drdrake

Bowey by far, just need to get him doing more.

1 hour ago, monoccular said:

JVR is still learning the game but has the necessary agro and drive.

I thought he was ok last night.  Would love for Fullarton to come in so JVR can actually play a whole game up forward.  From being at the game, seems to start either deep forward or on the bench, about 8 min mark goes into the ruck, does 8 odd minutes in the ruck heads off the ground then gets back on for the last 5 odd minutes each qtr as a forward.

Never plays our deepest forward, that seems to be Fritsch, which didn't work last night

There is no question the umpires have been told to let the game go and as long as the ball is moving the AFL is happy.  

The incorrect disposal rule doesn't exist, get tackled drop it play on, get tackled try to dispose of it and you get pinged.  

The common sense in the deliberate oob doesn't exist, pay a free kick get the ball moving.

Tackle someone spin them 360 as long as the ball comes out play on.

Minimise stopages make the game faster for TV.

Umpires just have so much going on, add this clear AFL instructions and they just have no chance

6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

And we didn't capitalize on our 61 i50s to 41.

Our tall fwds are not much chop. Jvr is averaging a goal a game. Petty much less than. Disco one a game but only starting.

It's doing much. 

For the first 3 qtrs our pressure inside the forward 50m was poor.  I think at half time Kozzie hadn't touched it, Chandler maybe had 2, Billings was terrible.  Then Fritsch, Petty, Turner would have been luck to have 5 touches between them in the first half.

The speed Carlton was able to exit our forward 50 with we were very lucky our back 6 held up.

The Eagles will come to the table, no doubt he will be taking a pay cut from his last contract.  Just a good old fashioned footballer, that does the basics and hard stuff exceptionally well.

Look at North and Hawthorn they have followed a similar rebuild model that we followed in 2009 to 2014, bring in early picks get rid of the experience, it didn't work for us and won't for them, you need big seasoned bodies to protect and teach the young players coming in.  AFL has never been more about winning contested footy, Reid is a beast but with out Yeo and Kelly he would be getting smashed each week.

This game is taking me back 10 to 15 years when Melbourne and Richmond  at there worst.  This is just garbage 

Good to see our kicking has improved

22 minutes ago, SthSea22 said:

van Rooyen is struggling 

Cannot hold a mark and looks lost 

Add him to the list, Petty, B Brown, Fritsch got no where near the footy all night.  Our forwards don't work for each other and set up very close together.

Need to drop B Brown, play Fullarton aa a true second ruck and leave JVR and Petty as our true tall forwards.

The Eagles went hard for Kelly thinking he would help them push for a flag.  They also got stuck with dome big contracts for players that have rarely played since 2020.

They cleaned out a bit last year that will give them cap space to make a big offer to English and Sydney's McDonald.

They stuffed up with the coaches contract, he would be gone if his payout didn't go into the soft cap.

Train wreck at the moment, but no way they are getting and draft assistance 

12 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Because the side last year was elite even without the academy players. The Tassie boys last year were exceptional with two A graders for that level. Jed Walter’s is not the sort of player who comes along often that’s why I said it

Thanks, I think they will still be strong and continue to be strong on the back of the northern state NGAs.

3 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Can’t see the Allies being as good as last year 

Why not, you have 4 NGA academy's that have priority access to every player in their respective states.  They actually speed a lot of time developing the kids in an elite environment.

CEO first, if they get Brendon Gale great start

Football Manager: an ex Coach Bolton, Al Richarson

Coach: Al Clarkson

You get that right and gives you a chance to lure some top end talent.

11 minutes ago, 12345_54321 said:

Cant see Fullarton and Petty playing in the same side unless Roo isnt there. 
 

Having Max, Fullarton, Petty and Roo is bloody huge. Almost what we did with Grundy last year. 

Bit like Max, TMac, B Brown and Jackson

Every decent coach from u12s teaches in one side out the other, drills are based around bring the ball out the fat side of the ground, that is where the space is.

To do this you need players working hard to that side, the ability to hit a low hard 35m kick and the courage to do it.  Our problem is the last 2, our players work rate is high, or skill and therefor  courage to hit the kick is low.

Strange, when we had no expectations on us in 2021 we took that kick on, now there is expectations that we win we play safe football.

The VFL game whenever it is going to be important.  

Love to see Woey, Brown Jnr, Fullarton kill it and get their spots.

I'm concerned about May's fitness, no doubt he hurt something last night, last thing we need May to be out and tmac come in, bulldogs talls will kill us.

A couple of bumps off the ball, they aren't big hits just annoying jack Russell's at you all night.  Doesn't excuse him for the garbage he put out there in the last half.  Grundy tore him a new one in the last half and Max couldn't or wouldn't keep up.

I thought we should have kept JVR in the ruck for longer.

Will May be out for a couple of weeks, it looked like he tweaked a groin and couldn't change direction or accelerate in the last quarter?

Excluse ANB as he really plays that 5th mid role rather than permanent hff, non of our small forwards offer any pressure inside our f50, Pickett coming in helps but Chandler, Laurie, Spargo they never seem to be where the need to be front and square crumbing, frontal pressure f50 tackles.

It was bad, no hiding away from poor skills a slippery footy will always find out players with poor skills.

The amount of time we had multiple players going for the same ball, Sydney just let us and circled the contest on the outside, as soon as we turned it over they pounced.

Positive we had 2 very good young players debut, negative these 2 young players played better then a large percentage of our team.

7 hours ago, DEE fence said:

Like it and close to same, but for me Fritsch for Bowey.

6 Viney

5 May

4 Howes

3 McVee

2 Tomlinson

1 Fritsch

Fritsch kick some goals but he was woeful last night, just looking for the easy goal out the back.

Bowey was good before injured, Salem was good in the midfield

Grundy smashing Gawn, our small forwards are terrible, Lever bad, any chance we can stop Blakey off half back

Our grippo was replaced by soap

I really hope that they don't make helmets mandatory at junior level, unless there is clear medical evidence that it will reduce concussion.  I get the feeling the AFL just make it mandatory to try to increase participation rather than decrease concussion.  The concern with helmets for kids, there will be an age group say u14s that helmets are no longer mandatory, kids will need to learn  at that age how to protect their head.  I see kids u9 and 10 level now that wear helmets just go head first into contest, tackles it gives them the false sense of safety.

Petty is struggling with injury, B Brown the same, TMac no idea why is training with the backs, Fullarton injured, Smith suspended, Jefferson a long way off, Schache is no good, our tall forward stocks are pretty lean.

22 hours ago, durango said:

If he had retired at the end of last season then I think the MFC would have retained Harmes.

Or gone harder to get pick 1 from WCE to get Reid, this kid will be a star

Wouldn't this become like a workers compensation claim, he was injured whilst at work, all players in AFL would be insured.  

No club should oppose to any money for a forced retirement should fall outside the cap.