Lord Travis

Agreed. We need Kozzie and Chandler to hit the scoreboard to win I feel. Defend the corridor on defense and the Pies become more stagnant and manageable. We’ve got this.

True, but Hollands would be easier to get because the Suns don’t want him. They’re different players. One can’t get a game in a trash forward line. The other has been their best midfielder in the second half of the season. I’d love to get Flanders, but we don’t have the currency unless we’re happy to trade them pick 15. We’d be better served using 15 as part of a trade to upgrade picks this draft IMO.

Ollie has had a good debut year for sure. Very different type of player as a hard running wirey winger. He was always seen as the less talented of the two, but he’s shown a competitive nature that Elijah hasn’t. Perhaps a fresh environment for Elijah could unlock that…

You overestimate internal communication at big organizations! Lest we forget the 2017 finals marketing fiasco 😠 That said I think Fritsch is fine. There’s been no reason to think otherwise outside internet rumors.

Getting 3 tickets was hard. MCC just complete failure. MFC couldn’t get 3 together when requiring one visitor. Wound up in general admission level 4 nose bleeds. Better than nothing!

Did it before drafted and slid as a result. Shouldn’t be effecting him now.

I said back in July that I'd be happy to bring Flanders across for a second rounder. In the VFL he was absolutely dominant and had a patch where he was averaging approx 40 disposals. He's clearly going to have an AFL career. He showed a nice accurate 40 metre kick and ability to find a lot of ball inside and outside. Also looks to have decent power for a midfielder not overly big. He's been given more midfield time at AFL level recently and flourished as a result, accumulating a lot more ball. At worst, he'd be good inside or outside midfield depth for us to replace Jordon, Harmes, Dunstan etc. At best, he's another good mid in the rotation and takes Sparrow or the likes place. Elijah Hollands... I haven't seen any attributes to get excited about yet. He's struggled at AFL level and not been great at VFL level either. At underage level he could hit the scoreboard, put good defensive pressure on and was a marking threat. He hasn't been able to translate that since being drafted. Maybe it's the bigger bodies, but he just seems uncompetitive and whatever athletic advantage he had when drafted is no longer visible. If you could get him for a 3rd rounder or something to see if he can turn it around, then maybe you'd consider him. The fact he's not getting a game in a bottom team for years on end says a lot about how far behind his colleagues he is, most of whom aren't great and wouldn't get a game for us. He excelled at underage level as a mid-sized forward target. He's not a tall forward though at approximately 190cm, but was a target similar to Fritsch is and used his athleticism to be a threat. Most similar player I could compare him to is Oliver Henry at the Cats, but remove any competitiveness. Pre-draft he was able to hit the scoreboard and push higher up the ground at stages. Recruiters thought he had good midfield potential but it hasn't eventuated. Not someone to get excited about IMO.

Petracca will step up again. He was looking very determined and dominant in the second half against the Swans. He’s a weapon. It’s like a switch flicked and he was like righto the real stuff starts now, similar to Dusty firing up in finals in years past. Might be another Norm Smith coming his way!

I’ve still got a few hairs left to tear out in another two weeks time!

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Getting tickets has been more stressful than watching the match will be! If we serve up the poor efforts from the straight sets finals losses last year I'll spew. That was so deflating, and this time round we'll have the filth fans to deal with.

Are there visitor tickets available? Was hoping to purchase an extra ticket for a friend.

Righto round 2 here we go. Good luck everyone!

Tickets timed out. MCC now showing as sold out. I loathe these online ticketing websites. The only way I can be repaid for this [censored] is to bathe in the blood of the Ticketek CEO while watching us win from the boundary line somehow.

Christ. 3 different devices on 2 different networks and only just got through. Ticketek site then timed out when I got to the end. Back into the queue I go. I [censored] hate this pathetic scum of a site

How good is Ticketek?!

Pass. Has struggled to break into a poor team and then not really shown anything to excite at AFL level when he played. Much better options out there for midfield and flank depth. Flanders I would be keen on however.

His form hasn’t been great recently regardless. If Hibberd is over concussion symptoms and is fit, I’d bring him in for Bowey. Defense wins premierships, and Hibbo is a top tier defender who can lock down the small-mid size game breakers like Jamie Elliott, Charlie Cameron etc. We’ve got rebound covered elsewhere, especially with the recent rise of Rivers.

Would take him… but not at 700k. He’s a good midfielder who finds a lot of ball, but he’s not a game breaker and we’ve got enough of an issue fitting all our guns into the salary cap in coming years. If we’re going to spend that sort of coin, it needs to be on a key forward or game breaker. Decent pay cut to play in a side fighting for flags or it’s a pass.

Gutted for him. After missing out on playing in a flag in 2021, he’s busted his [censored] to get back in the team and have an impact. Really impressive how he’s held out forward line together at this stage of his career and without him we wouldn’t have finished top four. He’s been a match winner. If it is an ACL, then that’s a sad and unfair way to end of his career. Fingers crossed it’s just a tweak and he gets a chance to play finals.

Our backline is just so much better with Tomlinson in there. He’s not superstar, but he plays his lockdown role well enough (88% one on one win rate, best at the club). He allows the rest of our backs to play to their strengths. It’s almost become comical now watching our defense turn to water when he’s dropped. We’re just cruising today so fingers crossed for no injuries.

Reckon the Swans will be fired up at home and beat us. They’ve got a home final to play for. We’ll give a decent account of ourselves but ultimately fall short and have key players spend long periods on the bench.

In all seriousness, I can’t see how this will happen now. They’ll likely only trade down if they can get the local lad Curtin. His stocks have risen and he likely won’t be there for them at pick 4/5. If he’s off the table, then I’d think Reid is off the table. More likely now they either take Reid or Curtin with pick 1 rather than trade it.