed tmac cwags track melksh i/c... jones frittata Vanders nibbler to play sometime in first ten rounds...OMac jsmith Spargo Garlett Hore grannie team.. jetta May Lever fritter Salem omac gawn oliver viney Brayshaw Track Kolodjashnij weed tmac Spargo melksh Vanders bedford i/c... jones Harmes Hibberd sparrow emerg.. Jsmith Lewis pruess

High expectations are the driver and an A+ is the cup. The pass mark a C has to be making the eight ... then the real game begins.

If I was the roach I’d be starting him at Casey with the knowledge he won’t come back into the one’s until he plays three excellent games in a row and only then if the guy who has taken his place (Fritsch or J Smith or ...) need replacing...

It’s raining in the rainforest but my Lebanese Weed is dry and smoking and hanging on the drops as it climbs through the giant red cedar limbs... but round one of the tilt at the flag needs to show some class and a new plan... Rear six... Jetta May Hibbo.... Salem Frost Hunt Starting six.... Gawn Oliver Harmes.... KK Brayshaw Draft 28 (Xavier!) Front six... TMac Melksham Weed... ANB Preuss Draft 23 (SS!) Bench four... Harmes VAnders Fritsch Jones Emergs .... Lewis Petracca OMac Garlett Injured ... Lever (3-7) Viney (1-12)

Easy there bro... seems to me Wise has just been doing the same as most of us ... just watching the smoke get thicker and thicker and waiting to see if there is a fire... speaking of smoke bro take a toke on this and relaaax..

If Hogan goes and if we get picks 4&5 (5&6) then I’d be going Smith and a King at the draft. im not that convinced about May but if the FD want him badly then next years first and other picks or players.

The important thing here surely is making the deal the best it can be ... we are not good enough yet to make the GF... and those who think we only have to wait till our boys mature are in my opinion playing with the pixies ... we have to improve... Jesse is a good footballer with some questionable traits or habits and perhaps not the true KPF many suggest he is... but he is our best chance to gain currency in this draft to improve our list dramatically not just by JT’s stealth... and we get the monkey off our back as to will he or won’t he... I’m confident based on recent years that the FD have their [censored] together so I’m just going to have another smoke and enjoy the ride...the pies going down today mean they will attack the trade head on even though they are better than us... let’s get in front of them in 2019

2019 could be an anticlimax unless we take serious stock... our draw will be tougher.. the prelim shows the flaws in our style... we need to be proactive and tough minded in my opinion... Safe in the 22 Jetta Omac ......... Hibbo Lever Salem ........ Brayshaw ........ Trac TMac ....... Melksh Weed ...... Gawn Oliver Viney Next best .....Harmes Jones ANB Lewis Depth... Fritsch Vanders Stretch Petty Hannan Frost Smith’s Not sure about... Spargo Baker Keilty Maynard Wagner Gone ..... Vince Baltic Pedo King Flipper Johnstone Tradebait ... Hogan (for 2 first rounders) Tyson Kent JKH Garlett Hunt Bugg (all swapped for picks) NEEDS...... WINGERS x 2... fast good kick half backs x2 .... forward crumbers x2.... 2nd ruck backup........ quick mids x2.... key forward and back... I wouldn’t be relying on natural growth because the competition will go past us particularly with 666 and 30 metre goal squares..

Tough call on Fritta but you have to say the selection committee has finally got some balls!

First VFL game I ever saw ... standing room in the southern near the scoreboard... I was 14... my old man and his brother Don quickly drank 6 cans each and reinserted them into the plastic rings for me to stand on ... Gabbos stumbling run seemed in slow motion but then a back pocket kicking a goal was insane that day..

Relayed to me from the rooms directly after the game ...... Nev was so sore he couldn’t walk... left nothing on the field... soul of the team