Lord Travis

Reckon Smith pips him... just.

Pass.

Wake up you pack of losers!!?!

Is Lockhart injured? Hard to see any feasible reason why players like Smith would get a game ahead of him, even as a forward option. If Smith plays on Papley, you can mark Pap down for 4+ goals. Papley has a very high footy IQ, Smith amongst the worst going around. Papley will give him a serious football lesson. We should still win this match comfortably, but I think the selection committee have been poor this season.

Good to see Vanders out, but disappointing to see another list clogger selected in his place in Smith. Definitely would’ve gone Lockhart instead. Ins otherwise are good. Glad to see Fritta back as we need goal scoring power.

Wow Crows going to win a game finally!

Polec has been made a scapegoat at North for whatever reason. He's not performed badly this year at all, though he's not had his best season. He was dropped after a BOG performance for some inexplicable reason, and is statistically their 6th best player this season. On talent and output we'd obviously take him. He's better than 25-30 players on our list. The question is why is he now looking at his fourth AFL club? Are there off-field issues or attitude issues? There has to be something more to it than what we're seeing, because on output he walks into any AFL team. For people shooting down the idea of Polec, here's a comparison of Polec vs Ed Langdon in 2020. https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?playerStatus1=A&tid1=12&playerStatus2=A&tid2=13&type=A&pid1=4080&pid2=3451&fid1=S&fid2=S They're very very similar. I'd take another Ed Langdon, sorry Jared Polec, on the other wing if there's no detrimental off-field issues.

I liked what I saw of Archie Perkins last year. Played forward and midfield, showed ability to burst away from opposition through middle and good hands when playing forward. Not sure he'll be around at our first pick, but looked a likely type. Jack Carroll from WA looks a solid prospect as a balanced midfielder who knows how to find ball and make good decisions with it. He might be around at our first pick, though his stocks may be rising due to actually getting to play this year.

Finlayson contract talks stalled with GWS. Proven key forward. Do we target him?

He's got explosive pace and when up and running he's the type of midfielder we're lacking - someone with the ability to play both inside and outside. That said, he's had injury issues dating back to before he was even drafted. Unless it's on rookie wage, it wouldn't be worth the investment trying to get his body right. If he's got poor attitude as someone else mentioned, then it's a pass.

I gave him a shout out in the game day thread last night as he goes unnoticed most weeks. His hard running was match winning. Twice in the last quarter he busted his gut getting back deep into defense and saved goals when our defenders were caught out of the contest. The media and game watchers won’t have noticed it, but the coaches will be highlighting it internally this week. It was brilliant work rate and showed his mental toughness when his teammates were all struggling. Winning or losing, he always busts his [censored] and should be commended for his brilliant work ethic and attitude. I was very happy when we recruited Langdon and said on here he’d finish top 5 in our BnF before he even played a game for us. His 2019 at Freo was very underrated. His output was exactly the same as Brad Hill, if not slightly better. By trading Langdon in we got what we needed for our wing and paid far less than Saints did for Hill. He’s also a few years younger. Sure he’s not an elite kick, but he gets the job done more often than not. IMO he’s one of our best recruits in decades. He’ll own a wing at the MCG for the next 7-8 years.

Awesome game tonight and he keeps pushing his claim. If he keeps up this form it could be him and Andrews as the two AA key defenders.

YES [censored]

Our midfield needs an overhaul big time. Still think we need to trade Brayshaw or Viney and get a Shai Bolton type in.

Langdon is a great two way runner and has had a really good season. He’s saved us getting back into defense when our other midfielders can’t be bothered. He deserves recognition.

Was just wondering if Vanders is playing?

Oliver ANOTHER dinky handball nearly costs us a goal. Needs to cut it out of his game. May is a rock down back. Should be All Australian.

Oliver dinky handball costs us a goal. May and Lever are the main reason we’re not bottom four at this point.

Our midfield is just ****house. Our defense covers for so many of their mistakes. Just no synergy or strategy to anything the midfield does.

[censored] disgraceful few minutes. Undone 30 minutes of dominance with a few lazy minutes. Typical of this weak club. [censored] be dead

[censored] you Melbourne

Straight kicking is good footyyyyyyy

Big time. Vanders is basically a witches hat at this point.

Their speed is already tearing us open. This could get ugly if we can’t apply more pressure through the middle of the ground.

Most of what they said is accurate. Fair play to them.