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Perhaps people should read the second line, which is more insightful if true..... "And unlike the Suns, it won't be offering priority national draft assistance." i.e. The AFL HAS offered the SUNS priority draft assistance.....goodbye pick 2 to QLD!

Port has 4 players only on their injury list, 1 is a test for this week , 1 back within 2 weeks. So essentially a full list. Only Brisbane is in a better position list wise. So how well should they be doing? Expect some blood letting at Alberton.....

Not needed this week. Sydney used McLean last week as their starting ruck. Grand total of 9 hitouts for the game. Aliir used as 2nd option...10 hitouts. Ben Reid took a few forward ruck contests, only 9 as well.

Disgraceful coaching from Cameron last night. Carey picked it up early with Hawthorn stacking the half back line in the cold and wet conditions. GWS still trying to pick the ball up instead of kicking off the ground, hand balling instead of kicking for distance, Mumford playing in forward line most of match, leaving Simpson in ruck instead.

Priority picks are not the answer, and we should want no more proof than to look at our own history. IF the AFL want to help GC, then simply increase their salary cap to enable them to retain the high draft picks they have had for the past couple of years. The COLA that Sydney were given enabled them to win a Premiership, and outbid others for Franklin. One extra 17 year old player will not make the slightest difference. 2 or 3 more experienced will, or one or two of their own not leaving to go to greener pastures ( Lynch/May), thus keeping experience and skill within the club. Then when things have turned around, the extra money can be taken back, to re-level the field.

And if that's the case then only 20,000 of 100,000 Richmond members turned up, same ratio. And their team is pushing for top 4!

Better tell the doctors what he is in for: Steven May | Hamstring – Test Jake Lever | Ankle – Test Charlie Spargo | Calf – Test Mitch Hannan | Groin – 1-2 weeks Tom Sparrow | Knee – 2-3 weeks Aaron vandenBerg | Foot – Season Neville Jetta | Knee - Season Jeff Garlett | Shoulder – Season Kade Kolodjashnij | Head – Season Tom McDonald | Knee – Season Aaron Nietschke | Knee – Season Joel Smith | Groin – Season Sam Weideman | Jaw – Season Guy Walker | Shoulder – Indefinite Or is this proof that the hip bone is connected to the jaw bone?

Yes, at 15.

Yes. Took far too long and wasn’t watching the clock.

ANB just disgraceful. At least 5 goals from his turnovers and inability to pick up the ball. Missed Lewis and Fritsch to cost us 2 certain goals.

Could it be next season as well....got to get it off to a good start....

This could be the circuit breaker we need. Moving Victory out of AAMI would give access to that whole area north of Gosch's to build admin facilities. It would also mean Rebels could use the inside of the stadium to their hearts content, and not need an outside pitch for practice..

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/wa/perth.shtml Sorry it should have been 284mm for June and July. Still more than 3 times Melbourne

The next coach in line to go has to be Don Pyke. As DD has pointed out, their captain does absolutely nothing, but so does their coach. Remember the Alice Springs game last year? All he did was stare at the players. Not a single move made by him from the 2nd quarter against the Bombers. No tag on Stringer. No-one on Tipungwuti. How many unmarked Essendon forwards got easy marks and kicks in their forward 50...Brown, Heppell etc.

Perth rainfall June and July 2019 550mm, Melbourne 78mm. Those "hard" grounds in Perth haven't worried the Eagles this year or any previous years.

Our percentage improved because we didn't lose by much

The problem is team management. Is a half fit Brayshaw better than the options at Casey? Is a half fit Hannan/Jetta/Lever better than the options at Casey? We have Dunkley and Lockhart playing seniors. We have a 19 year old who has played 7 games in the backline, as our FF. Would they be playing in a "normal season" Casey had the following players from our list this week: Bradtke, Chandler, Jordon, Bedford. None have played AFL, Jordon had 17 touches the others single digits. Would you put these players in a side playing West Coast this week? They may get their chance in the last couple of games, not 6 rounds out. Those players need development, not a beating like was handed out to Petty last year. We have learnt the lesson. Others who may be in contention: Maynard (25), JKH(31), Baker (26). Maynard ( 1 AFL game) may be able to play in the middle but is he better than the half fit Brayshaw at the moment? The others aren't mids, and Baker was sent back in order to manage his load after playing a couple of senior games. If those were to come into the side it would probably be to replace the likes of Dunkley, Lockhart, ANB, Hannan....

Neither should Hannan, ANB and a host of others like Lockhart, Dunkley, even Petty who should be at Casey being developed. But we have NO-ONE capable to come in to replace from Casey. Only 6 players out of 10 AFL listed in their side yesterday had played an AFL game.

Brayshaw is very obviously carrying an injury, and has been the same all season. My guess( and it is only that) is the old OP. Look how slow he was moving into the open goal, when run down by Dunkley. This is not a player who is down on form, he is just struggling to run. For those who think he should be in the middle, think why Jordan Lewis is playing in there instead. He can run with others at the moment, or more to the point is better able to run with opposition mids than Brayshaw.

Geelong are falling into their season end form again. The old bodies are falling by the wayside. If it wasn't for Dangermouse, they would be in the same position as Hawthorn, Same as last year. Hawkins has to be one of the laziest players going around. Will not run, will not contest, Brown absolutely toweled him last night.

That sort of approach worked really well for the Suns with Ablett, or Carlton with Judd, or Collingwood with Buckley, or Essendon with Goddard..........

People have got to get over the idea that priority picks lead to team improvement. A PP is 1 extra, potentially good player who with development, might reach that standard after a couple of years i.e it won't help the club next season and probably the season after, even if 1 player can make that difference. The next thing people have to get over is that it costs other clubs to any real extent. Pick 4 or 5 for us at the next draft? What difference will that make to us. It's not like pick 4 or 24. If the AFL are serious about helping GC ( and I am absolutely convinced there is no future in an AFL side on the GC) they should give them salary cap relief to be able to attract experienced players who can fill the gaps while they develop their younger draft picks. It helps straight away, not in a couple of years, and like Hodge at Brisbane, surrounds these kids with immediate knowledge about how to play the game.

He will get another year because we already have 6 or 7 players who can't get a game in the seniors or like Lewis will definitely retire..... and we are already playing Hore, Lockhart, Sparrow etc Jones isn't holding them back.

David King being put in his box by Pert over this: https://player.fm/series/series-2343030/david-king-v-gary-pert-crunch-time

Definitely, and when we see the return of Neville and Hibberd, then Salem and Fritsch can be moved wingward, where we have been deficient all season.