Roost it far

McAdam is 29 in May. He's a talent that's for sure. Can he play close to a full season and find his mojo......that's the million dollar question

S So you're banking on Petty, Melksham and Oliver to be pivotal in us winning the flag and you're bullish about our prospects?

There's every chance that Petty won't play for 3 Months. At the very least he's probably 8 - 10 weeks away from being fit enough to impact, that's if his foot/toe are ready to start serious training. I'm not sure why people are hanging our forward line hopes on a defender with a serious Lisfranc injury who's played a handful of games forward who's had no preseason. You're setting yourselves for disappointment. TMac and Brown are pipe dreams. Then there's Schache, Tomlinson, Turner and Fullarton. If Fritsch or JVR go down it's season over. We're going to have to either play Schache or hope McAdam can actually get on the park for the bulk of the season, something I also think is wishful thinking. Then there's Oliver's absence robbing our forward half of Petracca unless Sparrow can step it up a gear.......2024 is going to be the toughest challenge for awhile. It's what makes it so interesting for mine, we're right up against it. So do we have that real burning inner strength and desire to climb the mountain again? The drive is going to have to come from the likes of Rivers, Bowey, Sparrow, Chandler and also from guys pushing hard like Woewodin, Howes, Turner and hopefully Windsor. One thing's for sure it's going to be entertaining.

Yeh Baby!! :)

I think there’s a few around here who are in for a ruder shock

Who’d take 3-3 right now?

No real star power! No wonder I didn’t listen

I just noticed several posters alluding to the fact he wasn’t picked ahead of Schache because of some prearranged agreement or he “‘checked out” I’d say it rare for a player to not want to play in a big final but who knows??

Heresay at best

And won't Harley Reid and JUH/Ben King round that next group off nicely.

Is that a less than subtle dig at Binman's love of loading? If we get busy on it now we can have the loading issue sorted prior to the start of the season. :)

We really need to win the flag this year

We’re only talking about the last 2 games! 😂

The cover for Gawn’s broken toe line doesn’t stack up. He had it prior to the Collingwood game and Laurie was the sub. Schache was the sub was because we’d lost JVR and we knew TMac was little more than a big witches hat. The Schache decision felt like they were trying to cover multiple bases and in doing so covered none. It was a poor decision but again it wasn’t why we lost the game. We really should move on 😂

Whats a disgrace is the fact we don't have several training reports from folk on here. I need better commitment from all of you. Hell #Macca, you could also get a walk in the sun.....2 birds, one stone kind of day.

Do you reread your posts before posting?

You’re hilarious, so it was a mistake but only in hindsight?

So you’re agreeing that playing TMac was a mistake. 😂

If Schache was sub in case Gawn went down then why wasn’t Grundy the sub? If TMac was on one leg why wasn’t a fit Schache or Grundy in front of him? Any way you look at it it was an error. TMac on the field was an error, Schache as a non starting sub was an error. We still should have won that game easily. Mistakes were made and as with all mistakes they’re excusable but you have to admit team selection was poor that night as was the way we played.

You need run late in games….simple as that. If Schache was needed to potentially replace Gawn you play him over TMac or use TMac to cover Gawn. You don’t play Schache and TMac in the same 23. It was a poor decision by the coaching staff. It still wasn’t the reason we lost the game, it was just one of many mistakes that were made that night.

Will Body and Doyle co host?

Of course it's an issue and I have referenced it. Regardless we had Carlton on toast that night but played an undisciplined, burn your teammates rabble of a game with an unused sub and still only lost by a kick! Against Collingwood we missed at least 5 easy goals that had we kicked a couple we would of won. That excludes having a midfielder lower his eyes and hit a target. Sure we didn't have our best forward line but that doesn't excuse the way we played and kicked for goal. We generated the shots and we wet the bed. Collingwood smashed us in the first quarter and we never fully recovered. They came out breathing fire and we wilted. Yes injuries cost us but that's not why we lost either game.

Watch the Carlton final and the first quarter against Collingwood. If that's not wetting the bed then I don't know what is. Even the coach and match committee were damp after the Carlton loss.

Personally I'd play a half fit Oliver in the goal square, JVR and Fritsch as marking targets , with ANB, Spargo and Schache the others. Chandler as sub to replace Schache if he fails to impact.

But only half as good as a sister :)