Redleg

You mean like Hawkins, Cameron and Rohan/Rataugalea, Lynch, Reiwoldt and soon Callum-Jones, Kennedy, Darling and Allen, Buddy, Heeney and Reid, Hipwood, Daniher and McStay, Naughton, Bruce and Wallis/English, Mihocek, DeGoey and Cox, McKay, McGovern and Curnow etc etc.

Burgess won't be here.

With Max dropping more marks lately and a possible wet night, not sure that is correct.

We have the perfect bloke to mentor Sam in Choko. All is not lost yet. IMO too many have written him off on here prematurely and yes I know he has been with us for a number of years. He could do a Tom Mac and come out later and play good footy for us.

That seems to happen often to us. It’s a problem.

I see a boy that has lost all confidence in his marking. As a result he is not leading. I also see a boy who is 196 cms and was BOG in our first final in years, against the Cats, a couple of years ago. I don’t believe you lose your talent that easily and that confidence is a big thing in footy. Time for Choco to get the best out of this kid. It is easy to write off a kid, but I just feel that all is not lost with him. I recall the comments last year about Tom Mac and all those who wanted him gone, Hunt and Spargo too and plenty wanted Fritta out as well. I wanted ANB gone. Hello, we are on top of the ladder and those 5 have played nearly every game with only Fritta missing one due to injury. Weid may fail, but I am not writing him off.

Agree. Think he will stay on a 2 year extension for reasonable pay. Some on here will again have to eat humble pie if he finds his best form. For some reason we don’t seem to encourage a leading forward option in forward entries. I loved the Gawn kick from straight in front, to Kozzie in the pocket, with 3 Pies Defenders on him. Think they rebounded for an easy goal. Just great play from the Captain, at a crucial time in the game. Also agree that we need another young key forward to develop. It is exciting that we have a few NGA players and a possible father/son to select, at a time when we have a reasonable list, that will allow time for players to be developed.

Correct. It was actually 1 minute to go. 3 short passes would have ended the game.

I would think BB will play against Bombers if fit.

Well that is clearly attainable with little disruption to the overall setting. I agree with Its Time, who said that Goschs now seems the likely place for our new training centre, given the Pert comments. As far as losing about $2m for NT and QB games, a premiership would wipe that out in a flash, with memorabilia sales, increased membership and sponsorship. They would make millions off the back of a flag. Now all we need to do is win the Premiership.

Also one of my targets, Jordan Clark of the Cats, looks headed home to the Dockers. Pity! I think he would have made a good winger for us.

The [censored] who stuffed the May hands on the mark, paid htb against Sparrow who had kicked it away and a deliberate when it was hand balled to a Demon as well as the no htb on Blicavs which cost the lions the game. He is hopeless. Will probably get the GF.

Correct, we were terrible.

Where is the Weid that starred against the Cats in the first final in 2018. He has the ability, what has gone wrong. Unlike most of you, I refuse to write him off, now.

No.

My question is why has Weid gone so far backwards. Is it lost confidence, poor delivery, lack of leading or all three? Even when he gets his hands on the ball he drops it. He has played himself out of the side atm.

They wouldn’t go near him off today’s game.

And there it is. 65% efficiency is pathetic as is our lack of pressure. Fix that or we lose, end of story.

Not at all. Probably the view of fans of all the other clubs in the AFL.

Absolutely.

Isn’t Nicholls retired? Haven’t seen him all year.

I agree with that. The club is in turmoil and landing a big fish Coach, who declared he wanted stability, could stop the Board challenges and pacify the members. I posted that Clarkson has to be the primary target and he said what you would expect him to say. However, Mitchell is there wanting the senior job, with the Hawks desperate to keep him and Clarkson has one year left and a President who would happily let him go and then install Mitchell in the job. Why would Buckley go mid year, unless they were worried they would miss their target, if they waited? That to me excludes Yze and any other untried Coach. Remember the other team who they hate across town, who may also be looking for a senior coach. If the word was out that the Blues were sounding Clarkson out, the Pies would be desperate to beat them to the punch. A similar scenario would exist if Clarkson was unavailable and then Lyon becomes the hot property. I think if the Pies were looking at an untried coach, Buckley would have stayed until the end of the season, as there would be no urgency. We will know soon enough.

They did get a big forward in Spalding several years ago and he played well for them.

Sounds like a late father/son pick if we want him. ( Meaning he won’t cost us a lot in terms of draft pick. )

Don’t know much about him but worth a look. Is he not getting a run in Swans side? How has he played when he got in? One spot we can use is wing.