bandicoot

I posted this in April 2016. Last weekend we fielded the second youngest and inexperienced side in the comp. Average age 24.3 and 68 games. 17 of our starting 22 had played less than 100 games and more than 1/4 under 10. collingwood fielded a team with an average age of 27 and 120 games. These are the facts and a major reason why we are where we are.

I think they are anticipating rain. Wouldn’t surprise me that Pruess is a late in if it becomes dry

Assistant at Melbourne?

Is 3-5 the new 4-6???

There is a place for a manic style play but not 100% of the time. Richmond are able to control the pace

It’s clear Goodwin has no idea what to do. The game plan from last year has been picked apart by the opposition and the players can’t implement what he wants. This manic hand pass game has to stop. Hawthorn won 3 premierships in a row by chipping the ball around by foot at the G. Why couldn’t we mimic their game style? We need to action what Collingwood and richmond did with their assistant coaches. Clear the decks and get new ideas into the club. Im still in shock that the season is over in April

It’s clear Goodwin has no idea what to do. The game plan from last year has been picked apart by the opposition and the players can’t implement what he wants. This manic hand pass game has to stop. Hawthorn won 3 premierships in a row by chipping the ball around by foot at the G. Why couldn’t we mimic their game style? We need to action what Collingwood and richmond did with their assistant coaches. Clear the decks and get new ideas into the club. Im still in shock that the season is over in April

Totally agree. Goodwin needs new ideas. His game plan has been exposed. Essentially all the experience he has had is at a rabble at Essendon and under roos who was more about culture than game style. This year is a write off. All we can hope for is a richmond style clean out

GWS were...

Any update re his injury... couldn’t seem to lift his right shoulder after the match

All acl injuries are 12 months. He won’t be back this year

Lose by 100??? You have no idea what you are talking about

Maybe I should list the side that played 3 years ago for your comparison. It’s chalk and cheese. We are essentially 2 players off full strength

4 debutants!!! We will win by 80

Dees are unbackable favorites at $1.3. Under Roos/Goody we have been strong against port. They have difficulty containing our contested style. We dominated them last year and narrowly lost at Port. Their top 6 contested possession winners from that game were wines, Polec, Rockcliff, Pittard, Jonas and Wingard of which 4 wont be playing. That same group also had 60 contested possessions. Who from port could possibly make up those number??? If we are on we will bury them.

Our game plan doesn’t allow has to change gears. It’s all or nothing. The plan is to win contested possession and for that you need to be at 100%. It’s a glaring issue with our style. The reason hawthorn are so good is that if they want to slow things down they play keepings off by foot. This tires the opposition at which point they turn it on for a 5-10 minute period.

Massive risk that they will never get him. He might play at dees in 2019 and want to finish what he started. West coast might trump freo in 2019 with a higher offer. Freo would be crazy to leave those options on the table

How does the silver afl club membership work? any chance of getting a ticket if we make it?

Where are these stats from? What is this predictor?

Harmes will play on dangergield. Selwood is cooked. Doesn’t have as much impact anymore.

Scary scenario. I would be gutted to miss out on 13 wins

Optus Stadium - 165m - 130m Etihad Stadium - 160m - 129m MCG - 161m - 138m The width of the ground is exactly like etihad. We play well on narrow grounds. I’m backing us in to win this

It’s not the exact dimensions of the G... it’s closer to Etihad

Top 4??? What planet are you on? We need to win 3 from 6 just to make the 8 and we haven’t beaten anyone in the top 8 all year. We will be lucky to make the 8