Gawndy the Great

A KPD is a must given its approaching 11 o'clock on May's career. Cant see him playing more than 2-3 years with his history of soft-tissue. I think one of Sparrow/Taj takes Viney's role when he leaves and we have a few more years before we need to stress about life after Oliver/Trac. Kynan will probably get an opportunity at HF early in his career but provides another option as insider midfield in 4-5 years time. Our two KPF are untried, but we are covered for now. White's boy will come in when Gawndy retires in 5-6 years time. Ultimately we have a good list that are currently in the window. We will taper off in 5-6 years but should avoid a major re-build if we are able to restock this year with 2 quality players.

I was up in Brissy a few weeks back and it was very sticky. Had some colleagues over from SE Asia and they said it felt like home just a bit cooler. I guess that could explain the fumbles. But the contested possession count … how do we explain the lack of grit? Is it really Gawns injury? I mean I understand if it is, but that also concerns me that we could be that easily distracted.

We beat Sydney twice last year if it wasn’t for injuries / fitness. I expect the midfield to come out and make a huge statement next week. They have too much pride to accept the dismal performance.

There is evidence building that he may just not be as good as we all thought he’d be… it happens.

Which at the time was his worth as a rising star and premiership player. Just goes to show we got shafted when the deal was made as we all thought Freo were top 4…. Hence this threads existence

Brisbane were not that good last night. We were just plain terrible. Hard to say whether we were shell shocked from Gawns injury. Collingwood play with no fear and have a game plan that is all out attack. Question is whether they can sustain that all year long. All it takes is a single team trying something different to break them down and then all else will follow if it works. It’s early days and declaring flag favourites right now is plain old ridiculous.

Which hopefully will all go to Pickett when he signs.

If he didn’t, that’s on him. he had everything going for him at the Dees.

When are we putting up the 2023 afl draft thread?

I’m loving this. Freo are shizen big time.

He was touted as #1 but he was the Doggies academy recruit.

Dogga playing soo bad.. they’ll becoming for him big time if they lose.

I’m assuming your not in Melbourne as it’s 7.30pm - you may as well call it a day 😂

Worse.

Pffft the Doggies at the pointy end again!

I like that move. Brayshaw butchering the ball so far this year.

Is Petty confirmed ? He just had a hyper extended knee and hopefully with some ice and rest, should come up fine with the 8 day break. Even so, Daniher kicked 5 on him so maybe give him a spell with May coming in. I’d look at bringing Hibbo in to lock down Papley and have Rivers take Hayward. Otherwise we match up well elsewhere. I’d look at giving the ball to Hibbo, Bowey coming out of HB. Brayshaw should go back to defensive wing - he’s a liability atm. Maybe we can get Hunter to play a deeper wing role to help with a quicker transition. Because when we do it we are seriously unstoppable.

It’s funny he mentioned that because I did think through out the game, players don’t seem interested in planting there feet and pivoting sharply or trying to evade. They probably had no familiarity with the surface, which let’s face it doesn’t excuse the entire performance but does explain some of the clearance issues. If that is due to surface, then F Me why are we giving these teams an edge? GEELONG with their narrow wings, Sydney and their shorter pitch etc. why can’t we have a level playing field literally and figuratively speaking. Every ground should have the exact same measurements, soil and surface conditions etc or you find another ground or cough up 4 pts.

Best time for it tbh. You can bank 5 of those and we should win at least 6-7 of them. Biggest test next week.

You beauty!!!

Little did we know … but Jack must be feeling pretty ordinary about it.

You can read it both ways. No pain = good, so what caused him to leave ground? Instability = bad. However instability can be from any knee ligament injury = good.

I’m not a Physio or work in the medical industry but have read a number of clinical sites which are all non conclusive but suggest that a grade 2/3 ACL or MCL (partial / full year), the pain will almost always prevent you from walking unassisted. Whilst there’s always exception to this rule, given his walking without assistance and what looked like without a limp, suggests there is a good chance it’s only a minor tear to a knee ligament. This is what I’m telling myself anyway to make the minutes go by.

Im assuming the club would know by now. Max would have gone straight to Olympic park imaging from the airport as he lives on the peninsuLa so would have to travel all the way back to the city.

Am with you. Too much focus on a perfect season. We going to lose some early this year and ensure we are fighting fit in the 2nd half where it all matters