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- High half forward - 17 possessions - 3 goals - 2 goal assists

We know Gus was recruited as a tough inside mid but could he be transformed (for his sake and football career) into a more outside wing/mid/forward? More in the style of a Billings or Josh Kelly. I'm not sure of his speed or agility but his kicking is above average on both sides of his body and his footy IQ is also above average.

When we play in our next Grand Final I'll be putting a cool 100 on this kid for the Norm Smith Medal.

Just an observation, not sure who it was that landed on Kent as he was sliding but I'm noticing the tactic of players purposely landing on top of players sliding on their fronts to see the ball over the line with the full weight of their body and pushing them behind the shoulders into the turf with a bit of extra force. It doesn't look that sinister when it's happening but it's definitely done with extra force. The exact same thing happened when Nick Reiwoldt landed on Joel Smith resulting in what looks like the exact same injury. As the player cannot see when/if the the opposition players is going to push them into the turf they cannot brace themselves for it.

Happy for him to be flying under the radar. The first few posts sum it up perfectly. I think 'total possession' count is the reason he is flying under the radar. There are many players that achieve very high possessions but have far less impact on a game than Petracca.

No longer a pipe dream. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/why-melbourne-can-win-the-2017-afl-premiership-20170625-gwy45l.html

Robbie Flower, Nathan Jones...... unless you want a specific number, the number 2 should be on the back of all jumpers by default!

Spot on. It's these attributes that hold up in clutch games. The precise difference between getting to and winning a flag or not.

Let's get this thread pumping. Paging Grand New Flag - any intel?

Lol! Bub you got in just before me!

Simples! oh wait.... that's not iselect, it's compare the market.

Ode to the long suffering demonland fraternity. but we will fight on and enjoy the next flag to its fullest knowing our support never wavered!

We could easily be 6-1 or 5-2 but alas we are 3-4..... is it really that bad though? Like others have said, this is nothing like the Neeld era....

Um.... cool..... thanks for letting me know.

Could it be Amazon? Launching officially in September 2017 but the deal may be worth the wait....

Roos affectionately knew them as the beer snake boys. (Boxing Day Test)

Spot on. He has played certain roles this season as opposed to the extra freedom he had last year. Also anyone who thinks the captaincy is weighing on his ability need only look back at his 'talk' to the players in his first season back in the dark days.... The kid was born to lead. In fact he is not doing anything he hasn't done in previous seasons anyway. He just now has the captaincy badge.

You should enjoy it, I believe it's quite a hairy ride!

I think it's actually a real photo taken of him. He lives down Weribee way I believe..

Maybe he likes a sugar hit?

I hold high hope for Keilty but I wouldn't say quite obvious, as the coaches have consistently said that if you're not fit enough you don't play. Drunkn167 is a friend of Decs and he reckons maybe later in the year when he builds his tank a bit more. On a side note, what is the word on Pat McKenna? Haven't heard much at all.

Sony

Thoughts on who will replace Garland now he has been placed on the long term injury list? With Frost back soon to cover Garland I wouldn't mind seeing Tim Smith get a crack or maybe a smoky in Maynard?

Ditto Gold Coast

Absolute tripe football! All this despite the fact that both teams have sweet F A on their injury lists, especially Richmond.... This is both teams at full strength....