pitmaster

I think TMac's future will be decided by Burgo and the doctors. If they say he can fix his speed and agility issues we'll probably keep him but if those creaking ankles aren't improving then he would be trade bait.

Surely we can do better than this flop artist. Mick McGuane suggests Himmelberg or Cameron. And that's without thinking.

The first year of pre-finals bye: they get their best back in time for the first final; prelim final best GWS PLAYER KNOCKED OUT INTHE 2ND QTR - Dogs home by 6pts. they had soooome breaks.

Naah so much went their way that year, even their fans will admit that.

1976 and now this. The (second) most cosseted club in the competition. May they be smashed into oblivion week one.

When I saw the headline I was going to label this the silliest thread on this website for a long time, but I've thought about it and it is in fact the stupidest, most f-witted thing I have seen. I am not even going to go into the reasons except to note that picket fence thinks if a player does not dominate every minute of every quarter, and makes zero errors in a game that by its nature is played frenetically, then that player is no good or at least trade bait. Silly. Stupid. F-witted and NFI.

Where're Hunt's critics now?

Also one (clever, snapped, classic opportunist) goal and one goal assist. We don't have many who can kick those half-chance goals but Hunt can. It's interesting given how much of his career was spent in defence that he averages 0.5 goals a game. Not a lot but much better than Kozzie (who I expect will start to find the goals soon), and similar to Spargo who runs about 0.7 goals a game right now. The truth is that small forwards don't see a lot of it as a rule. They call their place "starvation corner" for a reason. Eddie Betts and the Wizard are exceptions - most small forwards work very hard for not so much. I'd be sorry to see him go. I agree that the way we defend now has done away with the mad runs off half back (sea Frosty!) that Hunt used to provide, but I see a role for him on the wing and half forward. I'd prefer he stayed.

I'll add Adelaide Oval 2017: 30 possessions (15 contested) matched only by Clayton. Viney tore the Crows a new one.

Strewth hawks are terrible.

And furthermore, why would a club that chronically lacks physical presence, mongrel, bruising footballers surrender a competitive beast like Jack Viney. I agree with G Lyon. You know what you're getting with Jack. A first round draft pick? Huh, this is supposed to be the most compromised draft for a decade. A first round pick ain't worth as much this year. And who's to say we don't end up with another Jimmy Toumpas? Finally, the fact that a mob like Geelong is considering him is confirmation enough that we should keep him. The forwards need to connect better and play to his strengths as much as he tries to play to theirs.

Since Angus is in for foot surgery and all the uncertainty that a two to three month rehabilitation entails the suggestion that we can let Viney go is crazy.

I don't want to bag Caro for the sake of it. There is usually an element of truth in her stuff sometimes bolstered by much speculation. This seems to fit that type. Interesting to learn that Bartlett has not duchessed the MCC crew. Maybe true, maybe not, but that's the perception of those that talk to Caro. Certainly Caro has always had plenty of MCC contacts. Some of them are always going to be p##$ed off. There were when Gutnick ran the show. It's still interesting that Stephen Smith was approached. He'd be a terrific chairman I think but if his priority is his law practice it's merely a footnote that he was approached. Tough building a whole column around that. Where this article should be specific it's loose and general. Who are the former directors whose trust has not been won back? And where the piece runs off the rails entirely for me is the suggestion Lyon "remains an active target". Active target means we are talking to him. Or does it? Who knows wtf it means. Aren't we chasing Clarkson in the same paragraph? So we are pursuing two prospective coaches at the same time we have a coach with two years on his contract in the midst of a revenue destroying pandemic. OK, she has Josh in the gun and the assistant coaches. Well, yeah, but so does two thirds of this website. It does have the feel of, the Dees are in trouble, they are playing a crunch game Saturday night, I have to have something for Saturday's paper. As for Lyon as a possible coach? No thanks. Clarko, or his chief assistant Oooze, yes please.

wrong smith.

Sadly would not be amazed if we lost both. Would be equally unsurprised if we sneaked two wins and finished ninth. Either way the last two weeks have been profoundly sobering, deflating, disappointing and much more.

Is a very handy third forward but needs to build some body strength. He doesn't have to the Hulk but those spaghetti arms don't help. He was wasted in defence much of this year, probably because of Hore's long absence, and is less reliable in front of goal than when he arrived. Partly that's a result of leading to the wrong pocket and I am at a loss to why he does that but he is worth persisting with as he has clean hands in the air and the ability to produce consistently with a: better delivery and b: leading to the right spaces.

Richmond exits finals in straight sets Ditto Collingwood West Coast loses the GF amid controversial umpiring decision The fire season is unusually quiet so the koala population can begin to recover Joe Biden crushes Trump so comprehensively so that even the compulsively lying orange buffoon has no traction for his claims of dodgy voting Adem Yze agrees to become Melbourne's match day strategist for 2021 and beyond (and is instantly viewed as Goodwin's successor by Demonlanders)

If we can't get Clarkson, then Yze.

Keep in mind this year's draft is heavily compromised with NGA and father-sons so the lack of a round one pick was a gamble with a pick more lowly rated than usual.

Not the conditions to make a call on lightly built small forwards but Kossie lacks goal sense and that's a worry. He needs to cool his head.

So true. And we never adapt. We played much dumb football tonight.

We never adapt to wet conditions. Fritsch handpass to Rivers an example.

And the seven changes the following week highlight the lack of urgency in addressing our clear need for pace as shown by the inclusions of Hunt and Baker.

Northey had the solution. It's called a red hot go.

The travel arrangements for our Sydney game in Cairns were appalling and put us at a disadvantage, but I can't become upset about that because the result was so predictable. It was entirely in keeping with how this group has performed in the past. That for me says the travel was only a minor factor. The bigger issue is in the players' heads.