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I think there was a instance of an umpire leaking Brownlow info Macca. But they're only human and mistakes will happen.

How about players' inconsistencies? Missing set shots from 25m out, dropped marks, fumbles, missed tackles? Umpiring errors do happen but they can't be perfect either.

I agree, AFL umpiring is very difficult and the umpires generally do a good job. They make some inevitable errors but much less than players do.

I can't see a premiership where Max has to shoulder primary ruck duties for 9-10 more games. Sure he was great on Friday night but that's because he's been rested. Brodie will be back.

The AFL have said the Tasmanian team must be competitive year one, they'll make sure they go back to Tassie year one 2028, year 5 with us, just when we've done all the development.

I think we're not in an ideal situation, we need Brodie for a proper chop out for Max so he can deliver excellence, but it's true that as @rpfc says, forward craft is an art and Brodie (or Max) is not going to learn what BBB knows about it in 3 weeks. The fact that BBB is past his prime and TMac is injured, closes the difference between them and Brodie forward. It's a compromise either way, but I think we're better with a firing Maxy at the pointy end. Having Brodie will also help JVR because he won't have to ruck and therefore can be fresher and add more forward.

I think with where our list is at and the likely early picks we get from Freo this year it would NOT be a good idea to target the Tasmanians, however talented. We'll need already established young stars to replace Petracca (who will be 32) and Oliver (who will turn 31) in 2028, not more fresh draftees in the 2027 crop. It'd be like 2019 draftees, like Serong, Anderson, Tom Green or Kossie, leaving at the end of this year just when they're really reaching their potential. We'll need players like that already primed to take over from Trac and Oliver if we want to continue at the top.

I love it!

Yes great in theory, but the big problem is that Max himself has declared that the Gawndy project has to work. He said exactly that in his post match with Abbie Holmes. He was a key driver of Brodie's acquisition. Max can't shoulder primary ruck duties week in - week out any more. The reason he was able to dominate against Brisbane is because Brodie has been giving him relief over the season. There's 9 or 10 more games to go, Max needs Brodie to play. I think the FD probably think that the Max, BBB and Brodie combination too easily exposed at ground level defensively, especially with Melky in Fritsch's role and Kossie playing higher, which he did effectively against Brisbane. The probable preferred solution is Brodie for BBB while retaining JVR. Brodie needs to be able to provide what BBB currently does in the air, he'll be better than BBB at ground level.

"12 goal loss"?

Melksham plays a very difficult role. If he didn't go missing occasionally he'd be Toby Greene and lauded for his incredible skills.

Expected Score @WheeloRatings or have I missed it embedded in there again? I suspect we lost on that?

Yes but he can't do it for 25 games a year now.

Max can't play like he did last night all year anymore. We need a quality ruck tandem. It's not ideal but real quality forward/rucks are very rare.

Interesting that, as Fagan said, we tagged Neale. Pretty effective too.

We need the 3 tall backs set up. Tomlinson for Petty, not Hibberd who may need to play VFL. Agree Joel for sub. Ben Brown was very good early and almost good late when he very nearly clunked a few. Grundy is ultimately a possible replacement, I think he can learn and adapt at VFL level. I'm not against this idea and I think Max needs ruck support to go the whole journey. That said, I thought JVR was very competitive last night. Maybe Chandler for Spargo, but it's not going to make a major difference. Two weeks in a row we're facing the two top scoring teams. Crows can score fast, hopefully we have "learnings" for the middle part of the match vs Brisbane.

Brisbane are a very good team who are going to get momentum at times. We're not outstanding, we're in the mix at the top with them, Collingwood and Port. Expecting perfection is a unreasonable.

It will definitely be interesting to see how many minutes Brodie plays forward for Casey and how many minutes he rucks.

Robbie Williams tix surely?

Schache and Dunstan in, Jordon out. Consider a stand-up comedy career.

Where is Cal Twomey, does anyone know? He has missed the last two Gettable episodes.

Hard to believe you missed the 2021 Grand Final Jimmy.

Thanks for this @WheeloRatings. I've been away so have been on my mobile and now back on desktop so can have a better look. Can you please give me the key green/grey/purple and diamond/circle.

Great stuff @Deelightful Dee, more please :) So it's two wins we should have had: Fremantle and GWS vs two losses we should have had: Richmond and St.Kilda. We've had some matches where we should have won by more: Carlton and Collingwood, but more games where we won by more than expected: Sydney, West Coast, North and Hawthorn. We were also fortunate against Port to be so close. Probably overall our W-L and % reflects our performance so far.

"I'll be happy when ..." - just a tip from an old campaigner: "when" never comes.