Roost it far

You put LJ, Brayshaw, Petracca, the 21 Oliver and Petty all back into the current line up........we'd have another Cup and be sitting a game below Sydney on the ladder. Losing LJ was huge but losing Brayshaw has been massive. Jeez he was a fantastic footballer.

I thought I was your favourite poster?

Max struggled to do anything except his knees until that fateful day in geelong.......give the kid some time. I actually thought he had some ok moments. McAdams.......I really thought we were getting more than this guy. Hopefully he stays uninjured and gets a full preseason in........AMW.........does he come in for Bowey??

Push in the back maybe??

There he is!

Can Adam’s make it?

I’ve only started watching in the 3rd quarter but with all the calls to play him I thought he might at least get a shepherd in 25 minutes of football.

Is Fullarton playing?

I think Woewodin should play seniors for the rest of the year. I’m not sure about him but I’m pretty confident he’ll give it his all.

Or trade him........not my preferred option but both parties might just need a change to return to their best.

positives: youth, particularly McVee and Rivers last night negatives: thought it was poor that we closed up shop so early other things: Viney, Gawn and May....what a joy having these guys in Red and Blue. That tackle by Brown. Watching ANB suck air in the last and realising how hard they're working. Three last things: I think we're in transition and I've finally accepted it. Still rueing last year as the one that got away, I'm not sure you ever lose that feeling. This competition is going to be scary even next year.

Loading up is the shorest way for us to end up cellar dwellars for years to come. I say keep drafting top end talent and go after a 25-26 year old key forward or outside mid. (very hard to land I realise) Personally I think we can have our cake and eat it as well. Sydney and Geelong have shown the best model. With Tassie coming in and next year looking even more even we have to be patient and clever. Let us supporters run around arms flailing while internally cooler heads prevail. Here's hoping.

We’re playing a host of under 22’s, have Oliver hugely out of form and Petracca out. I think we’ll finish bottom 6 but your post is over the top. Currently we aren’t that good but there’s talent on the field.

No, wrong age profile. He'll go to Carlton if anywhere would be my guess.

I find myself unable to stop rueing the Petty, Melksham and Brayshaw injuries at the end of last year. I reckon we'd be holding a second Cup and sitting comfortably inside the top 4 right now had those 3 never got injured. Instead the Pies are holding another Cup, Brayshaw has retired, Petty is a shadow and Melksham hasn't fired a shot. So tonight I sit and watch a game against and up and coming young team and can't decide whether i care more about 2024 or about the draft for 2025. Then there's the salt being ground into my wounds by watching Grundy and JJ ripping it up for the top team who can't buy an injury and are flying, Dane Swan's in the HOF and Carlton and Essendon are both above us. Sheesh that's some depressing football mood right there.

Its been the latest "fake" rumour. I've got a mate who hears them all and even he, as a Pies supporter, laughed at this one.

Apparently he's a little miffed with our form but believes that if we can hold on tonight, snatch a win next week and then roll WC at the G we'll be right back in it at 10 - 6. He'll then return, Trac will be back for the GF and we'll finally win that second flag. He's an upbeat and confident fella. You better check with WCW ito see if any of this is even remotely true.

Where did you get your high speed NBN from? Oh that's right you said you were in Singapore!

Cues in the rack…..North by 17 Fires still alight…….Dees by 26 No idea which

Oliver’s form is terrible, he’s also stuck in his grab and dump kick mode. He’s lost his spacial awareness. Of course I wouldn’t drop him. In just the same way I wouldn’t drop Petty. Petty has past good form whereas his possible replacement in Fullarton has none. He was bought in as a break glass in emergency and that means multiple injuries of key talls for him to get a game. Personally I hope Petty signs a contract soon and goes back to defence, in time as Mays replacement. The same way I hope Turner becomes Lever’s replacement down the track. Dropping Petty achieves nothing for us.

The house down

There’s no one to bring in for Petty. He’s hardly on his lonesome for having a poor 5 weeks. Oliver could get dropped

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The list is still in reasonable shape, some pace and class ala Windsor….just keep bringing that in……oh and a key forward so Petty can replace May.

I reckon he’s a kid with talent. He just needs time. Sign him up and keep playing him.