Fat Tony

Intentional, low impact and high contact = 1 week

Joel Smith has to play. Either forward or back. We need to know exactly what we have here and we need to find out before finals. Spargo is a liability in the air due to size and doesn’t offer enough in other areas IMO. I think Pig is too good to leave out but our small defenders are all very good. I still think Petty needs to go forward and that he would be our best bet.

Collingwood win with plenty of long term injuries then OD?

Viney was amazing in the corresponding game last year. Time for a repeat!

Grundy has given us what I expected this year. Last week, he dropped a few easy marks he should have gobbled up and he was not moving as well as earlier in the season. The issue with playing two ruckmen we have is that Gawn is no longer playing like an elite AFL player. We can play both if he gets his form back and starts dominating the air. I am also not convinced Gawn, Grundy and Brown works because it makes us too slow.

Big night for Max Gawn and Jack Viney. Our system will hold up well against Brisbane's firepower but we need to make sure we compete in the centre bounces and stoppages.

Good for us but very harsh suspension IMO.

Kicking style looks like Tom Liberatore.

We did not go in with the right mindset and played like we had just got off the plane from Noosa. We also got beaten by the same plans as last year. Stanley scragging Gawn and Blicavs/Atkins scragging Petracca. Our ball movement was unsuited to the narrow ground, conceding too much ground by handball. Our kick ins were ordinary and Gawn was out of position too often. We should have gone in breathing fire after last year but came out lacking aggression and purpose. Our centre stoppage work was too cute and we needed to surge the ball forward, particularly when the Cats did not even contest the ruck. Execution in front of goal was lacking, Smith and Chandler missed snaps were schoolboy errors. I can understand the decision to swap Tomlinson for Petty, but it is clear we cannot play 3 midgets (Pickett, Spargo and Chandler) in the same side. While the bye was a reason for a lot of the issues, Goodwin has to wear responsibility for not getting us up/prepared this week.

We looked unprepared and unprofessional tonight. I am sick of losing games we should win.

We left our brains in Noosa and got the kick in the backside we deserved.

Not wanting to shoot Bambi, but Gawn’s effort in the wet has been disappointing this year. We need him to fight harder.

Really pathetic performance right from the moment our captain kicked the ball backwards off the side of the boot on the first kick of the night. Unfortunately this wasn’t Max’s worst moment, not getting to the first kick in and then dropping an easy chest mark. Langdon spent the night slipping over or getting beaten to the ball. He needs a pair of screw ins. Brayshaw was terrible by foot. Petracca needs to be more aggressive when getting scragged. Spargo is too small and slow. ANB needs to stop being Hershell Gibbs. Rivers, Viney, McVee, Hunter and Pig can hold their heads up. Goodwin got destroyed with our poor preparation and tactics on the skinny ground. The umpiring was terrible. I give the performance 2/10.

Bowey not being an emergency is surprising.

I like this idea. I reckon Gus is an A+ half back but only B+ winger and midfielder.

Smith has played on Cameron before, so maybe he plays back and Petty forward.

Petty played on Cameron last year from memory. I can see why Goodwin might think May on Hawkins and Petty on Cameron is the way to go this week.

I think there is a family connection with Sydney the city for Barrass.

The problems with concussion and tackling won’t be solved by punishing the tackler. The AFL needs to consider two more radical solutions. Firstly, reduce the number of players on the field to open up the game and get the number of collisions down. Secondly, allow throwing so that there is a free arm to brace from a tackle.

I’m not convinced Jefferson has the ground game or intensity for AFL. I think he’s a long shot and was a bad pick. Laurie is too slow and small. Howes is the closest to AFL and will be a player.

Can’t see Sparrow getting dropped. Most pressure acts vs Freo and second most vs Carlton. I reckon his suspension cost us 4 points against Port.

I think we’re playing one too many midgets in the forward line. With Chandler, Spargo, and Pickett, we are getting out marked a few times per match. With Hibberd and Oliver coming back in this week, I wonder if one of the outs will be Chandler or Spargo. Tomlinson is also possible.

My key takeaways: The only time we looked vulnerable was at centre clearance. Petracca just sublime. Our pace and ability to explode away from stoppages was much better than Carlton. It looked like we pushed another number to the stoppage this week (usually Salem) at times.

We should have won 76-38 on expected score.

There might be some I am over on, but Oliver, Petracca, Gawn and Lever could be on more than my estimate. The real point is that we are unlikely to be able to be big players in free agency, as the future owed number is so big. I wonder if we would be winners if the salary cap went up significantly, or would the contracts be amended upwards?