Fat Tony

Makes sense. We get crucified by the umpires every week.

Time to focus on Carlton now. Friday night will be brutal and we need to be ready. We will win the flag if we can tweak our game a bit and maintain intensity for four quarters.

You might be right. His output has declined this year but that could also be due to being shifted out of the midfield. He has still looked to be a good kick from the Port games I’ve seen this year.

I would look at Travis Boak as a short-term option. Great team player and example and could give us depth in the midfield.

Cannot see it happening. Thommo is too slow. We would be better off playing Petracca forward more and getting Sparrow and Jordon to play more in the midfield. Oliver, Viney, Sparrow and Jordon can win enough ball. Rivers can also go inside for a stint. Fritsch, Pickett, Petracca, TMac, Smith and Chandler can provide enough chances to kick a winning score. Our average score against has been only 59 in the last four matches.

I think Chol is a good option.

I think it will be difficult for us to attract a decent pure ruck as a back up. Nobody wants to be a certain VFL player. We are better off going for a forward/ruck who could play alongside Gawn and fill in as a ruckman if Gawn gets injured.

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The risk of pressing so high is that we get caught over the back occasionally but our defence was excellent for the most part. But Collingwood only had 15 shots for the whole game and just 9 shots after quarter time. I wouldn't be changing the way we defend. The issue with our tactics is much more with our ball use inside 50 (and our forwards competing better to get the ball to ground).

It is Monday morning and time to move on. As callus as it sounds, we need to stop focusing on the Brayshaw/Maynard incident and get ready for another monster battle. Just a few tweaks and we will this flag.

23 according to the AFL app.

Daniel Turner will be at least a good AFL player and is the answer down back. I think Chol is worth going for because he can play ruck/forward.

Can he take a hanger? It’s difficult to play as a deep forward without a leap against an AFL zone defence.

We had 23 shots to 15 on Thursday against the flag favourite. We just need average efficiency in front of goal to fix our game.

Is that confirmed? I assumed we would be Friday

Come on Old Dee, we’re playing excellent football everywhere except the front third. A couple of tweaks and we’ll win the flag.

One tactical change I think we need to make is to deliberately kick more torpedoes inside a crowded 50. Even a bad miss kick is better than a drop punt to Weitering.

No to two rucks. We are better just with Gawn even though TMac was poor. Rivers into the midfield and Turner into defence. Petracca more forward with Van Rooyen out. Jordon for Brayshaw. Woewodin to be sub. Laurie isn’t AFL standard.

Sparrow had a very poor half but has been good this season overall. Petracca and Oliver are extremely durable. Brayshaw will hopefully recover. Neal Bullen could play midfield. Kossie and Rivers can go inside. Woewodin is showing a bit. Howes could become a midfielder as he develops strength. Kynan Brown will be a midfielder. We should look to pick up another experienced midfielder for depth if Jordon or Harmes exit, but our draft picks should be favouring classy and quick forward types. A lot of the best midfielders in the league started their careers outside the centre square and only went in their once they developed enough strength, power and endurance.

I think the technicality which caused Cripps to get off was on a point of law. I am not sure that this is relevant here. https://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl-makes-major-change-after-patrick-cripps-brownlow-medal-controversy-022211787.html The AFL has made a suite of changes to the Tribunal process to eliminate 'technicalities' of the sort which allowed Carlton's Patrick Cripps to win last year's Brownlow Medal. The Blues were able top successfully overturn a two-match ban issued over a rough conduct charge over what essentially was an error of law. Cripps, who had fronted the Tribunal on a rough conduct charge over a round 21 incident involving Brisbane's Callum Ah Chee, was initially handed a two-match ban before it was subsequently overturned following a marathon hearing at the Appeals Board. Cripps was ultimately let off the hook when the Appeals Board ruled the findings of the jury were unreasonable, due to the term 'bump' being referenced in the verdict, but not when Cripps or his counsel were addressed. The van Rooyen case earlier this year was also similar in that it was a head knock caused in a football act.

My take on the Maynard bump is that it was similar to the Patrick Cripps bump on Ah Chee last year, where Cripps left the ground initially to contest in a football action but then bumped him in the head. I don't think it was clear cut that Maynard should be suspended but the AFL will surely want to see him suspended and I think the tribunal will say it was accidental and let him off (particularly because it is Collingwood and finals).

We need to improve our forward line, but it could also be through another gun small/mid sized forward and our salary cap has to be tight.

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Like our selections. I would go for Jordon as the sub. We need to win the centre clearance and kick straight.

The Dogs have enough points this year but would also need to supply 2024 picks. I assume the Suns will want to cover the points for 2023 and then pick up the most 2024 assets. It's the view that our 2024 pick will be later in the draft that hurts our chances of getting pick 4.