Gawndy the Great

We need to go for Ben Brown or Jeremy Cameron - not soldnon Hoags. I just don’t thinK Weeds is going to make it. Instead Hunt and Fritsch kicked seven between them. Just doesn’t position himself correctly is always caught out of position and is easily nullified in the pack situation.

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How predictable. A big old fashion Melbourne choke is coming up.

The talk on Gunston is promising but we have plenty of mid size forwards in stock. Milkshake, Fritsch and Hannan. Also throw Smith into the mix. We would have to get rid of at least one of those if we were to chase Gunston. I wouldn’t mind experimenting with Fritsch on the wing - but he needs a lot of work on endurance if he is to keep up with Langdon. So hard call on the others. Hannan or Smith probably needs to go. i dont think Carlton will bid on Williams they honestly can not afford him unless they are paying the rest of the team 200-300K. Remember they are paying Martin close to a million and they have Cripps on their books as well plus the other half a dozen other commanding player.

If by some miracle we make the finals. Playing eagles in Perth will be the perfect opportunity for redemption. They are also very vulnerable at the moment.

That’s the game and the year. Can’t see the doggies loosing and/or the dees winning. hopefully there is an exodus of players inc Williams to the Dees ?

I really do hope they go at Williams hard I don’t see Saad leaving. Williams will make a huge difference to our run and carry - where we have been turning it over so badly. Forward half turnovers are bad but defensive half turnover especially in transition will hurt you even more. This is where we have been terrible this year. getting Isaac smith wouldn’t be the worst option either. We can use him to mentor and develop our wingers. Personally I think Fritsch would be a model wingman if he developed better endurance. He is a good mark, good field kick and a good decision maker.

It’s the same Clarko that has won 4 premierships. That trumps everything.

If we are taking our gaps in ball movement by foot / outside run as a serious problem, then we need to go after both Williams and Saad in my opinion. They will give us an immediate shot of outside run and elevate us to the top levels of the comp. If this means getting rid of Tmac, pick 22 and some additional players, then we have to do it. It boils down to whether our midfield can have a team with Harmes, Brayshaw, Trac, Oliver, Viney & Sparrow in the best 22. I have always thought that we'd need to trade 1-2 of those 6 to get what we lack.

That was my thinking. But we'd possibly have to pick up 100-200K of TMac salary as well i would have thought. I would still be targeting Zac Williams ahead of Saad though.

Is this your opinion or fact?

I disagree. Frosty is an athletic mobile lockdown defender. Playing under the mantra of play-on-at-all-costs doesn’t suit his skill set. However since we have dialled down the rpm’s his disposal would not have hurt us as much. He could quite easily take down 1st defender allowing May to do some major rebound damage or even switch up into the forward line as an elusive Plan B. Letting him go at the expense of O Mac is yet another mammoth of a [censored] up. Think of it this way, Clarky sees value in him - Goodwin does not. Who would you trust?

De Goey did look good tonight.

He has got to go for that. Free arm or not .

The GWS stoppage work was first class again. We got schooled around the contest with the well organised outfit. We have to do some major work in this area as we were shown up again despite having a dominant ruckman.

Can’t see it happening but who knows. I’ll be going for them for the first time ever.

Trent Rivers the goods.

These [censored] insipid maggots.

Anyone notice Alistair Lynch’s noisy deep breaths between sentences. Sounds a bit laboured.

I like the play. But we need to develop LJ. So if we do get Mihocek - how do we play Mihocek, LJ, Weed in the same forward line. Coz lets face it LJ is not playing ruck with Gawn in the team.

100% agree. I did comment on another thread that upon reflection, taking the captaincy away from him and awarding it to Gawn was not the right thing. I understand that it was player voted, but this playing group are too immature to know what is good for them. The Footy Dept should have re-enforced JV and maybe helped him out with his demeanor and leadership style with his team mates. This guy will/would thrive in a more mature footy club.

in 2021... ;)

Move him on if we need to cull lists.

That’s what the mafia bosses would say right before they whacked one of their own.

Geez wouldn’t it be a laugh if we stumble through to finals and Goodwin keeps his job? This is a bigger result than last night. There are a lot of similarities between us and GWS.