Gawndy the Great

if he isn’t the GWS starting team should we really be looking at this player? We really should be looking to take someone that will immediately improve our top end. KPF / midfielder etc. Our defence is solid and isn’t really an issue area. So pass for mine.

This is a joke. There is no duty of care for one own safety…. Unless you are Gus Brayshaw then you are not allowed to take a step onto your supporting foot post kick when Maynard is attempting a smother from 4m away.

I’m going to come out and say that no Yze in the Top 30 should temper expectations on what the kid may or may not be able to do. Best of luck to the young fella as it’s not Yze making it to the AFL.

Reopening this thread 11 years on. Do you give the guy a 3 year contract (2+1 contingent on games played) ? Looks to be back in shape and form. And The Couch mentioned Eagles are holding off contract talks. If Im Yeo question is do I want potential success and money (at Dees) or comfort and losses. Would immediately add to our ball movement and is measurably better than Hugh McCluggage. Always loved him as footy player.

Our favourite columnist and tv journo (Ralphy) reporting that Adelaide have out their 2 first rounders (this year and next) on the table for Will Hayward. Tells me: 1) They are not dealing for Petty this year. He may just walk next year if we let him. 2) Haywards asking trade price is going to be way too high for what he is worth.

He said “one things that is clear…” (about the AFL and concussion) about 20 times

McGuire is an [censored] but I don’t disagree on most points. The league doesn’t need 19 teams. But just because Norf are a scraping the barrel at the moment isn’t fair game though.

it is, but no matter how good they try, it is near impossible to sustain. They will eventually fall off a cliff. Danger and Tomahawk will retire this year. Not much left for Tuohy and Blicavs as well. Jezza and Stewart wrong side of 30. It will happen and the youth arn't all they are talked up to be. Take away 4/6 players above and they are 9-14 side.

No he wont. They'll do the Blicavs and Stanley rotation which will neutralise the ruck for most of the night. Its on Page 1 of Scott's how to beat MFC playbook. Even if Max does manage to edge in front, Scott will throw a blanket on Trac and trust Guthrie to monster Oliver so well likely lose any hit-out advantage that Max can create. The Viney matchup will be interesting. I think they'll go with Holmes to exploit his lack of pace. Expect Petty to do a number on Stewart, its the least he can do given he is out-of-form. Getting a Henry-Turner matchup will be a good thing as will JVR on Koladskneejkhp (not even bothering to spell check).

7PM match at the GABBA on Sunday night? Seriously htf did that get through to the final fixture?

Lots of vote stealing at GWS. Only player in Tom Green on the leaderboard. Very even contribution and spread of talent....scary.

Why ET? As in the WCE don't want to win too many games in 2024 ?

It was scores from the defensive mid zone, which ultimately mean scores from back half turnovers. Funny the stat was a raw number but instead a % of our overall scoring. It’s a bit misleading as we are 8th for total scores for. I think the main change is using the corridor more to move the ball by foot quicker to give our forwards a better chance. Simple by design but proving challenging for our team to execute.

Grundy was a wasted bet. Gawn excels as the main ruckman playing 80-90% in the ruck. He can’t play forward, which was the crux of the plan. Simirlaly for Grundy. We tried, it failed , move on. JJ different story though. We didn’t expect Brayshaw to retire. If he retire prior to trade period, JJ would have been guaranteed more game time and money and would have stayed.

Shocking call there.

It’s not in my book but wanted to highlight a massive fixturing inequality. With 5 day breaks we don’t have a main training session, so to work on tactics, game plan etc is reduced.

This is how we got a double whammy with Brayshaw. People don’t realise the impact that one hit has had. If Brayshaw retired immediately then JJ stays. But he didn’t and we ended up losing 2 players.

You just have to wonder if this is having an effect on players. Of course if they haven’t done anything wrong then there is nothing to worry about.

So, the game against the Blues will be a 2nd 5 day break of the season. Have a guess how many Carlton will have had in the same time.

To me it’s the difference of having the potential to be a dynasty team and one that just wins a flag. Tigers getting Lynch got them another 2. I don’t know if we rested on our laurels after 2021 thinking Tmac and BBB were going to be enough - clearly that didn’t bode well once TMac got injured and BBB was all but done. When we had the picks from LJ in the 2022 draft we went for a ruck in Grundy relying on Gawn to play as a KPF - again plugging a hole , maybe we missed a trick.

I have the same feeling. We have a better chance against Carlton as Scott just knows how to beat us a million different ways.

I hate it when umpiring ruins games. 2-3 umpire goals in a 10 pt loss is just not acceptable in modern footy. Happens almost every game in Adelaide.

Another [censored] goal. [censored] this is too obvious

How’s was that HTB call to open the 4th. Umps not interested in squaring things up.

Umpiring in Adelaide has to be reviewed. It’s consistently bad.