drdrake

No, nothing to do with preparation, it is our players skills are flakey and even with out pressure we can't execute the fundamentals of the game. What has happened to Oliver's game, a few weeks back unstoppable breaking tackles running with the ball and kicking. He is back to fumbles, turnover kicks and 1m handballs

Its because our forwards are so out numbered you can't kick it forward

Can we please take our blinkers off, the players we continue to back are not good enough,let's see others Lockhart, Bedford, Chandler, Bennell, add in Hibberd and Pickett

It is plain and simple, we dont have 1 midfielder you can trust to kick the footy. In fact we dont have many players that can kick the footy at the required afl standard.

Forget the official stats our midfield group would have gone at 20% effective disposals, we just have no one in our mids that can kick. We fumble the ball and flick out 1m handballs. You can smack our not quite right players but our top end mids lose the games for us. Little pressure and just turn this footy over.

Most likely the last we see off him. Unfortunately his last game is what he has soon for basically his entire career. Weak club, nothing changes Thanks Nathan for sticking with us, you should have jumped ship when you had the chance. Ripping person that deserves more than what our club has produced

Same same, turnover, kick to out number just crap. What is the definition of stupidity, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Losing culture

Swans are doing what every team do against us, hold back 6 Melbourne push a forward onto the ball giving Sydney an out number down back. Sit back and wait for Melbourne to kick it to you.

Here we go again handball happy kick long to no one

Adelaide will laugh that offer off, I reckon they would have no interest in ANB. Sparrow was only pick 27 2 years ago and hasn't really show much. We might be able to bundle up Petty and Sparrow our 4th round pick for Crows second round and 4th round pick. The Crows will get Tyson Edwards son who by all accounts is a top 20 pick, so they will be looking at trading their second round picks out and get enough points in later picks to cover.

Sorry, got him mixed up with Nietschke, I knew we took 2 kids from SA in that draft and Chandler as a rookie.

Petty, Jordan and Sparrow all South Australians, I'm sure Adelaide we be on the hunt for any SA player at other clubs

The balance is important, we are most likely only going to take 3 picks in the draft and any 18-23yo at other clubs of any ability will cost us overs. Are we in a premiership window? Using the old premiership clock I reckon we are at 8.30PM, we are still 2-3 players away from being a premiership contender. Our priority is strengthening our mid field and our forward line really need another high pressure exciting forward, plus another developing Key Forward. Has Viney signed yet?

Have to admit the changes have left me a little flat and very uninspired. Pickett out I understand first year player but he brings some level of excitement to our side, ANB is plain boring and offers little. Smith, I think can play needs a period to adjust to AFL speed, Fritsch/Hannan same but different, Fritsch is a marking forward that can kick goals, Hannan offers a lot more on the defensive side, a lot less on the attacking. Harmes/AVB both try hard, lack the decision making and disposal skills. If we keep the Swans in the game, I'm worried that youthful confidence will beat us, they have a lot of talented younger players with some seasoned mids that can shut our midfield down.

Didn't the club set up a father daughter academy last year.

Outside fritsch, the other 3 we know what we get poor disposal and decision making. Bedford, Chandler, bennell, hunt seem to be on the outer, Lockhart has been ok, not sure why he is out. Jetta I understand looks like a player that went on 1 year to many.

Are the colts going back to U19s next season like the NAB league in Victoria?

Injury management, give him Sydney off, means he has a 9 day break till Fremantle game, then a 5 day break to GWS and most likely 7 days break to Essendon.

I wouldn't be surprised if Max Gawn doesn't play, play Preuss V Sydney and give Max a full week break for Fremantle. Hannan goes out for Fritsch Then it depends on Hibbard fitness, you would expect Lockhart or even Jetta(bit more experience) to come in. Baker for AVB or Jones, think this is unlikely

NGA priority access changed, I wonder if this will also include the Northern state academies.

Rivers will be great, think Sheppard from wce but better

Lucky I went to the bottle shop and stocked up today. Ugly game, take the win, turnover still a massive issue

I dont mind gawn, Rivers Brown and Jones, but omac, Wagner, we know what they offer, we need speed and forward pressure. No idea what Bedford has done, 1 half decent game and not sited since.

Better get to the bottle shop going to need a few drinks tomorrow night

I wouldn't mind seeing Chandler again, I thought he was OK in the couple of games he played last year. Would be happy to see either Bedford or Chandler though, maybe both and Spargo can get out