Redleg

Great video. Interesting the majority of the highlights involved Jurrah and Sylvia, neither of whom have played yet. Also there were flashes from Jetta, Morton and Cheney who also haven't played. Then Dennis Commetti commented on how well the Dees were coached and the Ox said yes he is highly regarded down at Melbourne. It is amazing the difference from our last game last year and our first this year. I am convinced that with gametime for our younger players and the return of others like LJ, the two Colin's, Morton, Aussie and the blooding of a few more like Blease, Tapscott, Gysberts etc we will improve dramatically in the second half of the year

Agree. He has a chance to show what he can do.

He was poor last night. Maybe that is because he was against a ruckman.

We would probably show more speed than some in the team.

Have you notice all the abrasions on the players from falling off their bikes?

Do you think I could take the other pocket? I am 58, overweight, can't run to save my life and haven't played a game of footy in 20 years.

What and move Sculgove?

Still learning that when you are small you either kick goals or get a lot of the ball. At the moment he does neither.

Pardon!

Of course. The curse of the star player at Melbourne. Schwarz, Charles, Prymke, Dean, Jakovich, Tingay, Lyon, Jurrah, Aussie, Morton etc.

A Demonology poster just reminded me of the Moloney suspension a few years ago. Beamer got 3 weeks I think for not making contact with a bump. The fact that no contact was made was declared irrelevant as the player fell over in trying to avoid the bump, which he did. Here we have a broken jaw 10 metres off the ball. Work that out.

Last week against the Hawks many would have given us a chance and the disappointment of supporters was clear. This week we probably are given no chance so the result and reaction should be interesting.

Congrats on the 200th Brad. Hope it is a great game for you and that the boys really put in an extra effort. Young enough to play many more for the Dees. Has been a great Demon over his career so far.

You are not serious are you? Every AFL club uses video of games to show players.

Having now seen the vision, I can understand why the footy department is seething that Kennedy got off. I am sure I saw his elbow raised and he came from the side and broke a guy's jaw who was 10 metres from the ball. End of story. High contact, heavy impact, deliberate bump not an accidental bump = suspension.

Agree absolutely. I hope the karma bus delivers the culprit straight to jail.

Agree. The problem I see is at the centre bounce his timing is completely off. He ends up standing on the ground while his opponent is in the air near the ball. He needs a lot of work in that area. He also is not a good mark at the moment and needs work there as well. However he is big, raw, willing and young. His co-ordination will improve and he has plenty of time to prove himself.

Round 1 forward line: Half forwards:J.McDonald, M.Bate, R.Petterd Forwards: B.Green, B.Miller, J. Spencer Forward line later this season: Half forwards: B. Green, C. Garland, M. Bate or R. Petterd or C. Sylvia Forwards: L. Jurrah, J.Watts, Aussie. And a centre line of: Morton, Grimes, Trengove/Scully.

Agree. I note that two rookies one from right under our nose in Silvagni and Barlow played for the Dockers tonight. Barlow had 33 possies and starred and is BT's new love child. My point is that they cost nothing yet they have mature bodies and can add something immediately. You don't need to draft babies with every single pick. I certainly agree you get the best kids with the high draft picks, but you need to mix it up with trading and drafting including rookie picks, in looking for talent/experience/maturity that will have an effect on the team and help the younger players through. We did take one mature player in MacDonald this year and I hope he gives us value.

Bob, Dew, Croad, Gilham and Guerra as some examples were recruited by the Hawks as older players and then they also drafted two key forwards and we know who they are and they won their flag. I never said we needed a star player like Fevola, who would cost plenty, but rather someone who would not cost much and maybe nothing in a pre season draft, or a minor trade and I used Leigh Brown as an example.

Unfortunately Hodge, Brown, Lewis, Guerra and Osborne don't play for us.

I don't know if I agree anymore Jaded. You won't have a team that is mildy competent if it has no forward line and does what we did yesterday. This "cycle" and "premiershipclock" or "window of opportunity" sloganism is starting to give me the irits. Clubs should be trying to perform well all the time and while doing that the younger players get a winning culture, sorry for the slogan, and learn a game style. What harm does it do to draft/trade a big body forward who can give us 3-4 years and a target while Watts, Fitzpatrick etc develop. Getting smashed and playing crap football is not a way to learn or develop a team. I used Leigh Brown only as an example of a big strong forward who actually can also have spells in the ruck and backline. I think the Pies are happy to have him and there must be others around. This policy of we are only looking at youth for every pick and deal is in need of a little fine tuning. We seem to have plenty of young immature footballers and a couple of big bodies to give us some strength and leadership on the field may be worth its weight in gold. I suppose I should add that we have been a little unlucky in some picks like Molan, Meesen, Smith and you could probably add Dunn and Newton. Unfortunately we need to wait until Oct/Nov to further address the issue.

Agree. I thought all last year that he is now playing like a rabbit caught in the headlights. He will just handball anywhere as soon as it looks like someone is near him. He appears to fear any body contact. He would have turned it over 10 times today.

Garland and Sylvia will help our forward structure as will Jurrah when he finally returns. Even Aussie is sorely missed. I wish we could ram 6 more kilos of muscle onto Watts overnight.

Thought the skill errors were rife through the team. Bruce, Bennell, Dunn and Strauss, who I forgive as it was his first game, were the leading culprits. Agree, there was little sense in keeping Jamar away from the forward line.