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Can’t disagree, but let’s not forget it’s Johnson’s first game at this level & ideally you want Van Rooyen staying forward agrre regarding McDonald…petty forward is the only solution to him consistently playing, but don’t think they’ll go down that path

Fritsch played much further up the ground - hardly going to knock a guy for marks when it’s those conditions and he’s playing further up the ground

Which will get a run the next few days and then that’s it saying ‘we won’t trade him’ will do nothing to reduce the noise, this removes any conjecture about whether they will or won’t & entirely changes the narrative around the story - we won’t keep getting asked questions about it as this statement is out Couldn’t disagree more on your position 👍🏼

We finally get a president that comes out on the front foot and essentially puts it to bed - saying a trade can happen but this is the asking price and you are complaining about that? you cannot compare this to the Oliver saga at all….bizarre opinion

I think this is more it - although Tomlinsons agility has improved, it’s nowhere near his strength - see Jamarra last season it’s also why Tomlinson played on McKay and not Cameron against Carlton

Honestly don’t understand why people care? It literally does not matter whatsoever. Only thing that matters is who is actually named

They’re almost never named in their actual positions? Is less about that and more about the 22/23 that are named; don’t worry about where they’re listed on the field

Haven’t watched him closely outside of him destroying us! But have friends that are pies supporters that don’t rate super highly - apparently poor defensive player and second efforts are non existent…they explain it’s why he wasn’t getting a game early as well - whilst also acknowledging the obvious positives about him… either way, I doubt he’s a player they let walk due to financial and/or contract length Issues

Arguably should have already been AA

Do you drop McDonald and bring in brown after that? Doubt they drop JVR - they’ll want to get some games in him…good problem to have but a problem nonethless

Lynch could be in trouble for his hit - especially because he was concussed… two weeks would be handy

Who do you pick as the tall replacement instead of TMac? Because they were always picking a tall - Goodwin indicated as much during his presser

The Jordan one is really stuff…Sparrow would want to have a solid, impactful game as Jordan was excellent last week Reality is that no one deserved to be dropped, but someone had to for Pickett.. would be interesting to hear the thought process behind the decision

Why name Pickett on the bench when he’s Cleary playing….it could mean something or it could mean nothing… if they do go brown for Pickett, it’s not a bad week to take a punt on a smaller team considering the outs WC have, but I’d be surprised if they did go that small

Goodwin specifically spoke about not wanting to go too small and being wary of ruck relief (if Grundy off field, you only have one tall in the forward line) wouldn’t surprise me if Petty goes back, Hibbo misses out and Pickett comes in for Hibbo with McDonald coming in for Brown - but that could be just something Goodwin said during his presser today and goes ina different direction…we’ll find out tomorrow!

Does Hibbo go out, Petty back (thus replacing the def) and then Pickett comes in for Hibbo - I think they’ll go with Petty on a case by case basis, I don’t think this is now a permanent thing - especially as he played the defensive forward/nullifying the aerial intercept role…it’s definitely not the last time he plays there, but it might be just a case of moving the magnets around on certain weeks…

i honestly have no idea what you’ve been watching? He’s the third leading defender who took the best forwards whilst may was out - in other words, he played a different role and did it well. He then played the forward defensive role and look how efficient we were going forward….that isn’t by chance

A lot saying Brown out for Kosi which makes a lot of sense at face value. My question is what happens when Grundy is off and JVR or Petty are secondary ruck? It only leaves one genuine tall in the forward line for that period of time - we saw last season that could be an issue…if they rest brown and bring TMac back, at least you’re tall for tall… good problem to have, but the question isn’t whether Pickett plays, it’s who then comes out for him? Sparrow is a non stats per say KPI player, he distrusts stoppages so it’s not as simple as ‘only 10 touches’, JJ was fantastic, ANB and Spargo both play roles….it’s just a really tough decision - do they run with one less defender after Hibbo came in for Gawn? Viney I thought was average with his decision making and disposal, unlikely to be dropped, but boy….everyone has arguments to stay in the team

I think Chandler has shown enough to stay in, as you mentioned, Harmes I’m not completely sold on…he’s sort of lost a specific spot and is behind others in terms of midfield minutes…tough gig that’s for sure

We didn’t get 60 to the grand final replay in round 1 last year, dogs aren’t a big crowd club…

You’re kidding? He’s so crucial to our structure - outside of kicking goals. Go to a game and just watch how and where he moves; no coincidence that the drop off last season started after he was out….

We haven’t even played a game yet and you’re able to draw that conclusion? At least wait to see how they go against the dogs first! not to mention, the defences were decimated last night

Spot on…Geelong had their chances to run away with it, but look like they just couldn’t sustain the pace -it was a low tackle count and pure offensive footy with both teams losing key defensive anchors. Geelong showed Collingwood can be burnt the way they play, but they’re so damaging when they get it right - it shows how much the game can open up with kicking and forward movement, something we entirely lacked last year - our ability to put pace on and move the ball in any fashion.

Especially when there was a clear difference between McDonald playing and when he was out the 2nd half of the year in terms of forward structure and entry - I doubt they’ll mess with that and it would be more and in game move if it was needed

Spot on…it could be a tough season if we come out on the bad end of these first three games…