Jjrogan

Ironically, it was the opposite. Long got 4 matches of which 3 were served through the preseason. Wallis got 3 weeks and was playing round 1, 2001. Long would be getting 12 weeks for that now. Iirc, he apologised at the time but it wasnt accepted by Simmonds.

Prepare the eggs. My face is ready. This kid has massive bust written all over him. Daicos and Ashcroft were 30 to 40 disposal a week, fitness freaks with clean disposal. They were a class above. All I see repeatedly is a kid who wants to take on tackles. He will last about 6 minutes when he doesnt see the extra tackle coming at AFL level and get pinged. If thats his 1-wood, buyer beware.

Most hated team. Their supporters, who always seemed to number more than necessary whilst growing up during the 80s and 90s, were smug and nasty. We havent given them a proper smashing in decades. This is the time. Their tails are slightly up, there's a glimmer of belief that this season and their team might be ok. I hope we belt them by 15 goals in biblical rain.

Merrett, Parish, Draper and Shiel are no mugs. Show them respect early. Few times this year opposition midfields have roamed freely (syd game the exception). We rightly back ours to beat theirs but if those Dons midfielders gets easy uncontested ball it will be a lot closer than it needs to be.

You start the year's best thread and then select a Fremantle player to cheer for. That's on you.

This is simply not true. Glouftsis bounces the ball and did bounce the ball om the weekend. In fact, Id argue she bounced it better on the day than some of her counterparts. Grundy was even rolling his eyes at a few of the centre bounces being recalled back. It might be recency bias but the quality of the bouncing has been appalling this year. As for the umpiring, i agree it was pretty sub standard on Sunday but most of the missed decisions were not Glouftsis'. Her unpiring was actually pretty spot on. Early in her career she made errors for sure but she has been more consistent in her decision making and is a good umpire imo.

Lets focus on what's important here. Knocking down Freo another rung. Thanks Port

I wouldnt blame him, but id blame the club immensely! A 22yr old AFL-grade midfielder who wins his own footy, uses it very well, is fit/healthy and who's had 360 and 445 possession in his first 2 years. For all the hyperbole Adam "what's my strengths again" Cerra gets, JJ is a demonstrably better footballer. Whatever the tough decisions are here, they need to get it done. He's got a 200 game career ahead of him for someone.

Watching the replay of last week's game it was incredibly evident how fit some of our players are. Petracca was still chasing like a maniac. JJ was getting from contest to contest, Langdon, Spargo, May etc all getting to the fall of the ball first, tackling with intensity, making leads/space. Playing against a half wafl side against the fittest team in the afl, there is simply no way the last quarter and a half shouldnt be a slaughter. Its men against boys at that point.

I think its about player management this week. May and Lever both played 100 percent of game time on the weekend. Doubt that happens again after a 4 hour trip, so Petty will play back this week I think. Bbb should rest, so TMac has to come in as the ruck chop out/key forward. For the rest of the year I think it's either or with these 2. Toss a coin. Melksham also doesnt need to be on that plane, so Kozzie in for Melksham. Take your pick who wears the sub vest - hibberd, jj, sparrow. Id be taking Viney off at half time anyway. (unless they are trying to get him fully match fit). Out : Brown, Melksham In : Tmac, Kozzie.

Thats an amazing effort by the Bulldogs to win that game playing with Rory Lobb.

So they should, he is the future for mfc and he'll be better for the run whatever happens. The big leagues for a forward can sometimes be "better". Quicker ball movement, bigger grounds, better structures. Personally, I believe the key metric of any forward is taking marks. Dont care if they are contested or uncontested for now. If he averages 4 to 5 marks per game this season, we have something.

Be bold please. I hope they start him out of the goal square. Show him, the team and the competition you have confidence in him. Starting him on the bench is weak sauce.

I reckon you are dead on here. We got away with it against the Doggies. Lions have a different set of weapons up forward and sliced us up. The silver lining is it did in fact happen. Coaches and players will watch the tapes and you'd hope wont let it happen again so irresponsibly against the Swans. As an aside no wonder midfielders win Brownlows these days. Most of them run around unchecked post stoppage. Funny how its harder to do well when you have an opponent eh.

Exactly. Hes barely played 4 quarters in his life. He's a cameo tall player with below average marking skills and getting paid 800,000 a year for 6 years plus. Be happy for him. And for us to get rid of him at his stocks high.

Imo, back up ruckman to Grundy should be an experienced player who is an excellent one on one competitor, who is in form, and damages our structures the least. Why cant Tomo do it. Apart from being a liability in the back half, Tmac in the ruck throws our forward patterns out of kilter. Rob Casey to pay Paul, not Peter.

The blinkers on Oliver around here is simply next level. He was putrid at times. Dude doesnt even bother trying to kick a drop punt at times. Lol. Yea nah free pass.

Its tough when you lose the number 1 tap ruckman and an i50 contested marking beast and the competitions best down the line target and an intercept defender and your captain in the first few minutes. That's 5 players you have to cover. Take a look at the replay of that last 8 minutes in the 1st and tell me Max wouldnt have featured in every one of those scenarios. After quarter time we regouped with our structure but still got belted in contested clearances from stoppages so always playing catch up. That Ashcroft kid can play jeepers.

Hawkins plays for free more or less this year. Under 300k was speculated. If true, he's the reason why Geelong seems to have so much cap space

I like Milkshake as the Sub. The pace and heat is off late third and last. His pressure or lack thereof is not as much as a factor and the ground is bigger with tired players so he can hit open targets (such as goals from 60m out). He gets 5 to 7 touches in a last quarter, it will lead to points.

I would be shocked if McVee gets dropped. Hes gone from an unknown to playing rd 1 in a top 2 side in a heartbeat because the coaches know he's something special. Before his baulk on Libba there was a contest on the wing where we have a 2 on 1. He does the sums in his head and subtly runs in front of naughton to block his line of sight to the ball (and not to give away a free kick). Then releases just when Petty picks up knowing he is the option forward of the ball. It was all just so smooth. Also he has great 3 step acceleration and he hits targets. This kid is something special. Give him the role on Cameron to start, lets see his ceiling.

Anyone else pinch themselves when brodie grundy does brodie grundy things? Opposition teams have no chance frankly if these ruckmen are fit. How good.

Lobb and Darcy are average to below average forwards. Juh is athletic so can have a purple patch. But its not Brown Bradshaw and Lynch out there. Naughton is the worry. He is a freak, can pull them down from anywhere regardless of 'delivery' or midfield pressure. He doesnt goes nuts on us for 4 quarters cause May has his number. I'm not sure any of the others do. Id def want someone with experience on him Petty or Tmac.

They have a 5 time all Australian basically playing for free. Maybe when he retires.

Every year the bookies have it severely wrong on a team and this year it might be Richmond. Last year they played hawks, carlton port, essendon, west coast twice. This was 9 of their 13 wins. As a team on decline (after a great dynasty) they were still good enough to beat the younger sides. But against the top teams they dont have all the bases covered. 1 year on, harder draw, weaker sides are stronger and sorry not enough A-listers coming through. They may squeeze into the eight but they are 1 or 2 injuries away from 7-15.