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Fairly sure our selection policy is garbage. Simon has to learn to make changes week to week and within games. Got great confidence in our list managers, not so much on the coaching front. As a team we show little flexibility or flare, i think a lot of that is down to coaching/game plan. Most coaches currently would do great with the talent on our list. Supporters are not aware of our list needs? Would actually question this, many here seem to have a good grasp on our needs when it comes to the types of players we require.

I laughed at this part, it was all complimentary up and until then! Quite a bizarre thing to say in the wrap up!

Could see BT just calling him the Gruz.....Very much in the too hard category!

As a replacement for Weideman i think this actually pretty sound. He is a 3rd ruck back up. May just take his chance at a new club, who knows!? It is a free stab, at a talented tall, who will come cheap, who may surprise. If it happens hopefully plays his best footy with us!

Petty is an interesting one! I think we almost have to take the risk and get him to train as a forward next year....If it fails he can still go back, i just simply think we need more talent and grunt in the forward half. I think he is almost Naughton like the way he throws himself in for marks. Turner/Tomlinson as possible replacements for his back role. Bowey is one i think just has to be played. He has skillset we just don't have much/any of....one touch sweeper who makes great decisions by hand or foot and can execute bullet like passes. Whether we play him as half back/half forward or wing i just think he has to be in the side. Chandler is one would expect to get some regular gametime next year. Could be a damaging half forward but also i think could be a weapon to be used for fast breaks from the middle. Hope to see him utilised and experimented with. Imo would add more to our clearance work than Kozzie in there anyway. Our selection policy sucked this year. We did not give much opportunity to any of the fringe players. Hopefully we are much bolder and prepared to drop/promote players a lot more regurlarly, whether through injury or lack of form. By trading Hunt/Bedford/Jackson/& likely Weideman we are going to be forced to give more opportunity to some of the fringe players. JVR/Turner/Chandler and few others should all get chances to impress.

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Put your teeth back in Jimmy!

Super talented player who may just relish being given an outside running role with lots of inside bulls. Wanted Amon but i think this could be pretty good left field option. He walks into our wing position over any of our current players. He is better on the offensive side of the ground so would make a perfect complement to Langdon who is more defensive winger. Has really nice left foot and regularly nails his passes....We are looking for connection....having Salem/Bowey/Hunter in the team would sure help in that space.

Some good points but we did actually add Ben Brown which went long way towards winning us a Premiership....He was banged up this year, as were many others. Our selection policy re injured players is one of the biggest things we need to change for following year. Mostly i think we have the personnel.....Just some tweaks in gameplan, ball movement and selection integrity and we will be right in the mix again.

SO you are happy with him with him as back up, but not happy to have to use him at any stage. I think Weideman if he was picked as back up ruck/forward, would be very similar to what we got from LJ this year.....He is just not a pure forward, the hybrid role suits him better. He finds a way to get into the game rather than having a few opportunities in our forward half, not taking them, and losing confidence , then dropped again. Has been a cycle that needs to stop. Much like Silvagni from Carlton. Would get much more consistent performances if he was in the play more often. He is creative enough with handballs etc to make the role work. Unfortunately i think he has been pigeon-holed into a role that does not suit him. Personally i think he still has a bit to offer, just currently not being utilised at all well.

I would agree if that was all there was to the equation. Would you rather see Bowey in the team or Hunt? Where does our future lie?! Not sure that Smith will ever get a lucky run being injury free to fulfil his potential, but imo he shows a more well- rounded game. We need to make tough decisions with players that are 26, 27, 28, 29 not being inside our 10 best players. We got a few NQR's that will likely not develop much more than they are currently. We got some talented kids trying to get a shot. If this forces Goodwin to pick one of them because Hunt is gone...i think this is a good thing for us going forward!

