Bring-Back-Powell

Watched the the replay of last week again. Absolutely staggered ANB got dropped. Played a near perfect game by his standards and simply didn’t deserve demotion. But hey, that’s why they get paid the big bucks to nail team selection.

Fritsch should’ve been dropped before ANB. All l saw from Fritsch all day were dropped marks, kicks out on the fall and getting pinged for holding the ball. And last week was one of his better games for the year!! I though a stint in the VFL was in order for him.

GC at full strength aside from Rory Thompson who’s out for the year. We usually play them when they’ve got half a team out. A few per cent off from last week and we probably lose this one.

Tim Smith for Keilty if Smith's available? From a purely output point of view, Smith's game against Richmond was better than Keilty's game against Hawthorn, and they played the exact same role (key forward/second ruck). They may also bring Weideman in for Keilty if they feel 1 VFL game is enough.

I'm hoping to catch up with him for post game bevies. He'll know all the good establishments on Orchard and Cavill.

Any news on Garlett? Hammy (as reported this morning on SEN) or corkie?

Why was Joel brought back onto the ground (JLT 2) when he was grimacing in pain while doing a fitness test along the boundary line in the second qtr. It might not have been captured on film but I saw it at the ground. Goodwin claimed it was due to rotations, however Richmond set a precedent in 2016 by playing 1 or 2 players short in the last quarter of a pre season game V's Port at Etihad and the AFL community were cool and understanding of that. Why didn't we do likewise? The footy club stuffed up and need to own the mistake and ensure it doesn't happen again as Joel has wasted 50 to 75% of what was supposed to be a promising year for him.

I hope it was a corky too, but he was off the ground a fair bit in the last quarter including the final siren. Hopefully Edmund has got this one wrong, but the fact he's gone out of his way to report a hamstring injury is not a great sign.

Garlett has a hamstring issue according to Sam Edmund on SEN. Could be an unfortunate out?

Give him a month at Casey when he’s finally fit. Frost deserves to stay in the side ahead of him. Lever to replace O Mac in rd 11/12. Having a few pints on a Sunday arvo isn’t a hanging offence but you can tell the players that will go to any lengths to get the best out of themselves and those that don’t.

I thought he had an impressive JLT series and was firming for a round 1 gig. Did something happen in JLT 2?

Fritsch might be be in danger of being dropped. Has struggled mightily this year, particularly the last 3 weeks. Did improve after he nailed a lovely set shot just before half time, however he stuffed up literally everything before then.

It’s going to be 22 in Surfers on Saturday afternoon with an overnight low of 10. So you’d think it will be about 20 degrees at the opening bounce and perhaps 16 or 17 degrees in the last quarter. Yes you’re right we’ve struggled mightily in the heat this year (Port, Dons, Saints), however I’d be flabbergasted if we struggled in a game in the high teens/low 20’s- after sun set.

GC 11 pts down - 5 mins left. They won’t be a picnic next week.

I can see everyone being really civil if we lose to GC next week...you know the side we were leading 77-7 early in the second quarter, last August.

You really think this current rabble is capable of 9 wins?

No. And the AFL integrity unit will be investigating every fan that boos Scully.

Birchall (who hasn't played in years), Frawley and Mitchell. Hawks supporter have been banging on about how injury ravaged they've been but they're not far off full strength. No excuses for them.

On the flip side, a dominant game in the VFL may increase his confidence.

They did this in Garlett's MFC debut Vs Gold Coast in 2015 and it provided good results. Then they barely bothered with it again.

And the St Kilda game. Has averaged 10 possessions over the last 2 weeks. Has given us nothing as a small forward after a promising fortnight against Sydney and Essendon. Will be VFL bound soon if he doesn't lift.

Looking back, the Essendon game wasn’t too bad compared to the rest of the slop we’ve dished up (besides Sydney).

According to Goody, T Mac to return to the fwd line. I suspect his brother will come back in to play defence while Weed (who’s been putrid the last fortnight) to be dropped. Not sure if a T Mac, Weed and T Smith forward line would function??

For those that believe in past history: Round 1 - Richmond beat Carlton by 33 points. Lose to Collingwood by 44 points the week after. Round 2 - Port beat Carlton by 16 points. Lose to Brisbane by 17 points the week after. Round 3 - Sydney beat Carlton by 19 points. Lose to Melbourne by 22 points the week after. Round 4 - GC beat Carlton by 2 points. Lose to Adelaide by 73 points the week after. Round 5 - Bulldogs lose to Carlton by 44 points. Lose to Freo by 19 points. Round 6 - Hawthorn beat Carlton by 5 points.

Because it's on-trend to provide coaches with security. Richmond and Collingwood (rightly) showed incredible faith in their coaches and now other clubs (rightly or wrongly) are following the leader on that one. 2018 was the first year in decades I believe where a coach wasn't fired despite some seriously under performing coaches in Richardson, Bolton and Lyon.