Allen Jakovich

Great news

I thought he said 30-40 per cent over Ablett, who is on 2 mil a year isn't he?

Over 3 mill in the first year!!!

Perfect foil for our developing forwards. Leave him at CHF and play watts alongside.

Just confirmed, Darren Cuthbertson joins GWS on five year, five million dollar contract...

Kicked a goal after one today from 40 out right of screen.

Gun. AA potential if he gets his body right.

Absolute gold. That's made my day.

He's a midfielder, always has been.

I agree OP, it was excellent to see. We were getting crushed, so they put Garland forward, put Sylvia in the middle with Moloney (bit of extra size at the clearances after Barter spent a lot of time there in the 1st half). They then moved Davey to half back, away from the Houli matchup, which was killing us. Attitude was the main reason for our resurgence, but these things helped. Often Bailey would try something different, but it was always at the start of games, never to react to what was happening in games. Did someone say Lyon was in the coaches box on Sunday? If so, that makes a lot of sense. Hope they try some more new things again over the next two weeks.

Jordie was one of our best players but his kicking did massacre us on a number of occasions. Needs to work on it but doesn't deserve to be dropped.

Lot of people in this thread eating their words, should have a good hard look at themselves. Gun player, champion bloke. If he hadn't have been out there yesterday, and couldn't have been thrown into the guts in the third term, we would have lost by 10 goals. Heart bleeds red and blue. If he had more support he would be even better to this stage of his career.

I think it's a top post and I think there's a lot of truth in it. I also think getting rid of veterans so you can "play the kids" is a long term solution to a club's woes and that is very obvious with Melbourne's situation at the moment. But it will turn, make no mistake.

Epic

In: Jurrah, Syl and Morton Out: Strauss, Bate, Tapscott Trengove to play back. Morton to play on ball. Jamar to come in for Gawn if right.

+1

good point e25

If I was playing in our forward line I wouldn't be chasing either.

That would be absolutely epic. Need the cheer squad to start it though.

I wouldn't do it if I was in your position mate, too risky. Consider the percentages. If you tip against them and they win you've lost nothing because no-one else will tip them but there's a far greater chance of you tipping another upset over the next 5 weeks.

Ablett would have struggled to have an impact the way we have been coached this year. Imagine him trying to run and carry through Collingwood's zone surrounded by Melbourne players. If the players are being coached a crap game plan that can't win games, I wouldn't be bothering to chase either.

+1. Handled the whole situation superbly.

Well said. The guy is a gun. Watch him soar post Bailey. People forget that our team has not been coached properly this year, the fact our structures don't allow us to get out of back 50 against a solid press is evidence of that...

I like it.

Given how important this game is for our club, thought this exercise worthwhile this week: AFL Best 22 Link Your Best 22 Selections BCK Clint Bartram James Frawley Daniel Nicholson Joel MacDonald Jared Rivers Colin Garland MID Brad Green Tom Scully Nathan Jones FWD Colin Sylvia Jack Watts Liam Jurrah Ricky Petterd Lynden Dunn Aaron Davey RCK Mark Jamar Brent Moloney Jack Trengove INT Jordan Gysberts Stefan Martin Luke Tapscott Jordie McKenzie In: Davey, Scully, Bartram & Macdonald. We could win with this side IMO.