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Bemoan the fact that Tomlinson/Garland/Ryan Ferguson/Seecamp/Some other bit part defender wasn't in to take care of the gorilla forwards..

Ben Brown will kill it this week.

Great article

Well, yes and no. If youngsters are coming into a basket case of a setup then they don't stand a chance of changing the overall culture. I agree that you need more older wiser heads keeping things in check on field and whoever said Brown and Tarrant should still be there for this is absolutely right. However I fully believe culture starts from the top in any organisation. The Board/CEO brings in the right Coach/Footy department and the Coach/Footy department then brings in rhe right players.

Its a concern that could be easily fixed with a just few more goals a week from the key forwards for mine. Sure we've been a bit inaccurate lately but this can change quickly. I'm more concerned about generating the scoring shots, keep doing that and I'm confident goals will come.

Great chant-block!

Does Hunty or Rivers come in?

Thanks for all the good measures!

A wise decision, really need to try that sometime.

Love the lad, true worker.

Pretty much covered off everything. Player x misses a few set shots - "Player x needs to practice their goal kicking" (With the inference that AFL teams and players never train or practice)

Expected more.

Dude..

Agree, the word culture is talked about a lot with this and surely that comes from the top.

To not go through the list of big egos that have won a flag and thus making me look silly.

That's a pretty good measure and checklist! Right now it's more a better bet hoping for the mids to kick 6 and Key forwards 3

I'd like to see a breakdown of goal sources from Mids, small forwards and tall.

We really need him to be physical. If there's one thing I want from him all game long is to hit every pack and contest in the air, I'm not fussed with marks, kicks, goals or even hitouts right now. We just need him to be a presence and if that is happening he'll chip in with some of the other stuff. These marking contests where he gets caught under it and loses balance or the number of 'nearly marks' he has. If he just clunks 1 or 2 more per game that may be enough.

Completely forgot about that! Cop that!

Could Carlton find a use for him? On the other hand maybe one cast-off Dees defender is enough :p

This is certainly true and a reminder that things can change. Just need to get the mix right.

That game really dropped his stock price in the side, coaches don't forget those ones..

I'd love to see a stint up forward someday but the desire to keep the defensive structure as is trumps all.

Getting Walsh in to review their football department is a positive action but when you hear the word 'culture' bandied around as a cause of their problems you'd think it needs to go deeper than that.

Consider it noted Nasher :)