Redleg

Get rid of their best young key forward. Yes that will happen. Weid, LJ ,Petty and TMac ( back to full fitness) is a start, with Brown also for another year to pinch hit. Yes if we can get a good key forward, absolutely.

Melksham and several other Demons say hello. Out tackling has been poor the last 2 years, since late 2018 when it was ferocious. IMO we should get a rugby guy in who can teach them to take the body down and not be shrugged off, or simply avoided.

I still think he is best suited where he can get the ball and run, like wing and hbf. He has adapted as a forward because that is where he is being played. He is an accurate and long kick, can take a mark and has pace, but to me he is not a natural forward, like say a Breust or a Papley. I think his best footy is straight line running and line breaking, like he did earlier in his career. The forward line can be a graveyard, where possessions are few and limited opportunities have to be taken to be effective there. I think he has been unfairly marked by many on here, as a result of being played out of his best position .

Plenty on here have been pushing him out.

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We are 8th for the next 25 hours at least.

In Dogs out Dees. Love to be wrong though.

I'll leave it!

Needs to talk to a psychologist, he is obviously pressuring/stressing, himself into poor kicking. It is a confidence issue.

Yes give him credit for good play. That collect when he was going to get hit and then a lovely goal was great. Stick it up me son and become a good player, I would love it. Now keep going for the second half.

If we are out this weekend, expect some MFC delistings early next week.

Kreuzer and Simpson just retired and others will go as well. Remember, they were hoping to get Papley.

Gotta love the media. Headline on AFL site that Dons Wield The Axe. Actually 3 ordinary players out and 3 good players back. They are much stronger than last game. Hardly wielding the axe.

One of my biggest criticisms of the Coach.

Who do you suggest for that role?

Players watch how team mates are treated by clubs and when you expect loyalty, sometimes you have to go a bit extra to reward it. Jones knocked back many offers, to stay with us in the sh-t times, to his own detriment. He has to be treated with respect for that. I think Jones is probably done, but if he gets the all clear from the medicos to play again, then he should be given the opportunity if his form warrants, to go around again. If he doesn't deserve a game, he doesn't get one and if he is happy to mentor young players at Casey, then that is to our advantage. He can always pull the pin during the year and be an assistant coach, with his payment not in the soft cap, but the salary cap and I would imagine he would not get a lot to play on. That is what the Hawks are doing with Burgoyne. I don't accept that he will stop a younger player being on the list, as worth more than the respect he should be given and we can always uplift a rookie. It should be noted that our bottom couple of players generally don't have long careers. All that being said, I would imagine the FD would have a long chat with him, but if the medicos and Burgo say go for it and he wants to do the work, without any playing guarantee, we owe it to him. You can be ruthless and sentimental, it just depends on defining building culture, as something that needs a ruthless approach, over perhaps a logical approach. It could be classified as ruthless in denying another player a place on the list, in order to send off a champion of the club and the AFL, in the right manner and with respect. That is ruthless list management in a reverse sense. Players don't want their team mates treated like sh-t, while we demand loyalty from them. They need to see that we are a strong club, that is building a strong culture, based around everyone being in it together. I promise you all, we won't lose a flag by not putting player number 150 on our list. Who knows, Jones could still play some reasonable footy and maybe even kick a match winning goal.

I think someone said we need a 50 point differential, in our game and theirs, to bring Saints % below ours and a win by us of course.

I am actually warming to the idea of beating WCE in an elimination final in Perth, if we can get into the finals.

Well the reward for 8th place is playing WCE at home.

Domo Arigato.

You must be happy Finlayson is staying a Giant.

A WW II Spitfire plane garage.

He won't get you a flag. I smell the Cats in a big way on this. Viney/Crouch and Cameron and they would see all their problems solved in one hit.

Believe it or not I can see GWS letting Cameron go and then keeping all the other players they want. His output this year has been poor. He is on a fortune. They have Himmelberg, Finlayson and Riccardi and maybe others. I know it sounds stupid, but they want to keep a lot of players, who are going to cost plenty. Williams, Taranto and Kelly for starters. PS. I actually posted this before the previous post came up on screen.

Prize is on its way. There are air holes in the box as you will notice.