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Good teams that are well coached are not put off by midfield depth. Like actually good depth as opposed to what some on here consider ‘depth’... If Goodwin can’t work it out, Adem Y should get a go late 2021. No time for screwing around - we have never had in my lifetime such midfield talent - to squander it or to trade it away because of ‘fit’ is absurd.

The split in football and list management is odd to me. If it was admin and footy split I can understand it better but list management and trading and management of the cap goes hand in hand with what the FD are thinking. I know they will talk to each other but where the buck stops is important and has endless implications. Isnt the end of the world, just don’t think it will last.

He’s a good player and depending on cost would bring him in. Also would be fine letting Collingwood sit and twist.

Not traded yet and he is deciding to leave, so no correlation to Jackson’s intentions.

And Weideman is better 1-1 and he will be able to get that more with Brown being the focus of defences. I also think W is better up the ground but yet to be seen

I have my Phillips’ mixed up. Apologies to all! It’s not a good story. Good thing that doesn’t matter, amirite? And can people attending Caulfield Grammar in the last decade with the same name please be more conscious of their impact on the ill informed?

Family are big Demon fans too. I am aware that doesn’t matter anymore - just a good story if it happens.

Would have been a handy role player. Oh well. No biggie.

[Anger over replacement level player being targeted to compete for spots because what else am I to do today]

Happy we are not valuing ND65 over the fabric of the club. Progress. Some of you think like life is a video game, full of dispassionate decisions and inconsequential list changes...

His first challenge is to continue to get better with when he kicks and when he handballs. He struggles to punish the opposition with how much first use we get in the middle. I should watch tape of his mate CP5. I think he can be better ‘getting’ release hands from Viney and co. and doing something with his ability to find space to deliver. He’s still 1 dimensional in close ‘if I get it I will be doing all these things, if my teammate gets it... well off to the next contest where I can get it...’ That might be unfair but that is my opinion.

Fritsch is a handy player with a few tools. He is nowhere near being ‘an A grader’. Makeshift FFs have to move to another position in good sides and he needs to adapt to a flank further up the ground and I am not confident he can do it and provide what he needs to provide defensively.

Would love Smith on a wing; confidently getting into space and making good decisions into the forward line.

Meh

Umm, we have some very good players. 3 star mids, the best ruckman in the game, one of the best FBs, the best CHBs, the best wingers... As much as the hand wringers would like to avoid this truth - we underperformed in two games this season and it cost us a chance to play a couple of finals. We should be amongst the better teams in 2021. Plus we overpaid T Mac and Tomlinson and there is the crunch.

Do you reckon we are a chance on Saturday night? The bookies don’t see us as a realistic Premier this year... #believe

A well executed game plan the players believe in. Assuming our midfield is good enough. And it is.

Fritsch was a stop gap FF this year. He needs to realise what @Pollyannais intimating - there is no role for you unless you adapt your game to the skill set required. He needs to get out of the square, get up the ground, show defensive pressure, and deliver to forwards well if he is to stay in the 22. My 7 (in Brown scenario) Weid CHF up the ground. Brown FF Lead up Jackson isolated but outside 50 (Gawn deep when resting) Petracca/resting mid Pickett Spargo Fritsch/Hunt/Melksham - whoever can be good enough at delivering, pressuring, and getting out of Browns way.

We have had trouble understanding today’s player let alone prognosticating tomorrows player. So maybe yesterday is where we should be heading - 4th dimensionally speaking.

Same. If I am reading tea leaves it’s at the end of a very gritty tea experience.

Good idea for a thread. Having Stars May, Lever, Petracca, Oliver, Gawn, Langdon, and Viney are comforting group of players to have as a base to work from. We should be in every game. Genuine Small Forward Pickett is a genuine talent and if he can calm down his final two steps with the footy he will be amazing. Has a left foot, super quick, good closing instincts and can tackle. Genuine Full Forward [Text Missing] Desperation Everyone will be under the Sword of Damocles and I think that is healthy for our progression back to relevance to not be satisfied with 9th.