Gawndy the Great

Tom Hawkins errant arm at it again.

Cerra shocker. He’d be in the 2nds at MFC

How is the SVGC course looking these days? the greens were mint over christmas / nye when i was able to play a couple of rounds.

Well it certainly doesn’t equate to the ok ‘all duck no dinner’ we dishes up last year. I think it’s going to be a huge game on Friday and it will be a spirited encounter. We have a point to prove given last years loss and they have to rebound in front of their own sell out crowd. They have more pressure on them to perform and I get the feeling they crumble a bit when the heat is on. It’s with going to be less than a goal either way or 60+ point win for us.

Then I’d educate myself on the matter before jumping on here and critiquing others on their views as it is no laughing matter.

Absolutely he does. Don’t get fooled by all the hype and inuendo in the media. He is protected by all. Buddy’s hit was not a football action and was direct to the opponents head. The check that both Kozzy and McAdams performed were only problematic as the opponent was not in the right state to protect themselves and hence secondary impact to the head was inevitable . Now I don’t support these acts by any stretch and I think they should be outlawed as the have, but Buddys cheap hit was vile, unprofessional and had actual intent to impact the head - which has been overlooked by all.

ill have a crack - assuming all are healthy and are in-form. B: May Lever Bowey HB: Brayshaw Petty Salem C: Hunter Viney Langdon HF: Trac TMac ANB F: Spargo BBB Fritta Foll: Gawn Oliver Kozzy Bench: Harmes, Grundy, Sparrow, Rivers Sub: McVee Emg: Tommo, Hibberd, JVR Sorry to: JJ, Chin, Milkshake, Laurie

McVee on Cameron is a gamble. Is he ready to take on a seriously creative and fast SF? I don’t know him well enough but perhaps we think about bringing Hibberd into the mix. It doesn’t feel right to drop McVee it doesn’t feel like the right matchup - he is better suited to Zac Bailey. Perhaps Bowey takes Cameron. Laurie has to come out, just don’t think he has the goods. Out: Kozzy, Laurie, Tommo In: Fritta, Viney, May.

I’ve watched the hits again and I’m going to change my view a bit. Buddy was the only one that had a clean hit on the head. Both Kozzie and McAdams had incidental , secondary head contact and thus I’d say that contact for Buddy was intentional whilst mcadams and Kozzy was careless. I won’t debate the Impact grade as it’s a dogs breakfast trying to work that out, but ultimately Lance should have received the biggest penalty out of all 3.

That is all out attack setup not much defensive presence there.

And the culture of the club probably held him back a year or two of development.

What are you alluding to WCW? Do yo you know if he is close ?

Based on what evidence? he has been in the system for 3 years (4 preseasons) and really has not strung together 2-3 great quarters let alone games. And please spare me the GF 15 minutes in the 3Q - yes he done his job well, but there were at least half a dozen others that also deserve the plaudits for changing the game on that great night of football. Talls take longer- i get that- but they tend to show some solid form in a number of games as they develop more consistency in their game. LJ right now, is nowhere near what people are expecting of him, maybe that'll change and he'll come of age, but the longer this goes on, the less im inclined to believe much will come of him.

I think that was more a reflection of game style and being more direct and quicker in transition to prior years where we relied a lot more on contested marks. We monstered them in i50 marks 17:7 by better kicking inside 50, which is a great sign against a strong(ish) opposition.

2 weeks was about right. Probably a little light for what could have been. What irks me is: 1. Buddy was let off lightly - already showing cracks in the MRO guidelines 2. The subjectivity and lack of transparency of the powers afforded to the MRO when upgrading impact on head high collisions (see point 1) 3. Has yet to transpire but how inconsistently this will be applied throughout the year. Ill bet 1 week will become the norm for the no-concussion head high impact (as opposed to a fine last year).

Not a bad analogy, probably worth adding the additional context. Buddy's elbow should also be considered for what it could have done.. , should know better and was lucky that it was a minor concussion.

The issue is that the discretion is with Christiansen to grade it. That is the problem with the whole grading system.

It makes you wonder that with all the brainpower and legal know-how in the AFL, how the MRO is still in disarray. Give the problem to ChatGPT - it’ll get solved in a microsecond.

I have zero sympathy for him. This is what he wanted and so he must now put up with it. Freo FD are the actual ones to blame - they need a KPF and Jackson is not one. They should have encouraged LJ to sign for another 2 years with us and let him develop some more before recruiting a readymade.

3 picks inside top 25 would be phenomenal. If we were to lose other players that were fringe or wanting more $$$ after our 2nd premiership, that could be 4-5 in the first 2 rounds in a super draft. That would keep us in the window for the next 10 years…. Just imagine.

No one in the media made a peep when the Doggies snared JUH and Sam Darcy (arguably two top 2 picks) in the last 3 years despite playing a GF in 2021 and finals the other years. It won’t happen but if it did, they can GAGF. 😂

I reckon the Freo mob will start to get stuck into him after today’s performance, he showed nothing to justify the money and draft capital they spent on him.

Freo defn not top 4 material or top 8 by todays showing. Looks like we may get that too 10 pick for Jacko after all.

Jacko picking up where he left off last year in being unnoticeable.

I’ll be making sure I’m at that game with a bag of fisherman’s friends and butterscotch menthols.