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crom have never recovered from the 2017 grand final beating we look like we might be bruised by the 2023 finals losses

i can't get over that he can't kick more than 30m he provides nothing in terms of defensive pressure either very disappointed

the issue with both anb and pickett playing thru the midfield is it means no one provides defensive pressure as a small forward and the oppo waltzes it out of d50 under no pressure i am very concerned about what the filth's small runners will do to us next week

if he's going to hold his place in the afl side, he needs to go back to defence

this is scarily true he started the season brilliantly but has stopped being able to run from the looks of things looks super slow

no need to play two tall backs as they've not got one tall forward OUT: hunter, petty, tomlinson, sparrow IN: jvr, tholstrup, woewodin sparrow as the sub, i guess their pressure at ground level will destroy us; filth by 42 maynard bog

6: Salem 5: McDonald 4: Petracca 3: Rivers 2: Gawn 1: Viney all awful

the sort of result that ends an era we were very good 2021-2023 but it's hard to come back from 90+ point losses mid-season

Gawn is a marvel but can’t do it all Petracca can’t kick - either to goal or to a teammate Viney can’t move away from oppo Clayton’s lack of preseason has destroyed his ability to power out of contests Sparrow is a plodder Playing ANB in midfield has robbed us of his key role as a forward pressure player: ditto Pickett, and neither reliably hit targets by foot There are no other options

midfield doesn't bat deep enough and we have zero run on the outside

appalling skills

hopeless may

be nice if we could hit a target by foot players under little / no pressure failing to hit targets - so frustrating

clear as day even jack riewoldt called it

gotta nail set shots koz

yeah but how would they go at caulfield race course?

it works, as he can play multiple roles faith in the footy dept

between @picket fence's "we'll all be rooned" hanrahan-like take on things and @kozzyisalegend's "shoulda picked a vfl mid" take on things, it's surely a miserable state of affairs

delayed concussion symptoms?

get it done

aints looked miles better since king went off

if reid gets a week for that then neither he nor darcy will be eligible for the rising star

yep they are on afl lists and he's been ignored in three straight drafts

i really don't see him as being ready-made to come into our midfield at afl level in place of petracca, oliver, viney, sparrow, anb, or pickett he sure can win a lot of the footy tho

i think he offers a lot more as a rebounding defender in 2024 than he ever did as a forward in 2022-23 he didn't apply enough defensive pressure last few seasons his overlap run and ability to impact in the air and at ground level as a defender is really encouraging if one of bowey, salem, or rivers was to be unavailable you would expect he'd be in line for a debut