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Agree. Worth a look when TC is fit. Will make us slower but I’m not sure Fullertons greater foot speed is going to prove beneficial. TC will definitely hold his own in the ruck. Might clunk a mark up forward and a presents a decent chance to hurt someone

Kades been playing an ANB style high half forward since rd 2, to my eyes at least. And performed superbly. He and the little red Bowser would be top 2 in the Bluey with max not far behind

Trent rivers goal saving tackle in the square. How good !!??

Pickett Gawn Petty Bowey McDonald Viney

Defensive pressure not really seen since GC game late 24. Most of our kicks actually went forwards and to team mates. Handball chains slick....

So, what do you guys wanna talk about?

Agree on the calls for TC to come in. We need someone to throw some weight around and give Max a serious back up. He would make us slower but Kozzy, Leb and Disco make up for that somewhat

I will always appreciate what Simon Goodwin has achieved. No coach since Norm Smith was able to do what he has and he's done it under far greater scrutiny and turmoil than any of the other premiership coaches of the last 10+ years had too. That said, if we don't make finals or at the very least look to have moved forward from 2024 we should be heading into rebuild mode. History suggests not many coaches have moved from a period of success into a rebuild/second rebuild have managed that successfully. In fact in recent years that coach has jumped off/departed once the rebuild commenced/was within sight (Clarkson, Hardwick, Simpson, Buckley). I think we'd be mad not to make a strong play for Buckley or Longmire. After Simon and the public beatings he's suffered I think it would be wise to get a coach that will command respect from day 1. Buckley and Longmire both have that.

I agree he struggled in that space last year after the rib injury that he came back from after missing one game but I'd suggest we judge if that still the case once he gets a couple of games under his belt this year, I watched the all stars v Freo game and I know it was a bit of hit and giggle but he was dominant and moving very well in that game

Nailed it jnrmac. Although Simon and his mates have said they are/are trying to change our system it's still based in what worked in 2021 which worked so well because: our defense was no. 1 in the comp we had the best bull midfied in the comp (Trac, Viney, Oliver) possibly the best wing combination (Langdon & Angus) we had the best ruckman in the comp (Max) who clunked marks all over the ground and he had a very capable understudy that had a different skillset (Jackson) our forwards could mark and kick (Brown, TMac, Fritsch) we had decent depth (Harmes, Sparow, Jordon, Jones, Jetta, Bedford, etc.) it was still mostly a contest, defence and territory game Not one of those things are still true, sadly...

Ok positives first, there are a few: Kade Chandler. Might have taken the next step, outstanding effort. Tried harder and show better touch with the footy than all of his team mates. Xavier Lindsay. We've found one there. Gave his all, fights for the footy, chases hard and makes an effort to stick and break tackles Clayton Oliver. Found plenty of the footy, looks to be close to peak fitness Jack Henderson. Shows something, worth persisting with And then the negatives Too slow, leg speed and when moving the footy. When we take possession we slow up play more often than not meaning our F50 constantly looks like the Monash outbound on a Friday afternoon Our in close work is poor. Centre clearances were a disaster and have been going backwards year on year. Second to the ball, fumbly and they don't support eachother in close. By contrast the Roos took clean possession, ran to support eachother, consistently broke our tackles and actually hit their targets with their handballs Our mistakes are horrendous, Bowey kick to the corridor, Woewodin fumbled bounce when a long kick to Trac nets a goal. Our disposal efficiency was 72% but I'd dare say that's pumped up by dinky kicks that go backwards and sideways. Most of our kicks that went forward went to a contest or missed their target The forward line is a mess. Poor Jeffo getting injured early was unfortunate but he'd been barely sighted. That said I have low confidence that Fritsch, JVR and Turner will work. They seem to get in one anothers way and chunk up what could be a 1 on 1 contest by bring their oppoent into it unecessarily The coach. Too many things to be concerned about, number 1 being offering an excuse for Max in the presser. Why say anything. Max had a poor game against a strong opponent, everyone does at some stage. Nuff said

Fritter is just a little out of form at the moment, he'll work through it. Talent doesn't vanish in the space of 12 games. We shouldn't forget that we asked a lot of Bailey last year with a young, undersized forward line. JVR is still learning the traps and has spent chunks of time in the ruck. Often Bailey was the key banana out of the goal square with the no.1 defender on his hammer. We were also in poor form and without Petracca for those last 12 games in 2024. That said, if they are moving him to half forward I'd also question why that's necessary. Fritsch is the perfect medium/tall forward on the 3rd best defender, close to goal IMO. I think Binman might be right from on the pod, maybe Jeffo played Fritters normal role last week? Who's to say if Fritsch played that role he wouldn't have had a bigger goal return than Jefferson?

I like Fritta, he's been a great player and perhaps one of the best natural forwards we've had in the last 50 years. Nowhere near the player David Neitz was.

If Turner comes in for AJ and JVR is back up ruck it would probably resut in Fritsch closer to goal?

TDK does amazing things...