buck_nekkid

Like YZE?

That would be ace!

I’m so glad we had that game against North. Any other team would have ripped us apart. Worst game by Gawn for such a long time. Thrashed in the middle, dropped marks, fumbled and was way down in terms of impact. Hopefully that’s his off week for the year. Many others simply down and didnt go hard enough early. ANB, Hunt to name a few invisibles. Baker kicks hospital balls rather than passes - they always go high and hang. Not a useful skill or style. Jackson, Pickett, Jordon, Rivers were all highly valuable. A future is built from these guys. Fritsch 6 - awesome effort, benefited from a sideshow sidekick taking more heat in the 50, plus he kicked straight! Think he gets at worst a fine for the errant elbow. Brown will only get better, I thought he applied pressure and drew defenders, so did his job. His bag will come. A good example of getting out of trouble, and of a team that wins ugly when it has nothing else. Not a great standard, but having them only kick 2 in the second half (as opposed to 9 in the first) was a demonstration that we got back to our ‘knitting’. Bag the 4 points, enjoy being a game clear on top, and reset for the ducks of Saturday night.

Hopefully a blip on the radar. Seemed 1/2 the squad were 5% off yesterday, saved by the young guns. Good to see Brown applying pressure in the 50 and not just leading for marks.

Petty for Tommo. Isn’t it nice we have a swing man like Tom who can roll back and cover if needed? Tom is better applying pressure and linking up for us a HFF.

We dont lack depth. If the midfield go missing, it looks bad. The midfield got well beaten in the first half today and we looked terrible. we offered them first use from the first bounce and it cost us big time. we have Oliver Trac Brayshaw, Harmes, Sparrow, Jones, Jordan, Kozzie, Melksham. If Gawn gets back some form we will be OK. If not, we will be smashed by the swans with Hickey having a good run of games.

Damn!

Petty in for Tommo is a must Conditions will determine team structure. If the weather is ok, Weids in for Melksham. Viney to return for baker.

Just too laconic atm. Really poor

18 months ago this would have been us. What we paid for lever and May? Mitch Clarke? Lumumba? TMac a multi year deal? Etc. it is all a gamble. Each time you hope to improve your list. No guarantees. Dockers May have improved their list moving hogan on, if he didn’t fit the culture. Look at how important system and culture are to us now. Hard to judge. ps- Collingwood would also be serious contenders by your metrics

Stay close to the cats and run past them at the end. Gonna happen repeatedly this year.

A strange year, with erratic performances (up and down) happening week to week. Sides down 5% get cut up, and few teams have a system that works. Teams have looked champagne or boiled lollies with little apparent change. Stands us in good stead with a solid system. We have seen off several solid efforts (including the two grand finalists) and it seems more than the sugar rush offered up randomly by others. Defence wins flags. Not impressed by many others 7 weeks in. Dees are looking well set up in comparison.

Weids is pressing up. Milky and others need to play to their best. Think that milky is next in the gun (rests and injuries aside).

So they are 3x as likely to win against melb than bullies or Wc and 5x vs Richmond? Shows we have not yet earned any trust in what we are doing.

Tonight’s game is the interesting one: Are the Dogs going to put a marker into the Tigers, or will the Tigers show they are still in the main group of contenders. Both sides with injuries. Never seen a demons team at $1.01.

You would have to be a muppet to go to the pies. Coach on death row, deep cultural issues, board changes likely to be ongoing, no cap room, poor drafting and trading, probably heading for a serious rebuild.

All this talk about Sam Weidmann is perhaps overblown. We are one injury away from needing him for immediate call up. TMAc, Jackson, Brown or even Gawn go down and Sam is next most likely (Maybe Majak an outside chance if its Gawn). It is a long season, Dogga is only in his second year, so I’m sure Sam’s time will come. He also is being developed as a CHF type (to BBB full forward). There is a spot in the team for him with the other talls if Jackson plays a slightly different role and TMac plays link-up HFF/Wing. A forward setup of weids, BBB and Frittata with Kossie and ANB/Spargo would be a challenge if the ball is coming in properly. I cannot see us wanting to let him go - if someone come calling, they are going to offer a fair bit for an AFL-ready forward. Media will beat it up, but Sam is in a good place in a good team. Hope he kicks the door down by playing the ‘system’ so well we can’t leave him out. Also, Given the team is 6-0, making one change to the forward structure at a time makes sense. Sam might already be on a path to get back to the firsts, just one that suits the team rather than him.

And are looking like a big deficit to get Daicos...

Fair question, suggest the future has to be discussed with him so he stays and plays his role. We will lose players due to the logjam, hopefully Weid isn’t one of them....

Would suggest you are answering your own question? TMac replaced over time by Weid, when it is the right time. Weid will definitely be the Future, TMac is doing a Great job for now.

I don’t feel sorry for them. I’m thankful we are finally strong enough to force players to earn spots. They all get paid. Previous years of deck chairs being shuffled gladly behind us...

Had (has?) a good engine so would be suited to the new rule sets. Good luck Jesse.

I would play bbb and weids for a half each- excellent training run given the big game is Sunday. Allows another look and match sim, but keeps one or both fit enough for selection. Same for the medical sub.

How I would love to take this thread through a wormhole and back 8 weeks. Just been kicked by the dogs in the preseason game. Imagine suggesting a fit and firing Ben Brown could even be considered as not up for selection. And t-Mac keeping him out? Or the only players we could think of dropping are milkshake and Jones - when we have so many whipping boys? a lot has changed in 6 weeks.....

Have us as favourites. How far depends on the midfield battle and if they pull us down to their level. Ziebell getting so much ball because it is always in their back half. Would like to see less than 30 points kicked against us (2 scoreless quarters would be grand) and us over 100 points. That would mean 70+ point win. Moderate this by the conditions at Hobart and if there is any scrap in the Roos.