Gawndy the Great

And whats even scarier is that he will probably clean up is kicking a bit more, goalkicking a bit more. And when he gets even more confidence and experience, he will exit stoppage and move to the right places even more. There is no question on his contested dominance. He is probably only 2nd to Diesel - but that was a different era arguably at the end of his career he may just be the GOAT. Trac is a bit more balanced in contested / uncontested footy, which is fine. You have to have different types of players in the middle. But even his clearance play, explosiveness and sheer power will go down in history. Add Viney and Gawn into that mix and we have a centre square line-up that is truly remarkable.

Looks like both are tests so clearly on the lower side of seriousness for LJ. I think Weid has proven himself as good enough ruck backup so happy to give LJ another week to get ice his niggle. Gawn <> Bedford.

If that is the case, we use him as a decoy and have teams guessing what we are doing. Onfield leadership need to identify this as it may change within the game. i.e. if he is getting double or triple teamed, lead to the fat-side / open of the ground and then have Fritta and/or Brown / Weid run to the ball carrier leaving the other in the goal square. This is forward craft and will always have opposition defense guessing which equals free kicks or aerial domination. We saw some improvement against Adelaide in shorter / better kicks rather than kicking it in deep without thinking. Some of this was also a result of quicker ball movement, meaning opposition had less time to flood back.

To split pick 2/3 they need another team to have 2x first round picks in 2022 . Right now, there is not a team that has the required draft hand. As we would still demand at least a top 10 pick (plus a player and another future first), WCE will need to identify a team that finishes outside of the top 8 (with a top 10 pick) and that team would need to trade for another pick in the first round in order to trade for WC's pick 2/3 - sounds quite convoluted right. The other missing factor is that team that satisfies the above, would need a really good reason to chase pick 2/3 in this years draft - there is no guarantee that will actually happen. So in short, the speculation with Freo and WCE and their draft hand required to trade with LJ, hurts my brain on Monday morning.😂

Koladshnknininiisfji is a confirmed out. So they are undersized down back. Will probably mean Blicavs plays a permanent back and Henry will be moved backwards as well giving us some ascendency to have some favourable match-ups our D50. Their midfield is dangerous and experienced but is aging so hopefully we can expose them by hard running both ways. It will be interesting to see how they recover on the short 5 day turn around. Its a genuine 50-50 game and will go a long way to securing a top 2 spot. The game will be close +/- 2 goals.

Who would you take from GWS realistically ? I’m assuming it’s not going to be a KPF as Hogan and Himmelberg are not players who would change our make up.

We have the Blues and Doggies coming up. Anyone with a heart condition should avoid the game.

I liked M Browns game. He was better playing a high HF type role. We need him to do that again and take one of Geelongs Tall defenders . I saw Kolodjashnij was out injured so they are down two of their key defensive stocks. Hopefully the weather remains dry so we can use Gawn more effectively in the F50. I wonder if they swing Henry back into D50 and bring in Ratagolea or Rohan (assuming they are fit). I think May goes to Hawk and Petty to Cameron. Hibberd is probably better suited to Tyson Stengle who is in hot form. Gawn <> Bedford LJ <> Weideman (if fit) Tommo (medi-sub)

Lobb in serious good form. Freo should refocus on keeping him in the team rather than trying to attract LJ.

Well I think that explains it a bit. Lack of experience- hopefully it gets reviewed and they get feedback and learn from it. it was a disappointing performance but I don’t but into the trying to get Adelaide to win narrative. They are human, they were overcome by the crowd. Maybe get them in Melbourne for their first 20-30 games before umpiring in their home state.

This is why the club needs to intervene, I can recall a half dozen contests where Clarey was being held without even having control of the ball. It happened to several players in fact. But it really is a blight with what they can get away with him. champion data should invent a new stat in his honour, a Clarry contested possession. 3 blokes hanging off him , without possession and then you blink and he wins and disposed of the ball.

Dew not happy with the umps. Fair enough I’d say as well shocking non decisions.

Moore done for the season I reckon. There goes Collingwood's chances. David Noble has to get sacked this week. Feel for the guy but Norf are truly a miserable proposition.

If Kozzy gets a week then so does Fogarty. At least Kozys was closer to a footy action. Watch Gerard Whately go to town on whether it should be a suspension.

I thought he did ok in the ruck but was poor in the marking contest - which is his usual performance. He has really good leap on him and has a similar ruck game as LJ, follow up work is also decent. Potentially can be developed further. I did see bit of frustration from him tonight so it’s fair to say it’s not for a lack of trying. I think he can sense his AFL career is on the line and is slipping away ever so slightly. I hope he can build some form in the next few weeks as I’m not sure LJ comes in next week with Gawn.

6 Petracca 5 Oliver 4 Langdon 3 Viney 2 Jordan 1 Brayshaw I reckon Oliver eill increase his lead in the AFLCA a bit more this week. 2 votes in Brownlow.

Overall midfield was very solid. We did very well given we weren’t with Gawn, LJ and even TMac who would be rucks 1,2 and 3. The forward talls were serviceable in the 2nd half enough to create contests but there was still poor delivery to them given number of intercepts taken by them. There were a few hit up leads when we moved the ball fast enough, but i suspect our risk taking atm is quite low so hopefully we can push the envelope here a little more. Umpiring was terrible both ways in the last quarter but we got the short end of the stick the entire game. It was quite a poor standard I think the Dees should make a polite enquiry on #20 Time to recover for next weeks game against the Pussycats

I’ve seen about a half a dozen throws and dropped balls so far . None called.

This is pathetic

2 goals to the umps already. Geeez

Umpires on today.

Great game for the Dons, hopefully they play like this against other in the run home and make it difficult for others in the top 8. Thye don’t have pressure to make finals but have a point to prove in their game plan and keeping their coach so wouldn’t expect them to drop off.

100%. Every team has at least 1 gun midfielder and anyone of them can win the brownlow depending on how their team plays throughout the year. How many gun ruckman do you really ever talk about. There is only a handful that are even in contention for AA every year.

Really? I dont get that vibe from Montagna at all. I remember him getting onto us quite early last year as the favorite and never for a moment - even when we were dropping games - went off us. Well if what you say is true, then ill play closer attention to him. But id still take those two over most in the journalism industry.

and has a tank to expose O'Brien. watch them stack up the talls in their forward line now.