Go the Biff

Was a shot duck when that trade took place though. It's in that light that the trade should be evaluated. Jeez he was good for us in the brief time he was up & going though

Pretty much sums up my thoughts on Dunn. Rag-dolling Boomer Harvey does not make you tough. Especially from a player who had a finely tuned sense of hearing with regard to footsteps. Haven't heard him slag the club but I have read him saying how much he loves being at the 'Pies. He probably deserves 200 on persistence alone but the 'Pies missing finals is a much greater good. I reckon one the main reasons he got the flick from us was because Garlo had a year on his contract & Dunny didn't. We didn't have room for both

I think he's been a great pickup. I was trying to watch his eyes tonight & I think he's moving into what he wants to do with the footy before he's secured it. I don't recall him having fumbling issues earlier in the season. Might just be a simple coaching point. Don't spend your cheque before you've cashed it !

Singing from the same hymn book. Here's a confession. I hate Wayne Schimmelbusch. Gun footballer, rate him far higher than the dual Brownlow Medalist on the opposite wing. May well be a champion bloke. However, in my memory, every time we had Norf by the bollocks, he would pop up and win the game for them. Goals on the siren god knows how many times. Each one a dagger to my young Demon heart. The post match analysis thread on Norf's Bigfooty page is a thing of great beauty

Love that description

Fine post overall but Point 7 is a quality observation

There's merit in what you say but I think he's too far gone at the moment. A week off might do him good & then bring him back for a specific role against the Doggies. Young Smith might be a good assignment (seriously good player & second only to The Bont in importance). The problem with that is, I can't remember the last time we tagged. Goodwin seems happy to let our mids go head to head with the opposition e.g. Oliver facing off on Cripps. Love to see Chompers back up and about because I think, when on song he makes players around him better and he's great to watch. But at the moment he's killing us from within

Need to think of a strategy for Darcy Moore, I'd love to see him follow his old man's footsteps & come over to us. With Howe out, if you can limit Moore's impact & negate Maynard, the 'Pies much-vaunted defence can be opened right up.

It's worse than that @A F. His ball handling makes Simon Godfrey look like Cyril. He's dropping marks, his disposal, on the rare occasion he gains clean possession, is horrific. He's missing tackles & giving away cheap frees. I disagree with whoever suggested that he needs to tag because he can't find the ball himself. At his best he's a quality midfielder He's just hopelessly out of form and has been all season. Nothing to do with his position. Needs a spell.

At the moment he's got the Liam Jurrah trait of turning what should be 5 or 6 goal games into 2 or 3 goal games. He is coming along nicely though. He's a big bag away from truly believing in himself. Yes @Whispering_Jack it would be superb if he broke out against the 'Pies next week. @dazzledavey36 I agree that Goodwin leaving him out early in the season was to the detriment of our team & structure. But it might just turn out to be the making of The Weed

Given Collingwood's likey forward setup, Lockhart to replace Tomlinson in defence. Tomlinson to a wing. Harmes out (or AVB if you insist)

Fixed it for you. Doesn't matter where you play if you can't pick up the ball. He has regressed to 2017 Harmes. Would rather have Jordie "Tackles" McKenzie playing

Getting coathangered & not receiving a free has nothing to do with discipline. I rarely get into the umpires but if this keeps up my TV screen is unlikely to survive this game

This. Which is why ANB will be copping a suspension plus the weeks they couldn't get Burgoyne for

Richardson & Luke Jackson were on the club's "Before The Bounce" video before the Hawthorn game

Excellent post. In the past 40 years I can think of only 3 rule changes that have been for the betterment of the game. Probably a discussion for another thread though. Kossie is gonna be a gun. Well worth the investment. All we need now is for Norf to select a dud with "our" pick & my satisfaction with the deal will be complete !

Lockhart's also doing a lot of unrewarded support running. If you have a look at the passage that resulted in Harley's goal from Jackson, Lockhart gets the ball to Langdon then sprints like Jesse Owens to make position up the ground. Landon opted not to use him but it's that sort of effort that will keep pleasing the coaches. He just needs to do some revision on Back Pocket 101. Never, EVER, let your opponent get goal side of you (Nev could do with a refresher course too).

Of that lot, Petty, who I rate, is out for the year and Bradtke is very much in development. I'd also like to see Sparrow and Jordon get a run at some stage. Not much interest in the rest Preuss is one I'd like to see get a look in towards the end of the season. Just to remind the rest of the league that he exists. Then sell him to the highest bidder. Essendon, Geelong & GWS all spring to mind as teams crying out for a first ruck. I wonder what they'd offer for big Brayden.

additional positive - 2 weeks of skills practice

Not keen on the trip to Tassie. I like Max's suggestion on RSN this morning. Given we're sharing accommodation with Norf, we could play them on the local oval & phone in the results & best players to the AFL

These are pretty much my thoughts as well. I've long been a critic of our "all-in at the contest" approach. Makes it too easy for the opposition to put pressure on and results in a chain of short, pressured handballs and often a turnover. Gus is positioning himself as the outlet at stoppage, 2 - 3 metres off the contest and in my view, this is having a significant & positive impact on our clearances. Yes, he burnt the ball a few times yesterday, mainly off his left peg. If you recall last week, the current "No. 1 Player in Football", C.Petracca had a shocking day kicking. Couldn't hit a cow's arze with a banjo. A lot can change in a week & I believe Gus is not far off putting in a blinder. Most of the elements are there. Also, that was the best game our mids have played as a collective in god knows how long. Gus was part of that.

That plus space. You might recall Garry Lyon's comment last week when Weid took a one on one mark against Lukosios. "First, I'm glad he wasn't part of an 18 man defensive press". I thought he'd nicked my hymn book. TV angles make it hard to be definitive but it appears we are keeping one forward deep. At different times it was Weid, Fritta or Jackson. This means the oppo defence has to defend at least 50 metres of space and they're forced to adjust their zone to what we're doing. More green grass for them to guard, more green grass for us to run into. Earlier in the year, in fact for a lot of Goodwin's tenure, our forwards would all push up too much. They'd compress themselves into a 25-30 metre area, limiting our targets for players delivering into F50 and making it easy for oppo defences to control their zone. WCE pretty much ringfenced our entire forward line with ridiculous ease.. Additionally, it appears we've discontinued the practice of flooding our own F50 with mids. Whether this is a coaching directive or simply a product of improved F50 efficiency remains to be seen.

It's only there when they win. Never seen it mentioned in reports of a North loss.

I heard a whisper last night that we're Maroochydore bound. Reckon that would be a good outcome rather than being jammed into the Gold Coast with a heap of other teams

So all periscopes were from known & contained outbreaks ?