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He is coming into the team on no pre-season and obviously important to the FD. He just isn’t going to be dropped without some reason related to his fitness base or ridiculous form of a tal at Casey. People should just get used to it.

Healthy.

You read the game day thread?

Oh right, yeah, I hate it when young players play their roles really well and we win… What effing planet am I on? We are 5 and 2 and just doubled a teams score while possibly unearthing a possible medium tall option that could answer a few questions in the short, medium and long term. And we are obviously struggling to get our new gameplan focussed on back half turnover and quick movement from there because Salem and Bowey are missing and it can expose Lever, May, TMac more than we would like. I am glad we are persisting and not succumbing to what ‘better suits’ our defensive stars because it will benefit us in the long term, even if we drop a few games getting there.

You’re all in?! You’ve liquidated your assets to put forward into the bid and eventual build?! Wow. Great work! 🙌

‘You don’t need a stadium for AFLW…’ What is this pervasive, hypercritical dichotomy we have with AFLW? It isn’t just you RIF, the AFL have literally given them quotas for attendance to expand the season that are higher than the max attendance of the grounds they are forced to play at. So while you may glibly say that the AFLW team doesn’t need a grandstand can I respectfully push back and say that I want to take my daughter and son to watch Kate, Tayla, Alyssa, and Eliza in a [censored] covered, seated area. We can’t grow the game when it’s deliberately stuck in a bottle by those that are purported to be running it.

Yes, he listens to Kellie Finlayson’s podcast on the commute

Collingwood used actual human facilities?? I mean, that’s progress but the cost of the clean up alone…

Already made that joke It, ah, didn’t go anywhere

It’s ok. The first step is realising what you have done. Take care. ♥️

Picket?

Would love to get Locomotive Delicious… Good player.

He ain’t Winx and we don’t have a second steeplechaser worthy of a game besides Gawn. So chase them steeples, Jacob…

Just turned 21. He has shown more than most in of his age. Now all we need to do is continue to change the way we play to ensure he continues to develop.

He’s ’reasonable’ as a backman. Then how is he going to replace May? Petty is a good kick for goal. He is also a good mark - that’s what makes him a ‘reasonable’ defender… ‘Poor man’s TMac'… - I will just leave that, I assume you are just angry and afraid. We don’t have the luxury of not playing Petty forward. And he shows good signs but we need to commit to it or forget about it. We also need to remember that he had no pre-season and we hope he is one of those players that gets better with match fitness. This is where we are at.

ANB has to be there

We have a young team, changing the way we play, and have question marks on some important players. This will not be an isolated problem for 2024.

What if we lose, ATBOG? Yea that is your acronym. ATBOG

Can’t win when your midfield gets smashed like that, and outworked around the ground. We will find out 12 days whether it’s an anomaly.

This conflation of last year with this year is misguided - we may have opened up the game about late last year in an attempt to get us out of our connection rut but that was not what we are seeing this season. The Richmond game last year that some have mentioned was a contest and clearance domination in the second half - not a transition success. 76 points from clearances in that game attests to that. The final against Collingwood saw them get 37 I50s - so our ‘prevention’ strategy of non-exposure to our defence was in play there. This year it is different - we are more efficient with our fewer I50s, and there are less repeat entries. @layzie Brown is able to come at the footy more and with less onerous requests to sit under ‘out kicks’ down the line which is how we have moved the ball for the last 4 years. We are moving the ball quicker and with more space to move - forwards are always going to appreciate that.

Just can’t agree with this. We have set deeper, the high press isn’t so high, and when we have the ball or it is contest, we have kept our forwards deeper to allow more delivery to a leading target. When I have the time I will delve into the comparative stats but it’s obvious to the eye, and a cursory glance of the superficial stats.

Ideally, we wouldn’t give 20 more Inside 50s. That is not good, because it puts pressure on your backline. But there is a concerted effort to create from the backline and to be proactive. 2024 is different to 2023.

So he will see better in traffic?