DurriePirate

Was good to see him back inside too!

Did happen

Bring in Dunstan for clarry this week easy choice, alternately bring back Rivers and move Brayshaw back to the midfield. Is there more merit in making the big changes for the round 19 after the trip to Alice, save the debut of Laurie & JVR for the following week back in the normal temperatures to give them the best chance of succeeding. Love to hear your thoughts?

If anyone is feeling bored or looking to get that warm fuzzy feeling I suggest watching the replay of this prelim and just take note through the entire broadcast who the no1 high five'r/celebrator/hugger is after every goal/spoil/pressure act. Tom "Fridge" Sparrow once you see it it's hard to not to notice how much of a team roll the kid played Friday night. The future is bright post Jack Viney!

He's not here to [censored] spiders!

Brian Taylor commentary voice "Bowwww-eeeeeeee"

Ive genuinley been too busy celebrating hungover all weekend after attending friday nights game to even realise this whole barcode trade is a thing! Prior to covid shutdowns in 2020 shutting down my business id been an interstate member for decades, hurts so much not having access to guaranteed tickets for me and my family given its going to be the only time in history (at least for the next 99years) the GF will be in my home town. Assuming i dont get access to genral admission tickets Im going to make the most of it and have a good old fashioned back yard bbq with a bunch of friends that have all jumped on board the bandwagon Go the dees.................1 more game of happy tears to come hopefully!

Exactly!

Agreed, less of a vocal minority and more a case of Baby Boomer era majority populous that don't have the desire to educate and grow with the times. I think we've all given him too much of our valuable time and energy that should be focussed on more positive endeavours like the mighty Red and Blue!!

True, fits the J.Selwood Grub requirements 🤣

Tex has always been a Sh*t Bloke, he need to fall on his sword and retire or Crows trade him to collingwood with the rest of the dirtbags

So if the Maynard trade is on the table who/what do we give up? Vanders straight swap? maybe throw in Chandler/Bedford for an additional/improved draft pick?

Top 5: E.Langdon, T.Mac, C.Oliver, C.Petrraca, J.Lever. Most Improved: Dead Heat J.Jordan/C.Spargo Could have listed 3-5 more players in the mix for the Bluey, Notably Max would by his own admissions agree he has not been anywhere near his best this season.

Looks like Marty Hore may be ready for a late season/finals re-birth if we run into a few injuries, re-joining the group for running this week.....you'd assume 10-12 weeks from there to be fit and smash a mini preseason

In the spirit of the thread my thoughts on why each player had what they had on the night......so constructive feedback perhaps. Gawn - Clearly has an injury issue, alternatively we may be seeing the early stages of decline heading into the 30+ age bracket McDonald - just constantly competing, the word UTILITY comes to mind Brown - gaining some traction and slowing starting to find his communication with the other forwards, on track for 45-55 goals Petracca - off the pace a bit, by his standards a poor night but that still results in a 28 touch 1 goal 1 performance hardly a let down ? Spargo - was really important to our match ups and a genuine meat & potato's high pressure team performance to the detriment of his own "stats" Melksham - ignore any goals/score involvements, VFL bound if not for the coaches pet. SHould make way for Chandler or Sparrow in the short term until he's back to playing the footy first and umpire second Fritsch - was gallant all night, outnumbered 1v2/1v3 all night. Brown and Nibbler actually spoiled a few of his F50 marking chances Pickett - not often a 19yo small forward is Tagged or constantly double teamed for the majority of a game and still made grown me look 2nd rate at times, fair chance he'll win 5 cars over the next 10-15 years (Mark/Goal of the year) May - ELITE Salem - Precision Harmes - Love his energy and want to compete.......but don't be fooled by the 21 contested possessions, a lot of poor decision making and passing pressure to team mates in amongst that. Disposal Eff 61% way down on the required level if he's looking to keep others out of the squad Jackson - one of the most important players on the ground for our structure and match ups regardless of stats, last 3 games we have looked more dangerous through the stoppages when he is giving Gawn a rest Lever - wasnt allowed to be an intercept marker due to the swans structure but was still able to hold his opponents Brayshaw - serviceable but just straight up role playing Oliver - BOG Hibberd - Pure heart siren to siren Langdon - if the wings is where careers go to die then Lingers is immortal! Jordon - some of his disposal was [censored] poor but geeez long term he has 250+ games written all over him Rivers - just imagine if we didn't draft Kozzy and Jackson, Rivers would be getting a hell of o lot more praise across the league Hunt - has become one of our absolute weapons, blitzed his run and carry when required (just close your eyes when he kicks haha) Neal- Bullen - Sparrow is way more promising, really not enjoying his "brand" to quote the goodwin Petty - competed hard all night, good or bad he gave it his all and will be hard to replace given an 8-10 game block GO THE DEES!!!!!! (No More MFCSS)