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I still think our forward line is good enough. It’s that our best mids, who are superstars of the game aren’t great kicks, imagine if Petracca and Oliver could hit leading forwards lace out 7/10 times rather than just pump it in.

I got that 👍

I feel for Melksham. His knee may have been the difference in 23.

We need more than 1 small forward.

If Tim Membrey is the answer it's a ridiculous question. He'll be broken down before the middle of the year.

Exactly

I think potting a 21 year 6’7’ forward for being poor at ground level is typical media dribble. The guys still growing into his body, has performed the same or better than just about every key forward before him. I mean is his role to rove his own ball or create for the small forwards? His CV is solid and Lloyd is a tool, you can’t argue that.

From the small sample size I’d have AJ ahead of Turner at this point. Van Royen is adequate below his knees for a big man, Lloyd’s a tool. We desperately need Pickett and Spargo and I’m still keen to see Bowey forward. We don’t have elite kickers in the midfield but if Lindsay can pair up with Windsor on one side of the ground they could well become a weapon. I don’t mind the idea of playing AJ, JVR and Turner along with Pickett, Fritsch and Spargo. That feels good to me and AK can back up Max and warm the pine for Langford/Petracca to rotate through there. One other thing, please O please don’t play Max every week. Use Campbell, give Max 18 games and rest him. It’s going to hugely [censored] me off watching him limp into finals right when we need him most. Oh and a midfield of Gawn, Petracca, Oliver, Rivers/Viney/Langford is as good as anyone’s. If we can always have 2 of Petracca, Oliver, Viney and Rivers in there we should be able to push deep into September. I’d swap Pickett for Jackson if that ever came up.

Have the mascot play at CHF.

Add in some more games into the new guys, a return of McVee, Pickett, Petty, and Spargo, hopefully Melksham and there’s a lot to like atm.

Where's Melksham at?

At training play a forward line of Fritsch, JVR, Turner, Brown, Mentha and Bowey and see what happens. I'm not sure the current set up is working but it's a small sample size.

I don't see why we wouldn't play AJ alongside Turner and JVR and then if we look to top heavy your plan would work a treat.

Agreed. I think McVee will help. I also think it needs mids to work hard to create separation. This stuff becomes instinctive the more you do it, well that’s the hope.

The bearing it has on us is that we're looking to move the ball faster ala hawthorn. They started last year chipping the ball around their HB line as we were doing yesterday. We're looking to move the ball faster, we're not just grabbing it and kicking it long down the line. As people like Windsor and Langdon get settled in their new roles I'm sure we won't get stuck as we did yesterday. We also need McVee back asap. I actually think we did ok yesterday. Looks like our senior players are going to drag the youngsters along.

I think it was the 3rd quarter when he applied no pressure to a player fumbling in our forward pocket. Rather than getting the ball out of bounds Which would of taken him 2 steps and body contact freo ran the length of the ground for a goal. That stuff really annoys me.

That's how Hawthorn looked early last year, their run and carry turned out ok. Yesterday wasn't great but it showed where we are at. Our Champions are just that and must remain on the field. The rest of our side is young but talented. If we can minimise injuries we'll push hard this year. We've basically recruited Petracca and Oliver.

Gearing up to be Koz for Jackson....I want them both.

Billing’s…….just no

That’s was a shocker

3.13…….

Maybe we should have played Jefferson. Maybe picket was right all along

It’s a preseason game and it’s 30oc

Shoosh