rpfc

We have a battlin’ midfield right now and that’s ok but it’s going to be cut up for periods. Our press ain’t death atm which doesn’t help. Amazing how stars keep you winning; Viney, Brayshaw, Kozzie… …Chandler… We are still a work in progress with the major frustration being - we are a defence first team but sometimes we are butter to a hot knife.

80% is still a distinction

You should probably apply the ‘rule’ in your last sentence to your first sentence; the FD don’t seem to care about ‘winning the trade’ if they get their targets. We may come out so far ahead in the Jackson trade that they don’t care about ‘paying too much’ for ND1.

Winning form is good form at this point, even if it means going to the Gabba. Having said that, we may prioritise resting May, Gawn, and some other stars.

No idea about talent (haven’t watched my usual 30 mins of YouTube highlights just yet) but getting Lamb and Taylor the capital to do something like this could be glorious. That is why we deathride💀 🚴

When the hamster that lives in @Nasher basement that runs the servers take a break - I often think about what I am doing with my life and where I am go- -Uhh, Demonlands back up!

I much prefer these people have some confidence. Otherwise, what’s the fun in breaking someone’s will that’s already broken?

rpfc with Jaded on that mountain:

Why are you still talking about snake fish eel things?

Nonsense word that ruined my post. Also, I have milk. No need to go up to the shops

Huh? I do two things; drink milk, and conjure the forces of good in this world to down Geelong and smite their ashes. And I’m all outta milk…

Yes, there’s only so much resilience you can build into Perry’s ribs…

Be Better

He ain’t a Goodwin fan so look for that

Heads up to footy fans, the tall bloke from Aunty Donna has a podcast this year called The Footy and it is quite good. More lighthearted and no depth but very funny. Broden is a Dees fan. And he left early last week.

Outs were predictable. Ins too. I am partial to KC.

@Demonland the last five mins: Andy on fire

Nah, his ribs

I guess we will find out the splits that Gawn and Grundy play in time. Im not to blame for the mixed messaging and splitting hairs by AR and SG. I never wanted Lobb and McStay. The opportunity cost was ongoing TPP commitments. But that’s done until 2027 so we should make the most of Grundy now. Think we’re done and I have refuted the ‘hysteria’ label enough for adjudication:

Ok then. I think that I have been quite measured with what this means for the FD, Max’s future, for 2024 and beyond, and for Brodie to have a future in the team this year. I have critiqued that the FD brought in someone with known forward deficiencies and have reversed course on which ruckman would play predominantly ruck. I have maintained that Max would be best placed learning to be a ‘forward who rucks’ over time. I have said this year is this year and that 2024 could look different with the role we have for Grundy. I have laid out the role and the base level craft Brodie would be taught by me if I had the job to get him functioning in this forward line in 2023. I don’t think that any of that is histrionics and the thing that some struggle to get past is that I am happy to own the critique of the initial decision to recruit him if this is where we are at 17 games in, and also that we have been disjointed in our communications on this situation which doesn’t help the situation (forward craft, no VFL, predominantly forward, not making him a forward). Also, I am in the ‘guys get dropped’ union too - so give me some credit.

Gawn just played a game indicative of his role and he played around 80-85% in the ruck didn’t he? So where this number of 40 mins each game for Max to go forward would then set an expectation that we simply won’t meet. Gawn is not going to spend 33% of gametime forward. Especially not after these recent decisions to drop Grundy, and with his performance on Friday night.

Excuse me?

As an aside, how poor are our comms on this? What is going on?

I think Goodwin has created a bit of a strawman there. We are not comfortable with Max playing a third of the game forward (10mins each qtr as stated) because he struggles to play that role atm and impact games. Brodie, if he plays in 2023 in finals, will be forward or on the bench for at least 75% of the game. So what role do you call that? ‘We are not turning him into a forward, we are just teaching him forward craft.’ Great. But for this year, to play finals, he is a what first? Anyone? Anyone? He is a forward first. Like JVR is, like TMac would be if they were back up.