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I’m sure he could have been on the end of some more free flowing ball movement this week but I think he needs at least two, if not 3, weeks to work on his effort. We can let the team settle into a style of play and then erase any confusion when he’s back.

I’m sure it’s been said throughout the thread but Bowser was unbelievable today, what a game form the little fella. Also, we looked like a team for the first time in a bloody long time. Sharing the ball, getting others involved. I could happily watch this all year.

Clarry had a few howlers today but he did a lot of grunt work, was pretty happy with him.

Thought he did well as the back up ruck, although O-Mac isn’t exactly Sean Darcy. I’d keep him in

This is last chance saloon for our mids, Serong and Brayshaw have torched us with their two way running for a number of encounters now. I expect we’ll be chasing tail all day (again)

Kolt provides a manic level of energy around the ball that we don’t currently have. I envisage him taking Sparrow’s spot, I’d love it to happen quite quickly. Lindsay reminds me a little of Luke Hodge, just go wherever he’s needed at the time - not quite as good aerially but more agile at ground level. Could have a lot of impact through the middle and at Half Back. He’s also a very keen tackler which is a huge bonus. Windsor could potentially play a very attacking, old school, centreman role. Be the linking man between the arcs with lots of burst. Langford will end up with a Cripps type role I think, just burst forward with a deadly left foot. He’ll get sharper over time and we will absolutely love him

I get excited at the thought of a breakout game from JVR, a proper commanding performance with 8-10 marks and 4+ goals. Admittedly, he’s being disadvantaged by the gameplan and those further up the field but it’s still an exciting thought. My instruction to him would be do not stand still all day, ever

That’s one player though? From a football sense, they are stacked with high IQ players who can effectively coach on field, allowing them to make changes in game that no other team can.

Agree, wholeheartedly. That contract is not Clayton’s fault though, that’s firmly on the club.

I would guess he’s been very professional for the last 6-7 months, but being professional and being the best are different things. If his current player rating is 140 odd as suggested, there’s still 600 AFL players who wish they could be at his current level. We’ve been treated to a version that was absolutely phenomenal, so we judge him differently

There’s something in the character of the players they have at the club as well, that’s the real key. Geelong have 3-4 assistant coaches on field at any given time, they can adjust in real time without even being told. We have a leadership void behind Max

As @gator said, it’s all the other stuff. Weighing food, eating healthy full time, no booze, extra recovery sessions, yoga etc. I’m torn with Clarry - at his best he was clearly dedicated to an extreme/unhealthy level. Seems like this may have been at the expense of his mental health. So the current version could well be a much better person but a slightly lesser athlete. In elite sport, small percentages make enormous differences. The photos floating round the past week suggest he’s probably 3-5 kilos over his best playing weight and that hurts you. For what it’s worth, it feels like this is club wide and the small, extra things seem to have dropped right off.

Would be nice to be on the right end of some corruption, Andy D will give us that

This would be an interesting development if true, he doesn’t seem anything like a leader from the outside.

Can we get Goody to play Andy’s address to the playing group, that was a thing of beauty

@Superunknown Like how JUH isn’t playing and Hunter was banished prior to coming to us? Or McRae being stuck in the twos despite being on massive coin? Bevo is the Yin to Goody’s Yang

At least Bevo is not a robot, that’s a good start.

I’ve played under a number of different coaches in my own local football ‘career’. One year we had a coach that came in off the back of a finals campaign the year before. We finished second or third last under the new coach with the same list and the entire place was deflated like I’ve never seen before - until now. That particular coach sucked the life out of the group in the space of 7-8 months and that club has not recovered since, some 20 years later. Do you guys believe the players are still playing like they trust Goodwin and want him around?

I don’t particularly like him/them either but there’s no doubt he has some connections and probably aware of some stuff that most of the supporters are not. The amount of secret squirrel stuff around the club since the flag has been extraordinary. I hope someone does shed light on what’s actually been going on. We have 15-16 premiership players and there is not a single one of them who has improved since then.

In his last vid he said if we go 0-6 he’s going nuclear, I’m ready to see it.

It’s going to take a really good couple of years before players start considering us for trades.

Much better use of your evening, Spencer Dutton is the kind of guy we could use right now

The problem is, it’s only Tom who’s expected to do that.

Gee, he looks very good there

It won a flag 4 years ago, we celebrate it and we have to evolve. If you don’t believe Viney and Clarry are a large part of the current problem, I’d like to hear what is?