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Don’t want to be too negative, Jaded. ANB has things to do to release Petracca. I would put Melksham on Daicos and as for Moore, can we just not kick it down his throat?

Minor

Harmes is more limited in that he can’t play a wifey different role like Gus can. At this point, it doesn’t matter. Gus should stay in the midfield and Harmes can compete with Sparrow for the last rotation spot or maybe ANB’s role. It’s tough but that is footy. Edit - he can do what Melksham does defensively but Melksham has better forward craft. Big decisions…

The main problem with Grundy is that he is not very capable as a forward. He would push Gawn to FF perhaps 2 years too early. On the flip side, maybe it does keep Gawn playing longer…

Maybe the 3 months off were good for his body…

Is that a rhetorical question?

That’s the thing that gives me pause.

Crossing bridges and all that

I am taking the pizz but jeez was good. He is a mid. He can play elsewhere but sheesh…

Of course I consume it but a friend of mine used to work for Croc Media and knows Hutchison well - they literally design their views around reaction. Hutchison admitted to my mate that he will say something (or advise/cajole someone else to say something) that he doesn’t believe just so it hits your cerebral cortex and gets you annoyed or fired up. I am not above getting riled up over what Twitters algorithm sends me but I am trying to not get inflamed as that is it’s intention…

Oh, no, I know footy quite well, much more than yourself. Even lauded Sam earlier in the year for his efforts in Adelaide in playing his role in the ruck. He may still have a role to play at this club in the wake of a certain ruckman leaving but when you praise a performance of invisibility and ineffectiveness you lose whatever credibility you have. Our most impactful tall forward inside the 50 was Fritsch and outside the 50 was Melksham. They get to contests and compete when they get the ball down to ground.

You’re emotionally invested in what Matthew Lloyd, Kane Cornes, and Mark Robinson say…

lol Which side of the wall is he on?

Looks like we promised him midfield time…

Yes, love that. I am sure he will get a little bit of ‘fan respect’ nonsense. The club should laugh it off - the fan wanted a reaction and they got one.

He was. I would just love to tell him to calm down with the footy and take a breath. He tends to rush into a 50/50, Spargo on the other hand waits and lets the game get him a 75/25 or sometimes an absolute dime to someone.

I can’t imagine Brown won’t come in. I have to agree on ANB… he is a leader so the crunch through there has to be very rough if he is pushed out. Handy to have Brayshaw to just run through the middle. Fritsch said on a post game radio interview that Clayton just slotted into Freo’s drop zones and made a nuisance of himself with Aish close checking him. That tells me that our team ethos is still burning strong. Really sets up a big 3 weeks - win two and we will have a home QF most likely.

He said we would unload, so to speak, on Freo. He was right, but so was everyone saying we needed to get back to our pressure suffocating best. God, we were intimidating.

No idea how Shai autocorrected…

Was waiting for this. Hope he is comfortable in Melbourne. Can be Cyril, can be Shari/Gresham type, and is so skilful.

Haha. What a re-write! ‘Yes, the fundamental conceit of my essay has been debunked but what if it was true?! Can you imagine?!’

Was about to ask. That looks bloody terrible. It’s like they are making a volleyball field off to the side…

Bunch of clubs would have him. Even if there is a bit of ‘Heffernan, Blumfield, Caracella’ to him - he is a flag winning role player who is tough and kicks goals. Apparently quite coachable, loves the club, and you’d probably want to keep him for the right price…