Jjrogan

Literally bleeds for the red and the blue. Absolute legend of the club and was on track for his 5th all Australian. Gutted. On the plus side I'm excited to see what direction his cooking goes during his convalescence. I'm expecting more soups.

And I've updated mine to spell his name correctly:)

+ Adam Tomlinson should be playing. The knock on his disposals not being AFL standard is utterly absurd given the current butchers running around. He is the excellent overheard and can take a grab one on one. In every game he has played he has contributed unlike some of the names you've mentioned.

Thanks again. Expected score seemed about right. For the second week in a row the opposition were kicking them from everywhere and we're missing gettable shots. That's almost 10 goals cumulative in 2 weeks I think. Fwiw I think the methodology is a little tough on Turner and non midfielders in general. If he keeps taking 7 marks a game he will be elite very quickly but I guess 'presenting' at the ball is a tough one to handicap.

The problem is in this new game style he and Viney are often the player on the end of a handball receive. Somehow Goodwin has constructed a game plan that plays directly into the most glaring weakness of his midfield. It's quite remarkable really. Contested Clarry was actually ok today and he's getting his fitness back. As a fix, he simply calls for handball receives too much when he's in terrible positions. Either he's doing it on his own, or his coach is instructing him to. It's gotta stop.

Just my weekly post gently asking that the one player who hasn't had an ineffective disposal in 2 weeks be given a go more around the ball. Our mids are not just butchers they can't 'solve the puzzle' of where or to whom the next possession should go. At one point I saw Oliver remonstrating with him about his decision making and disposal which was peak irony.

It is. I ran some numbers a few weeks back and we are on par with Freo with average crowd as a percentage of members for last two years. Its a giant myth our fans don't turn up. Whether we have enough fans, that's another story.

Daicos is a phenomenal runner, especially in space. Surely Anb is the only one that can keep up and even have the burst to maybe chase him down. As a left field I wouldn't mind seeing McVee tagging him for a brief patch but really that's just my bias to see him more around the ball. A guy can dream.

I'm genuinely scared what the Daicos boys kicking skills are going to do next week if its a free flowing game. I'm hoping for biblical rain.

May seems to have lost a step and really unsure below his knees. I don't mind the idea of him at full forward. He was drafted as a forward. But without Lever, I doubt it would happen. Our game plan and coaching staff are too rigid. By the by, a skills coach won't do much. 'skills' generally don't improve dramatically in an AFL players career. There is the odd exception of course but for everyone one player that gets better you could name 50 that don't and not for a lack of trying or practice or coaching. You have to draft or trade for skilful players

Nothing gonna change I reckon. There was a good comment a few weeks back that as long as we keep playing this handball receives/play on style we will have problems because we don't have the smarts to make the right decision let alone execute it. Its only a matter of time the ball falls into the hands of Oliver or Viney or Anb running past and they don't make the right decision or execute consistently enough. Might need to resort back to a high stoppage, slow pace style as it plays to our midfields strengths. If we want to play this quick style, there's only one player on our list capable of taking the right option every time on instinct at pace. And he's stuck in a back pocket in a 94 point drubbing. Masterful and creative coaching!

dropped off massively. For a guy that is 205cm somehow allows smaller guys to out position him and he's a below average read in flight. He was good tonight tho for someone who half the time looks like he doesn't care.

Apart from Darcy, who looks like he's 18 playing against under 12s, really like the look of James O'Donnell too. Kid can seriously play. They have some spine developing. But many big guys do you really need flying for the same ball. I'd love JUH but here's a first rounder, give us Naughton please.

