Gawndy the Great

Seem to be fun to be around, but clearly lacked the winning edge and intensity that was required to be in a high performing team. Really sad to see such a waste of talent - but it is a game for the elite performer AND trainer.

AFLCA Gary Ayres Award for the QF. See here Qualifying Final: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions 10 Clayton Oliver (MELB) 7 Christian Petracca (MELB) 4 Charlie Cameron (BL) 4 Lachie Neale (BL) 3 Jake Lever (MELB) 1 Max Gawn (MELB) 1 Alex Neal-Bullen (MELB) Leaderboard 10 Clayton Oliver (MELB) 10 Isaac Heeney (SYD) 9 Travis Boak (PORT) 7 Tom Liberatore (WB) 7 Christian Petracca (MELB) 7 Ollie Wines (PORT)

Would be great to have Josh as the AFL GM. Will at least have some sort of connection with the MFC. Does anybody know if was pushed out to have Richo take over his role or whether his exit was self-initiated?

Don't open that can of worms @Demon17 still makes my blood boil that it wasn't even looked at.

So Stevic's final remarks are damning for Greene. Acknowledged it is not a good look for the game, it was disrespectful etc, etc. I think GWS had a defense structured around Stevic's response...that has failed. Greene is gone.

That is crazy! How can you possibly defend this? 6 weeks minimum.

Put him on a 2 year contract and when Ben King requests to come back to Vic at the end of 2022 we offer Weid and another player/1st round pick.

Agree it was disappointing, but this is where i think the AFL have shot themselves in the foot by introducing the concept of outcome over intent. If we were to measure this on outcome, then there is nothing to look at and this is where Trac's opinion makes sense - not saying its right, but im doing my best to understand this. He is young and probably a bit naive to understand the broader implications at play here. Do we know whether there is a personal friendship at play here? is it possible he is just trying to stick up for his mate?

Absolutely. it takes 2-3 seasons to build the body and engine to compete consistently at AFL level and LJ is definitely ahead of the curve here. He has a fantastic attitude towards training and learning as well - looking to avoid the same mistakes that Maxy made earlier in his career (Gawn is going to be such a pivotal role model). This guy can be anything and will cause so many headaches for the years to come in terms of match-up. Rivers, Kozy and LJ will become very good players and to think that we have Trac, Oliver, Lever and bunch of others still in their early 20's. Such an exciting time to be part of this football club.

The Geelong/GWS game will be an interesting test of resilience both physically and mentally. The pending suspension to Greene and key injuries to the GWS will flatten their sales, but their midfield can still run rampant and ultimately is where Cats can come undone. The GWS should take some confidence into this game given their recent victory and there seems to be a swell in team dynamics and connection (albeit Greene may have put a spanner in the works here) The Cats on the other hand, look flat and cooked. It has been a long season and they are out of form too. They might get Zac Tuohy back to inject some better ball movement but i think they are also carrying some injuries. We are definitely on the better side of the finals draw.

Is the 55 inclusive of players and coaching staff? If so then, i dont think she really had much of a say as they would have absolutely had to have priority.

The feeling in the media and social media has a similar feeling to the incident that Jack Viney was involved in. There is no doubt that the sitting tribunal members will closely monitor this feedback in order to have some measured response - love it or hate it, i think it makes sense. The punishment is what will be interesting. Remember people were calling for 6 weeks for Viney. Given Greene's record, i think there will be an enhancement of the suspension.

I think ANB was the sacrificial lamb. Not many have been suspended since that let alone getting 5 weeks.

Essendon will be better for the experience. They were lucky to make it to be honest. Dogs still horribly unconvincing. I think Brisbane will waltz into the prelim against Port.

6 Oliver 5 Trac 4 Fritta 3 ANB 2 Gawn 1 Langdon

I’m not so sure as I was earlier today. Didn’t realise both Greens were doubtful.

I watched his game closely was doing lots of off the ball work to allow BBB and Frisch a free hit up. He has played deep and no doubt adds to the side more structurally. J Smith has to be the one under the spotlight given Cameron’s dominance. I think it will depend on matchups tbh. Tonight’s ball movement and transition will torch the Cats if they get up and J Smith will play on one of the 3 talls to free up Lever.

I like Greene. But boy is he stupid sometimes. He made some contact and he clearly wanted to as his walking path was direct. Had the umpire not moved , it would have been much more obvious - so there is clear intent. they will argue that he wasn’t looking but the intent is clear. will boil down to what the AFL want to do. His record will mean that a lower end suspension is unlikely and I think he’ll be gone for at least 2 weeks if the Viney suspension is anything to go by (in terms of bad look etc )

Junk touches. They were not damaging.

No stress for 2 weeks. Who hoo.

Danger signs. Lions have a sniff.

Should have iced the game then and there. better but just need to have a cool head inside 50.

Probably nerves and it is wet. plus Lever is not great at ground balls.

Even though we are winning this is being played the way the Lions want. our defence is a bit fumbly and we 2-3 goals against we’re just poor defence. Hopefully the nerves have settled and they have a better rest of game.