Lord Travis

If he can’t be fit into the midfield, then play him forward. He’s a capable mark and has been a goal kicker in the past. He’s been woeful in defense and shouldn’t be in the team on current form. Send him forward and get his confidence back up by playing him to his strengths.

Fair play to them. They belted us and are a superior club at present.

6 - May 5 - Lever 4 - Weideman 3 - Langdon 2 - Pass 1 - Pass

I loved Hogan as a Demon and the romantic side of me would love to see him back in red and blue... however the club were more than happy to move him on for a variety of reasons. It seems like it’s been the right move as he continues to have off field issues and injury issues. His best is likely well behind him.

Dogs have some good running ball users in Daniel, Hunter, Smith, Macrae etc. We need to apply lots of pressure all over the ground or those types will cut is up on the outside. Keen to see Spargo vs Daniel - battle of the AFL midgets!

It's [censored] atrocious. Worst site I regularly have to visit. It should have the live match info stuff plastered across the homepage. I shouldn't have to navigate through menus to find it. Noone gives a [censored] about the rubbish articles they shove down your throat, we just want to see live scores and stats.

Lynch is a [censored] and Hardwick is a sniper. Neither should be looked up to. The AFL should give them both a whack but they won’t because they’re weak. Next time we play them would love to see May give Lynch one of his trademark bumps and a few Richmond fans spit on their coach and players as they leave the ground... again.

Current - Clayton Oliver. Will finish his career as the best midfielder to ever don the red and blue. He's the best ball-winning midfielder in my lifetime and still has so much potential to become an even more damaging player. If he reaches his potential then he'll be a league superstar. He's already well on his way with multiple BnFs and All Australian at such a young age! Past - Travis Johnstone. Smooth mover and a sublime kick, I still miss him firing lasers onto Neitz's chest. We haven't had a player of his class since. He was tagged his whole career and yet still led the league for years in effective kicks and inside 50s and score assists. He was a big game player too, was always amongst our best in finals. That 2002 semi-final against Adelaide is still the best and worst match I've attended. Other past favorites - Allen Jakovich, Jeff Farmer, David Schwartz, Stephen Tingay, Adem Yze.

We’ve had a great run with injuries this season. No excuses there. Credit to Burg and the fitness staff this year!

Maybe annoyance management.

Big club. Name player. Of course he gets off. I'm sure that $2000 fine will really make him think twice.... when he makes $1,000,000 a year! He could commit murder on field and get off. The media would also sympathise and defend him, and say it was "uncharacteristic' and 'he was frustrated' etc. If the AFL are going to stick with fines, then they need to be made proportionate to the players wage. $2000 is more for someone like Nibbler, but to a Lynch or Dangerfield it's peanuts. Slam them with $25,000. That'll stop them and that sort of money could be put to good use in the community. Ultimately we wouldn't even be discussing this if they assessed everyone equally by the same rules.

If Gawn isn't 100% then he should not play. No point risking our captain and gun player with a history of knee issues. Games aren't won in the ruck anyway, so as long as Preuss nullifies the opposition then we'll be fine. He doesn't give us what Max does around the ground, but our defense has held up well even without Max helping them out with intercept marking. As long as our midfield applies enough pressure then we can get by without Max until he is fully fit. Hopefully he's not out for a long time, but better not to risk him with his previous knee injury history.

Petracca our only lock. Gawn has bee great, but missing games through injury may harm his cause. There have been other good ruckman this year too, moreso than previous years. Goldstein, Naitanui, Grundy could all stake claims if Gawn misses more matches. Oliver is building and will make the team if he continues his great form of the past month. A few average games where he got negative media attention will harm his cause. May has been good and could make the squad but not team. Other good players for us this season are Viney, Langdon and Weideman. None of them good enough to make the cut though.

TMac wasn't too bad, improved on his form from earlier this year. He created a lot of contests which resulted in goals, chopped out in ruck and applied enough pressure to hold his spot. Nowhere near 2018 form, but encouraging signs and played his role. I'd go no changes this week. If English is out, then Preuss will beat or nullify Trengove or Cordy or whoever they use in ruck. If Gawn isn't 100%, then give him another week off. If he is, then only change this week is Gawn in for Preuss.

He’s definitely spent more time around the middle of the ground the past few weeks. Here’s his heat map vs Collingwood. He’s been good filling defensive holes and definitely stopped the Pies moving through the corridor more.

Always been a fan. I was very vocal on him not being in the team earlier this year. He’s far from a finished product, but he’s exactly what we need in the back pocket going forward. Quick, tough, aggressive tackler, takes the game on, good kick. With Jetta on his last legs, Lockhart should be a mainstay in the back pocket for the foreseeable future.

Negated Grundy. Good effort tonight by the big nut!

Glad to see Preuss in. Definitely needed for our structure. Disappointed to see Rivers and Hannan out ahead of Jones and Vandenburg. Vanders in particular has been straight up ****house this season. Gives up goals by being a stupid fake tough guy and couldn’t hit the side of a barn with his kicking. How he got a 3 year contract as a fringe player who couldn’t get on the park is the biggest mystery in footy. We just need to win this match. Lose and it’s nearly curtains for 2020. Win and we cling on to the back of the pack. Get it done Dees!

Extended until 2023. Good work by the club and glad Kozzie has settled in well. He's got great attributes and just needs to build consistency and ability to stay involved in the game for longer. Now need to lockdown Jackson and Rivers. West Coast have kept open line of communication with Jacksons manager and will come hard for him in a few years. Need to lock him in long term or I fear we'll lose him.

Have heard this also from a club source. As a 19 year old in his second season he averaged over 22 disposals off half back and finished 2nd in their BnF two votes behind Tom Lynch, and ahead of Steven May, Bennell and Miller. He looked set to become one of the elite back flanks in the league. Such a shame that injury ruined his career. His long term health is the priority at this stage. Concussions are nasty - look at how much it's ruined the life of Paddy McCartin. He basically lives in isolation with constant headaches, susceptible to bright light and randomly loses feeling in his hands. Wish Kade good health!

[censored] news if true. Really buggers up our structure and forces TMac to be number 1 ruckman. Unless they're willing to bring Pruess in ofcourse...

He's basically become what I thought Hunt would become a few years back - a hard two-way running pacy wingman. They look similar too with the long hair, headband and long sleeves! He's been a great pickup for a second rounder. He was an underrated player at Freo. He didn't have the resume or flash of Brad Hill, but performed every bit as well as him. 3-4 years younger and is having a much better season than Hill. We got this trade right for now and future IMO. Before the season started I tipped him to finish top 5 in our BnF and I don't think he's far off.

Yeah he’s been poor recently and just laboring around the ground with minimal impact most weeks. Good time to manage him knowing no Gawn to compete against.

Good player, but probably not worth 800k. Still think we need to target a binaries midfielder or tall goal kicking forward. We’ll probably need a chunk of that money to re-sign some of our guns like Petracca and Oliver too.

Is he a free agent? If not, then hard to see how we’d land him. He’d warrant a first round pick in a trade. He’s a gun half back and also showed he’s a capable midfielder in the second half of 2019. One I’d be keen on from GWS is Caldwell. Reckon he’ll be a good well rounded midfielder, good skills, good run etc. He could get squeezed out and hopefully we pounce if he does.