Gawndy the Great

Well done girls. Cheering loud for you tonight despite razor blades in my throat. Tayla looking more dangerous through the middle. Midfielders brutal inside. Crows clearly have some great individuals but couldn’t really get any cohesion in ball movement

Add a school yard flavour to it and have two captains pick their 22 live on air. How funny and entertaining and cringeworthy would that be. But, fun game, who gets picked last out of the 44?

Clearly we had the game looking a Melbourne game! Hopefully all the boys get through unscathed - It was meant to be full match sim.

Measure out 6cm it really isn’t that much. If he has a leap and good reach it will neutralise them deficit. Plus he may grow another few cms in the next year or two. Can he crash a pack though ?

So apparently the justification for Hawkins AA Captaincy is that his allocation was a bit more of a recognition for this 5th jacket and that it’s not really about the best captain in the AA team. I don’t buy it and I think it’s about time the AA went under a bit of an overhaul. It should be about trying to field the best 22 against a hypothetical opposition. For that you don’t have 3 KPF, you don’t have inside mids on the wing as a start.

It’s so Geelong cAn have more players in the team.

So your saying the doggies? 😂

Farcical.

This takes the cake. Hawkins even surprised at it. I think Ling has spiked everyone’s drink during selection.

Can’t have the top team out numbered for AAs . They should have the AA ground as GMHBA just so they can get more of Geelong in there 😂

Bench I reckon.

They butchered the forward line. CHarlie Cameron should have got SF and J Cameron on the bench for Lynch.

Barely noticed Sam Taylor this year.

Omg AA umpires. FFS this is getting out of hand.

Exactly what I said. I just don’t think other teams really like us. A million bucks Neale gets MVP.

PLEASE!!

Has had some great form of late. Hopefully it can continue. We all forget his still young and really will be coming to age over the next year or two. Consistency is what challenges the best of young players , so I think we will start to see it improve. In the years to come, I think you can also look to play him similar to Bolton once he builds an engine and puts on a bit more size - I think Kozzy has had a better staRt to his career. Rolling him through the midfield with his great foot skills and raw speed and agility will make him a nightmare matchup.

No Maynard? I think he’s had a very very good year.

The bye weekend will essentially reset all teams from the perspective of game to game turnaround times etc. so we should get a first peak at the overall / top-line fitness for all teams playing finals footy.

The backline will be interesting There isnt much competition for the true FB, CHB. Its between May, Weitering & Stewart probably ends up taking one of the pockets and i think Maynard gets the other pocket. I think Gus will be close to securing one of the HB roles, given his defensive form and recent time in the midfield, which ticks both boxes. Trac and Oliver are 100% locks. Gawn will be likely (pairing up with Witts for the ruck combo). Having 5 players in the team will be a tough ask, given Geelong are unlikely to have that many.

Its the whole 'resistant to change' or 'if aint broke dont fix it' mentality. Ultimately i think we are heading for shorter games (15 min quarters) in order for a higher number of H&A rounds.

His main issue is consistency. There were a few games prior to his outstanding game against Port, where he was hardly involved. But he is still very young and i think if he continues to improve and have an impact on games he will have few AA jackets by the end of his career.

Two HF will be midfielders (Trac one of em). You'll then have Hawkins, Curnow, Mackay, Cameron and Lynch all fighting for CHF & FF. One of the forward pockets will be a small forward which will be one of Stengle, Bolton, Papley and Cameron (probably C. Cameron) . The 6th forward position could be anything. Fritta has to be ahead on the small forwards, but my feel is that they'll give it to Jeremy Cameron as the 3rd tall and go Curnow, Lynch for 1 & 2 and Hawkins on the bench.

6 Dees named. Angus Brayshaw Never previously All-Australian. Bayley Fritsch Never previously All-Australian. Max Gawn 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 All-Australian. Steven May 2021 All-Australian. Clayton Oliver 2018 and 2021 All-Australian. Christian Petracca 2020 and 2021 All-Australian.

You'd hope not, but they have a serviceable list, so with a good system and coaching they could challenge for top 8 next year. I suspect that they would try to lure Ross Lyon or Leon Cameron as Bucks has emphatically said he would not coach them. Has worked with Sheeds in the past. I suspect Sheeds will get one a more permanent coaching presence, similar to Choco's role for us. Dont know what it means for the rest of the coaching staff though.