Bring-Back-Powell

Josh Schache was the clear number 2 pick in 2015 who’s developed into a 1 goal a game key forward that spends time in the Footscray magoos each year. Can Rowell and Anderson transfer their under 18’s dominance from U 18’s to AFL?

I had Josh Kelly on my mind but didn’t want to mention him as that would’ve contradicted my comment. An absolute gun at pick 2.

Too injury prone and we have enough of them.

He goes very well. But in 5-10 years will he be the best player from that draft? The absolute super star generational talents such as Buddy, Fyfe, Danger, Judd, Dustin Martin and others were not top 2 picks.

Whatever. Q) What do Fyfe, T Kelly, Dangerfield, P Cripps, Bontempelli, Grundy, Gawn, Neale and Dusty Martin have in common? A) Blokes that are dominating 2019 and are at the absolute top of their game, and none of them were top 2 picks. The eventual best player of this draft won’t be picks 1 or 2.

Bayley Fritsch: Looked comfortable and at home as a defender. But was then inexplicably thrown forward late in the year and looked like a fish out of water.

Salem's form after about the Brisbane game has been absolutely atrocious and he deserves to be dropped if there was a game next week. He's lot his crisp disposal, and if he doesn't have that I'm not sure what he offers? He also dramatically lost his form in late 2017.

Ironically he's the exact player we're screaming out for. That last kick into the forward 50.

I assume those that are in a hurry to get rid of Garlett are happy with C Wagner as our number 1 small forward in round 1 2020...

Sam Frost - Must be re-signed.

T Mac was very disappointing in the first half of the year but I feel this assessment would’ve been different had he not got injured. In 2 of the last 3 games he played, he had a direct influence on our wins vs Freo and Carlton and appeared to be on an upward trajectory.

jFK?

Well done Fritta - 2 quick goals!! Hope he’s not the one that wants to be traded!

Kicking against a 6 goal wind in the first qtr...aces

So the line’s 69.5 pts whether he gets sacked...

If we kick with the 13 goal wind on offer in the first quarter we might actually lead for a break. I shudder to think of the quarter time margin if North have the wind.

Shows where we are at a club right now when everyone’s expecting an 80 + point flogging against a mediocre team that finishes 10th - 13th every year.

Exactly. We showed a complete lack of appreciation for Roos in his farewell game. Can’t see us giving a continental in Lewis’s farewell - particularly after he gave the players a deserved parting shot.

I miss the days prior to 1996 when games like this one weren’t televised and you’d get the 90 seconds highlights package on channel 7’s Sports World the next day. We’d be spared the embarrassment of national TV exposure.

The loss of T Mac was absolutely shattering in a season that was bent but not yet broken. We were showing genuine improvement when T Mac finally hit form against Freo and he was a genuine match winner vs Carlton. How many players can kick 6 goals in 3 qtrs of footy these days? We could’ve won some of those close losses between rounds 17-19. That’s why T Mac’s return to the side gives me hope.

What part of: 1) being 6 points up against West Coast at 3 qtr time 2) being 8 points down with a couple of minutes left against an unconvincing Dogs who couldn’t put us away 3) being 3 points up against St Kilda with 10 minutes left... meant we were always going to lose those games??? We were every bloody chance of winning those games. Next year, our hopeful and anticipated improved fitness and accuracy will hopefully see us win those games. Not to mention we kicked ourselves out of the WC (rd 9) and Adelaide games.

Hopefully a better pre season will result in better fitness which will result in better skills.

Aside from the cluster F that was the Sydney game, we haven't been too far off the mark since the bye round: Fremantle - good win against a side on a 4 game winning streak (although they were down to 2 men) Brisbane - good first half. Lost our way in the second half. Who knows what would've happened if Hipwood didn't kick 5 goals in 5 minutes. Carlton - That win stacks up now, as underwhelming as it was at the time, 40 odd points up at one stage with T Mac kicking 6 goals in 3 qtrs. W Bulldogs - An 8 point loss against a team that has caught fire since the break is a decent effort. One of the rare games Lever and May played together. West Coast - Another more than competitive effort against the reigning premiers, as we were in front at 3 qtr time. This performance was better than some of our (rare) wins. Again, Lever and May played together. St Kilda - Bitterly disappointing performance to lose against what I consider a poor side but we lead with 10 minutes left, before our skills and fitness fell off the cliff. May didn't play. Richmond - A meritorious first half going into the sheds on even terms. Kept the margin somewhat respectable. Collingwood - Bitterly disappointing middle 2 quarters however had a rare good last quarter. Inaccuracy cost us dearly in this one as we lost by only 17 points. Sydney - A disgrace. Hopefully next year, the Dogs, WC, St Kilda and Collingwood losses are turned into wins.

He still might fly down but not actually play. Cannot work out the point in playing him if he has a suspect hammy for one of the biggest dead rubbers in the club's history.

Excellent. He can bring his IP over on how to beat Melbourne. Richo owned us over his coaching career.