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It wouldn't surprise me if Tomlinson is pushed up to the wing to replace Vanders, while Harmes does actually play on the half back line. I say this because the article on the dees website references Tomlinson on the wing, and also the fact that OMac hasn't been replaced when our backline looks overly tall for Sydney's forwards. Overall I'm happy with the ins and outs but, would have preferred OMac out as well.

Jones -> Harmes Pickett -> ANB/Bedford/Hunt Hannan -> Fritsch OMac -> Lockhart Pickett just needs to freshen up a little for me. Give him two weeks off and get some of his energy and confidence back. OMac not needed against Sydney's forwardline, and he was poor. Jones and Hannan out for lack of form, replaced by better players. Can't say I'd be bothered if Vanders was dropped too, but his role can be a hard one to judge from the TV, and it appears the coaches are happy with him.

Strongly agree here. In most games you'd just have him in the sort of role Jones and Sparrow have been playing. But on nights like tonight he would have been very helpful for Steele.

Take out one bad quarter against the dogs, and I think our defensive system has been excellent for the past 5 weeks. Something really needs to change with our stoppage work though, especially at centre bounces. Feels like we are consistently hitting the ball down the opposition's throat, and when we give up the centre clearance it's tough to properly set up our defensive zone. If we could get back to somewhere near our 2018 contested work I think we could actually be a threat come finals. Also I just want to mention Jack Steele who was a collosus tonight. Almost singlehandedly got the Saints over the line.

We're lucky that the saints are butchering at much as us. Either team could clean up a little and start dominating.

He needs to run out to the right. It's a huge penalty for a nothing incident, but Tomlinson should have known better.

We have the best tap ruckman in the comp, play with three pure inside mids at every stoppage, yet we still consistently lose the clearances. Our stoppage coach is stealing a living.

I'm optimistic for Josh Wagner. I could really see him playing a good defensive forward role on either Coffield or Clark. Both are important ball users, neither are exceptionally fast, and I doubt either of them have too much experience being targetted by the opposition. Overall I'm happy enough with the team structure. I think on paper our midfield is far superior to the Saints, and if we can keep the ball in tight and under pressure I'll give us a decent chance of getting the win. However If we drop off the pressure at any stage, I could easily see the Saints tearing us apart on the outside like the dogs did in the third quarter last week.

Some people have been way too harsh on Hibbo for this game. He wasn't even on Wallis for the first two goals, the third goal he had to come off Wallis because otherwise Bruce would've ran onto the ball and kicked a goal, and the fourth goal was an unpressured entry and perfect kick from Bontempelli. Also people need to respect the fact that Wallis is actually a good player and has been the Dog's best forward all year.

Don't want to be too critical as there were many worse players, but Lever didn't do much for me. Had multiple dropped marks where he had clean hands on the ball, one of which cost us a goal. As an intercepting defender it's his job to take these marks and I feel he crumbles under physical pressure.

Positives: Steven May absolutely superb Negatives: Shallow chaotic forward entries Terrible forward pressure Mids getting sucked into the contest. Has been better in recent weeks but came back against a good midfield. No breakaway from Oliver. Completely different to his last 5 weeks. I still don't like Harmes down back

If the dogs have extras down back you either have to kick it deep to the pockets or hit up short targets. So many of the dogs attacks began from kicks to the danger zone, 30 metres out dead infront.

Stupid and bloody obvious from Melksham

Preuss' hitouts have got progressively better throughout the game. Good work on changing up the hits and tactics.

Just had to check the AFL rules to make sure I wasn't mistaken. They say the free kick can be awarded where the incident take place or where the ball is. Considering they were both the same spot it shows that the umpire literally didn't know the rule. For me that's worse than most regular mistakes

*Gibbons. Who also has a well known short kick, compared to Newnes who can roost it. Zero chance Gibbons is slotting it 55 out on the boundary.

I'd say that Vanders and Jones were fine today, certainly wouldn't go as far as awesome. It's more to do with my thoughts that Harmes is not being maximised at half back, and that I'd rather bring in another backman to replace him, so that he can have more wing time.

Out: Preuss and one of Vanders/Jones/Sparrow In: Gawn and Rivers I want Harmes out of his defensive role.

Can we petition the AFL to get these umpires every week. All top blokes.

As far as I've seen it the game is over. Collingwood need to kick 6 goals, in the wet, against a breeze, 2 players down, and off a four day break. I want us to step it back up and increase the margin. You never know the value of percentage.

I think Fritsch needs to swing round to his left a little bit, ike a less exaggerated Buddy Franklin or Matt Suckling. This is how he kicks around the ground and he is great. On his set shots he runs dead straight and the ball bobbles around a lot.

Darcy Moore, Ben Reid and probably Pendlebury. Hopefully Pendles decides he needs another week of rest. Either way I think we should go in favourites, and this is a massive opportunity for us.

Probably the most frustrating and aggravating 50 point win I've ever watched. Adelaide are a truly horrible football team right now, they just cannot kick a score. Main Dees takeaways for me: -Steven May another fantastic game. Made Tex look like a local reserves player. -Clayton Oliver escaping the packs and thinking a little more with the ball was fantastic. -Brayshaw should only ever play on ball. This makes it hard to balance the midfield but that's what the coaches are paid the big bucks for. -Jackson was clearly worrying ROB with his jumping ability. Good positioning up forward too. -Neither Bennell or ANB impacted up forward. Small forward positions are still well up for grabs.

Tex should've given away about 5 free tonight. Is hardly even going for the ball

First play of the second half Brayshaw overruns the ball and Adelaide send it forward