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7 hours ago, Demons1858 said:

Don't get angry its not life or death. Its my opinion like most of the comments made on this forum

He is our best contested mark (max has the benefit of height), reads the play as well as anyone, super accurate kick, played as a forward in juniors, still quick enough off the mark, has looked dangerous in the few times he has gone forward, and because l said so

Why do you see that suggests the under 18 AA FF can't do it anymore?

It is life and death being a forward.

So May was a forward as a teenager…

It’s a nerve and you hit it - that’s all.

For any kids watching out there - I don’t care if you’re tall and can take a mark there is far more to being a forward than that.

5 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Bit harsh on Johnson he did some good things protecting others and drawing defenders.

No one seems to factor McAdam into our future forward structure?

I was just listing the talls. And no, I doubt McAdam will play another game for us… shame really.

1 hour ago, The end is nigh said:

Apologies. This move. Started well before we had a coach that we SHOULD have interest. JVR, Jefferson, kentfield and Johnson on the list, not to mention petty. Any more on the list and somebody is playing out of position regularly. Are other lists carrying 6 key forwards?

Ok, so I hate to break it to you here…

Petty is a serviceable forward and a great backman.

JVR is very dim forward that has very few tricks and is easily quelled by defenders.

Johnson is a battler but has not shown he can be an AFL calibre forward.

Kentfield is untried at senior level and will need help and be shielded even if he does play.

Jefferson is nowhere, just nowhere, and I don’t like to talk down on players too heavily so I will leave it there.

Mihocek immediately becomes our best tall and provides some cover for whoever of that list of NQR forwards you want to try each week.

Before we ring people up in the town square - his agent has been told to talk to other clubs. Perhaps it was another club that ‘leaked’ that information.

As Sam Mitchell has made plainly clear - there is no dignity left between clubs.

32 minutes ago, Demons1858 said:

He would be a very good forward. Should have been tried more but for being such a good backman

As a forward, I have had my fill of this… why would he be ‘very good’? Because he is big and can take a mark? There is more to it than that.

You don’t know his instincts to exploit space, to create space, to get to the wrong area to help a teammate get the ball, etc

It is the most lazy counterfactual for an AA FB to just click their fingers and be a forward.

The NEAFL! God, that’s a blast from the past.

The worst thing about that league is it brought QLD grass diseases that completely ruined Ainslie’s home ground, Alan Ray Oval.

Sad!

32 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Why?

They would laugh as we trading a superior player for a 2nd forward who is as arrogant as the day is wide.

8 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I wouldn't have Lever in my side next year and Derksen would be on the fringe.

Thats a tad harsh and he is young enough to be around when we are good. He needs to get on top of his injuries tho.

49 minutes ago, lorn said:

We've told him to seek a trade, so other clubs have all the bargaining power because they know we want him out.

Ah yes, that’s why would be lucky to get any usable pick. We would take ND120.

13 minutes ago, lorn said:

We'll might get a second rounder

For May?

On what planet?

17 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Another tick for our amazing list management team gifting him an extra year last year when his head was turned by Carlton. Bet we end up paying a chunk of his contract now.

He has his fair share of blame spilling marks whenever he has to sit under one and lax defensive transition. Glad to move on from that.

But I’ll actually miss him barking orders, especially when he was the only one mad enough to have a dip at the captain.

Yes, Tim Lamb’s operating thesis of list management has been blown apart the last 18 months.

45 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Sorry. I wasn’t thinking straight. I know footy’s a cutthroat industry/business but I’m shocked and a little sad

I see it differently - he is respectfully told that we need to get games into younger talls and now he knows where he stands and should look elsewhere rather than play at Casey and fume.

10 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Future 1st for Flanders

2nd rounder for Heath

3rd rounder for White

4th rounder for Derksen

Free Agent Miochek

Rookie Sinnema

Looks like we are all set.

Build.

The.

23.

17 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Oh FFS. Nothing but hyperbole. It wasn't a near death experience.

By that metric, giving birth is a "near-death experience".

For some it is - my wife lost a fifth of her blood…

I like you bing but we screwed up

At this rate, Buckley will have to coach…

…Carlton

1 hour ago, Ted Lasso said:

The big one for whoever we hire is what does it mean for Max Gawn if a last touch rule is implemented, this is going to significantly change his role with no more boundary throw ins!

It won’t be for spoils over the line. So it will diminish midfields slightly that are reliant on clearance but not overly.

Also Max’s superpower is his marking and his workrate, not his tapwork.

6 hours ago, Smokey said:

We’ve both arrived at the same destination but took different roads to get there. Yes, we need to trade him.

