drdrake

That is great but when you look at our list he is one player that would have some trade value and we have others developing that could fill his current role in 2022. We would be spending to keep a number of players the better you get the harder it is to manage salary cap, I don't think we will be able to keep him when he becomes a RFA.

I can see us offloading Angus Brayshaw at the end of the season. I think with Jordon and Sparrow plus the young blokes we drafted in 2020 will give the club confidence that if a first round pick was offered for Brayshaw you would take it. I also think he will be looking for out, he isn't a wing and will want more time in the centre square.

Good to see the AFL trying it's best to kill this competition. Sometimes growth isn't for the better, AFLW should be for show casing the elite AFLW, should be 8 club tops and have a really good product, to increase to 18 is silly. Great for young girls playing the game they need to find another 120ish players to play AFLW. Big call by AFL, still has it's head in the sand about the massive decline in Boys playing the game

So a club that decides to off load a number of senior players wants to get access to priority picks, sounds like a familiar story.

I agree he is a must keep player, Jackson will be on West Coast radar to replace Nicnat. Reality is though if he doesn't break into the side and cement his spot he will look elsewhere for opportunity.

No doubt he will be moving on if we don't see him secure his spot over the next 5-6 weeks. TMac and Jackson are playing well enough to keep a spot, B Brown will have a few weeks to find form.

Only 1 real priority to sign now is Weiderman.

Yep, the only thinks to take from that game 1) North are in for a long period of pain at AFL level 2) D Tyson Trade is a win for Melbourne 3) Bowey can kick the ball at elite level 4) D Smith can move well and a year or 2 of development and he will be in our AFL backline mix

You find Baker will be injury sub for afl and petty on stand by for our talls

No idea

I think it is the percentage of inside 50m that result in a score so 100 entries they will score 19 times.

As soon as we accept that we will use Casey as our Summer base and that we will get a HQ at Gosch's Paddock the better we will be. Whether that HQ will be on the corner of Hoddle and Swan or Over the Carpark near the current training oval will the only real sticking point. The next is getting funding so we need to find our angle, you need to have something that adds to the community even if it is a small percentage of the complex, I really hope we are looking at the Reach Foundation located in the Jim Stynes center of being the best that you can be.

We need a quality midfielder with speed and that can hit targets, outside Langdon we are still a bit slow in the midfield and we don't have any elite kicks in there.

The back 6 last year was by far our best unit, they have continued to improve and have the opportunity to be together for the next 3-5 years outside May, Lever, Tomlinson, Rivers, Hunt, Salem still have a lot of footy ahead of them.

Yep, TMac has the spot he keeps it whilst form is good. M Brown will make way for some one, I think it will be B Brown. I don't think B Brown/Weiderman/Jackson/TMac can all fit into the same side, three off them do with Fritsch who really plays a hit up leading forward as well.

He is a defender that had run and dare but couldn't kick, that was his issue ran off HBF great but turned it over and was then out of position. Seems to be kicking with in his limitations now hitting targets and picking better options. Also helps that our back line balance hasn't been this good for a very long time. May/Lever/Jetta/Tomlinson/Rivers/Hunt/Salem they are a strong unit with confidence. Salem and Hunt have the confidence to create off half back knowing that the other defenders will work to cover their man.

Do it like NFL, play State of Origin the week before the GF with all non GF teams players available or rebrand it to an All stars game east coast QLD/Vic/NSW/Tas V SA/NT/WA. Get rid of the bye after the season and have it before the GF, give players a chance for the new concussion rule as well. Missing a final is hard but missing a GF due to the 12 day rule would really suck.

I went to the border Albury/Wodonga a bit a few years back, basically every person I visited that had boys playing footy their kids very signed to GWS academy. Clubs will sign anyone they get priority access to, sign 1000 and hope there is 1 they can get on the cheap. On a side note do we still have our father/Daughter academy? The Swans do a heap of development in their academy and are seeing massive rewards from this. The Victorian/SA/WA have extremely limited priority access to Academy players whilst the northern states I believe still have priority access to anyone in their zone.

GWS had a very simple game plan, stop us scoring and get us on the rebound. They basically played a 2 man forward line with every other player behind or around the ball. Once they won the ball it was a mad dash forward. Worked well in the 1st qtr with fresh legs but then tired. The lose of players didn't help. It meant our forward 50m arc was always congested, we adjusted to move the ball through our spare players. A win is a win, wasn't pretty but we grinded this one out.

I'm involved in a local based club, we book and pay for the slots we use, our cricket pitches are covered last week of March. We have rocked up to Junior matches/training and pick up groups have removed the cover, set up games on the oval and protest aggressively when we tell them this is a booked slot. Good for us now the council has gone back to dumping sand on the pitches so they can remove the temporary covers we did have. If we aren't using the oval go for it, the issue that casual groups face is you want to use the ovals the same times the clubs do, after work and weekends. So who should have priority access to an oval, the paying tenant or casual users that get upset as they don't want to pay anything?

Kev, you have the same opportunity to book facilities as long as no one else has booked these and as long as you pay to book. I have no idea which other councils they are comparing pricing to, the going rate out in my area is about 6-10K per season depending on the hours of usage. That would be the rate for Training 4 nights a week 5-8pm and match days 8am-6pm Sat and Sunday.

He is a role player, nothing flash but does what he is asked to do. The third rock we need down back

Nick Smith, had to feel for this guy just couldn't get a run at it. Luke Molan, Aaron Rodgers, Mitch Clarke, Chris Dawes, Jesse Hogan really every key forward we have drafted/traded in since 2001 falls into the 426 category,

Richmond are well drilled and all players play there role. Dusty has a big role and with out him you are most likely right but that is irrelevant as they have him and 3 cups. Pettacca has an equally important role as Martin. Like Martin, Petracca alone doesn't win you flags, helps but needs all other players to play their role

There is nothing going on in the Footy world outside AFLW. We will always be the easy target for comments like this because of our performance. Only one way to shut the journo's up.