Jayden has always been a good athlete. Just not what i would call a natural footballer. Much like Frost he was unpredictable to his teammates. Although he runs fast, he runs in straight lines and often ran himself into trouble. He has played 40 games in last few years but is not vital for us imo. Usually i would put him bottom 1-10 players so i can see why Melbourne may have lowballed him on offer/duration. We need natural footballers not just athletes who adapt. Joel Smith is another like Hunt, but probably has bigger upside and on less coin. I wish him all the best luck finding new home. He is unlikely to show any further improvement at this stage of his career. Others need the development time.

Pure conjecture but what if the behavioural clauses state they can dock half his contract or simply delist him as they see fit? I can see why he would not not want to sign something like that.....and the clauses are probably pages long. Collingwood will either look weak and relent on some of the clauses or will likely lose him to St Kilda, who will have many less clauses attached to his contract. Tricky one to negotiate for the Pies! Suffer!

It definitely would. Somehow i think they don't have that much room salary cap wise if they low balling player like Acres, and still going to need hefty $$$ for Jackson. Lobb and few others to move yet though, so never know?!

Heard yesterday on radio he is on around 850K for last 2 years of his contract....Hence why the pick 7 involved....500K they would have every club trying to make it happen!! *Sorry similar to another post i just saw.

Chandler has some real jets, would be similar pace to Bedford at top speed. One of the training sessions i went to in match sims i recall was exceptional....He gathered the ball just outside the arc one handed, ran full speed at 4-5 players, baulked and shimmied around all of them the kicked a beautiful checkside goal from about 40 out. Was one of the most electrifying bits of footy i ever seen, was totally surprised to see it during a practice session! Imo Bedford gets to top pace a bit quicker but Chandler would not be far off. Kozzie, Chandler & Bedford would cause nightmares for opposition teams, really hope to see it this coming season!

I think we already got a pretty natural winger in Bowey. Lovely kick, clean ball handling skills, has both an offensive and defensive side to his game....Could be great linkman between defense and attack. Just not sure Goodwin has the nous to try it. He tried Spargo there a few times which looked horrible. Bowey must be in our team somewhere next year whatever the case. He has a unique skillset that we don't have very much of. Little Woey looks like he has an extreme tank and lovely skills for maybe another winger going forward.

Making the coach look bad would make Simon happy?...i would not be so sure with Goodwin. i got the feeling in 2021 he was on best behaviour and basically told to listen to his assistant coaches. 2022 so many facets of our game went slightly backwards i would not be at all surprised if we relaxed on him and he went back into normal Goodwin, i got this mode. Could list about 20 areas i believe we regressed. We got a great list, i don't think we got a great coach though honestly. Most coaches would do very well with our current list fwiw.

Yeah i made ONE post after seeing few pages of back and forth.

Man....if we had pick 5 quite simply he would have been a Melbourne player. No way we court players without being ableto pay them appropriately. This is always about draft picks.....same as Jackson will be......who cares how much either WC or Freo offer him, just give us the best deal! Big on numbers, low on common sense, fmd. Sorry to get personal but ffs stop banging on about last years trade deals when you clearly have no clue either way about it.

Good rucks generally play into their mid 30's. He has had a year to freshen up, it is not that huge a risk honestly.....particularly with Collingwood paying portion of his lofty contract. It is more about how Goodwin decides to use these potential weapons.

Either of the King brothers, Harry or Naughton would be nice!

More concerned about his haircut! In seriousness though i am 50/50 also....really depends on how Goodwin is planning on using both our rucks. The could be weapons or liabilities depending on how they are used. Simon actually worries me more than anything when it comes to adjusting plans. Rarely seems to be able to do it within a season, let alone within a game

I think the 700K pricetag is a massive deterrent on Lobb. He has some occasionally good moments with marks/goals, but has lacked consistency his entire career. Also could not really see Gawn/Grundy/Lobb/BB in the same team....unless our plan is to hug one side of the ground hoping they are going to clunk everything. *Please Simon, NO! Could see Petty being used as a forward. Not just for his strong marking ability but his ability to win ground balls and tackle. I think someone like BB is going to have real issues getting a game given he is a liability once the ball hits the ground. Even big forwards must pressure these days.

What i would really like to know is, where is Mr Jackson in amongst all this??!