drdrake

I reckon last year we played with nothing to lose attitude take them game on through the corridor, we hit the kick into the middle and attacked from there. Bit like Collingwood, Fremantle and even Geelong are playing this year, looking to hit the aggressive kick to open the game up. It is easier to take risks when people don't expect you to win the comp, be interesting to see if we have change in mindset this week with the losing team finished for the year

I hate this kick as much as most but do see the necessity for it. The pocket kick is the safe kick lock the ball in as worse case. It enables your team defense to push up and control the game in your forward half. Repeat entries and you hope to break it open to score. The issue on Friday and games we have lost we haven't had the ground ball pressure up forward to lock it in. Back line push up expecting the forwards to lock it down, if we don't ball comes out backline is out of position and the sling shot effect kicks in. The last kick in isn't the main issue it is the ball movement in the centre third, we are slow and don't take any risk which enables opposition to get numbers back leaving this dump kick as only option. The other issue is our field kicking isn't good, especially our mids hitting the difficult 35m kick is hard for us so the safer option is put it into a dead spot, set up and try to score from repeat entries. Playing no true chf is also hurting us, b Brown needs to be close to goal hitting up, not flying for contested marks in the middle

The ball came out of our forward 50 to easy, you play a small forward line you need intense forward pressure, none of that tonight. We need a second tall forward not a ruck forward, Brown needs to be close to goal not pushing up high. Credit to Sydney, looked like we would blow them away in the third they lifted and broke us.

Dogs won't give up first round pick for Lobb, might get late second round for him most likely third round

You watch North get a priority pick after their first round pick. Clarko would already had this conversation with AFL, will be either pick 2 or at the very least after first round. He built Hawthorn on early draft picks which included a few priority picks.

Ben Brown has no timing at all

Max Gawn just can't kick the ball

What they can do is pick 1 or 2 plus second rnd pick to Dogs for dogs first round pick. I think the rule is they have to have a first round pick The dogs may look at this not sure if he is a rfa next year, if he is maybe a other early pick for the dogs to add to there FS, NGA picks over last 2 Drafts.

We are the one trick pony, been saying all year we are predictable, boring and take no risks. We are playing like 2019 and 20 high inside 50m counts but no real pressure to keep it in there. Kosie needs to be front and square not behind looking for the easy over the top goal. You can't keep playing a ruck as tall forward option especially one that can't kick and the other that doesn't take any f50 marks.

Pressure comes on, we struggle. Over handballed, terrible by foot and our forward line continues to be a massive issue. Our inability to put sides away when we are dominant is another big issue.

Any chance we can get front and square on our f50

Our ball use by foot is the difference

We need to wait and see going to be a long 8 weeks

We are smashing them just letting them kick goals to easy and not making the most of our f50 entries

The best thing to happen for us to have a chance to resign him was him being in Perth last week. He had his first experience what it would be like to play for a club in a 2 club town. The fish bowl where every thing you do someone is watching. The media are all over you, walking down the street isn't an easy task, going to dinner you are guaranteed some one will want to disturb you for an autograph photo or chat. No doubt he gets that a little bit in Melbourne but times it by 1000 in WA.

Our flag was built with a mix of Melbourne one club players and trading in from other clubs, would love to live in an AFL world players stayed but salary cap will always force players out of top clubs.

Give us another flag or 2 and don't really care who we lose on the way.

Beating top 8 sides is a concern. Our ability to control the tempo of the game, we can't control the footy to slow the game down when teams get a run on. This comes down to skill execution, we look great front running soon as real pressure comes on our skills really fall away

One thing that has been evident over the past 6 odd weeks, we are fumbling a lot. As soon as real pressure comes one we aren't clean. Foot skills, James Harmes is the most frustrating player by foot, you never know what you get. The kick forward that all he had to do was kick 30m in front of either Melksham or Pickett for a certain goal was the turning point last night. Add in Petracca, Oliver and Viney our midfield kicking isn't great.

Luke Jackson needs to be dropped. Played a great game v Brisbane but has been completely out of form since. Hopefully B Brown is fit Weiderman to play back up ruck. Lever for Tomlinson. Our Back 6 aren't playing that well.

It is more about making Gawn and Jackson more effective as a forward. Playing a second tall draws a tall defender whether that is the second or third tall defender. I just think our forward line needs another tall for balance, it then means fritsch gets the 4th defender making him more dangerous. What is to lose we are having 2 small mid size forwards playing with little impact each week, adding a tall for team balance might just help the forwards click.

Luke Jackson and Gawn are offering little up forward, to me we need that second tall forward for the resting ruck to take the third tall defender. Out Melksham In one off Weid/m brown/jvr Then it comes down to player fitness Oliver and Petty straight in if fit with Bedford and Tomlinson the likely outs. Or try Tomlinson as a forward we picked him up for his running capacity play him in thar TMac running tall forward roll, keeping B Brown closer to goal.

Just look flat and disinterested.

Free agency get him for nothing and all we get back will be pick after what would have been our first round pick which we all hope will be 18, which will make compensation pick 19

That comes down to pressure on the kicker. Geelong last night put a lot of pressure in the middle. Helps that they smashed us in the clearances giving them better field position, the games we have lost this year the teams beat us at our game, clearances, forward pressure, pressure around the ball and keeping a strong backline structure. Our forward line isn't working as we aren't controlling the football, we need more uncontested footy just to control the tempo of the game especially when we are losing clearances