redandbluemakepurple

While a Tasmanian team might feel the "right thing to do", it would be a mistake. 19 teams is too many for a person to interested in. 18 is a bit as well. Back in the day when the was an odd number of teams, I found the byes and more complicated ladder tedious. As our apparent figurehead might say about Tassie, we already own their soul. NT has NRL challenging AFL but the number of people is very small. Newcastle would be a gain; about twice as many people as Tas. A few AFL-sponsored matches there, would be a worthwhile experiment.

Out: MBrown (omitted), Turner, Gawn (injured), In: JVR, Rivers, Tomlinson Rivers -> HBF Brayshaw -> wing JVR -> Forward Tomlinson -> Utility Tall BBrown to have runs in the ruck. He often recovers the ball when spoiled in the middle of the ground Pickett to have spells on the wing. They won't catch him nor corral him and time to see how big his tank him. Looking at Casey v. Collingwood No one pressed for promotion with slick disposal even before the rain. JVR looked more lively than Weideman. Weideman has been given blocks of 4-ish games and has tailed off if anything. The main role is to run up and down the ground like MacDonald so that a goal keeper cannot positioned like May to snuff out quick forward thrusts. The second is to stand in front of BBrown so that he can nip past to mark at the highest point with his man accidentally blocked. It is a pity that Bell hasn't been rookied. Perhaps they are thinking of this.

It irritates me when the commentators wax lyrical about Brayshaw playing on the outside rather than inside where he finished third in the Brownlow. A big sacrifice for team balance but they should also note that it is a necessity. He went off the ball when he regularly suffered concussion. Hence the the helmet. So I don't think going on the ball is an option.