MrFreeze

Woe to those who underestimate our opposition Collingwood are in ripper form currently, they are quick, hunt the ball and have class across the ground. McCrae is a good coach and their ability to win tight games is very good. Geelong are also in very good nick but historically cant get over the line. Even with their vets slowing down, they managed to pummel us at the contest and will be full of energy come finals time.

Agree with both sides The individual incidents look very greedy and are not team first However, overall Bayley is a great team first player who not only kicks most of our goals, he also sets up plenty of them too

As goody said, there is nobody who can replace Clayton Oliver. Our best mids will share the load between each other to compensate.

Our best mids are already in the team. Chandler is too small to play half forward and Harmes and sparrow are better quality players than Dunstan. Therefore, Melk to half forward. Harmes and sparrow with more midfield minutes.

I think it's a 80% chance we receive the short end of the stick here. People want a young star in return for a young star bc they're bitter but it wont work like that.

Rory Lobb and a top 8 first rounder please

Disagree with most here on this. Always protect the player going for the ball. If you go low to get the ball and are caught high, it's a free. Dropping the knees, to get the ball should not be punishable. Umpires also can and do distinguish between actual frees and baited frees. Umps will not pay high tackles if a player raises his arm so it clips his shoulder.

Our win against Brisbane has not aged well Not a fan of having losses to no 1,3, 5 and 6 either

YES

Go dees go nibbs Still in this, just

Traccaaaa 🔥

Being tackled after a duck just has to be holding the ball

Back to basics We got away with breaking through tackles against brissy but it's not the go tonight

Geelong putting pressure on every possession

A couple good marks before and a nice goal early for Browny!!

Go dees I always rate a collared guernsey though

In a season where our talls have been injured, suspended and smacked around. Weid (and our other 2nd string talls) have stood up to keep the team afloat. He is similar to Tomlinson, high draft pick, probably has little development left but can fill a spot and is reliable and consistent when called up. I'd love for him to be kicking bags, clunking marks and roaming the f50 but if his career ends up being apart of the supporting cast in the best team in the league, that's not too bad.

He also gave a cheap coat hanger on the weekend that led to a free kick, similar to his VFL suspension. Very important for our structure, but definitely needs to work on some things.

Really enjoyed that. Tough, gutsy win. Battled injury, umpires and a tough Adelaide team. Go Dees.

Point proven but Cameron is clearly an outlier, Gunston is closer to the rule

For sure, balance between short term and long term is hard here. Imo B Brown was the forward vet pick up for our cup window and I wouldn't over commit further than that.

While i don't think Guston fits the category, i agree that crafty veteran players can make an impact. However, lets say Jackson leaves and we pick up Gunston. In 3-5 years time Gunston, B Brown, M Brown, TMAC all are retired/delisted. We then have Weid and V Roo as our talls. Not good.

Cameron is in his prime, won the coleman 3 years ago and is the second leading goal kicker this year (42 goals!) Gunston is injury riddled and a year a way from retirement (15 goals lol)

We don't need to burn salary cap on pre-retirement forwards from other clubs. We need established players between 23-27 (unlikely) or to go to the draft.

Who else feels more confident when we lose the first quarter these days?