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Yeah I kind of felt sorry for him, but something tells me he is just a [censored] bloke. I think I’m finally done with this thread

Watched the replay and I reckon I counted 4-5 Cripps throws several unpaid HTB so when they finally paid thrb2 HTB in the final quarter - even if they were 50/50, it still didn’t make up for everything else that was missed. good win. Our first quarter jitters are now a problem. That’s 3 games now getting jumped.

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Very true. Question for DL - When do you generally see a-grade talent start to come through? Put aside Ablett Jnr, Naicos etc. Is it generally in 3rd, 4th or 5th year? Langford, did show some snippets in 2-3 games last year, but largely has many games where is ineffectual or even noticeable. To me his fitness, getting from stoppage to stoppage and burst speeds are his biggest physical issues; skill wise, handballing and ball-gets are areas he needs to improve. Is he on track to be Melbourne's next weapon? I think he'll be good, but star-level good ? i have some reservations. XL, is a bit of an enigma. Has good pace, ball-use and fitness. To me he does lack a bit of game sense, but probably has the most upside of the three. Will get good in the next 2-3 years i think, a bit of a late bloomer. May not get to a-grade stardom, but will be a solid player nonetheless. Windsor, athletically gifted, reasonable ball user and impressed a lot in his first year. We all know last year was a write-off so in a sense this year is his second year. Early days yet but i think he needs confidence and more time on ball. With good development, we can use him off the back of the pack, that can burst through stoppage and set up play... a bit like a QB. Biggest question mark is on his own ball winning ability and foot skills.

If we are playing best 25 every week, Windsor and Langford need to be considered for a run in the 2s. Langford especially looks like he is too slow for AFL. Gets exposed in the middle hence why on the wing. I was expecting him to be more imposing this year.

I thing Kings ethos of playing on instinct amd letting the players do their thing was good in theory. But we are playing without an identifiable system. Or Freo have easily picked apart our 1 wood and we left our other clubs at home. Again I’m not totally surprised at the result, but I’m worried that there is nothing that stands out in terms of the younger players. Not one highlight . That is concerning.

I think they were pumped up a bit too much last year… pair them with Windsor and we are scared undersized and under experienced

How many scores from rebounding from our forward 50? I mean all 3rd quarter scores… do these guys forget how to defend?

Reality check incoming. Get used to games like this. Without hard in and under players … teams like this will roll us big time

Yeah I just don’t see the idea of him being a star of the comp.

Im not against this rule - there are genuine circumstances for a rule such as this applies. And i think if you have played 400+ games and not been suspended, you are entitled to a downgrade. It should be like the demerit point system. Perhaps a downgrade (of X points only) for every 200 games you play (or 10 years, whatever comes first). So if its a sligh indiscretion - a one weeker - we'll let you off with a warning. The issue is having a legal representative in the AFL system, representing AFL HQ, being a 35+ year special member of one of its clubs.

Surely not? if that doesnt scream conflict of interest ,then i dont know what else to say.

The current emblem is class. I think leave it untouched. If they want to tap into the Demon theme, there are other ways, without tarnishing the emblem. Similar to how Sydney have the opera house on their Guernsey and still have the swans in their logo type of thing.

I must have missed the memo, but what is this training in groups non-sense?

Plus the HTM on Culley in the goal square. It was putrid again. Nothing different.

Gawn - never in doubt JVR The Duke Myer-cheque Steele Kozzy

What’s even his trade value? No one is coughing up 3 or even 2 first rounders for him at this rate. Geez he was supposed to be the second coming

Saints lost the same way they lost last week, they have no forward line. That is why NAS was played there. We were pummeled in the middle but our scores from d50 and forward half turnovers I presume will be massive. Today I was again worried by what I saw from Langford. Yes, he’s a 2nd year but he was not convincing in the pre season games either. Anyway so stoked for Roo and Mihochek with the collective 9 goals. We haven’t that type of KPF dominance for a while. Out defense was exposed in open play and stoppages a lot today. Very unMelbourne- like in the old way. Hopefully we can tighten things up a bit there.

Langford is a worry.

Geez we are struggling fitness wise.

Frittata still doing silly things.

So happy for JVR.

How is that not HTB

We are clearly lacking big bodies around the stoppage. Rivers , Steele , Sparrow underwhelming. I hope Langford, Windsor and Lindsay show something but they are still young. Probably holding Culley back due to his arm but we need him in there for sure. Our stoppage setups are worrying - we seem to collapse in way too quickly. All in all we aren’t as bad as I thought we’d be , kicking more goals at the cost of letting more through is something a little different.

I do think we are seeing the difference between a round 0 extra game to the saints. They are that little bit fitte