Bring-Back-Powell

I think was just the Sydney win in rd 4.

Bitterly sad to see a once in a generation ruckman carry this pathetic excuse of a footy side. 6) Gawn 5) Petracca 4) Harmes 3) Lever 2) Oliver 1) Frost

Oliver can’t handle a tag and he’s clueless as a forward.

Champion Data ought to be embarrassed by that ranking. The second worst side in the league getting ranked 1st. Got a feeling we'll get skinned alive by the media if we lose this week and rightly so. And a few assistant coaches fates will be sealed as well. Losing to St Kilda twice in the one year would be a disgrace and an embarrassment.

The only minor win out of selections is the non selection of Jack Steven. That guy usually destroys us.

Yes, and if we lose to St Kilda this week the narrative moves from injury riddled to just simply no good.

Pleasing to hear that Melksham might be back next week for the Richmond game.

We should ask to play North up there, considering we've been forced to play at their dump of a ground 3 of the last 4 years. Make St Kilda or Dogs the other side. To make this venue a genuine home ground advantage, we need to stop playing against the SA and WA clubs.

As what you think will happen or what you want to happen? No way Lewis is getting dropped.

The only change I want to see is Preuss out. Gawn has won 2 All Australians as the sole ruckman so just stick with that formula. Preuss is useless as a forward-ruck and is actually a liability up forward. In - Weed or T Smith Out - Preuss

I would delist Maynard, Stretch, JFK, Keilty, the Wagners, T Smith (always injured), and possible even ANB and Garlett before I'd get rid of Lewis. So on that basis he gets another year.

Josh Kennedy aside, Hurn would be the first id love as a late out.

Anyone worried we’ll run out of gas in the second half due to the oppressive 21 degree heat?

A year’s a long time in footy. The last time we played in Alice , Alexander Neal Bullen kicked 3 goals and got the 3 Brownlow votes. Last week he almost made the distance from a 25 metre snap on goal.

Wooden spoon eh? Cant really see GC winning 3 of their last 5 games.

It was probably the same peanut (Vardy) who pushed Gawn over after he injured himself in the goal square.

Spot on with May. We’ve got a bit of a weapon at our disposal with May. Just hope he can snag a couple if thrown down forward. However with Darling, Kennedy and Oscar Allen, you’d think he’d be required in defence all day.

Our constant injury excuse wears a bit thin when you see an undermanned Essendon missing high quality players, win a game in hostile territory. Or maybe sides like Collingwood and Essendon (who can win with numerous injuries) have far better depth than us.

And sure enough we don't pick Smith who did a great job tagging McGovern, and instead pick two of the most uninspiring and ineffective players in the Wagners. If Preuss has another 1 mark 0 goal performance, the two ruckman experiment will surely be disbanded.

ANB had 23 possessions, 3 goals and 3 charlie votes in the Alice game last year. An astute selection by our master mind coach.

100% agreed. Was terrible last week in tying to get a ground ball. Very unlike a highly skilled player in Jones. Age is obviously catching up with him. However, should play another year if he wants.

Last time we played in Alice Springs we won by 91 points with Angus Brayshaw BOG with 37 touches and 3 goals. ANB got the 3 brownlow votes with 3 goals and 23 touches. I'm expecting much the same this weekend.

David King also brought up those stats last night on AFL 360. Hard to argue with them, and hard to see us being anything more than a 7th-10th side next year if we do have a bounce back year.

Brutally tough call re:Lever. In 2017 he was acknowledged as one of the upcoming rising star defenders in the AFL, and was duly recognised by being named in the All Australian squad of 40. He started 2018 poorly with the MFC, however hit his straps by round 5, got a couple of brownlow votes in round 9 and then left the club and its supporters devastated after doing his knee in round 11. The following 3 games we fell to pieces. Lever's a lot better than what he dished up last week. He should be judged after a full pre season and a full 2020 season.

Good points. Preuss provided absolutely nothing on Sunday aside from a couple of hit outs and probably justified why he hasn't played all year with Gawn. If he's not first ruck he shouldn't be playing.