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Tholstrup stress fracture in the back? I thought it was foot?

I thought he was on a million plus? He went to Freo for 800K/ year? Fire his manager.

Not necessarily. We gave Adelaide Darren Burgess and they still haven't made finals in the 3 years that he has been there. Horse to water?

I know the obvious would be to trade Kozzy. But to me i'd want something coming back our way given the size of LJ's contract we would have to take on. Alternative scenarios: McVee and our Future First for Jacko and Freo's 2nd. Throw in McAdam's for good measure. Riv, JVR not for sale.

Take the spotlight off Kozzy. Its pretty obvious. Clubs have a lot to do with leading stuff to the media. Collingwood re:Trac; Geelong re: Oliver and Freo re: Kozzy are all examples from last year. Its about time we grow a backbone and respond.

The blueprint for back half transition / turnover game is very much the weapon most teams are adopting these days. What makes us so vulnerable to teams like Freo, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Geelong and others with this game style is the way we turnover in our F5? Is it really our forward 50 pressure? Or is it more that our slower ball movement and imprecise kicking? Even though we won CP's and clearances yesterday, i wondered whether this really mattered to Longmuir. Was he prepared to give the stoppage away as he knew he could better us on the outside? I don't have the stats, but it looked like we often turned the ball over a lot post clearance and Freo midfielders had taken a more offensive field position which gave them more time with ball in hand when moving the ball inside their f50. We on the other hand, seem to always deliver the ball to a flooded f50. Id like to see us work more on our structure and setup all over the ground. Felt like we were again drawn into the contest and were outnumbered on the outside. Sorry for the long question / observation.

Any chance the MFC created this [censored] as a response to the media hype around Kozzy to Freo? If so, clap-clap. Well played.

Fn AFL. Let’s fly a team over on a 4 hour flight then put them in another 2 hr bus ride.

The one thing I’ll add. Whilst the second half looked better, I’m pretty sure Freo took off a few of their a-graders. Treacy, Ryan and Serong were all subbed out of the game at some stage in 3Q whilst most of our best remained on the ground.

A back spasm is not a nice injury. It is usually a result of something not quite right in the spine.

Better quarter. Midfield looks great. Forwards and half backs not so much.

It’s quite gusty so you can excuse it a little bit.

The difference is their HB transition. In response we move the ball slower to setup behind the ball. This plays more to their benefit. We have to go as quickly as possible in HB just go for it.

Farcical.

Getting cut up again from this team.

Game is turning and we are dropping - making basic mistakes.

We are competitive that’s the main thing. Sparrow started like a player possesed. Trac looks good given his injury. Our ball movement is improving. AJ looks like a competitor. Still want to see a bit more from Oliver, Windsor, Rivers, Fritta and Lingers - they weren’t terrible but not impacting the game as they usually would. early days still.

Forward line non existent

I seriously thought I was done with the footy nerves. Its a praccy match and im hyperventilating. Gonna be a long year.

Been watching H. Reid against Norf. Really not invested in the game. Just jogging from contest to contest. Not working hard at all. The kid has so much talent but wonder if he has the work ethic.

Take either of those over an acl or Achilles.

I like the current one most. It has a touch of class , which is aligned with our supporter base 😉.

It very much suits their game plan. It will be a fascinating watch tactically nevertheless.

They are not looking good at the moment. Teams have already worked em out and the season hasn’t even started.

N Daicos after half a pre season still a jet.