Gawndy the Great

Franklin would have got about 10 frees against MFC.

Didn’t happen to the Cats. They’ll be fine. Won’t do much without a major uplift in preseason. Will get the best pick In the comp , which doesn’t hurt.

The only thing that can top this off is a hammy to Duckwood.

My highlight tonight was getting off the plane with Ricky Ponting. Great fella!

The fact that we lost to this mob makes this game unenjoyable. We should be here tonight.

At face value, I think Buckley would be the worst choice. He is probably too defensively orientated which would reinforce our slow ball movement issues.

Serious? Where did this happen?

Is it that they are still in hunt for a flag? Otherwise why all the secrecy - it’s open season is it not?

100%. Our 2nd half was quite brutal in comparison and even so when the draw is looked at in its totality. What's a bet the eventual winner this year will not be subject to the same draw as we were.

McRae asking Swans fans not to boo Ginnivan. Surely he is taking the the [censored]

If they mean the first 10 rounds then it has to be said. It’s only logical for many to think our 10-0 was a bunch of soft kills.

It has been said a gazillion times.

Kozzy had some special games kicking bags of goals and doing some great pressure acts. But equally would go missing in large parts of games for weeks on end. I recall countless discussions in game day threads this year where many were calling for him to be dropped not for a lack of scoring goals but not doing the simple effort based defensive work. Don’t have to agree with me, but that is how I see it.

He is a great tackler but it has come back a fair bit in comparison to last year. It’s really a team issue more so than just Kozzy but he has a a lot to do with it. For a small forward who is meant to impact both offensively and defensively this is quite alarming and it’s hard to say whether it’s mindset, positioning, effort or something else. Still, I don’t want to lose him - for the record. But we would be well compensated if he does chose to go.

Kozzy has had a great year and has developed nicely. still has flaws in his game and lacks defensive presence. Would hate to lose him as we would lose a major scoring avenue but it wouldn’t be the end of the world. Would demand a top 5 pick in return.

Bad habits. I’d love to know what they think it is. Funny he mentioned Goody has to do some homework as well. Is that an admission of game plan failures? Im actually a bit disappointed that he is not as disappointed as I want him to be.

If that’s the case we have the right coach to rectify the out of date game plan for 2023. Now we just have to get rid of Goodwin. I wonder if Hirdy wants his old senior coach back.

We finished 2nd in the H&A due to a 1 point victory with 12s to go. I think it’s fair to say that we probably lose that game 9/10 and the result then becomes 5th which is where we ended up.

So the theory that an easy run into finals series is not preferred over a harder fixture is BS?

I actually think that would be a good thing for the sport. It would mean teams compete harder and longer at the fear of being relegated. It can also help implement a system where a portion of the seasons fixture (after Rd 17)is determined by the ladder position - the problem being what do you to keep competition high for those teams circling the bottom 4 - 6. There are however many other issues that will make this near impossible in the short term.

But he'll happily support his fellow team mate, who takes every opportunity to drop at the knees or to be a menace to the opposition with the full intent of milking a free. I can accept though Clarry having accentuated contact a number of times in his career - more so to get the attention from umpires because he is contestably being held off ball. Putting that aside, the 'accentuating actions' shouldn't define his nature given 99.8% of the time, he is tough as nails. Berry given a lifeline for sure. The AFL need to tighten the MRO/tribunal system big time. It has become a complete farce again.

As mentioned previously, there is a toxic 'party' culture at the Dogs in past years. Those that are averse to those behaviors may want to move away from that environment. That is the only way i can make sense of that potential scenario. But agree, it is very unlikely.

There is no one really else left in the mix. With Ross Lyon and Leon Cameron backing out, you'd have to be thinking why would experienced coaches be pulling out of the process. The Bombers have publically said before they will target an experienced senior AFL coach and going with Yze will make them look silly and their supporter base will not be happy with the appointment. You'd give Yze every chance to be successful, but you would have to question his desperation to become a senior coach at all costs and a club on its knees.

No deal is done. He has every chance to still screw us so for me it’s wait and see.

If we continue with the current game plan then Georgiadies will end up like Weid. We saw how he struggled without Dixon as well so we have the proof. In fact there are not really any forwards that relish slow ball movement and would thrive in our team. I think we have the forward cattle that would more than cut it if we were able to improve our ball movement. Ultimately, we need to improve our bottom 6 as others have said, which means we need to get rid of the excess of inside ball grunts and target athletic, good ball users. If you could replace/ upgrade most of Sparrow, Harmes, JJ and ANB with better field kicking and leg speed then it wouldn’t even matter who we had in the forward line as it would get in there much much quicker. Fritta is dangerous 1:1 and BBB has a great reach. Both of these players are useless in contested marking situations. So instead of Cadman, I’m really buying into the H. Young option and a first rounder for LJ. We also need to look at giving May a bit more freedom in D50 so he can be an additional option in free play to launch our scoring chains from deep defence. I think that means using Petty on the #1 forward and brining Turner into the side to backfill his role . I don’t know if it’ll work but we have to change things up this year and become less predictable in our back half. If we can nett Grundy and Young for LJ; bring in JVR and Turner all to replace Hibbo, JJ/Harmes, ANB/Sparrow, LJ. Those are massive improvements and investment to the future. You also have TMac for Melksham to add to that.