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7 minutes ago, sisso said:

So is Fritsch "in doubt" for this week or out injured for 6? That's a wide gamut of possibilities...

wait, what’s happened to his gamut?

4 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Fritta is an elite field kick.

His field kicking is laser like.

Also an elite finisher.

He is also lazy and selfish.

Again, elite requires almost universal execution. Fritsch is not an elite kick because of?

Anyone? Anyone?

… decision making.

27 minutes ago, Sideshow Bob said:

What astounds me is the st kilda supporters were delighted to rid of him.

Stopping the development of some kid.... jeebus. He is the reason they develop ....

Not sure about that. That roar when he got his first touch in Rd 1 was every fan in the stadium - not just Dees fans.

Also - decision making is easier to get better at than kicking skill.

If you can teach someone to take an extra second and make a better decision - it looks like it’s skills but it’s just a better decision under pressure.

And that’s what performance is; execution under pressure.

@DubDee - another T-shirt…

11 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

Steele is ok but hes not elite

He’s neat. The only elite kick we have is Kozzy. And Fritsch when he cares.

This isn’t ‘craft training’ - this is getting the ball in the hands of better kickers.

Pickett, Steele, Lindsay, Langford, Windsor, Sparrow 84 kicks either elite or neat and to advantage.

Vs

Petracca, Oliver, Viney, (even Rivers…😬) 50 dump kicks

I know this is reductionary reasoning but it’s the crux

5 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Those overnight nappy pants for toddlers are the way to go, even for a 5yo. Get the Aldi home brand type, cheaper but just as good. If the nappy pants are dry in the morning they can be reused that night.

He’s in those. Mrs rpfc wants him out of them but little rpfc can’t wake up

Literally changed the bed with him on the bed and slapped a nappy on him and went back to bed

But this thread isn’t about my parenting - it’s about a flawed yet mercurial character that frustrates so many…

Or maybe we’ve said enough about picket??

11 hours ago, rpfc said:

Made the right decision.

Happy to re-engage when he is a calmer 40 year old at reunions.

Let’s leave it there.

Now I’m off to wake up my 5 year old so he doesn’t pizz himself in his bed again

Well you didn’t get there in time did you

Bloody past-rpfc… got no idea

Made the right decision.

Happy to re-engage when he is a calmer 40 year old at reunions.

Let’s leave it there.

Now I’m off to wake up my 5 year old so he doesn’t pizz himself in his bed again

2 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Why is there so much AI slop on this site.

That was me.

And my point was that it was slop.

Slop that will say whatever you want.

Like slop-coloured glasses

I thought Culley was pretty handy (and different) in the middle too. Causes a bit of havoc in there

Yes, because of his lack of speed he is second to the ball a lot.

But it’s a close second…

Saints and GWS leaving a chance for some risers…

2 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Sharp and L Pickett having 0 tackles as small/medium forwards is less than ideal. Throw in Fritsch (0), JvR (0) and Chandler (1) that ball is coming out with ease.

Yeah, I haven’t got confirmation of this yet because we are young and dumb but I don’t think we are heavily leaning into the forward ‘gegenpress’ so tackles and pressure may not be where we get turnovers - more interceptions across the defensive side of wing and HB. When I was watching against StK it was looking like we were trying to invite short kicks from the opposition and then static long kicks.

Then the forwards ‘snap back’ from def side of wing with space in front.

But I will be down for the GC game so get a better look then.

2 hours ago, Demonsone said:

Good luck attracting Humphries & Butters, we couldn’t attract any marquee players after the 21 flag finishing top 4 in 22/23, who wants to drive to Casey & train on a paddock, only players seeking a super top up @ end of their careers

What will be the excuses when we finally get into Caulfield?

Self-flagellators never run out of ammunition

I hope Culley gets the minutes in the middle vacated by Rivers.

Wow. Statement selection early on. Interested to see how it lands.

15 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

Barack Obama explains woke pretty well.

Having empathy means actually doing something. Being woke means posting smug comments on social media.

Good thing I don’t post on social media

Woke is having empathy.

I care. Shoot me.

7 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

It’s unbelievable these days though that people concern themselves with what sexual orientation another person is. Does it matter?

I know you think this is the enlightened approach to inclusion. I know you think that one’s ‘concern’ was the problem in the first place with sex, race, gender, orientation, etc.

But that assumes a vacuum that has never existed, and denies any context to the struggles of the past - and that’s why it matters.

Why were some of you so invested in Waverley?

I mean, I know the terrible reasons but rattle them off…

24 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Why? Is Fritta going somewhere after this season?

And when he is re-signed is he going to be gifted games?

Glibness is a two way cul-de-sac.

Bayley has struggled for a couple years now and our new gameplan suits him in the offensive phase as the wankers say, but it certainly doesn’t in the defensive phase.

Lazy MFers are going to stick out like sore 👍’s.

3 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

The bloody Casey bye 😡 Luker was told if Casey was playing this weekend he’d be in the side. At this stage they feel he’ll only need one match with Casey but depending on how this week’s seniors match goes it might be two matches with Casey. Regardless, Luker isn’t fussed at all.

About his aggression/mongrel/ whatever you wanna call it, I asked him if that’s a conscious choice or if it’s innate. He said it’s just how he’s always played and that as a 16/17yo he was suspended “a fair bit” but now he has learned to control it. One might say he now uses it for good and not evil 😁

1 hour ago, Coolx2 said:

I would interchange L.Pickett with Mathews after the Carlton matches. We need to get seniors matches into both players and by dropping one back to Casey it should improve their confidence. If both do well later in the year then we could play both of them in the seniors.

Getting dropped will not help confidence. Might help with competence. We certainly shouldn’t gift games but bad teams do that, so we may do that.

I am all for players developing in the VFL. Maybe Latrelle playing AFL gives space for Matthews to develop in the VFL. He has a couple years on him.

We just don’t know.

We had the flu?!

I AM SO RELIEVED!

I thought we were bad!!

But now I know we just had the sniffle-woowoos.

I can go back to having overbearing and unearned expectations so I may disappoint and confuse myself as I watch only Melbourne play each week.