MurDoc516

No doubt it was a hot sample, but the punishment is just so much worse for trying to cheat the system.

Tampering with a sample is seen as worse than finding an actual drug in the test. 4 year ban seems likely, why [censored] risk it.

Judd also said he thinks Melbourne will make a play for Brad Hill. No GCS will ask for Pick 2 and retention allowance from the AFL this week. If that happens we need to [censored] pick 3 for two 1st rounders and go aggressive in trade period.

It's funny that most fans on this board will see we have too many of the same kind of players in the middle of the park, but the club will probably draft in 2-3 more inside mids this season. Seriously, make a bold call. Show some balls and stop talking. If it's saying goodbye to Jones/Garlett/Lewis this year then so be it. If it's trading one of Brayshaw/Harmes/Viney and going in for an outside player or a key forward then so be it. Sitting still is going to cost us, we don't even win around the contest as much as we used to so whats the point of hoarding inside players. Edit: Also my shout for captain is Lever. Gawn, Oliver, Trac and Brayshaw don't scream captain or have the personality of a captain in my eyes. Viney and Jones both have similar attitudes which made them at the time stand out for the role. I think Jake has the combination of a mature head and talent to back it up.

Coniglio is an elite mid with good skills and a goal threat. He's also at a point in his career where he ain't going to cost the house to get him pick wise (will command 1m a yr but moving Lewis, Garlett and Brayshaw on will give us more than enough room). I don't think Brayshaw is a problem and would be happy to keep him but we all know our problems in midfield is we have too much of the same. If we want speed and skill we won't get it without moving on of them on and i only see him and Oliver having any trade value right now. So lets be real here, a decisions between Brayshaw and Oliver isn't really a decision. If we trade brayshaw for hill or coniglio this is how i'd line us up. Also i'm done with Sam Frost and O. Mac. B: Jetta - May - Lever HB: Salem - Hore - Hibberd CM: Langdon - Oliver - (Hill/Coniglio?) HF: Petracca - T. Mac - Melksham F: Hunt - Weideman - Fritsch Fo: Gawn - Viney - Harmes IC: Jones - ??? - ??? - ???

Would have to be a first rounder or no deal. But i don't think anyone wants to pay a first rounder for him. I'd only sacrifice Brayshaw if we go big on Coniglio.

Drop a 2020 1st rounder on the table and back ourselves to climb while hoping we nab Anderson. Thing is our trade period is going to come down to what happens at the Suns. Do the Suns want Anderson or Rowell? Do the AFL want to give the Suns picks 1 and 2 or 1 and 19. Either way that changes our plans on trades. We are, as of right now could be trading pick 20 for Langdon and Freo want a first for Hill. Only way i see it happening is if we trade a future 1st round pick but i doubt Freo bite. However, it is freo and they like shooting themselves in the foot more than we do.

It seems Ed is likely, but i think Brad Hill is a must. As mentioned, AFL rules are hardly set in stone so trading for him won't be problem imo. I'm sure Freo would want a first rounder for Hill and i think that would be fair considering how many years he has left and how good he's been. Convincing Hill to come might be tough, but he doesn't really have the i'll go to my preferred club card when he is still under contract for many years. Pick 2 will be a better offer than whatever Saints and Hawks will offer and i'm sure money wise the difference won't be significant enough for him to refuse to come.

Brad Hill and Ed Langdon. Will probably end up with another contested ball winner who is 'flexible' or defender.

I'm already confused about what our plans are. We are heavily linked to Kelly at Adelaide as a key defender, talk around May going forward and yet Pert says we are looking at a Key forward. Listen i don't like Matthew Lloyd but i think he made a decent point around Tom McDonald and Sam Weideman. It's clear both have talent, but bringing someone in to help them isn't necessary. They both need to be "the man". What forward line in the comp needs 3 talls to function? Both need to get a grip and back themselves in. They didn't struggle last season when the heat was on and Hogan was out. Yet now both looked mentally shot at times. We are very limited on the outside. Collingwood and Richmond have destroyed us just by getting the ball on the outside and bursting away. Ed Langdon won't be worth the picks Freo would want (if we can get him cheap then i'm all for it) and Coniglio will break the wage structure. Honestly i'd be right after Bradley Hill. Speed, good disposal, can play mid or off Half Back, in his prime years and has Premiership experience. Seems like a player who would go to another level in a team that can do all the hard work but lack what he brings.

I was very pleased with May and Lever yesterday. Started slow, but you would expect that. Both did well as the game went on. Also i've liked the look of Baker since he came in. Makes a few inexperienced errors but he's got something about him. Marty Hore will be our player of the season most likely. Not pursuing a Tom Lynch deal now looks like it's killed us. It's nice we have so many good players down back when fit. But our midfield and forwards have no link up and it results in the defence getting put under enormus pressure constantly with quick turn arounds. I think it should be noted how good our defence did yesterday. Pies kicked 9 straight in the last 2 qtrs which blew the margain out, so the full story of how well they stood up never got shown.

I feel like i'm going mad watching Melbourne play. It's the same [censored] every game, just differing levels of [censored] opponents.

I'm not sure what the result will be but i expect a better performance. Going 0-2 isn't great but i don't think it will be a not making finals problem. David King pointed out that the way the draw/results has worked out in round 1 has led to some teams with high expectations possibly starting 0-2. He also fully expects at least one 0-2 team to make the 8, maybe even 2. Personally, i'm not scared of Geelong. Pies looked a bit underdone themselves and if we perform close to our best i think we can beat them, even if we are still ramping up.

21 of those 22 players played the finals before that game didn't they

I would only do that type of deal if Goodwin is happy with it. I think the past two seasons show that a coach can underperform for years than spike to the top. If Goodwin is committed for the long term stick with him.

Can we keep a sponsor for more than 12months

I've said it before but a fit Jake Lever playing at the level he was before his injury turns a bunch of those should've won games to comfortably won. Oscar McDonald was in the form of his life with Jack next to him so just imagine how it will look with May back there as well.

Confused the tree with Maxy, common mistake.

He will never be rated ahead of Cripps or Bont by the general AFL public because he isn't as sexy and he's a bit of a shithouse on the field.

They say Trac was the pick of the bunch but don't comment on what he did. I agree with the idea that Jones isn't important for the earlier rounds, would much rather get games into Baker and Sparrow.

If we are going to progress, the classic dominate every stat but the scoreboard approach we had last season needs to stop. We mauled Port in enemy territory last season but they won because we didn't hit the scoreboard enough. At the G with a team hopefully hungry to redeem themselves after the finals exit, we should be beating port comfortably.

Trac to kick 6 and we'll win by 8 goals.

Massive turn out, very impressive.

Check the instagram stories. Boys are boxing each other body shots only. Viney vs Jones, would pay paper view for that