Go the Biff

It's like the penny has dropped with him. His positioning and decision making since his return has improved out of sight. I can't recall him getting caught in no man's land in recent times which was my biggest criticism of him. In full flight he does remind me of a couple of old blasts from the past. Gary "Crazy Horse" Cowton and our own Russell "Rhino" Richards. One was a bloody good player. The other could have been

I can go back to the '70's. Most of the best midfielders I've seen for us are wingers. Flower, Johnson, Alves & Tingay chief among them. To use an old term the best centreman / ruck rover types (which is the category I put Oliver in for the purpose of comparison) are IMO Viney and for a couple of years Brian Wilson. Better than both of them was Greg Wells. You can argue that he hasn't gone past those three yet but we are reflecting on their careers and he's played just over 50 games. I believe that by the time he chalks up 100, the question won't need asking. He'll be a mile in front The Jedi reference is good - even as recently as the last 3 weeks he's done something in each game that's left me gobsmacked. His ball control at pace is unbelievable

This is true. He's been resolute in his belief in where MFC are heading, even when the "fail to beat a top 8 team" heat was on us. Given some of the references he's made this year, I suspect he's studied our recent rebuilds, both failed & the current promising one and will apply some of those lessons as he tries to rebuild Carlton. A challenge in which I wish him absolutely no success.

In the 3 years after crossing from Carlton he's kicked roughly 40, 30 and 40 goals for us Then 2018 comes around & he's going like a busted arse - although has still kicked nearly 20 goals He's just turned 29 and appears to still have his pace It's be well worth doing some work to find out what the hell went wrong before firing him out of the cannon. We're not exactly overcrowded with true small forwards

Yep, that's queue I need to line up in as well

WTF ?????

Real leadership and brains would have addressed the lack of two way running allowing the Swans to waltz the ball up the ground with chip kicks & uncontested marks. Or would maybe have pushed AVB back to the square so Allir stopped ripping us across half back. Or realising Heeney was their mop up man in the last quarter & manning him up. And so on and so on.......... Usually like your contributions Rono but this is just a pizz poor opportunistic slap at Lewis. But you go ahead and worry about the last minute of the game. I'm far more concerned by what happened in the 99 minutes prior

Pretty sure it's a coaches award, not a mum's award. Gaff was one of the best on ground & instrumental in setting up the win. Before the incident. He will get a penalty, likely severe and he will deserve it Doesn't deserve the crucifixion that's been going on in the last 24 hours bit no doubt it will continue

Might be robbing Peter to pay Paul but would you consider Fritsch in this role ? He's listed as 81 kg and 188 cm as opposed to MacCartin 82 kg and 192 cm

Used to love watching & listening to him when he took the defensive group for training & drills. Was spewin' when he left.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder........ or the longer you're out, the better you were

Thought of you as soon as he said it. It's a [censored] disgrace that he's still doing it after this long in the AFL system

Norf have been rabbiting on about their "war chest" for the past couple of years. Saints would have e fair bit of breathing space in their cap post Reiwoldt & Montagna

Change of personnel and change of role. WCE have lost their two main clearance players from last year in Priddis and Mitchell to retirement. So Gaff is one of those filling that gap. Agree he is not lightning but he runs both ways from pocket to pocket and does so relentlessly

That's the website hosting the league ladders & scoring for the VFL & many local footy leagues. 1 = best on. 6 = 6th best. Means nothing from a club or B&F perspective. Stupid way of doing it but no-one cares enough to jack up about it

Bugger. Can understand Humphries going so she can stay in Tassie. Disappointed to lose Jazzy Griersen though. Good runner who can kick the footy well

Agreed. They know they're a snowball's chance in hell of getting a PP and have tried to spin it so they look somehow noble. I enjoy seeing Carlton struggle. Long may it continue. It's interesting to look at who they've jettisoned that are currently playing decent footy at other clubs. Kennedy, Gibbs, Waite, EddieBetts, Tuohy, Gowers, Robinson, Jacobs, Holman and others were let go Henderson & Grigg currently injured but are auto 22 selections for their current clubs and even though he's at Casey, Jeffy would be a walk up start at the Blues They can blame "draconian draft penalties" and "compromised drafts" all they like. To lose the talent above shows they've mismanaged themselves into their current malaise

Many, many years ago I met Mark in a pub. Nice bloke and an absolutely massive, massive unit. I'm 6'2" and I felt like I only came up to his chest. Was like having a beer with a tree

Bollocks. He is out of contract, not a free agent. Port would demand the world for him.

Why ? A handball is a disposal. Would you apply the same criteria to Oliver and only assess his kicks ? Of course not. Thought you were better than that STMJ. I've watched the replay and Tyson was nowhere near as bad as some here are painting him. I agree he's no wingman but when you've got Harmes in a negating role for 75% of the centre bounces, there's not a lot of room for Tyson to do what he does best. If you want to see a game of poor disposals, fumbles below the knees and dumb decisions, critically analyse the game of #2.

I've switched sides on Gaff. Didn't want him. However he's playing a lot more inside this season & goes when it's his turn while still providing run & carry. He's not particularly quick but he provides relentless running and makes good decisions with the footy. We need to add this. I'd love Isaac Smith or Jack Macrae but they're not obtainable. Gaff might be.

Disagree with this. Garlett has been in the game for 10 years and over that period has been one of the most consistent small forwards around. Including his time at Carlton. His 2014 was a complete bomb but I was informed by someone at the the Blues that this was mainly due to off-field family issues. Then Malthouse had his fire sale. No doubt his form was off for 2 weeks. Perhaps form, desire, our crap forward setup & entries - who knows. Conditions perhaps ? When he was young I recall him being good in the wet (I always feared him when we played Carlton) but recently he's been the worst wet tracker since Let's Elope I hope he finds touch real quick. With the forward line we could have, I would love to see Charlie and Jeffy creating havoc amongst it Lies, damned lies & statistics. Nonetheless, here are some Garlett stats. Make of 'em what you will Year Games Goals Avge Gls Tackles Avge Tackles 2009 10 12 1.2 23 2.3 2010 20 39 2.0 73 3.7 2011 24 48 2.0 96 4.0 2012 22 29 1.3 72 3.3 2013 22 43 2.0 76 3.5 2014 9 12 1.3 23 2.6 2015 22 40 1.8 90 4.1 2016 17 29 1.7 54 3.2 2017 21 42 2.0 74 3.5 2018 5 9 1.8 15 3.0 172 303 1.8 596 3.5

Josh Mahoney's response - SEN

A very relaxed Jesse Hogan on the Triple M Rush Hour with JB & Brownless. He's on from about the 32.45 minute mark