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Wow what a game. Our desperation and want to compete in the last quarter was outstanding I was flummoxed by the choice of Fritsch as sub being such a one dimensional player and luckily he could be used as a tactical sub and we avoided any injuries. I thought he came on and played well. Tackling pressure and worked harder than we’ve seen so maybe he has got the message. Max what more can we say. Saved us in the last. Loved what Langford did in the last. I watched it back and noticed how desperate he was to win the ball and won quite a few 50/50 contests. I’m really excited by the youth. Langford, Lindsay and although he had an off day, Windsor. With viney and lever hopefully coming back next week. Will be interesting to see who comes out. Loving Disco in the backline. Competes hard. Trac was powerful and Clarry silencing the critics. Winners all over the ground and Melksham seems to be Brisbanes kryptonite. They were looking a class above for the first half, we would waste opportunities then they would spread hard, find space then hit a target inside 50. But we shut that down with our intense pressure In all honesty should have won by more but I’m super content with the win and our lounge room was rocking last night. My daughters and I were all screaming and we even got the dees flags waving late into the last. Thanks again guys for the pod. And Andy I contribute a lot of this success to your rant after the Bombers game. We’ve gone 4-1 since then.

Ins Milshake, Petty Outs Fritsch, Jefferson

Cant seem to leave a voicemail so ill jump on here. Overall I thought it was a great effort from the boys, and always knew (from years of MFCSS) that our inaccuracy would come back to bite us. Such clearance and midfield domination but once again cant translate that into scores. Just love the youth in this team, Langford, Lindsay and Windsor. If we can keep these 3 together and add them to McVee, Bowey, Kozzy(Hopefully) we will have some real talent in the coming years. Once again faded out in the last quarter so we really need to start asking serious questions about fitness. But as I just mentioned we have quite a few youngsters in the backline so give them another preseason it will help with playing out the 4 Quarters. There really wasn't much resistance from the middle and it just kept coming in to the Defensive 50. Hawks had 20 of the last 24 Inside 50s which I cant see any defence coping with and once they got 3 goals up everyone knew the game was done. To lose by 35 when controlling so much of the day was also disappointing. Would we have won if we kicked straight? who knows but we should've been 4 goals up at half time and kept the scoreboard pressure on. I haven't seen the pressure ratings of the game and look forward to Binmans deep dive into these stats, but felt we were all over them in the 2nd and 3rd. I also wanted to do some research on our past forwards and current forwards. As I wanted to know where JVR and Fritch stand against our past forwards of Hogan and Weidemann. I was hoping to see JVR stand equal with where Hogan was at a similar point in his career. But unfortunately Hogan had a better tale that what JVR Does. Hogan by his 3rd year was averaging around 2 goals per game. He'd played 50 games and kicked about 100 goals. He played 4 seasons for the dees averaging 2.1 goals per game. He went to Freo for 2 years but had medical issues and kicked 18 goals in 19 games. He then went to GWS and in his first 3 seasons there he played 50 games and kicked 104 goals. Then last year (Being his 10th year in the system) had a breakout year and kicked 77 goals and has kicked 18 this year averaging 3.1 goals per game. Weidemann took 5 years to get to 49 games and kicked 49 Goals. So 1 goal per game and although providing some great memories in the 2018 finals didn't really do much and deserved to be traded. Fritsch in his first 3 years played 61 games and kicked 59 goals. The next year he kicked 59 goals and averaged around 2 goals per game until this season where he has dropped back to 1 goal per game. JVR has now played 46 games in his 3rd season after being held back in Casey for a season as well. He has kicked 62 goals, averaging 1.3 Goals per game. But in 2025 he's played 5 games and kicked 4 goals. Not sure what all that means, but I really do feel JVR needs to get moving and start to get around the 2 goals per game this season, hone the craft, bulk up and get to that 3 goals per game that Hogan is producing. If he continues with his 1 or 2 a game he may find himself at Casey more often than not. Does he keep his spot this week - not if Petty is fit for a return I wouldn't think. Love him and want so much for him to succeed, but seems devoid of confidence. Haven't seen him fly at packs like he has in the past couple of seasons. What this means is similar for Fritsch. If you cant kick multiple goals a game, lets get Petty and Disco up Forward and persist with that for a few weeks. Or keep Jeffy in and keep Disco back(as he is pretty clean off half back) Look forward to the pod and 2 last things - Free Kick Hawthorn Bring back the trip

Id have to say Out Lindsay (Inj), Howes, Billings In Kozzie, Lever, Windsor (If available) But by all means after todays performance there could be another 10 on the chopping block.