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How many players dramatically improve their goal kicking after they are drafted? It's not something that really happens. The easiest way to fix goal kicking is to take your kicks from better positions. The trouble is our forward structure and entries are still incredibly poor so we end up having guys who aren't great goal kickers to begin with blazing away at goal with low percentage shots. Look at where Collingwood and Geelong take most of their shots at goal. They are deep in the forwardline or directly in front of the goal.

Don't think what I said had anything to do with the tribunal.

Yes, jumping off the ground and bumping a bloke in the head is dumb. Imagine this place if Maynard did this next week to one of our players.

Pretty bloody dumb.

Easy! Just fix the thing that has been an issue for Goodwin for years.

Melksham?

Goal kicking has been an issue for ages. It's clearly not something we have prioritised.

I expect one of the reasons the AFL don't rock the boat with things like this is because the salary cap system wouldn't hold up in court if a club were to ever decide to challenge it at that level.

Because there was nothing noteworthy reported. Caro basically said there were a handful of administrative errors that numerous other clubs have been done for in recent times. Did you actually watch the report?

Regardless of whether or not this is true, it was not what is reported which was my point. I simply don't see why some are celebrating this as an exposure of Geelong wrongdoing.

Reading this thread I feel like people didn't actually listen to what was actually reported? Was made pretty clear that the things that came up were pretty minor and any repurcussions Geelong face will be simarly minor. Honestly thought the revelations were incredibly underwhelming. If you want to believe its an AFL cover-up then go for your life but I don't get how people are celebrating this as proof of Geelong's rampant cheating.

Hope Pearce gets off. You'd much rather have a broken bone than a concussion tbh.

Tbh that report was pretty insubstantial.

The NGA's were seemingly only brought in because clubs were whinging about the Northern academies. I agree with the sentiment but the AFL's solution was to basically compromise the draft even further. It's lead to the mess we're in now where the first round is now blowing out until pick 30 leaving rebuilding clubs like North and West Coast in an even bigger hole. Imo the AFL should ditch the NGA's and put way stronger restrictions on the Northern academies. It is ridiculous that Gold Coast are able to draft 2-3 top twenty quality picks every year through their academy. Right now matching a pick in the draft comes with discounts and encourages teams to trade back their draft position and collect junk picks and futures to improve their position even further. Imo if you are jumping the queue to get an academy or F/S selection you should be made to pay a premium, not a discount.

Only way getting Worpel makes sense is if we're trading Oliver.

Think he looks too bulky at the moment, doesn't seem to be moving well at all, not jumping at the footy and obviously confidence is well down.

Really gotta get JVR right. Desperately need him and another decent key forward.

His channel is a real gem.

God help us if Titus O'Reilly is pulling the strings behind the scenes.

I honestly believe that the membership/crowd number drop off is more to do with how hard of a watch this team is than anything else. People can only watch the same slow scrappy gamestyle and ineffective forwardline for so long before they get bored and want to spend their afternoons doing something else. Outside of a couple of games here or there we are a slog to watch even when we're winning. Saints are more entertaining to watch than us.

I'm not really interested in the question of how much credit Goodwin deserves for the flag. The fact is he was the coach when we won it and deserves the respect that affords him. The question is whether he's the person to take us forward. To that question I'm firmly in the 'no' camp. This club feels desperate for the clear air that a new coach can bring.

Pretty much all the same problems present today that were there in the first five games. We got a little sugar hit against the bottom sides but I struggle to see where our next win will be. Nothing has changed.

If this is how we plan to use him then he simply must be traded. Its a monumental waste of cap space.

I thought this thread was about the media.

I believe this thread is about the media DeeZone!