Not will be. Is. I'd say he's already a top ten forward. His stats definitely suggest so. Meanwhile Harley read isn't a top 40 midfielder but a prohibitive favourite for the rising star. Should be Darcy imo

Sam Darcy is the best under 21 forward in the AFL. Already has an elite or above average rating in every metric (especially the one that has the highest correlation for key forward success and longevity, marks per game.) Has played 17 games. Would like to see JVR boost his 3 marks per game average well above 4. Most of the good forwards of the current era started off around this mark. Pardon the pun.

just forgetting the stats for a moment (and yes I know you were addressing a previous point) the games we have lost the opposing mids have really dominated the coaches votes and score involvements. Heeney, Warner, Cripps, Walsh, Rayner, Dunkley, Mccluggage, Reid, Kelly. So this isn't a one off. Sure, there's the odd Weitering and Waterman but by and large the midfield opponents of Oliver and Viney and Petracca have really been the influential opposition match winners on our losses. (And even a few of our wins). They haven't been abysmal but they've had their colours lowered repeatedly, which is a huge step down.

This is an excellent balanced summary. What would you do with Oliver and Viney this week and beyond? Imo, both are playing totally unaccountable football post stoppage (maybe instructed to). One week we are watching Cripps leisurely run past Oliver inside 50 then it's Kelly running around by himself yesterday for 40 minutes. (Promisingly though Oliver really showed some old signs in the 2nd half, he really lifted around the ball). Viney is a liability with ball in hand. I've been saying for a number of years that we've had issues with disposal (not earth shattering news) but the ONE thing we haven't done is change the players in the midfield. The term forward 'comnection' implies two nodes. Would you be open to my boy Mcvee getting a run or just Bowey? I think Pickett looks great in the centre square with his pressure but even when he breaks free it's 50/50 he kicks it correctly or makes the right decision. (Apart from the fact he's really needed forward right now as much as possible. )

6. Mcvee 5. Howes 4. Bowey 3. Woey 2. Petracca 1. ANB. Just so tired of watching kicks go over heads, or bounce short, or hospital handballs or guys who just slam it on the boot when they have time. By the same guys week after week after week. We had 36 inside 50s for the game against a bottom 4 side on a dry day. The list above represents disposal efficiency.

Weekly request that Goodwin gives our best kick a crack in the midfield. I know its not the game plan to kick it to the advantage of a leading player but it's kinda nice to watch every now and again.

Scratch that! Didn't see the teams. Laurie not even named. The guy is meant to be one of the best runners at the club. Playing in Perth on a hot day. But we're picking underdone veterans. Its all a bit bizarre sometimes.

Huge week for Laurie and Woey. Likely they'll both get a significant step up in game time. Its pretty hard on young kids to constantly be cameo performers so we'll get a real assessment of where they are at. Hard, dry ground should suit both players so really keen to see them beat their opponents.

I believe he played his junior footy as a forward and from last year's D'land interview he mentioned he was a bit miffed at the Suns when he was asked to play in defence but eventually embraced it. Personally, I don't mind seeing these sort of moves if the game isn't close. Doubt it's going to lead to an onslaught of goals one way or the other but the experience of playing in different positions has value.

2023 stats Membership ladder and home attendance in brackets COL 106 (63) WCE 103 (42) RFC 101 (51) CAR 95 (51) ESS 86 (46) GEE 82 (31) HAW 81 (33) MEL 71 (45) ADE 68 (39) SYD 65 (33) PA 64 (38) FRE 62 (41) STK 60 (33) WB 56 (28) BRI 54 (27) NM 51 (21) GWS 33 (10) GCS 23 (14) As a percentage of membership base Fre 66 % Mel 63 % Col 60 % PA 59 % GCS 58 % Its simply not true our supporters 'don't turn up' as measured by home attendances and membership base. I'd say to him it's nice you live in a fantasy land of make believe.

Wow. What an extraordinarily misleading headline. It was (only) 3 minutes and he was essentially defending them. But it got me to click. You win fox footy. 👏🏾

Where's the metric for that? A few research studies say they get it right over 90 percent of the time. Every single sport fan complains about it's umpires. It's so tiresome. Best thing of the week was a separate thread for it. Can we do it every week? People should be welcome to vent. But has umpiring actually got worse globally or has everyone in the past 20 years become more ready to be outraged and upset. Actually that's an easy one to answer. Nevermind.