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We called it on spargo in the changes thread! Some jack higgens youthful type of crumbing spark defintely needed

Maybe he and lewis had an arm wrestle the week before as a Goody idea for a replacement to the macho military camp. ?

I meant collectively, we should be good enough to cover. If not, then we have larger issues than Tracc being out.

I think it could be an advantageous 1 week out, if it means Pedo comes in and his form forces Goody into keeping him in the team. Petracca is a coverable loss.

Im more confident of beating Essendon, GCS or StK than Carlton. Their defensive press has contained us well and they probably fancy themselves given the last few matches were only decided in the last.

Ironic given that in the same breath you just said that last years leading goalkicker was "close to career over" after just 2 bad games.

Heres an idea: Garlett AND spargo. Its ok to have more than one small crumber and a stack of plodding half fwd mids in there. I want some dynamism and youthfulness in there. Envious of Richmond and Jack Higgins to say the least.

Its almost as if he's a slow contested posession midfielder thats been lumped into the forward line and told he's a small forward.

I just wish we could clone Salem and have him put a clamp on a small forward and protect the crumb out the back, but also be up the other end providing a class inside 50s or presenting like Bruest for an accurate shot on goal. But TMAC back is great. I hope we play him and weid. Risking being top heavy is better than having ineffective half forwards imo. But then again, etihad next week...

Maybe Salem should go forward when Viney returns.

I saw the fox footy vision of harmes being dragged into the contest in middle so that we had no targets forward, no nous at all. Bring in pederson for harmes. He can proviee a target with Weids. Wagner, why is he flying for spoils with Lever, hibberd and Omac inbthe vicinity? What is the point of Wagner?

goody just said we need more time with big bodies of hogan and petracca in middle on sen, so weed needed up forward

We probably should have given Jimmy bartell a 3 year contract instead of Lewis, if we're going to fallover to pieces whenever it rains

Thank fuching god we're now the Demons.

I dont know whats more worrying: Having Viney injured for first 8 rounds, or being so reliant on one players leadership to turn around our fortunes. Either way, we're 2-2 so not much to turn around. Revisit this in a few weeks. I dont think Viney is a magic bullet. We will undoubtedly be far stronger with him in the team, but lets not pretend he doesnt have his own flaws and like Jonesy at times, has also failed to have a big influence in swinging momentum back or stemming the tide when the going gets tough. He's only in his second year as captain, so i just don't see his absence as the only issue standing in the way of us changing past habits.

Cant we give Keilty a go ahead of Frost? Frost from memory was recalled and dropped again soon after late last year. Playing dumb and not having this zone d down pat just seems like a reoccuring issue for him and he cant possibly be in our long term future plan.

Thats fine. But we should be asking how good pick 18 will be? Probably a talent that would be in the 10-16 range of our best in 3-4 years time. Big deal.

I think lever has a thumping proactive kick on him like hibberd. Trying to set up offensive passages. Tmac was more poor ball drops that result in toe poke lobb kicks in d, never saw him kick as attacking as Lever was with todays shanks. Confident Lever will get used to the mcg and some kicking rhythm pretty quickly.

Thread couldve been titled 'Leve Jakey Alone' You missed a golden opportunity! The only judgment im prepared to make at r2 is that Adelaide are [censored]! The minute the deal was done after claiming Lever was the second coming requiring 2 first round picks, they predictably switched to 'oh he's easily replaceable with Doedee' So we probably shouldve held out on our initial offer imo but maybe it will prove unders eventually.

We can always get him Croad Style, as a free agent and as icing on the cake in our quest for both a 4peat and the mantle of greatest team of the modern era, in 2021.

"The JW I Told You So Thread" 6 months of "i told you so's" from both camps. Ugh

I only saw the highlights, but Box Hills manning up and defence appeared very messy and he seemed to be playing on a frustrated slow spud of a defender too. You'd want to have a handful of 4-6 goal games to put forward a case that he has got it though? Hopefully the first half of the VFL this year he does just that.

Its all fun and games until JW is traded to PA ?

Well we do want to make sure it's all in one place.

Any update on Jack this week? What has he been eating for breakfast? Where has he been spotted out and about? Any photo's? Did he train the house down? Hello to anyone who's coming into the thread because Port Adelaide player Jack Watts has had his thread bumped again.