Doug Reemer

We just have to keep winning @Beetle It's just that simple..

Couldn't agree more. I was 12 in 98 and in 96 when I was 10 I had no idea how the finals system worked.. We lived in brisbane at the time and used to "follow" the bears mainly to go. I rememeber being adamant North were knocked out after week 2 ? When in reality they were straight to the Prelim.

1998- Neitz Lyon Schwartz Farmer Never seen a more potent forward line in my time. That finals system robbed us. How on earth you can belt the eventual premiers and not make a GF is mind baffling!

He is also a useless umpire.

Fixed it*

I'm sure your language during pre season and regular training was articulate & concise? ?

Big Test for Port you mean.

One thing Gawn has been repeating is how much he has want to "get teams back". So if I was a gambling man (and I am) I would be tipping a big one from him this week. He has been a bit flat, I'd expect him to fire up like he did for the Bulldogs & Lions game.

You ever done a pre season at an decent level of.. anything?

Panic? At 12-3.. Moderators should delete this. Three losses (worst 17 pts). Average losing margin of 9 pts.

So the over 60s in the MCC will be fine.

I wish!

Apparently Jonathon Brown was going to mentor him this year but because of COVID it fell through.. Would be good for the club to get Neitz to help him?

What if he likes his fishing?

One that Dave Misson isn't at the club!

I think Weid is becoming the whipping boy Jack Watts was. My point is Sam has had far more support and opportunity to develop than Jack did. Yet seems to have stagnated at the top level. We are now a club past the development stage. So I think you can't "get games into him" while we are now legitimately in the Premiership Window. so if someone else comes in and plays the role he couldn't so be it & if he chooses to leave because he couldn't get a game, that's not the clubs fault.

Same years of development would make Weideman look worse.

Here’s an interesting comparison. Take into account Watts played in a far worse side. Jack Watts (50 games) 2009-2012. Goals- 37.18 Contested Marks- 49 Avg Disp- 13 Tackles- 89 Sam Weideman (49 Games) 2016-2021. Goals- 49.29 Contested Marks- 69 Avg Disp- 9 Tackles- 67

6 Years in the system. He isn't Young anymore. He should be coming into his prime.

If ever there was a club I'd like Melbourne to make a statement against.. How good would our first 10+ win of the year be?

Wouldn't be too worried about Viney. His Set shots would be better than that I reckon.

And the problem is. They shouldn't have a say in it becuase they are a bottom 4 team atm.

And in this extended negative period in the clubs history was exacerbated by the fact that the AFL decided to bring in 2 expansion clubs at the lowest Footballing part of the clubs history. Making it incredibly hard to get access to the AFL's best young talent, making it harder for a club at absolute rock bottom to rebound upwards and get the point we are now. (Given we shot ourselves in the foot at crucial stages of the late 2000's early 2010's) The dilution of the talent pool you could argue effected clubs like us Carlton and to a lesser extent Essendon & Obviously Richmond who (through smart recruiting held their nerve and the rest is history) incredibly badly. Where as the Hawks peaked and topped up and enjoyed an extended dynasty.

What the club also needs is more a permanent Office for the Football club. So that we are not scattered all over the place.