DiscoStu17

BT?

Pies to loose. Pies too loose. Pies too lose. Pies Toulouse. Pies to lose.

I don’t mind this selection too much. It surprised me, but mostly, because I did not think Petty would recover so quickly. He surprised me the last time I saw him ruck as he has obviously done the job as a junior. He jumps early and tries to initiate contact. This is good as Draper, despite his size, is not fond of people jumping into him, and has not grown up in the role, so does not protect himself adequately. Petty’s marking is also a real feature of his game, Petty also seems to have a bit of mongrel about him, which you need in this position if you are going to wrestle most of the game and try to dominate them in the contest. In wet conditions, it doesn’t matter how big or small players are. Either they can or they can’t pick up a ground ball when it’s slippery. Looking forward to it.

…. Playing Petty in the ruck; Goodys running amok! He’s lost it big time - I can’t make it rhyme. He used to look good to me But now I find him Simply unpredictable?

Byju i believe they have stopped the sponsorship, but I still can’t see the Aust market embracing it to that extent.

Absolutely, they should, but can the AFL survive without it? I don’t see the diversity of products that filled the F2A coffers when tobacco and alcohol ads were banned. Will we see educational products offered instead?

If F2A can somehow marry the concepts of MAFS/farmer with the footy commentary, they might be on a winner. The lack of quality journalists, and the prerequisite of only former players being allowed to commentate, has left a garbled, ESL level of commentary that makes you check the audio settings. The F2A and pay channels have usually pilfered ABC trained broadcasters and journalists, but it’s been a long time since Drew hosted The Winners and the well has run dry. Speaking of winners, I think the gravy train will continue as long as the AFL continues to be partially owned by the betting industry - they can’t now exist without it.

Absolutely. Any parent bringing young kids to a cold, wet, night game need to queue up with the presidential candidates to have their cognitive assessment test immediately.

He’s getting more experience. Against Carlton, he was getting good position, but was sometimes pushed out (illegally?). I thought he also did well against Richmond. From what I saw against Brisbane, and Darcy Fort, who is very highly regarded, he at least broke even. His stats around the ground look to be affected by Brisbane having 3 good rucks. He’s a competitive beast, so who knows what could happen if they show some faith in him? Having said that, Fullarton is in the box seat. His experience counts for something.

It’s a matter of risk versus reward. It looks and smells like things have improved, but I’m not going to risk sitting on the crapper for the next few days, just to find out. I can confirm that the chips have improved.

Everyone played their part last weekend. I can’t see anyone being dropped because of form. Selection is going to be more difficult than it has in awhile.

Like $500k for the top ones? As long as they were accountable and regularly reviewed, and dropped if out of form. i’m pretty sure there will be people queueing up if the job paid like that.

My bad. I thought he was subbed out after failing the HIA?

Heeney’s pretty unlucky here but unless the backs can spoil like the 90s, stray backhands from forwards won’t be tolerated either. i’m still getting my head around Zerk-Thatcher not being suspended for knocking out Naughton, but I can’t be bothered looking for a replay. Good to see there can still be accidents I guess.

Wouldn’t be surprised if they still get the medal in Sydney.

Not Pearce or Brayshaw then?

Unless he’s headhunted by the AFL for a certain area they have been having trouble getting to grips with? I think the kids are pretty well grown up so he should be able to re-locate. Might have to leave his dozen Hungry Jack’s franchises with a management trust for awhile.

Nah. He just goes around kicking them in the leg. Just as bad as Darcy Moore.

Most of my dodgy messages seem to come from Linkt or Medicare offices. They seem to originate somewhere near Bangalore. So I think WC should start their search there.

Eww! It’s not pretty. Any experienced ruck should be able to tap it lace-out to anyone within a 30m radius. Some form of contest is vital to stop their forwards from getting clean delivery. And while we are at it, how many people here have wrestled a 100+kg gorilla once - let alone 50 times in 2 hours? I just don’t believe a part timer, or even 2–3, could compete for the whole game without injury or severe affect on their usual output. We’ve got 2 in the cupboard who are in reasonable knick. They should give one a go.

Their marking stats are high because they like to chip it around. They also have two good marking forwards, and three interceptors in the back half. But most of their marks seem to be uncontested.

Better that Max has a rest now than round 23 onwards. Not rocket science. 2 choices. The menu is Cream or Fish. I would usually advocate for a new player being tried for several matches, however this is more of a “break glass in case of emergency”. If he’s out for more than 1 week and the first one doesn’t work, then try the next one.

I hope that fellow DLs have not taken my above post too seriously or been offended by my flippancy. Apologies. My intentions were just to entertain and have a laugh. I can empathise with many of the viewpoints expressed as they come from a place of care for the club, and sometimes from frustration when things are not working. My personal bugbears are triggered when inexperienced/debut players are constantly filling the role of sub, and then exiled for a few weeks. Personally, I think that they need a run of 5 games or more before they can show their wares. Within the areas of selection and structure, I believe that there are just too many known and unknown Unknowns. I believe that, with a decent run of luck, we can go far into September this year, and that the loss of Melky, Gus and JVR last year probably robbed us of one. Cheers

I just want to say that I fully endorse Goody and our game plan, but some people don’t like it and they think it’s Simply Too Predictable How can it be permissible They kick around unprincipled, yeah yeah Their footy it is cynical It's anything but winnable Goodys crazy of course, like a Viking whose norse You want to confirm if he's fallen off a horse He used to look good to me, but now I find him Simply too predictable Simply too predictable His game plan is not powerful, huh Goals - we simply avoid them all The trend is irreversible They should be invincible He's a coaching bore, and he sticks in my craw I just can’t applause, please just sack him because He used to look good to me, but now I find him Simply too predictable Simply too predictable Simply too predictable (He's not fine, there's no tellin' him my coaching plans) Simply too predictable (He's not mine, is there some other way to go?) Goals they are avoided - all! the backs are right against the wall He gives me feelings like I never felt before I'm breaking furniture, he's broken the last straw He used to look good to me, but now I find him Simply too predictable Simply too predictable Simply too predictable (He's not fine, there's no tellin' where the learnings went) Simply too predictable (He's not mine, but there's no other way to go) His learnings are unlearnable They’re simply incomprehensible, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh The footy it’s despicable, huh Our gameplan is just criminal, yeah yeah Goodys crazy of course, is the gameplan in morse? I can’t understand, no, I just can’t endorse He used to look good to me, but now I find him Simply too predictable Simply too predictable (He's not fine, there's no tellin' him my coaching plans) Simply too predictable (He's not mine, but there's no other way to go) Simply too predictable Simply too predictable (He's not fine, there's no tellin' where the learnings went) Simply too predictable (He's not mine, but there's no other way to go)

Nah. He was given the job of putting Yeo (yo?) on a short string.