This is a football club, not a family. I couldn’t care less about past mistakes, players sad feelings when the chips are down or anything other than looking forward and winning games with a team of players that are fully invested.

No one is bigger than the club, near death experience or not.

Who is we?

I would tell him he is going nowhere so get your agent to ready some quotes about wanting to stay.

And what a callous bloody outlook you have. Footy may be a business but how you treat people and care for them is literally what the people that turned this footy club around preached for years.

Paul Roos made a brand out of it and we have so abandoned that ‘care’ that we don’t even know what makes a good club anymore.

Let’s hope Guerra, King, Smith, and whoever replaces Richardson give a flying f.

13 minutes ago, Smokey said:

He signed a monster contract and took a kings ransom then proceeded to act like a petulant child by exploring trades. He refuses to address media speculation and clearly isn't committed to the club. As the highest paid player on our list, this is toxic.

You don't need to agree with my opinions, but you don't get to declare them categorically wrong because regardless of how much free time you apparently have to go to training sessions, you're no more inside trac's mind than any of us.

And you don’t need to show respect but your opinion can be called categorically wrong. That is also an opinion.

It all so pathetic how the petulant children on here forget to mention what precipitated the ‘petulant Petracca’…

A near death experience that was poorly handled by our own admission and a stagnant FD that has seen a near total broom being swept through the place with more to come when contracts are up at the end of 2026.

So I don’t really know what the f the Petracca haters are on about tbh. You think it was unfounded? Show me the receipts because everything we have done has vindicated his opinion and his actions to escape - except we pulled the trap door ourselves.

Caro doesn’t like non-footy people in footy. So she will immediately see Guerra as a failure waiting to reveal himself, and hence questioning of Ponissi who would be exalted space in sports admin in Australia. Helps to have Bellamy there but he would know what a leader looks like.

Again, I would pay it little heed.

So no spending of heed.

Keep your heed in the… bank?

15 minutes ago, Nietaphart said:

Apples and oranges Sue. Someone in the Demon Army to a family member of a board member.

You decide. You can always phone a friend Eddie.

I’m sorry, you stroked how many members?

8 minutes ago, monoccular said:

So 24 h after the question was posted, no sensible answers.

20 hours ago, Roost it far said:

To cover for Richo until his contract expires. 👊

What more do you need, mon?

14 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I'm not deliberately conflating speed of ball movement with speed of players, but you have to take into account forward half pressure and other personnel already in the team (Melksham and Fritta).

Well I would trade Fritsch but that is a different conversation. Our defensive structure is important when we get it down there - but I am happy to lose 10 Inside 50s if we make more of the I50s we do get. I think we have dined at the alter of repeat entries and come up hungry the last few years…

49 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

So IMV we need more speed in our forward half.

Given King's desire to play fast, attacking footy, I'm not entirely convinced we need Mihocek.

But let's say we got him, our forwardline could look like this:

Chandler Mihocek xxxx

JVR (2nd ruck) Fritta Melksham

xxxx has to be someone with speed and ideally x factor (think McCreery), and ideally the 7th forward is also another with speed.

Pair that with occasional forward play from Kozzy and that's enough speed.

Without Mihocek, I think our forwardline has more balance to play a faster game.

Chandler Melksham xxxx

JVR Fritta xxxx xxxx

I wonder if King's conversation yesterday and no doubt his other conversation with list management since he landed the position and up to trade week, will change our list strategy position.

They need to be AFL standard, but IMV we've needed more pace and x factor in our forward half for years.

Can you please not connote speed of ball movement into the forward line with having speedy forwards. Being a good forward in a team that moves the ball quickly is about exploiting space and using the urgency and intensity of what is happening up the ground to get space from your opponent.

JVR is not slow, but he also asks nothing of his opponents and doesn’t know how to exploit space to get the ball.

Our best forward for a few years now is Jake Melksham and I hope that sinks in with people what it means to be a forward.

They wanted us to compete for Buckley with Tassie and draw direct conclusions on us, Nathan, Tassie etc.

Buckley and our appointment are making that difficult so there are frustrated.

I wouldn’t give it much heed.

But I would applaud people like myself who were pushing for a process and not an all-in on Buckley that would have gone pear shaped…

54 minutes ago, Redleg said:

33 before the season starts and 192 cms is not what we need imo.

I would want younger and bigger as a key forward.

I would rather go with Kentfield if we can’t get younger and bigger.

He is a forward. I can’t tell you right now that we have a player above 188cms at the club who is a forward. There is very little instinctually smart forwards at our club that would straighten us up and exploit space. This would be a signal to the group that we are going to give it a shake and to get on board.