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With my eyes Robbie. From my ears hearing RDB.

Me too.

Wonderful! Suppose Petty goes back, JVR comes in, BBB out and we try Fullarton or Verrall forward and ruck chop out.

Or we just played a poor game where our effort was down .

He is a better player than Billings for starters.

Petty won’t be dropped and may be needed down back. I thought he did ok in the ruck, actually hitting the ball to our mids, which I didn’t see Max doing.

Matt Jefferson.

It is easy to suggest solutions, such as go and get every good player possible that we need, but of course that is not realistic. Obviously our list guys know our deficiencies and are doing their best to remedy them. I don’t think however there is a rule that says no fans stating the facts about our situation, which can imply criticism, unless a solution is also provided.

I could give you my thoughts, but I am neither one of the knowledgeable list managers, nor one of the well paid officials tasked with the management of our list. I don’t say that as a criticism of them, but that they are in the position to fix the problem, not me, I just quoted a disappointing statistic, which possibly can’t be fixed within this season. Short term we need to fix our entries to F50, our goal kicking accuracy and our forward positioning for entries, to allow for more scoring. Our forward pressure also must lift. Long term we need to find a top key forward and hope that Jeffo can also make it. PS: interestingly and mid season draftee for the Eagles also outscored both our key forwards combined and had more possies than both of them combined. Maybe there is another out there.

2 Key Forwards of each side: Eagles 8.1 & 30 possies. Dees: 1.2 & 8 possies.

Out injured for weeks.

Because he has poor disposal and we have too much of that already.

If it is, it will be a miraculous get by JT. But seriously, learning the craft, getting plenty of game time, gaining confidence at a lower level and continuing to develop physically is what Kyah needs, to give him his best chance at making it in the AFL.

I think that’s about right, but wouldn’t be surprised if it’s more. Pretty ordinary act.

Don’t celebrate too soon. They have plenty of good young players including 2 good young bigs in Conway and Neale and unlimited farms to entice even more good players.

Goody doesn’t put a new player for us in without announcing it first. On that basis I don’t see Fullarton playing, unless a tall was a late out. I was very impressed with Woey’s cameo against Carlton. He got plenty of it and his disposal was perfect. Hopefully he can get a run at it and become a best 23 player. He is reasonably versatile.

Hawkins was always out as they said earlier. They want him to break the club games record at home next week rather than Darwin and they know the conditions wouldn’t have suited him.

Not in my opinion.

It doesn't bear thinking about.

I can't see Woey being dropped as the game is in Perth, he has been sub several times and was one of our best when he came on against Carlton. If anything, Chin could need a rest with his knee issues on a possible hard ground. I would even have Woey in ahead of Billings.

You can reply with ,but of course, the MCG is not an oddly shaped ground, out of Melbourne, used exclusively by one club for training and playing games and has used the annual membership fees of thousands of people to provide most of the funding and is the venue of the GF and other finals allowing a bigger maximum attendance of patrons.

That would mean Fullarton is not, as otherwise they would have announced him too.

When I see the word Mikado I think of Gilbert and Sullivan and of course Japan. As the biscuit appears to be called Elite and Chocolate Mikado is the flavour, I wonder what other flavours they come in. Silver Sake. Strawberry Sashimi. Neapolitan NiNgiri. Tangerine Tempura. Lemon Yellow Yakitori. Raspberry Ramen. Nectarine Nasu Dengaku. Uncle's Udon.

Well actually yes. Max could be exhausted mentally and physically with the playing, training, extra commitments as Captain and family with 2 young kids. Instead of him travelling/playing, I would give him a break to be with his family, to refresh and have some footy downtime. I am sure if we can do that a couple of times this year, say against the Roos, we will have more chance of having a fit Max in the finals. Eagles are not strong in the ruck and tbh I don't think that would be a reason for us not winning. The Cats manage multiple players during the season.

Yes that's true. 168 horses died from racing injuries in the last year and that was the highest in many years. It would be great if that number was zero. There were over 19000 races in Australia last year averaging 12 - 14 starters. Lets say 13 by 19000 = 247000 horses raced. That is 1 death in 1470 starters. That is a far lower rate, than horses who die from non related racing injuries, like a paddock incident. Other animals like dogs for example, die from a myriad of causes, even run over by cars in large numbers. Other animals are bred to be food for humans, not really great lives. I would say racehorses are generally treated exceptionally well, compared to some other animals. Unfortunately humans die in sports too. There were 913 deaths in organised sports, with 89% being male In Australia last year. Should we ban all sport and breeding of all animals? PS: Now back to the thread, training grounds.