Fat Tony

In addition to Moore going to ground in an unusual way (sliding on his knees), the other two things in Kossie's defence are that 1) he tries to soccer the ball off the ground; and 2) he does not look at Moore.

I will be surprised if he gets off too because it is Kossie. But I don't see why lifting your arm to protect your ribs and shoulder is dirty. We have just lost a player for the season to a spleen injury! Raising your elbow is dirty, but covering your ribs is not.

1. We sold our future pick to get an extra pick in that draft. 2. We re-contracted Laurie before the season, which was totally unnecessary.

There is no way Laurie is quick enough. Small players almost always need either elite pace off the mark and/or high top end speed. There is only a handful of players that are top liners without those traits (Sheezel, Tim Kelly, ANB, Liam Baker) and Laurie is not as tough or skilled as those players.

Fritsch is obviously a full forward only and needs the right set up to be a positive contributor. He is not going to change and learn to tackle or pass. But he is a good one on one mark and great kick for goal. Some of his decision making up the field was very poor last night and he lacked effort.

I also didn’t understand why Kynan Brown didn’t play. He has the pace and tenacity we missed.

The other thing to mention is that our forward line is not as deficient in marking power as the football world believes. I’m not sure I would chase key forwards but we could do with another electric small forward. Bobby Hill was very damaging last night. JVR and Turner will be good players.

Goodwin has built a good game plan around Max, Petracca, Salem, May and Lever. I think he’s coached particularly well the last two seasons. 2022 we erred by not adjusting our methods midway through the season.

We learned a lot of lessons last night, including: Tomlinson is done. Slower than slow. Hore is a VFL standard player. Too slow, poor kick and decision maker McVee is not a midfielder. He isn’t quick enough off the mark or strong enough. And he has an ordinary left foot. Laurie is a VFL standard player. Too slow. Too small. Woewodin is not up to it. Salem is not quick enough. (We already know this.) Fritsch is only a valuable player if played close to goal. For a skilful player, he is an ordinary kick inside 50.

Best defence would be that he was trying to kick the ball off the ground. I’m not convinced he did a lot wrong. Bumps are unavoidable when playing are competing for a loose ball. But the AFL will punish him on the result.

Ben Brown (retired), Josh Schache, Joel Smith and Lachie Hunter will all likely be delisted. I am not convinced on Marty Hore having AFL level talent and would probably delist him as well. Kyah Farris-White looks a mile off it. I think I would delist and get a mature back up for Gawn. From what I have seen from Luker Kentfield, I think he will struggle to ever be mobile enough to play AFL footy and he has not shown enough with his marking and kicking to be confident. I think I would delist. Kynan Brown should definitely get another year and is a player who I think will make the grade. Tom McDonald and Jake Melksham should be given another year and are still in our best side. Andy Moniz-Wakefield has shown enough to get another year. Ollie Sestan has shown a bit but the club should only re-contract him if they think he will ever get AFL level endurance. Adam Tomlinson would be one we would like to retain for depth but he is really only a back up for May. Will Verrall has shown enough to get another year.

AMW's manager was on Gettable and implied that he was almost certain to re-sign soon.

Unlikely the Crows will trade Rachele. He is on a contracted to 2029 and is being overpaid. I am not sure he is the best target as he would cost a lot in picks and cap space (and he is a bit of a squib).

I am confident Max will still be a top liner in three years but less confident in Jack will be in four. Would love to be proven wrong.

I love Viney but I don't understand why we needed to do such a long deal given he had one year left.

With Sparrow out, either K Brown or Woewodin would be the most likely to come in. Laurie would be another option. The side functioned well forward of centre after Sparrow went off despite looking to be top heavy. It will be interesting if we go that way again and the sub is whoever comes in; or if Melksham is the sub again and we favour more pace and pressure in the forward line. You would think ANB will tag Nick Daicos after doing a great job on Kings Birthday. I still think McVee is being played out of position, as he lacks a bit of strength and speed off the mark to win the ball at stoppages. Similarly, Rivers had an ordinary game last week with his kicking. But we will probably need to use them both in the middle again this week, as we are just lacking midfield depth.

I'm going to reach out to Sydney Sweeney's agent to let them know of my interest in her.

I love Jack but he has ordinary disposal. Daniel Hoyne from Champion Data had him rated as one of the worst kicks inside 50.

I never like these types of contracts for older players but I still think Gawn has a lot of good footy left. He doesn't rely on his pace or leap and is a great endurance runner. The fact that he still want to play is a good sign.

Boak and Pendlebury are much better ball users. I hope you are right and he is evergreen like Boak and Pendlebury, but Brad Sewell and Rory Sloane are more likely examples IMO.

Viney is really only able to play as a centre square midfielder and will still be a valuable player as long as he can hold his pace. Hopefully it is 5 years but I doubt it. Boak has lost some pace but he is more damaging on the outside than Viney. (Boak is a much better kick.)

He’s already got one year to go. I’m just saying I would be worried if he got another two. The end could come quickly for Viney.

He played like an A grader on the weekend but any more than one more year would be a mistake.

Is Disco a chance to be nominated for the Rising Star this week? Has he already been nominated this season?

Which result are you pointing to? Brown’s 6 goals or the 87 point loss? There is no chance Jefferson gets promoted on yesterday’s performance. He showed a lack of intensity IMO.